Reel Cover Maker

A Reel cover is what shows up on your profile grid before anyone taps to play, so it needs to work as a still image even though it's pulled from a moving video. Grabbing a frame partway through — where a subject's expression or motion has settled rather than mid-blink or mid-motion-blur — usually reads better than defaulting to the very first frame.

Adding a title on top of that frame is what separates a Reel cover from a regular grid post's thumbnail — a short, specific label ("Day 3 of..." or "3 tips for...") gives someone scrolling the grid a reason to tap into a Reel specifically, rather than the cover just blending in as one more square among static posts. Since the cover sits at the same 1080×1920 as the Reel itself, the title placement here matches exactly where it'll land once it's live on the profile.