Are the coloured guides official YouTube safe zones?

No. They are conservative planning aids and cannot represent every device or interface experiment.

Do guides appear in the PNG?

No. Planning overlays are excluded from the downloaded frame.

Yes. The headline and supporting caption move together when you drag on the live vertical frame.

Does this export a video?

No. It exports a static PNG planning frame, not an encoded video.

Is the optional image uploaded?

No. The image is decoded and composed locally in the browser.

Image Tools

YouTube Shorts Safe-Zone Frame Planner

Preview a 1080 × 1920 vertical frame with draggable styled copy and conservative interface-exclusion overlays.

Free browser toolRuns in your browserNo sign-up

1080 × 1920 canvas

Vertical composition preview

Coloured overlays are conservative planning aids, not official or permanent YouTube UI boundaries, and are excluded from export.

Drag anywhere on the frame to position the copy.

Export

1080 × 1920

Planning overlays

Visible

Overlay export

Excluded

YouTube interface positions can vary by device, language, account and experiment. Review the final upload on representative devices before publishing.

About the YouTube Shorts Safe-Zone Frame Planner

YouTube Shorts Safe-Zone Frame Planner creates a 1080 × 1920 vertical composition from a gradient or optional local JPG, PNG or WebP image. Add a headline and supporting caption, customize their colours and sizes, then use a position preset or drag the copy directly on the frame.

Cyan and rose overlays reserve conservative planning space around the right-side interface and lower control or caption region. These guides are excluded from the downloaded PNG.

The overlays are planning aids, not official permanent boundaries. Interface placement can change by device, language, account and experiment, so inspect the final upload on representative devices.

Key features

Exact 1080 × 1920 canvas
Gradient or local image background
Headline and supporting-caption layers
Upper, centre and lower placement
Direct canvas drag positioning
Independent headline and caption colours and sizes
Dark readability overlay
Conservative UI planning guides
Non-exported guide overlays
Local PNG planning-frame export

How to use

1Enter short on-screen copy and choose an initial vertical-position preset.
2Customize the text sizes and colours, then drag on the frame to fine-tune the copy position.
3Select background colours or add a permitted local image frame.
4Use the planning overlays to keep important text away from likely interface areas.
5Download the clean PNG reference and review the finished video on current YouTube layouts.

Examples

Check lower-third placement

Input: Vertical frame image, short headline, supporting caption and visible planning overlays

Output: 1080 × 1920 clean PNG reference without guides

Review the actual uploaded video because interface positions can change.

Frequently asked questions

Are the coloured guides official YouTube safe zones?: No. They are conservative planning aids and cannot represent every device or interface experiment.
Do guides appear in the PNG?: No. Planning overlays are excluded from the downloaded frame.
Can I drag the text?: Yes. The headline and supporting caption move together when you drag on the live vertical frame.
Does this export a video?: No. It exports a static PNG planning frame, not an encoded video.
Is the optional image uploaded?: No. The image is decoded and composed locally in the browser.

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