front and back covers, additional album art, etc.

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front and back covers, additional album art, etc.

Isn't there anyway to add front and back covers, additional album art, etc, to itunes? I've always thought this was a major limitation of itunes in the past, but I thought I heard that it had changed recently.

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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 10:54 AM

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Answer 1

turingtest2

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Jul 29, 2010 11:49 AM in response to streetcore

You can embed multiple pieces of artwork into each track, however iTunes doesn't give you the facility to label them as Front Cover, Back Cover etc. If a track has multiple artwork it is only the first that is shown in the grid & cover flows, but the artwork box in the lower left should grow a pair of black triangles to allow you to look at the different images. Alternatively you could always create your own PDF "Digital Booklet" with artwork, lyrics & other info. and associate it with the album.

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streetcore Author

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Jul 29, 2010 12:14 PM in response to turingtest2

Thanks. Digital Booklets must have been what I was thinking about. I was just looking at iTunes and did a quick google search, but I couldn't find anyway to associate or add a pdf to an album. Any advice?

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turingtest2

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Jul 29, 2010 12:22 PM in response to streetcore

Drag the PDF into iTunes. Drop it into an empty playlist or sort your library on date added so you can find the file easily. Get info. Give it the same *Album, Artist & Album Artist* details as the album it relates to. iTunes uses the convention *Digitial Booklet - <Album>* in the name field.

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streetcore Author

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Jul 29, 2010 12:42 PM in response to turingtest2

I just gave it try and I see the pdf in the "Books" section of the Library, but is it actually "associated" or linked to the album in anyway? In other words, if I'm playing the album is there anyway to know there is a Booklet associated with it, and can I view the booklet while listening to the album. I edited the pdf info as you suggested and gave it the name "Digital Booklet - Album Name".

Thanks again.

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turingtest2

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Jul 29, 2010 12:49 PM in response to streetcore

Ah, haven't added and in by hand since they added PDF support to the Books section. They used to be treated as Music by default, but you'll now have to change the *Media Kind* to Music as well as the steps I gave earlier. If you look at the tracks of an album it should gain another line after the last track with the little book symbol. Double click to open in your chosen PDF viewer.

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streetcore Author

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Jul 29, 2010 12:54 PM in response to turingtest2

Hey it works! Thanks very much.

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