Im new to the Art thing and want to make a cover for my new single
but I dont know the demensions allowed when you upload it etc...
i want to do white background with black whats the easiest program to use
I have access to them all

 

A guide to formatting your cover art for various online platforms...
If you wish to avoid using Photoshop to create the artwork, try GIMP. It's a free alternative to Photoshop. You can find it gimp[dot]org.

 

this is the only tool you need:
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator

 

Thank You very much

 

nothing like Pshop/gimp but

https://www.canva.com/

might be really usefull at this moment. its free and you can go HAM without alot of "craftmanship" needed (aka the fun part, for some)

 

Thank You signing up it on the site now

 

i made a free account for now. Not sure i really NEED all the bells and whistle for my goals, but we' will see in time.

 

canva is pretty good. free templates. you can even type in "music" for things like posters, CD covers, etc

https://www.canva.com/templates/search/cd-covers/

 

Photoshop is fine for online work, advantage (compared to GIMP?) is that it has a few transferable skills / workflow with the rest of the suite. If you ever want to transfer to print work (IRL ads) then Illustrator is a godsend when you have to coordinate with your local print shop, know about bleed etcs. It can be a bit bewildering at first, but if you are just planning on b&w text / logotypes, it might even suit better? You just have to ignore most of the program, concentrate on type. The advantage (using Illustrator) is that live trace is (still) to me a kind of magic that never gets old! You don't necessarily need to know much about Illustrator if you always plan on b&w traces?