Designing Album Cover Art for Independent Musicians
Independent musicians create album artwork for streaming platforms, physical media, and promotional materials. Each distribution channel has specific resolution, format, and aspect ratio requirements.
Workflow
- Create or commission the album artwork at the highest possible resolution
- Use the Image Resizer to create the 3000x3000px version required by streaming platforms
- Use the Image Converter to save as JPEG (streaming) and TIFF (CD printing)
- Use the Image Compressor to meet Spotify's 20MB maximum file size
- Use the Color Picker to extract exact brand colours for promotional materials
- Use the Image Cropper to create square and rectangular versions for social media
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