Hello, and thank you for stopping by the KNVP Studios Blog. KNVP Studios is a full-service podcast company with the goal of helping it's customers start and maintain an active podcast. We offer professional audio editing as well as all support all ancillary services to get your podcast ready for publishing - including the creation of intros and outros, helping clients setup their Libsyn accounts, getting their podcasts listed on ITunes, Stitcher, and other directories.
Cover art, is the piece of artwork that your listeners will see when they visit your ITunes or Stitcher listings, as well as when they download your podcast to their portable device or computer, such as on ITunes. For example, here is the artwork for one of my clients to the right (click on it to be taken to the Unwonk ITunes page and listen!)
Cover art is not only important as it identifies your show among the hundreds of thousands of others, and gives you an identity, but it is also an essential and required asset to have so that your podcast can be properly accepted to the podcast directories.
Since it is a requirement, there are some specifications stipulated which need to be followed before submitting your show to the directories. Since ITunes was the first service to offer a directory, they have become the 'de-facto' standard for most things podcasting, and this includes cover art.
Here are the specifications necessary for proper ITunes-approved artwork (note these are the technical specs, not the aesthetic/content specs):
Minimum of 1400x1400 pixels
Maximum of 3000x3000 pixels
rGB colorspace
.jpg, .jpeg, .png format
under 500kb in filesize
Solid Background
KNVP Studios can check your cover art specifications and make sure they are correct. Just drop us an email and we'd be happy to have a look for you.
So make sure your podcast has properly formatted cover art. Omitting cover art will definitely make your podcast look unprofessional. Contact us today, and we would be happy to steer you in the right direction!
Originally posted 11/15/15. Reviewed and updated for content and relevancy 2/1/2020 - TH
