Instagram Story Maker
On Instagram, the story fills the whole phone screen for a few seconds — followers tap through unless it stops them, in the feed, the Reels tab and the profile grid. Open the Studio from here and Social Media Post Generator is preset for an Instagram story at 9:16 · 1080×1920; type the words, drop the photo if the tool takes one, run.
Because the story size is locked to Instagram, nothing gets cropped later. Iterate on the Instagram story at Standard, pick the winner, then chain it: Reframe for the other platforms, Upscale for a big file, Animate for a clip.
What this fixes
- Your Instagram story graphics have text hidden under the reply bar
- You need a Instagram story image every day and design time every week
- The Instagram story looks nothing like the feed post it links to
- Text on your Instagram story is unreadable over a busy photo
The workflow
Open Social Media Post Generator preset for Instagram at 9:16 · 1080×1920
Fields that matter for an Instagram story are already chosen; fill in the words and run.
Social Media Post GeneratorReframe the Instagram story design to 1:1 for the feed
One idea, two Instagram placements, no second design session.
Reframe for PlatformQuestions
Why is the top and bottom of the Instagram story left clear?
Instagram draws its own profile bar and reply box over the top and bottom 12% of a story, so the tool keeps Instagram story text out of those bands and it reads on every phone.
Which size does the Instagram story come out at?
9:16 · 1080×1920 — the Instagram story tool is locked to that ratio; use Reframe on the result for any other platform.
What does an Instagram story cost?
An Instagram story is 2 credits at Standard from a title or description, 4 from one photo, more at Pro and Max. New accounts start with 4 free credits, so the first Instagram story is on the house.
Instagram Story Maker
Open with these settings