Exact Size An Album Cover Should Be...
 

anybody know?

b/c i heard somethin about them needing to be bigger than they actually are when they print them when u send em to the printing company...

400x400 ...

But man seriously.. It can be whatever... With images like a cd cover, its usually best to create the image in a real high resolution like 1000x1000 then downsize it before you print.

^^ what he said....

wrong.

its not 500 pixels or anything close to that,

it depends on the printer and on the dpi your working at.

Doing what Nos said would work best as at a high dpi it would keep good quality.

The correct size would be

4.75inch X 4.75inch at 300 dpi .

you start bigger.. then you make the actual thing smaller when you're done
the resolution definitely will be better that way... so yeah...

what nos said basically....

word up... thats what i was thinking, preciate it

^^exactly what I heard when I got my covers printed. 4.75x4.75 with a 300dpi resolution.

and my shit came out crystal clear.

Or...better yet, dl a program that automatically sizes it for you. When printing covers from home, that is probably your best bet. But if you don't have a program or you can't find one, then like Daubs said, 4.75 in x 4.75 in at 300 DPI resolution. You can get away with 200, but 300 is better.

When sending it to a company it doesn't really matter cuz they will resize it for you.

*wonders if theres anyway he could sneak some album paper into our campus's free printing printers*
lol, that would be dope as hell, but i think theyre all b&w :(

but word, thanks for the help all...