Check a frame against the UI your audience will actually see. Keep hooks, faces, product shots and captions out of the collision zones before you publish.
Every short-form feed adds its own navigation, caption, action rail, account controls and commerce surfaces. A frame that looks clean in an editor can lose its hook under the live UI.
Use this checker before you publish. Start with Instagram Reels when you are cross-posting, because its combined top and bottom clearance is the strictest of the major vertical feeds.
Reference dimensions for a 1080 × 1920 vertical canvas. Platform UI shifts over time, so treat these as a conservative working guide.
| Platform | Top clear | Bottom clear | Action rail begins |
|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok | 200px | 1550px | 900px |
| Instagram Reels | 220px | 1600px | 920px |
| YouTube Shorts | 150px | 1500px | 940px |
| Facebook Reels | 180px | 1580px | 920px |
| Snapchat Spotlight | 160px | 1560px | 930px |
| Pinterest Idea Pins | 170px | 1620px | 940px |
| X / Twitter | 190px | 1570px | 930px |
| LinkedIn video | 200px | 1590px | 930px |
It is the area least likely to be covered by TikTok's navigation, caption block, action icons and other interface elements. On a 1080 × 1920 frame, keep important content below 200px, above 1550px, and left of roughly 900px.
Yes. Add the downloaded PNG above your footage, scale it to the full canvas, position your text and subjects, then hide the guide track before exporting.
No. The image or extracted video frame stays in the browser. Nothing is sent to DominateTools.