The following guidelines and templates can be used to help in the design of posters for display on the website and various Social Media platforms.
Minimum dimensions and x2 sizes are listed for both website and Social Media images. The minimum is fine. Max sizes are included as many online platforms are allowing larger images to be uploaded to enhance quality.
One of the most important design aspects is to keep any/all important text and images within the ‘live area’ as these elements shouldn’t be too close to the edge of the page. This is best practice for both web and print images.
Click on the template images for a larger view and/or right-click ‘save image as’ on Windows or ctrl-click on Mac ‘save image as’ to download/save the images to use as a template within an image editing program.
Video Specs
- Everything is geared towards display on Vimeo and YouTube.
- BASIC SETTINGS : .mp4, 1080p (1920 x 1080), 30fps
- YouTube Thumbnails > 1280 x 720 (16:9 Image Ratio) / .jpg, .png or .gif
- Vimeo Thumbnails> 1920 x 1080 (16:9 Image Ratio) / .jpg, .png or .gif (create within Vimeo)
- When rendering your final video review the specific video specs for Vimeo and/or YouTube at the links below.
- Vimeo Video + Audio Compression Guidelines
- YouTube Recommended Upload Encoding Settings
FFI CINEMA Program Ads (11:17 Image Ratio)
- 5.75 x 8.75 in. (with bleed)
- 5.5 x 8.5 in. (without bleed)
- keep text within 4.5 x 7.5 in. ‘live area’
- PDF / Press Quality PDF
- 300dpi / CMYK Mode
- Minimum of .125″ bleed on all sides for full page ads
FFI CINEMA Program Poster (1.54:1 Image Ratio)
- 11 x 17 in. (with bleed)
- keep text within 9 x 15 in. ‘live area’
- PDF / Press Quality PDF or PNG (Non-Interlaced)
- 300dpi / CMYK Mode
- Minimum of .25″ bleed on all sides
*This design should be resized for the FFI Website as the size ratio is slightly wider. See specs below.
With your 11 x 17 in. poster open in photoshop select Image > Duplicate… which will create a duplicate file and allow you to give it a name… for example ‘ffi_poster_website’. Now you can choose Image > Canvas Size and enter the pixel dimensions of the Website Poster, 1,200 x 1,600 pixels (see specs below). As the new image size is slightly wider than the printed poster you’ll need to adjust any background colors, photos and/or design elements to fill the entire space.
FFI CINEMA Video Poster (16:9 Image Ratio)
- 1,920 x 1,080 px. (Max 3,840 x 2,160 px.)
- keep text within 865 x 1,700 px. ‘live area’
- file type : high quality .tif, .pdf, .jpg or .png
FFI CINEMA Website Poster (3:4 Image Ratio)
- 1,200 x 1,600 px. (Max 2,400 x 3,200 px.)
- keep text within 1,000 x 1,400 px. ‘live area’
- file type : high quality .tif, .pdf, .jpg or .png
Twitter CINEMA Poster (3:4 Image Ratio)
- POST > 900 x 1,200 px. (Max 1,920 x 2,560 px.)
- keep text within 720 x 1,000 px. ‘live area’
- file type : high quality .jpg or .png
FFI Instagram CINEMA Poster (4:5 Image Ratio)
- POST > 1,080 x 1,350 px. (max 2,160 x 2,700 px.)
- keep text within 865 x 1,135 px. ‘live area’
- file type : high quality .jpg or .png
FFI Instagram CINEMA Poster (9:16 Image Ratio)
- STORY > 1,080 x 1,920 px.
- keep text within 890 x 1,350 px. ‘live area’
- file type : high quality .jpg, .png or .mp4
*These can be videos or still images. The ‘live area’ takes into account the IG header/footer icons etc. to ensure any important parts of your design (text/images) remain visible to the viewer.
FFI TikTok CINEMA Poster (9:16 Image Ratio)
- VIDEO > 1,080 x 1,920 px.
- keep text within 815 x 1,150 px. ‘live area’
- file type : high quality .jpg, .png or .mp4
*These can be videos or still images. The ‘live area’ takes into account the TikTok header/footer icons etc. to ensure any important parts of your design (text/images) remain visible to the viewer.
FFI Facebook CINEMA Poster (4:5 Image Ratio)
- POST > 1,200 x 1,500 px. (Max 2,400 x 3,000 px.)
- keep text within 960 x 1,260 px. ‘live area’
- file type : high quality .jpg or .png
