Social Media Canvas

Configure platform-specific aspect ratios, safe text zones, caption limits, and file-size…

The single source of truth for every social media canvas dimension in 2026: aspect ratios, safe text zones, caption limits, and file-size budgets across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and X. It takes your square master image and transforms it into publication-ready exports per platform without letting UI overlays swallow your headline or CTA.

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Prices include 20% VAT. · Forged on real agency work · one-time, no lock-in

  • Type Skill
  • Category Content & Video
  • Delivery Email · instant
  • License One-time
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Inside the run · no black box

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One master visual, seventeen platform canvases, and a different UI dead zone painted over each. The skill validates safe zones with exact coordinates, transforms without blind resizing, and compresses to each platform's file budget.

  1. Looks up each target placement in its 17-canvas platform matrix: exact pixel dimensions, aspect ratio, caption character limit and file-size budget, kept as a single machine-readable source of truth.
  2. Maps the UI dead zones each platform paints over the image: the top and bottom 250px bands on Instagram Story, the right 150px button column on TikTok covers, the bottom action bar on LinkedIn feed, the duration overlay on YouTube thumbnails.
  3. Validates text and CTA placement against those safe zones with a 50px buffer rule; any element sitting inside a UI zone fails the check with exact coordinates reported.
  4. Transforms the square master into each target format with aspect-preserving fit plus padding instead of a blind resize, then verifies the final ratio within a 0.01 tolerance so platforms never auto-crop the content.
  5. Compresses per platform budget (4MB Facebook, 2MB YouTube, 10MB LinkedIn, 30MB Instagram) by stepping image quality down until the file fits, failing loudly if it cannot.
  6. Runs the final checklist before handoff: all carousel slides share one aspect ratio, EXIF metadata is stripped, captions sit within character limits and the mobile viewport preview has been checked.
Use cases · what happens when you plug it in

One power source. 6 lines out.

social-media-canvas · core

core active · 6 lines

  1. Push one master image to 7 platforms cleanly

    ✓ push one master image to
  2. Fit a 1024x1024 master into a 1080x1920 Story

    ✓ fit a 1024x1024 master i…
  3. Keep CTAs clear of TikTok's right-column buttons

    ✓ keep ctas clear of tikto…
  4. Validate carousel slides share one aspect ratio

    ✓ validate carousel slides
  5. Compress images to per-platform size limits

    ✓ compress images to per-p…
  6. Strip EXIF metadata before publishing

    ✓ strip exif metadata before
Benefits · what you walk away with

Yours to keep.

Drag time forward. Watch what stays.

Forever

That's what owning means.

The rented stack

ai writing tool: subscription

expired · access lost

analytics suite: subscription

expired · access lost

design platform: subscription

expired · access lost

(nothing left)

Your forge

  1. Look professional on every platform at once

    license: perpetual
  2. Never lose a headline behind a UI overlay again

    license: perpetual
  3. Cut re-export cycles by getting dimensions right first

    license: perpetual
  4. Speed uploads by hitting each platform's file budget

    license: perpetual

subscriptions expire · deeds don't

What's included · the full manifest

Everything in the box.

Pick a piece up. Watch it work.

17-canvas platform matrix with machine-readable JSON

part 01 of 06 · in the box

6 parts · one working system · ships instantly by email

Who it's for

This wasn't forged for everyone.

  • Not for you if you'd rather rent a tool than own one.
  • Not for you if you want someone else to run your stack.
  • Not for you if you're happy guessing.
Still here? Good.

Designers and social teams distributing one creative across many platforms who need every export to land inside each app's real UI constraints.

then this was forged for you.

Works with

Universal by design: these run in any AI. Delivered in the open Agent Skills + MCP format (native in Claude); ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor and Copilot adapt the same files their own way.

  • Claude Native format
  • ChatGPT Adapts via open standards
  • Gemini Adapts via open standards
  • Cursor Adapts via open standards
  • Copilot Adapts via open standards
Questions · still in the air

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catch a spark: the forge will answer

  1. We design one square master image, can it really serve all seven platforms?

    That is the core workflow: an aspect-preserving fit-and-pad pipeline carries the square master into each platform's canvas without squashing, and safe text zone maps keep headlines and CTAs clear of UI overlays like TikTok's right-hand button column.

  2. Aspect ratios are googleable, why a dedicated product?

    Static specs go stale and never catch failures. This ships a 17-canvas matrix as machine-readable JSON, a 50px safe-zone buffer validator script, platform-adaptive compression with WebP fallback, and a carousel consistency check, so compliance is verified instead of assumed.

  3. Does it generate the creative itself?

    No. It assumes the image already exists, whether AI-generated or designed, and handles the translation into publication-ready dimensions, per-platform file budgets, and EXIF stripping. Art direction and content sit upstream of it.

  4. How is it delivered?

    By email right after purchase: ready to run, downloaded instantly, no setup wait.

  5. One-time or subscription?

    A one-time purchase; no subscription or hidden fees. VAT (20%) is included.

  6. Can I get a refund?

    As a digital product, it can’t be refunded once downloaded. That’s why we show exactly what’s inside and who it’s for, right here.