Most peeps have experienced that dull and boring gray note
that we see in our library when the artwork can’t be accessed. Sometimes when
new music is released the artwork can’t be added when putting it in your
library because of how recent the release is. At first, it’s no big deal but
after a period of time it begins to look odd with all your other music with its
artwork. So today, I will teach you how to add the artwork yourself! I’m aware
that no one really uses CD’s anymore but I still do because I don’t buy
everything on iTunes. You can also convert the format of a video with audio
illegally but that’s for another time. J
1.
Upload
the CD to iTunes: Once you have your CD, put it in your library
and patiently wait as the music is being added.
2.
“Adding”
the Artwork: After the music is finished being added, it
gives you the choice of selecting the artwork for the album. Generally it won’t
add any kind of artwork, especially if it is a new release, so simply close that
window after selecting “yes”.
3.
Find
Your Album in Your Library: Your album will be easy to find because it
will have the boring gray note as the artwork. Once you find it, click on it so
that all the songs are visible to the naked eye.
4.
Selecting
“Get Info”: Once the tracks are visible, you’re going to
right click on the provided gray artwork and select “Get Info”.
Congratulations, you have bypassed the struggle of editing or adding
information to a song! Remember to right
click and get info on the whole album and not just a particular song if you’re
adding artwork.
5.
Information: After selecting Get Info, a
window will pop up with 4 or 5 different pages. The very last page says
“Artwork”, that’s where the kryptonite is. When you open that page, there will
be a blank box with nothing in it. Towards the bottom right, select “Add
Artwork” after step 6.
6.
Searching
and
Saving: If you made it here, everything
that has transpired before has gone as I have foreseen. Go to Google and search
for the name of the album under Images. Normally, the first 5 or 6 images that
pop up will suffice but I typically save the image with the best quality
artwork because why not. Right click and save to your laptop or computer.
7.
Finishing
Step 5: After saving, you’ll go back to your music library and the
window from Step 5 should still be open. Now, you can click on “Add Artwork”
and select the image you saved as the artwork. After that, select “Ok” and
everything will save.
8.
A New
Hope: Once the window is closed, your artwork should immediately
be added to every single track and you will be happier than Coruscant after the
Battle of Endor.
You will be satisfied after you complete these steps. Once you 100 percent complete everything,
simply sync the music to your phone and everything will be updated. J
Very informative and organized to make adding album artwork a simple process. Usually, I do not like technology because I always feel like trying to do things like adding album artwork will be too hard and complex so, I end up leaving that boring gray note in my library, but this how to makes it easy to understand and inspires me to go get rid of all the boring gray notes in my music library. Good job!
ReplyDelete-Chloe Hopkins
Very helpful, especially with all the details you gave. Great work. I really liked how easy and simple you made it sound to add the album artwork. From this "How To" maybe sometime soon I will update the artwork in my library! Thanks for this!
ReplyDelete-Jerelle Medina, period 4
This was very informative for me, especially since I don't know how to do things like this. Good job thank you!
ReplyDeleteLots of help. Very informative, Thanks!-Joshua Kidwell
ReplyDeleteOne of my pet peeves is when my music doesn't have artwork so this was a really cool idea! Super useful!
ReplyDelete-Marissa Putrick
This "how to" is very informative for me since I do not get my music from Itunes. Thank you so much I can now listen to my music without seeing that dreaded gray note.
ReplyDeleteWow this is really so helpful! You're explanation made it so simple and I definitely learned from it! Great job
ReplyDeleteThis is actually really helpful, I dont like not having artwork, and sometimes my music will have the wrong artwork and I will be so confused when i see the picture but the song playing is totally different so at least i can change it now.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty cool, I didn't even know this was possible. Nice tutorial!
ReplyDeleteVery informative and helpful, because I still use CD's and I never even knew about this.
ReplyDeleteVery informative and helpful. And so it is, one day I'll stop being so lazy and actually add some art to my library.
ReplyDeleteVery informative and helpful. Good work. Wish I had this to help me sooner
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, especially since I thought it would be way harder. Thanks for the instructions, I'm definitely copying and pasteing this for later.
ReplyDeleteGenius! Now i know how to do that, thank you it was really informative!
ReplyDeleteWow, this was almost funny how straightforward and applicable it was. You should write instructions for the back of boxes.
ReplyDelete-Maddie Alegria
Wow I actually learned something I've been wanting to know how to do, I haven't read many submissions for a how and I thought this was structured very well and very informative.
ReplyDelete-Meghan Ustrell
Greg. What is there left to say? You're my hero and this guide was so intuitive, ergonomic, and concise that I was compelled to share it with the New York Times. Get ready for your Pulitzer Prize to come through the mail, because you've just educated the world.
ReplyDelete-Christopher Trevino
Lol thank you for this. I've been struggling with this for awhile and now I finally have the answer!
ReplyDelete-Reymie Morris
Wow I didn't know you could do that! Thanks for the information keep up the great work! -Damian Echavarria
ReplyDeleteThis was a great idea that was very helpful! Good job!
ReplyDeleteI would have never know if you could do this without reading this! Thank you Greg
ReplyDeleteEverything flowed perfectly
This was actually really helpful, not going to lie I actually needed to do this for something but the friend that explained it to me made it really difficult. Very descriptive and super informative!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to for sure save this and go back and use it, thanks this was really helpful.
ReplyDelete-Celeste Martinez
This was very informative and helpful. Great work on the explanation!
ReplyDeleteLol Gregory I loved this. Not only was it informative but it also was funny. I love how you added little personal pieces and how you really let your voice shine through in the piece.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing artwork on my music, so this was really helpful, good job! -Allyssa F.
ReplyDeleteI appreciated how relatable and simple you made the overall process of adding artwork. If I were to do the objective listed without help from your list, I would probably be as glum as Han Solo when he was frozen by that gray matter cheese. Great work!
ReplyDeleteI love having music on my phone, but it totally bugs when there's no album art! So thanks a lot haha. Usually when downloading the music illegally (shh) it's just the music! Totally rad idea, never thought I'd see something like this.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I laughed when I read the title but this is really helpful. I usually just use another program that automatically find the album art but this way is cool too.
ReplyDeleteI love how I came into this piece thinking it was going to be such a hard instruction guideline, but you managed to make it all so simple. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDelete-Nahome Woldearegay
Very cool! Great info!
ReplyDeleteI love getting info about things I didn't know I needed. Good job
ReplyDeleteVery informative you shouldda sold this information tho hahah
ReplyDeleteThat was a very helpful note on how to upload art. I will really consider that because I do art of my own as well. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteI liked it. It was very informative
ReplyDeleteI really wish I could of learned this sooner! Finally someone made step-by-step instructions! Awesome job.
ReplyDeletei really like this because i hate seeing that gray note in the background while listening to music
ReplyDelete-shaniya t.
Four years I have lived without album artwork. Four years of gut-wrenching heart-breaking sadness. I never thought to look it up online. You have saved me. No I just have to get myself to do it. Good job! -Luke Riddingotn
ReplyDeleteThank for us showing us how to do this! I've always had trouble with technology. Good Work !
ReplyDeleteThanks for this Greg, I download(which may or not been illegal) a lot of songs, and I need to figure out how to differentiate between them but this will help.
ReplyDeleteThis is very helpful, Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDelete-Sirikanya boonyanant
Very informative, I might have to copy this to explain for my dad!
ReplyDeletethis blog was very helpful, because my dad and mom still uses CD's for work and now i will be able to help them with a better knowledge. - Janier Ajila
ReplyDeleteI never knew I needed this info, thanks Greg! (That Episode 6 reference tho)
ReplyDeleteNice piece that was very informative. ^-^
ReplyDeleteIt's really a helpful and technical post.I also konw an easier way to fix iTunes Not Saving Album Artwork.
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