<b>Safe zones: the tool setting that saves your captions from the UI</b>

<b>Safe zones: the tool setting that saves your captions from the UI</b>
Not glamorous, but it's why your text gets buried under the like button.

The problem: Shorts UI (caption, profile, buttons) eats the bottom ~20% and right ~12% of frame. Tools that don't show safe-zone overlays let you place text there blind.

Tools with proper safe-zone guides:
— CapCut: title-safe overlay in settings
— Submagic: auto-places captions above the UI
— Premiere: 9:16 title-safe guide, manual

The move: keep all text inside the center 60% vertical band. Subtitles sit at ~75% height, never lower.

Verdict: pick any tool that shows the overlay — Submagic does it automatically, which is worth the $20/mo for batch posters. Skip tools that don't render the guide; you're guessing.
Not for: nobody — every Shorts creator needs this once.