Instagram Stories specs, and a one-click export.
The exact full-screen Stories canvas, safe zones, duration and file limits — with a one-action export from your ScriptMotion generation to a Stories-ready file. No editor round-trip.
Instagram Stories video specs
These are the exact targets ScriptMotion’s export encoder uses for Instagram Stories— the same values that drive the platform export in the app.
- Default aspect ratio
- 9:16 (1080×1920)
- Max duration
- 60 seconds (1 min)
- Min duration
- 1 seconds
- Max file size
- 250 MB
- Video codec
- H264
- Recommended bitrate
- 6 Mbps
- Recommended frame rate
- 30 fps
- Audio
- AAC 128k @ 44.1 kHz
Instagram Stories safe zones
For full-screen 9:16 Stories, Meta advises keeping the top, bottom and side edges free of key creative elements, text and logos — the profile icon sits at the top and the call-to-action and reply bar sit at the bottom.
Source: Meta — Safe zone for ads in Stories and Reels — accessed 2026-07-13.
Supported Instagram Stories formats
Export for Instagram Stories from ScriptMotion
No editor round-trip and no manual re-encode. Export the exact generation you’re viewing, formatted for Instagram Stories in one action.
Pick your platforms
Open the export menu on a completed generation and multi-select the platforms your client runs — Instagram Stories on its own, or alongside the others in one pass.
We format each one
ScriptMotion scales and pads your video to the Instagram Storiescanvas automatically. If your source is already the right shape the row shows “Ready”; otherwise it reformats for you.
Every file downloads
Each platform-formatted file renders and downloads — no watermark on any paid plan, commercial use included. Prefer the master? Grab the original in the same menu.
See the full guided flow on the workflow page, browse pricing, or see how teams ship social media ads at scale.
Instagram Stories export FAQ
Generate once, export for every platform.
One guided workflow, 13 AI models, and a one-click multi-platform export. Every model on every paid plan from $39/mo.