YouTube Shorts specs, and a one-click export.
The exact Shorts canvas, safe zones, duration window and file ceiling — with a one-action export from your ScriptMotion generation to a Shorts-ready file, no manual re-encode.
YouTube Shorts video specs
These are the exact targets ScriptMotion’s export encoder uses for YouTube Shorts— 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
- 15 seconds
- Max file size
- 500 MB
- Video codec
- H264
- Recommended bitrate
- 12 Mbps
- Recommended frame rate
- 30 fps
- Audio
- AAC 256k @ 48 kHz
YouTube Shorts safe zones
The Shorts player overlays the lower and right edges with the title, channel name and action buttons. Keep key text, logos and product shots centered and away from those edges so the Shorts UI doesn't cover them.
Source: YouTube Help — Upload Shorts — accessed 2026-07-13.
Supported YouTube Shorts formats
Export for YouTube Shorts from ScriptMotion
No editor round-trip and no manual re-encode. Export the exact generation you’re viewing, formatted for YouTube Shorts in one action.
Pick your platforms
Open the export menu on a completed generation and multi-select the platforms your client runs — YouTube Shorts on its own, or alongside the others in one pass.
We format each one
ScriptMotion scales and pads your video to the YouTube Shortscanvas 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.
YouTube Shorts 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.