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Story & Reels Safe Zone Checker

See which parts of your 9:16 image get covered by buttons, captions and usernames.

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Good to know: Red areas are where the app puts buttons and text. Keep faces, prices and important words inside the clear area. Guides are approximate; apps change their layout. Your files stay on your device: nothing is uploaded.

How to use it (step by step)

  1. 1Choose your tall (9:16) story or reel image.
  2. 2Pick the app (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts…).
  3. 3Anything in the red areas will be covered by buttons and text. Move important things into the green box.

Words to know

Safe zone
The middle part of a vertical video or story that is not covered by the app’s buttons and captions.
Aspect ratio (9:16, 4:5…)
The shape of an image: width compared to height. 9:16 is tall like a phone screen, 16:9 is wide like a TV, 1:1 is square.
Subtitles (SRT/VTT)
Text files with the words spoken in a video and the exact times to show them.
Area / volume / perimeter
Perimeter = distance around a shape. Area = the flat space inside it (m²). Volume = the space inside a 3D object (m³).

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