Ad creative checker
Check a banner or video’s size, file weight and length against ad specs.
Video ad preview & safe zones
See your video the way viewers will: as a YouTube pre-roll, Instagram Reel, Story, YouTube Short or CTV ad. Safe-zone guides show where buttons, captions and the Skip button will cover your video, so your logo and message stay visible.
1. Your video or image
Showing a sample until you choose a file.
2. Where will it run?
3. Options
Safe-zone rules of thumb
- Reels and Stories: keep text, logos and faces out of roughly the top 14% and bottom 35% of the screen. That’s where the profile name, caption and buttons sit.
- YouTube Shorts: also avoid the right edge, where the like, comment and share buttons sit.
- YouTube in-stream: the bottom-right corner is covered by the Skip button and the bottom-left by the ad label and website link.
- CTV: TVs can crop the edges. Keep text inside the “title safe” area (the middle 90%) and important action inside the “action safe” area (93%). Put QR codes inside title safe, and keep them on screen for at least 5 seconds.
App layouts change and differ between phones, so treat the guides as close approximations.
Questions
Is my video uploaded?
No. It plays straight from your device inside the page.
Can I use one video for every placement?
You can, but results are better with two cuts: a 16:9 version for YouTube, CTV and OTT, and a 9:16 version for Reels, Stories and Shorts. Use this preview to check each one.
Why does my video look cropped?
When the video’s shape doesn’t match the placement, apps fill the screen and crop the edges. Switch “If the shape doesn’t match” to “Show it all” to see the whole frame.
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