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Unleash your creativity and create a stunning CD cover online for free with Adobe Express. Explore tons of free artistic templates or start from scratch. No skills needed.

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Create truly artistic CD covers with free Adobe Express templates.

A music album is more than just the recording – it’s an entire artistic experience packaged up for your listeners. Create stunning CD cover designs with the creative power of free Adobe Express professionally designed templates. Whether you’re publishing a studio-recorded album or giving a friend a mixed CD, Adobe Express has the tools you need to create, customise, and bring your idea to life.

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1:1

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album-cover

Topics

Collection ID

(To pull in manually curated templates if needed)

Orientation

(Horizontal/Vertical)

Vertical

Width

(Full, Std, sixcols)

sixcols

Limit

(number of templates to load each pagination. Min. 5)

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How to make a CD cover design online.

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Start designing your CD cover art for free with Adobe Express on both web and mobile.

Explore trending templates.

Search through thousands of brilliant, professional CD cover design templates and choose one to start creating your own CD cover art.

Showcase handpick images.

Add images from your device or image libraries. Explore free assets including photos, icons, and backgrounds in our collections to top off your design.

Brand it.

Upload your logo to feature it on your CD cover design art. Choose a font and colour palette that resonates with your artist or band.

Showcase your CD cover art.

Print out your CD cover art or post it to your digital channels and streaming platforms to share with your listeners everywhere.

Design iconic CD cover artwork - fast, easy & free.

Enjoy making cover artwork for just about anything, from burned CDs to podcasts to motion picture soundtracks and everything in between. Use your artwork for both printed covers as well as digital ones. Turn your album artwork into merch by remixing your design for t-shirts, posters, keychains, custom mugs or tote bags, and so much more, all right within your Adobe Express workspace. No experience needed.

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Let Adobe Express be your CD cover design expert.

Explore professionally designed templates to get your wheels spinning, or design your CD cover design from scratch. Establish a theme for your designs using photos, icons, logos, personalised fonts, and other customisable elements to make them feel entirely authentic. With Adobe Express, it’s free and easy to make, save, and share your designs within minutes so you can add collaborators, get approval, and debut your best CD cover artwork yet.

Design in Hindi, Bengali and Tamil.

No more language limitations! Adobe Express is now available in three of India’s most spoken languages, making it even easier to create everything from cards and social posts to flyers and video content. Design with confidence in the language that feels most natural to you.

Frequently asked questions.

What are the standard CD cover sizes?

CD covers are almost always a 4.75” square.

How do I design an impressive CD cover template?

A good CD cover is one that captures the content of the CD in an artistic way that is simultaneously direct and easy to understand. Use high quality images and impactful, legible font choices. If you need inspiration, start with our template gallery, then customise with the world of professional design tools and assets right at your fingertips.

What should I put on the back of a CD cover?

Add a track list of a summary of the CD’s contents. Feature imagery and text that matches the rest of the CD cover design. Add a logo, publishing company, contact details, or other relevant credits as well.

Can I create my own CD cover template?

Any new or existing project can be turned into a shareable template. To turn your CD cover into a template, click on the three-dot menu at the left of the Download button and follow the steps to turn your design into a template.

Can I get Adobe Express for free? If so, what’s included?

Yes, Adobe Express has a free plan that includes core features like photo editing tools and effects and thousands of free templates. Learn more about our plans and pricing.