Cover Tips

soundtrack cover

Ladies and gents(?), I present you with a new and slightly random chapter lol yayy. I've been seeing writers posting soundtracks for their novels, along with the covers to paste on them! So I decided to try it out and post it for you guys 😂 and I ain't never done this either so this'll be a learning experience for us both.

Alrighty folks, first we open PicsArt and tap on the 'Collage' option, followed by 'Grid'.

Then, choosing the one that best suits the graphic, load in your two images! I had a premade edit that I had created a few months ago so I just used that manip as the soundtrack's cover art, along with a matching background I got from Google as the text base! In your case, you might wanna use a cropped version of your story's cover though, and try to find a matching background or just blur the same image!

I darkened and blurred the second image, the one I was using to apply the songs. The original background was a bit too bright and gave off the wrong vibe, so I may or may not have tweaked it... 😏

El-oh-el, anywhooo after I accepted the changes I'd made, I saved the collage and loaded it into Phonto. You can add whatever filter or lighting texture you desire! Like stated before, you can even use a plain, unedited image for the face of your soundtrack! I just like being extra so I used a sad photo manipulation of my own miserable creation 😂 (the cropped cover thing tho, keep that in mind.)

But, *clears throat*, choose a font and apply the title of your story! I just typed in a random word based off the mood of the manip and positioned it in the middle and reduced the opacity! I then overlayed the title with a darker copy to achieve the embossed text effect. You don't have to do this, it's completely dependent upon you and what mood your book and playlist gives off.

Then add your songs!

And there ya have it, a complete soundtrack for your novel! I also added my own credit list at the bottom to add a little something extra to it before saving, which is absolutely optional.

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As always y'all, stay tuned for the next one!

deuces kids,
- aly ;)