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Formats and variations

Picking the right frame, and getting the same visual in several formats.

Flyer or thumbnail?

Kreafy produces two families of visuals. You choose when opening the studio, and you can change it at any time from the page title.

TypeFor whatAvailable formats
FlyerPoster, social post, story, printAutomatic, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3, 16:9, 2:3, 4:5, 5:4, 21:9
ThumbnailYouTube, blog, Twitch, podcast, Short16:9, 9:16, 1:1

The cost of a generation does not depend on the type, only on the model and the resolution.

Flyer formats

FormatCommon use
AutomaticLets the model choose from the brief
1:1Square post, thumbnail
3:4 and 2:3Portrait poster, print
4:5Instagram portrait
9:16Story, Reel, TikTok
4:3 and 5:4Classic landscape
16:9Widescreen, banner
21:9Ultra-wide, site header

Thumbnail formats

FormatPlatforms
16:9YouTube, blog article, Twitch
9:16Short, Reel, TikTok
1:1Podcast, sleeve, cover

A thumbnail is not only YouTube. The same 16:9 visual works as an article header, a replay thumbnail or a LinkedIn cover.

Reframing a visual

Once a visual is generated, the Reframe action produces the same visual in another frame without regenerating it from scratch: the composition is picked up and recropped by the model to fit the new ratio.

Two ways to start it:

  • the Reframe into other formats icon on hover over a variant;
  • the + button at the end of the "Variations" row, in the generation's context panel.

Each variation is a generation in its own right: it is billed at the same rate as the original visual, based on the model and the resolution.

Variations appear as thumbnails labelled with their ratio. A thumbnail in progress shows a waiting indicator, a failed one shows a warning triangle, and in that case the credits are refunded.

Reframing keeps the style, not the pixel-perfect layout. Long copy designed for 9:16 will sometimes need shortening to fit in 16:9.