How to turn your album art into a YouTube video with your song

Many artists put a song on YouTube as a still picture of the cover. Living Cover makes that picture move instead: the glow breathes and pulses on the beat of your song, the picture sways and things float in the air. The Full pack, $12, gives you a 16:9 widescreen video of your whole song for YouTube, 15 and 60-second cuts for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, and the 7.5-second Spotify Canvas loop.

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Step by step

  1. Open Living Cover and upload your cover art.
  2. Pick the motion: the glow, the sway, and up to three things floating in the air.
  3. Add your song. The glow pulses on its beat, and you drag a box over the song to pick where the short cuts start.
  4. Choose the Full pack ($12) and pay. A whole song takes about 30 minutes to make.
  5. Download the 16:9 version and upload it to YouTube, then post the 15 and 60-second cuts as Shorts, Reels or TikToks.

Questions

Can I use a picture that is not my album cover?

Yes. Any picture you own works, or a clip of your music video.

Does it upload to YouTube for me?

No. You download the file and upload it yourself.

Good to know

  • The YouTube version is 1920x1080 with your whole song: the moving cover in the middle, and a blurred, darker copy of it filling the sides.
  • Only need a vertical video of your whole song? That is $10.
  • Your lyrics can be added to the song versions for $5, each word lighting up as it is sung.
  • Only upload music and art you own.

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