See social-media safe zones while recording

The challenge

When you record for Instagram, TikTok and similar platforms, their interface — captions, usernames, buttons and other UI — sits on top of your video and can cover important content or the protagonist. Today the recording view shows a head stencil to help you position yourself, but it doesn't show where each platform's UI will overlap. That makes it easy to end up with content in a "no-go" area that gets hidden once the video is published.

Our approach

Let's introduce optional safe-zone overlays in the recording view that mark the "no-go" areas each platform (Instagram, TikTok, etc.) covers with its own interface. Protagonists in front of the camera would see exactly where not to stand and where not to place important content, so nothing gets hidden by the platform UI. We'd like to explore offering this as an alternative to the current head stencil.

Expected impact

• Content and protagonists stay clear of areas covered by social platform UI
• Fewer reshoots and less rework after publishing
• More confident framing for anyone recording social-first videos