Add picture frame
Selecting New frame > Picture frame from the frame information menu leads to the dialogue shown below.

The image file you wish to add should be dragged and dropped from a filer window into this window. If it is a jpeg image then its details will be entered into the appropriate fields in the upper part of the dialogue. For a PNG file, the image size field will remain blank, since ID3TagEd cannot get the image size info from the image.
The picture type can be selected from the popup menu. The allowed types (v 2.3) are as follows.
- 0. Other
- 1. file icon (32×32 pixel, PNG only)
- 2. Other file icon
- 3. Cover (front)
- 4. Cover (back)
- 5. Leaflet page
- 6. Media (e.g. label side of CD)
- 7. Lead artist/lead performer/soloist
- 8. Artist/performer
- 9. Conductor
- 10. Band/Orchestra
- 11. Composer
- 12. Lyricist
- 13. Recording Location
- 14. During recording
- 15. During performance
- 16. Movie/video capture
- 17. A bright coloured fish
- 18. Illustration
- 19. Band/artist logotype
- 20. Publisher/Studio logotype
It is also possible, but entirely optional, to enter an additional short description of the image (max 63 chars). The ID3 v2 standard allows more than one embedded image, but only one with the same content descriptor. There may be only one picture with the picture type declared as picture type 1 and 2 respectively.
Once a file has been dragged to the window, the Add image button will become unshaded. Clicking this button will construct the picture frame and add it to the tag in memory. It is still necessary to Write the tag before the change is made permanent in the mp3 file.
