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Free Social Media Safe Zones Preview Tool.
Upload your video or image to instantly see how it will appear on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more with native overlays, crop zones, and UI elements.
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Avoid bad crops and awkward overlays on social media
Social platforms constantly shift their UI. If you’re not checking safe zones, you risk hiding faces, cutting off captions or text, and breaking your creative. This tool helps you:
- Catch crop issues before you publish
- Align content with platform-specific layouts
- Save time and avoid manual rework
- Make your designers and execs happy with cleaner mockups
See exactly how content will appear on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more
Choose from real platform overlays: TikTok, Instagram Stories, Reels, Shorts, LinkedIn posts, Snap, and more. Our tool updates as the platforms do, so you’re never guessing what your audience will see.
Include your intended caption for an even more complete preview of how your post will look once live.
Export complete previews in seconds
Need to show a boss, teammate, or client how a post will look? Upload, preview, export. Our mockups make collaboration fast and clear.
- Export image mockups for internal review
- Use in decks or approval flows
- Share with stakeholders to avoid surprises
Made by Slate, the content creation platform for brand social teams
This tool is just one of the many ways Slate helps brands create better content. Our complete platform powers on-brand, ready-to-post social content for teams at the NFL, Amazon, Atlassian and more.
How the Safe Zones free tool works
Upload your video or image
Drop in your content, anything from a Reel to a LinkedIn post.
Select a platform view
Preview exactly how it’ll show up on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more with native overlays and UI.
Adjust, export, share
Make quick tweaks, download mockups, and share for review.
Safe zones, answered
What are social media safe zones?
Safe zones are the parts of a vertical video or image that stay visible once a platform lays its own interface on top: the caption, the username, the like and share buttons, the progress bar. Anything outside the safe zone risks being covered or cropped. Each platform’s safe zone is different, and they change.Which platforms does the tool cover?
TikTok, Instagram Stories and Reels, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and more. The overlays are updated as the platforms change their UI.Is the Safe Zones tool really free?
Yes. Upload, preview, and export mockups without an account. Safe zones are also built into Slate’s editor, where they’re applied automatically while you create.Can I preview with my caption?
Yes. Add your intended caption to see how the text wraps and where it sits relative to your creative before you post.
