Make an Instagram Reel cover from a frame of your video or any image, add a title, and see it both as the full 9:16 cover and as the 3:4 tile your profile grid shows. Use it to keep titles and faces from being cut off on your grid.
Reel cover · 9:16 · and on your profile grid · 3:4
Full coverOn your profile grid (middle 3:4)
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The shaded bands are the 240 px at the top and bottom that the 3:4 profile grid cuts off. The guide is never in the file.
How to use the Instagram Reel Cover Maker
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Drop your video and drag to the frame you want, or drop an image. Zoom and move it to frame the face.
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Type the title and set its size, weight, position and style. Keep it inside the guide so the grid shows it.
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Download the 1080 × 1920 cover as a JPG or PNG. Add it as the cover when you share the Reel.
Reel cover size and the grid crop
Where
Shape
What shows
The cover file
9:16
1080 × 1920 px, the size of the Reel
Your profile grid
3:4
The middle 1080 × 1440 px. 240 px go off the top and 240 px off the bottom
Since January 2025 the profile grid shows 3:4 tiles, so a Reel cover loses its top and bottom there. Keep the title and the face in the middle 1080 × 1440. Instagram’s Help Center lists 420 × 654 px (1:1.55) as the recommended cover size. A 1080 × 1920 cover matches the Reel’s shape and stays sharp.
What makes a cover easy to read
Few words. The grid tile is small on a phone. Three to six words read at a glance. A full sentence doesn’t.
Big and heavy. Bold or Black weight at a large size survives the shrink to a tile.
Contrast. White text needs a shadow or a background on a bright frame. Pick the Background style when the frame is busy.
Face and title apart. Put the title above or below the face, not across it, and keep both inside the guide.
One look across the grid. The same font, size and position on every cover makes the profile read like a series.
Add the cover to your Reel
Save the cover to the phone you post from.
Make your Reel and tap Next to reach the share screen.
Tap Cover on the preview, then Add from camera roll, and pick the file.
Share the Reel.
Make your AI persona’s Reels on your own API keys, then add captions and export the finished video. How editing videos works →
Instagram Reel Cover Maker questions
What size is an Instagram Reel cover?
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1080 × 1920 pixels, the same 9:16 shape as the Reel. Your profile grid shows only the middle 1080 × 1440, so keep the title there.
Why is my Reel cover cut off on my profile?
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Because the profile grid shows 3:4 tiles. It cuts 240 pixels off the top and 240 off the bottom of a 1080 × 1920 cover. Move the title toward the middle.
Can I pick a frame from my video?
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Yes. Drop the video and drag the slider to the moment you want. Your browser reads the frame at the video’s full resolution.
Should the title be the same as the hook?
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Often, yes. People read the cover title on your grid, so make the same promise as the first line of the video, in fewer words.
