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Content safe zones

Skill S3YED/appie-kit/skills/content/content-safe-zones

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Place text, captions, CTAs, and overlays safely for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts vertical-video layouts.

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Content Safe Zones — Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts

Reference guide for placing text, captions, CTAs, and overlays on 9:16 vertical video (1080x1920).

Platform-Specific Safe Zones

Instagram Reels (1080x1920)

┌─────────────────────────┐ 0px
│  ❌ Status bar / time    │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~100px
│  ⚠️ Username / follow    │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~200px
│                         │
│                         │
│  ✅ SAFE ZONE            │ 200–1250px
│  Best for captions,     │
│  titles, key visuals    │
│                         │
│  🎯 SWEET SPOT:          │ 670–1250px
│  (center-lower frame)   │
│                         │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~1250px
│  ⚠️ Caption preview area │ 1250–1520px
├─────────────────────────┤ ~1520px
│  ❌ Like/Comment/Share   │ 1520–1700px
│  ❌ Music + description  │ 1700–1920px
└─────────────────────────┘ 1920px

Right edge (980–1080px): ❌ Action buttons (heart, comment, share, remix)
Left 0-100px: ⚠️ May overlap with username on some devices

TikTok (1080x1920)

┌─────────────────────────┐ 0px
│  ❌ Status bar            │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~120px
│  ⚠️ "Following/For You"  │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~200px
│                         │
│  ✅ SAFE ZONE            │ 200–1200px
│                         │
│  🎯 SWEET SPOT:          │ 640–1200px
│                         │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~1200px
│  ⚠️ Username + caption   │ 1200–1500px
├─────────────────────────┤ ~1500px
│  ❌ Like/Comment/Share   │ 1500–1700px
│  ❌ Music ticker          │ 1700–1920px
└─────────────────────────┘ 1920px

Right edge (960–1080px): ❌ Action buttons (slightly wider than IG)

YouTube Shorts (1080x1920)

┌─────────────────────────┐ 0px
│  ❌ Status bar            │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~100px
│  ⚠️ Channel name         │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~180px
│                         │
│  ✅ SAFE ZONE            │ 180–1300px
│                         │
│  🎯 SWEET SPOT:          │ 650–1300px
│                         │
├─────────────────────────┤ ~1300px
│  ⚠️ Title / description  │ 1300–1550px
├─────────────────────────┤ ~1550px
│  ❌ Like/Dislike/Comment │ 1550–1750px
│  ❌ Subscribe button      │ 1750–1920px
└─────────────────────────┘ 1920px

Right edge (970–1080px): ❌ Action buttons

Universal Safe Zone (works on ALL platforms)

For maximum cross-platform compatibility, use:

Zone	Y range (px)	Y range (%)	Use for
Caption zone	670–1200px	35–62%	Captions, subtitles
Title zone	300–600px	16–31%	Headlines, hooks
CTA zone	1000–1200px	52–62%	Call to action text
Full safe	200–1200px	10–62%	Any text/overlay

Horizontal margins: Keep text within x=100–980px (leave 100px on each side)

Caption Best Practices

Font size: 42–56px for body captions, 60–72px for headlines
Max width: ~880px (100px margin each side)
Line height: 1.3–1.5x font size
Max lines visible: 2–3 lines at a time
Background: Semi-transparent dark box OR text shadow/outline
Shadow recommended: [email protected]:shadowx=3:shadowy=3 (ffmpeg)
Animation: Word-by-word or sentence pop preferred over static

FFmpeg Reference

# Caption in sweet spot (y=62% = 1190px)
drawtext=fontfile=FONT:text='Your text':fontcolor=white:fontsize=48:\
x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h*0.62:[email protected]:shadowx=3:shadowy=3

# With background box
drawtext=fontfile=FONT:text='Your text':fontcolor=white:fontsize=48:\
x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h*0.62:box=1:[email protected]:boxborderw=12

Platform Comparison Summary

Feature	IG Reels	TikTok	YT Shorts
Bottom dead zone	1520px+	1500px+	1550px+
Right dead zone	980px+	960px+	970px+
Top dead zone	0–200px	0–200px	0–180px
Safe text area	200–1250px	200–1200px	180–1300px
Sweet spot	670–1250px	640–1200px	650–1300px
Universal sweet	670–1200px	670–1200px	670–1200px

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