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Safe zone templates for Instagram Reels, TikTok, Shorts and more

Every app draws its own buttons, captions and progress bar over a 9:16 video, each in a different place. These overlays show where, so text, logos and faces land where nothing covers them. Put one on top of your edit, check the frame, and switch it off before you export.

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48 transparent PNG files for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, CapCut and Canva.

Safe Zone Overlays: 9:16 Guides for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, Snapchat, LinkedIn and Pinterest

What you get

  • 9 zones

    Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Snapchat Spotlight, LinkedIn and Pinterest, plus Safe everywhere, which clears all of them, and one zone for Reels, TikTok and Shorts together.

  • Two styles

    Outline shows only the safe area. UI mock darkens the unsafe area and draws simple buttons and captions where the app puts them.

  • Grid crops

    3:4, 4:5 and 1:1 guides for covers, so the title still reads on a profile grid.

  • Two sizes

    1080x1920 and 2160x3840 (4K), 48 transparent PNG files.

  • Cheat sheet

    One PDF page with every zone in pixels.

  • Safe Zone Checker

    An offline page where you drop a frame or a video and it marks text that sits under an app's UI.

Who it is for

  • Video editors and creators who post the same 9:16 video to several apps
  • Social media managers checking captions and logos before a client signs off
  • Designers making Reels covers that must still read on the profile grid

Details

Apps
7 apps plus 2 combined zones
Files
48 transparent PNG overlays, 24 at 1080x1920 and 24 at 2160x3840
Styles
Outline and UI mock, plus 3:4, 4:5 and 1:1 grid crops
Also inside
One-page cheat sheet PDF, how-to guide PDF, offline Safe Zone Checker
Works in
Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, CapCut and Canva, or any editor that takes a PNG
Price
$9, paid once

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick an overlay: 01 Safe everywhere if you post to several apps, or the file for your app.

  2. 2

    Put it on the top track above your footage, from the 1080x1920 folder for HD or the 4K folder for 2160x3840.

  3. 3

    Keep text, logos and faces inside the white outline.

  4. 4

    Turn the overlay off before you export.

Questions

Which file should I use?

Posting one video to several apps: Safe everywhere. Only Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube: the Reels, TikTok and Shorts zone, which leaves you more room. One app: that app's file.

Will the overlay show up in my export?

Only if you leave it on. Turn the clip or track off before you export; the guide shows how in each editor. In Final Cut Pro you can load it as a custom overlay, which never exports.

Does it work on a 4K timeline?

Yes. Use the 2160x3840 folder. Every number doubles.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each platform's own help pages and template files, checked in October 2026: Meta's Reels specs for Instagram and Facebook, TikTok's In-Feed safe zone file, Google's YouTube vertical overlay, Snap's creative best practices and Pinterest's Video Pin specs. Snapchat prints no side margins and LinkedIn prints no numbers at all, so those zones use careful margins of our own, and the guide says so.

What if an app changes its layout?

When a platform changes its published numbers, we update the pack, and the new files show up in your Gumroad library.

Can I use them for client work?

Yes, in your own videos and in work for clients. Please do not resell or share the files.

Get Safe Zone Overlays

9:16 Guides for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, Snapchat, LinkedIn and Pinterest

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