Create Instagram story designs with text, stickers, gradients, and 9:16 aspect ratio export.
One story image, built in a browser tab: type the text, pick a gradient for the background, drop in a sticker or two, and the 9:16 canvas becomes a finished story graphic ready to export. The canvas is sized to Instagram's story format (1080 x 1920 px), so the exported file fills the screen edge to edge when posted. The surprise for most first-time users is the safe area: Instagram's username bar and reply field cover the top and bottom of every story, so text placed near the edges is hidden in the app even though it is fully visible in the export.
A concrete input and expected output from the current implementation.
Input
Headline: FRIDAY DROP Subtext: 20% off this weekend Call to action: Link in bio Background: sunset gradient
Expected output
A 1080 x 1920 px story image at 9:16: the sunset gradient fills the background, "FRIDAY DROP" is rendered as the headline, "20% off this weekend" as the subtext, and "Link in bio" as the call to action, exported as a single 9:16 image ready for Instagram.
At 9:16 the height is the width times 16/9: 1080 x 16/9 = 1920 px, which is Instagram's standard story size, so the export displays full screen with no bars or crop when posted as a story.
Every design starts on a fixed 9:16 canvas at 1080 x 1920 px, Instagram's recommended story size, so an export fills the screen when posted. Text lines, stickers, and gradient backgrounds are layered onto that frame, and the canvas keeps its shape no matter what you add, so what fits on screen is exactly what is exported.
Exporting produces one 9:16 image from everything on the canvas: the gradient, the stickers, and the text exactly as laid out. From there the file is yours; you open Instagram, create a story, and choose the image yourself. The tool does not connect to your account, schedule anything, or publish on your behalf.
No. The tool's output is the 9:16 image; you upload it from the Instagram app like any photo, choosing your story as the destination, and that is also where you add music, polls, or a location tag before posting. Nothing is connected to your account and nothing publishes automatically.
It is not cut off, it is covered: Instagram draws its own interface over the top and bottom of every story, including your username, the timestamp, and the close and reply buttons. The text is still in the file, just underneath those controls. Move important content into the middle band of the 9:16 canvas and export again.
The example and behavioral notes were checked against the browser implementation. Standards and primary references below define the relevant format, formula, or platform behavior.
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