Summary
I own a large collection of music, and webshops don't always provide you with crisp looking artwork of the release. So in this topic I explain how you can obtain covers in high resolution from different sources on the web! The affected parts in each URL will be marked, so it's easy to see what should be changed.
This page is a work in progress, more websites will be added.
Table of contents
Bandcamp
Deezer
Digital Tunes
Drum & Bass Arena Download
iTunes
Satellite EDM
Soundcloud
Trackitdown
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Bandcamp
The typical URL for an image on Bandcamp looks like:
http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a4113577107_10.jpgThe 10 will restrict the size of the image to a maximum width and height of 1200 pixels. To allow larger images, change 10 to 0.
Your URL should look like
http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a4113577107_0.jpg---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deezer
The typical URL for an image on Deezer looks like:
http://cdn-images.deezer.com/images/cover/c0ad05c34b6e9234191a2ac4534c8085/500x500-000000-80-0-0.jpgNotice the digits at the end of the url, 500x500 stands for the resolution, 80 stands for JPG quality (ranging from 1 - 100).
So to make sure you get the highest quality, change 80 to 100.
If the original image is smaller than or equal to 1200 by 1200 pixels, then changing 500x500 to 1201x1201 should give an error, and changing it to 1200x1200 should not. In this case 1200x1200 is the best possible quality to get from this source.
If, on the other hand, the original image is larger than 1200x1200, you should try to figure out how big the original file was. If the original file was 1500x1500, then 1500x1500 should work, and 1501x1501 should not.
This is the URL of the image that you begin with (after changing the quality to 100)
http://cdn-images.deezer.com/images/cover/c0ad05c34b6e9234191a2ac4534c8085/500x500-000000-100-0-0.jpgUsing 1501x1501 will give an error message.
http://cdn-images.deezer.com/images/cover/c0ad05c34b6e9234191a2ac4534c8085/1501x1501-000000-100-0-0.jpg1500x1500 does work, so you know that the original size of the image is 1500x1500
http://cdn-images.deezer.com/images/cover/c0ad05c34b6e9234191a2ac4534c8085/1500x1500-000000-100-0-0.jpgSometimes you should try out different sizes to find the original size, so it could take some time.
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Digital Tunes
The typical URL for an image on Digital Tunes looks like:
https://static.digital-tunes.net/images/releases/424719/480_480_full_size.jpgBy removing 480_480_, the image will no longer be resized.
Your URL should look like
https://static.digital-tunes.net/images/releases/424719/full_size.jpg---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Drum & Bass Arena Download
The typical URL for an image on D&BA looks like:
http://download.breakbeat.co.uk/ImageThumbnail.ashx?width=280&height=280&image=Shared%2fMusic%2fXilent+feat.+Charlotte+Haining%2fFree+Me+(Xilent)%2fArtworkResize_Free+Me_Xilent+feat.+Charlotte+Haining_artwork.jpgCopy the entire URL and go to this website
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/Paste the URL in the textarea and click on the button that says "Decode". This should give you:
http://download.breakbeat.co.uk/ImageThumbnail.ashx?width=280&height=280&image=Shared/Music/Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining/Free Me (Xilent)/ArtworkResize_Free Me_Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining_artwork.jpg
Now remove the part that is highlighted here:
http://download.breakbeat.co.uk/ImageThumbnail.ashx?width=280&height=280&image=Shared/Music/Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining/Free Me (Xilent)/ArtworkResize_Free Me_Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining_artwork.jpg
That should result into:
http://download.breakbeat.co.uk/Shared/Music/Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining/Free Me (Xilent)/ArtworkResize_Free Me_Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining_artwork.jpg
The only thing to do now is to remove ArtworkResize_, so the final URL looks like
http://download.breakbeat.co.uk/Shared/Music/Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining/Free Me (Xilent)/Free Me_Xilent feat. Charlotte Haining_artwork.jpg
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iTunes
The typical URL for an image on iTunes looks like:
http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music4/v4/d0/6a/d5/d06ad582-23b4-7353-40a3-f9c2c0aa3417/888831109617.170x170-75.jpgBy changing 170x170 to 1200x1200 we are able to get the highest quality possible. Remember that this could result in a stretched image, because smaller images might end up being upscaled.
Your URL should look like
http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music4/v4/d0/6a/d5/d06ad582-23b4-7353-40a3-f9c2c0aa3417/888831109617.1200x1200-75.jpg---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Satellite EDM
The typical URL for an image on Satellite EDM looks like:
http://sdms-images.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1203424/887396155428_preview.jpgBy removing _preview, the image will be its original size.
Your URL should look like
http://sdms-images.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1203424/887396155428.jpgCredits to my man Heartbeat for this one.
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Soundcloud
The typical URL for an image on Soundcloud looks like:
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000064765106-q7sork-t500x500.jpg?30a2558The last part (?30a2558) is irrelevant and can be removed. To get the original size of the image, replace t500x500 with original. So your URL should look like
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000064765106-q7sork-original.jpgIf this results in an XML error page that says AccessDenied, that means the original image was in another format. Try to change the file extension (.jpg) to e.g. .png or .jpeg.
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Trackitdown
The typical URL for an image on Trackitdown looks like:
https://d33yltq05bdjmc.cloudfront.net/graphics/753/753797__small.pngBy changing __small.png to _original.jpg we are able to get the original file.
Your URL should look like
https://d33yltq05bdjmc.cloudfront.net/graphics/753/753797_original.jpgTo encode the URL, I would recommend you, use that tool https://url-decode.com/ with more options and other tools for the users as well.
%2fArtworkResize_Free+Me_Xilent+feat.+Charlotte+Haining_artwork.jpg){kind=link}
