Social Media Safe Zone Checker
Preview your content with platform-specific safe zones and UI overlays for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
Drag and drop your file here or click to upload
How to Use Safe-Zone Checker in Your Workflow
Follow this step-by-step process to ensure your content looks perfect on every platform.
Upload Your Asset
Drag and drop your file to see safe zone overlays showing where UI elements appear on your content.
Click Safe Zone
Activate the safe zone overlay to visualize where platform UI elements will appear on your content. This helps you identify areas where important visuals might be obscured by interface elements like buttons, captions, and profile information.
Toggle Between Platform Overlays
Switch between TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts to see where UI elements appear on each platform.
Export and Download with Safe Zones
Download with safe zone overlays as reference. Share with stakeholders and document layout decisions.
Upload to Kreatli for Team Review
Upload your exported file to Kreatli to share with your team for collaborative review. Get feedback on safe zone placement, ensure alignment across stakeholders, and document layout decisions. This step is essential for maintaining consistency and catching potential issues before publishing.
Platform-Specific Safe Zone Recommendations
Each platform has unique UI overlays and cropping behavior. Follow these recommendations for optimal visibility across all devices and viewing contexts.
Instagram Reels
Ensures text/logos avoid feed/profile crop, and UI overlays won't cover CTAs.
YouTube Shorts
Prevents overlay from captions, progress bar, and ensures clear thumbnail visibility.
TikTok
Avoids overlap with caption box and action icons; ensures clarity on different device sizes.
What are Safe Zones and Why They Matter
Safe zones are buffer areas inside your video canvas where important visual elements are guaranteed to remain visible, regardless of device differences or UI overlays.
Protect Your Content
Apps like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube put playback controls, profile bars, comment buttons, captions, and overlays on top of your video. Placing critical content too close to the edges risks accidental cropping or hiding.
Professional Results
Treating safe zones as a built-in editing discipline means fewer layout surprises, fewer reworks, and fewer delivery delays. Your content looks polished and intentional across all platforms.
Why This Matters More Than Ever
With vertical video reaching everywhere - stories, shorts, social feeds, ads - inconsistent visibility can silently erode audience engagement.
Hidden Impact
Missed captions, hidden logos, or obscured CTAs don't surface as technical failures - they lower effective deliverables and weaken brand clarity.
Protect Creative Intent
By embedding safe-zone discipline early and standardizing across projects via templates and project workflows, you protect creative intent.
Reduce Errors
Reduce errors and deliver polished content no matter where it lands. Your content will look professional across all platforms and devices.
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Ready to Ensure Your Content Looks Perfect?
Use our safe zone checker tool to preview your content with accurate platform overlays. Ensure your videos, titles, logos, and CTAs stay visible across all devices and platforms.