# Cover resize by action
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228 "2019-04-24T02:39:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/1 "2019-04-24T02:39:49Z")
Hello All,
I am looking for a way to create an action that would change the size of the covers in a specific directory to 500x500. Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/2 "2019-04-24T04:50:06Z")
see here:
> [@Resize album art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/resize-album-art/15355/):
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> Hi all, I spent a considerable amount of time last year fixing up my mp3 collection with this great software, it still took weeks however, as I had to source high quality album art manually. I added high quality album art to all of my music where possible, which at the time seemed like a good idea for future proofing for higher res screens etc. on smartphones and tablets. I was using 800x800 on average for my album art. Now to my problem, I have a new head unit in the car, it’s a Kenwood DDX-40…
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### Author:  [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/3 "2019-04-24T15:36:00Z")
Hi, thanks for the response but the info you sent me is the same person having the same question?
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### Author:  [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/4 "2019-04-24T15:39:06Z")
Sorry, I didn’t read the solution but the link provided is dead.
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### Author:  [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/5 "2019-04-24T15:41:17Z")
I found it, I’ll give it a try. Thank you so much!
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### Author:  [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/6 "2019-04-24T16:01:15Z")
Sorry for being a pain but that program doesn’t exist any longer. I see that mo3tag downloads album artwork. How do you get that to work? Can you set restrictions to size there?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/7 "2019-04-24T19:05:13Z")
So, to come back to your original question: is there an action to resize covers? The answer is no. And this should have been the result of the linked thread.
In that linked thread there were mentioned a couple of tools.
If one does not exist any more, look for another one.
MP3tag has web source scripts that look mainly for tag information and also can download the pictures found with that tag information.
If you look for other programs to download pictures (which is a completely different thing than an action to resize), you may have a look at this thread:
> [@How to use AlbumArtDownloader in Tools for Cover Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-albumartdownloader-in-tools-for-cover-art/19422):
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> [AlbumArtDownloader](https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/) is arguably one of the best free album cover art downloaders around. It effortlessly searches a large number of cover art sources with standalone scripts that are constantly updated. And it presents all the found art with previews, sizes, etc. Download and install AlbumArtDownloader from SourceForge: [https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/) In MP3TAG, click on Tools and select Options... (Ctrl-O shortcut) In the Mp3tag Options window, select Tools on the left side,…
or look for albumartdownloader.
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### Author:  [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/8 "2019-04-24T21:06:30Z")
I got this done, please read below.
**USED ACTIONS TO**
**Export cover to file**
Exports the cover art from the tag of the file to the relative or absolute filename specified by the format string. You can use placeholders like %artist% and %album% in the format string.
**Remove fields**
This action type removes the fields entered in the edit field (e.g. COMMENT;PICTURE). Removing embedded cover art. Please use PICTURE as field name if you want to remove cover art from the tags.
**Import cover from file**
Imports the cover art specified by the absolute or relative filename into the tag of the file. You can use placeholders like %artist% or %album%.
\>Export all embedded covers to file
1. Open mp3tag and insert all your music files
2. Select all files and go to Menu bar » Actions » Actions (quick)
3. Choose _Export cover to file_
4. Enter %\_filename% as _format string for image filename_
You get a nonsense message but all covers are exported to their respective folders
\>Delete all embedded covers
1. Select all files and go to Menu bar » Actions » Actions (quick)
2. Choose _Remove fields_
3. Enter PICTURE as _fields to remove_
Don't be confused if you look at Windows Explorer after it. It doesn't update the file covers.
You have to copy (not renaming) a file to check the successful removal.
\>Resize all artwork using [Flexxi](https://sourceforge.net/projects/flexxi-image-resizer/) (I used 500x500 for all files). It reduces/increases all cover art to the specifications you outline. Save all new images.
\>Re-Import all file covers
1. Select all files and go to Menu bar » Actions » Actions (quick)
2. Choose _Import cover to file_
3. Enter %\_filename%.jpg as _format string for image filename_
Got some errors on the last step? Thought so. Me too. I realized that some embedded pictures are saved as .PNGs rather than .JPGs. Ok, back to the import dialog and enter %\_filename%.png for our second import try. This time, all .PNGs are imported.
**DELETE ALL IMAGE FILES FROM PARENT DIRECTORY FOR CLEAN UP**
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/9 "2019-04-25T20:21:54Z")
> [@izzyforeal](#):
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> **Remove fields**
> This action type removes the fields entered in the edit field (e.g. COMMENT;PICTURE). Removing embedded cover art. Please use PICTURE as field name if you want to remove cover art from the tags.
You can skip this action because it is not necessary to delete cover-art with a separate action before embedding new cover-art. Just mark "Delete existing cover art" in the action "Import cover from file".
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-resize-by-action/45228/10 "2026-02-09T12:28:03Z")