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Album Cover Video Maker

The AI Song Generator album cover video maker gives your release artwork motion in two ways: an artwork visualizer that pulses with the song and uses no AI credits, or an AI scene that starts on your cover and brings it to life. Both export at the sizes streaming and social platforms ask for.

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Short samples made with AI Song Generator from one of our own songs and a fictional character. Turn the sound on to hear how they follow the music.

  • AI cover loop: the artwork comes alive and loops seamlessly for Spotify Canvas.

  • Spinning vinyl: the cover as a record, no AI credits.

  • Ken Burns: a slow push into the artwork, no AI credits.

  • Artwork pulse: the cover with a waveform that moves with the song.

Steps

How it works

  1. Upload the cover

    Use the square artwork of the single or album, at the highest resolution you have.

  2. Choose the song

    Pick the release from your library or upload the audio.

  3. Pick a treatment

    Artwork visualizer for a clean, low-cost video, or an animated cover scene for real motion inside the artwork.

  4. Export each format

    Spotify Canvas, vertical social, widescreen and square versions from the same project.

Two ways to animate a cover

The artwork visualizer places your cover sharp in the centre of the frame, over a blurred and darkened copy of itself, with a waveform moving beneath it in time with the music. The artwork itself does not change, which is often exactly what a label or an artist wants. It is rendered by AI Song Generator directly and costs no AI credits.

The animated cover sends your artwork to a video model as the opening frame of a short scene, with a description of what should move: rain falling across the image, a figure turning, neon signs flickering. The scene starts on your cover and evolves from there, and it is priced like any generated scene.

Formats for a release campaign

One cover usually needs several sizes around a release:

  • Spotify Canvas: a vertical clip of up to eight seconds
  • TikTok, Reels and Shorts: 9:16 with room for app buttons
  • YouTube: 16:9 for a full-length upload of the track
  • Instagram feed: 1:1 and 4:5 teasers

Square art in tall and wide frames

Covers are square, most video frames are not. The artwork visualizer solves this with the blurred backdrop, so the cover never gets cropped. An animated cover is generated in the frame you export, so a square cover in a vertical or widescreen video can be cropped or extended at the edges. Keep the important details, such as the title and faces, near the centre of the art.

Tips for short loops

A canvas plays over and over next to your track, so subtle motion ages better than a big event. Pick one movement and keep it slow, avoid text near the edges of the frame, and make sure the first and last moments look similar so the repeat is less noticeable. Watch the clip several times in a row before you upload it.

Artwork rights

Use artwork you created, commissioned with the right to adapt it, or licensed for video use. A designer who sold you a cover for print and streaming may not have agreed to animated versions, so check the agreement before you publish motion artwork.

What you get

  • Spotify Canvas clip up to eight seconds
  • 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 and 4:5 MP4s
  • Three thumbnails per export

Prompts

Example prompts

Starting points you can paste into Create and adjust. Specific details — tempo, instruments, mood, structure — give the most control.

  1. Minimal techno single

    Black and white geometric cover, artwork visualizer, full track in 16:9 for an upload

    StyleArtwork visualizer

    Abstract covers suit the visualizer; nothing in the art needs to move.

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  2. Rainy-night canvas

    Cover of a figure under a streetlight; rain begins to fall and the light flickers once, eight seconds, vertical

    StyleAnimated cover, Pro

    One small event keeps a repeating clip watchable.

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  3. Psychedelic album teaser

    Swirling hand-drawn cover where the colors slowly melt and rotate, 4:5 feed teaser of the opening track

    StyleAnimated cover, Experimental

    Illustrated covers can take bolder motion than photos.

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  4. Back catalogue refresh

    Ten older singles, each with its own cover in the artwork visualizer, 1:1 clips of the chorus

    StyleArtwork visualizer, square

    The same treatment across releases builds a recognisable feed.

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Use cases

Where it fits

  • Single and album releasesA canvas and social teasers ready on release day.
  • Playlist and label promoMoving artwork that stands out in feeds better than a still image.
  • Artwork designersMotion versions to offer alongside the static cover.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does animating my cover use AI credits?
The artwork visualizer does not. The animated cover is a generated scene and is priced per scene.
Will the animated cover change my artwork?
It starts on your exact cover and changes as the scene moves. Use the artwork visualizer if the art must stay untouched.
What size is the Spotify Canvas export?
A vertical 9:16 clip of up to eight seconds, cut from the section of the song you choose.
Can I create the cover art here too?
Cover art generation is not part of this tool. Upload the artwork you already have.

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