Animated album cover maker: make your cover art move

An animated album cover is your cover art with motion added: the light breathes, the picture sways, jewelry sparkles and things drift through the air, in a loop with no visible seam. Living Cover makes one from your cover art, any picture you own or a clip of your music video. You watch the motion live while you choose, then pay $4 for the 7.5-second loop, which also works as your Spotify Canvas, with square and 4:5 copies for Instagram.

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Step by step

  1. Open Living Cover and upload your cover art, any picture you own, or a clip of your music video.
  2. Turn on the motion you want: the glow, the sway, sparkling jewelry, rippling clothes, and up to three things floating in the air, such as smoke, snow or money.
  3. If you want, add your song so the glow pulses on its beat, and pick a moving scene to play behind the person in your picture.
  4. Choose what you need: the loop ($4), the loop plus 30 seconds with your song ($6), your whole song as a video ($10), or the Full pack ($12).
  5. Download it and post it, or add the loop as your Canvas in Spotify for Artists.

Questions

Will Spotify show my square cover moving?

No. Spotify keeps your square cover still. The moving version plays as the Canvas, full screen behind the song while it plays, and you add it yourself in Spotify for Artists.

Can I use it on Apple Music?

The Full pack includes Apple Music motion art files: 3840x3840 square and 2048x2732 tall, silent, 15 seconds. Ask your distributor how they take motion art for Apple Music.

Do I need an account?

No. You pay once at checkout, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or with site credits.

Good to know

  • Every option includes the 7.5-second 1080x1920 loop plus square (1080x1080) and 4:5 (1080x1350) copies for the Instagram feed.
  • The Full pack adds a 16:9 widescreen whole-song version for YouTube, 15 and 60-second cuts, and Apple Music motion art files (3840x3840 and 2048x2732).
  • It is made in about 8 minutes; a whole-song video takes about 30.
  • Only upload pictures and clips you own.

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