Will the app's buttons cover the text?

The hook and captions are placed away from the bottom and the right edge, where the Shorts and TikTok buttons sit. You can check any frame with the free safe zone checker before uploading.

Can I use these for TikTok and Instagram Reels too?

Yes. They are plain 9:16 video files with your text, so they work on any vertical platform. The follow pill and the «part 2» card are generic, without any app's logo.

Do I need After Effects?

No. Every template is edited in your browser: type your text, choose colors and format (16:9, 9:16 or 1:1), watch the live preview and export.

What do I export, and does it work in my editor?

Most templates export as a ProRes 4444 .mov with a transparent background, which you place on a track above your clip in CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro. You can also export an MP4 with your own clip behind it. Always in Full HD.

Editing and previewing are free and need no account. To export you sign in with Google; during the open beta, new accounts get export credits at no cost.

YouTube Shorts Templates — Hooks, Captions and Follow Cards in 9:16

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A Short has about two seconds to earn the next ten, and the pieces that do it are always the same. This collection puts them in order. It starts with the hook headline, which comes in word by word in the top safe zone, makes your key word stand out and points an arrow down at the video. Then the captions: the thick, condensed TikTok style where the spoken word jumps and takes color, one giant word at a time for motivational edits, and the slam captions where the word you mark with asterisks hits on its own line.

For the middle of the clip there is «wait for it», a bar that fills up to the exact second of the moment and counts down the last three seconds, and the reply-to-comment sticker with the commenter's @ and a comment that types itself. Podcast clippers get the full vertical package: hook, speaker strap, voice wave and progress bar. If your footage is landscape, the «video on top, text below» layout fits it into 9:16.

To close a series, the «Part 2» card rolls the number up and asks people to follow; the follow pill does the same in one move. Every template exports at 1080 × 1920 and, without a background, sits over your own clip.

12 templates · 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1

Free tool: Shorts safe zone checker — Drop in a vertical frame and see what the Shorts, TikTok and Reels buttons cover. Download the safe-zone PNG.

Questions

Will the app's buttons cover the text?: The hook and captions are placed away from the bottom and the right edge, where the Shorts and TikTok buttons sit. You can check any frame with the free safe zone checker before uploading.
Can I use these for TikTok and Instagram Reels too?: Yes. They are plain 9:16 video files with your text, so they work on any vertical platform. The follow pill and the «part 2» card are generic, without any app's logo.
Do I need After Effects?: No. Every template is edited in your browser: type your text, choose colors and format (16:9, 9:16 or 1:1), watch the live preview and export.
What do I export, and does it work in my editor?: Most templates export as a ProRes 4444 .mov with a transparent background, which you place on a track above your clip in CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro. You can also export an MP4 with your own clip behind it. Always in Full HD.
Is it free?: Editing and previewing are free and need no account. To export you sign in with Google; during the open beta, new accounts get export credits at no cost.