Can you design an album cover for a band on photoshop elements and how?

Question

Can you design an album cover for a band on photoshop elements and how?

Answer 1

set your document size to match a cd cover (4.75 x 4.175 inches = 342 x 301 pixels). use layers and text to combine images and colors. save a PSD file and a flatetened file for printing. it is certainly possible to do this with Elements and not the overprice super-mega-ultra Photoshop.

Answer 2

I have to add this:

Despite the accurate description on how to do a cover with PS Elements, 4.75 x 4.175 inches = 342 x 301 pixels for printing???

300 pixel? Seriously? For printing? Dear, if you want to have a printed version of that cover, I recommend you choose a higher resolution than 72 dpi (=12 x 12 cm = 340 x 340 pixel, I'm German, so never mind that I don't calculate the inches....).

72 dpi is monitor resolution, if you want to print in real size (e.g. 12 x 12), you have to work with 300 dpi (dpi = dots per inch, btw). Otherwise it gets blurry... 300 is standard.  12 x 12 cm = 1417 x 1417 pixel = 4,723 x 4,723 inch.