What gets cropped or covered, and the margins that avoid it.
Why safe zones exist
Platforms show the same picture in different places. A 4:5 post appears in full in the feed but as a tile cut from its middle on your profile grid. Stories and vertical videos are covered at the top and bottom by names, captions and buttons.
The safe zones Melon Cut uses
Each margin is measured from the edge, as a share of the width for the sides and of the height for the top and bottom.
- 4:5 post: 13% from the sides, 12% from the top and bottom
- 9:16 story: 8% from the sides, 14% from the top and bottom
- 9:16 video: 8% from the sides, 14% from the top, 20% from the bottom
How Melon Cut keeps to them
Social posts, stories and social media videos are made with key content inside their safe area, and a brand's real logo is always placed inside it. Check for social media flags anything the Instagram grid would crop.