Why Safe Margins Are Calculated, Not Guessed
Title-safe and action-safe zones exist because not every display or output device cuts off content cleanly. Older CRT televisions, broadcast monitors, cinema projectors, and compressed web players all crop differently around the edges. Designing to the full frame risks losing lower-third titles, corner badges, or call-to-action elements to overscan.
Step-by-step guide
Start by selecting the target format: broadcast HD, social video, print bleed, or a custom resolution. The generator derives safe margins from percentage-based rules and pixel dimensions, then overlays guide boxes on a preview canvas. Export the result as notes, percentages, or bounding coordinates for use in After Effects, Figma, CSS, or print templates.
Every calculation happens in the browser. No artwork is uploaded, no project file is stored on a server, and no copyright-sensitive frames leave your machine.
Broadcast safe zones vs web safe zones
Broadcast workflows usually keep critical text and graphics inside a 90% title-safe area and action inside a slightly larger boundary. Web and social platforms rarely apply analog overscan, but letterboxing, padding, and browser chrome can still clip UI overlays on mobile or in embedded players.
Safe margins for print and motion graphics
Print templates often require bleed margins plus a smaller live area inside which text must remain legible after trimming. Motion graphics use matching logic for frame-safe placement of lower thirds, corner bugs, and sponsor banners that should survive delivery to multiple broadcasters and streaming encoders.