Every social ad format, generated at once
Each platform wants a different shape, and resizing by hand is a grind. Picmato generates your creatives in 1:1 for the feed, 16:9 for landscape, and 9:16 for stories and reels, all at once. Get a stack of on-brand variants for Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube and A/B test without a designer.
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How multi-format social ads works
One click. Every platform. Every aspect ratio.
Pick the product or asset
Start from a product, brand kit, or uploaded image.
Choose your platforms
Select the formats and channels you're running.
Generate variants
Picmato creates multiple on-brand options per format.
Export and launch
Download ready-to-run creatives for every channel.
Why do story ads and feed ads need different compositions?
Cropping is not the same as designing for a placement. Say you build a vertical story ad with the hook at the top and the product low in the frame. Crop it to a square and the hook disappears. Stretch it to landscape and you get dead space on both sides. Every placement reads differently: stories and reels take over the whole phone screen, Pinterest rewards tall pins that stand out in a vertical feed, and YouTube leans landscape. A feed ad gets a mid-scroll glance, so the product has to register instantly.
Picmato treats each ratio as its own canvas. It composes your product, backdrop, and copy space natively in 1:1, 16:9, and 9:16 instead of cutting down one master file. The focal point lands where the eye goes on each platform, and nothing important gets sliced off. You review the full set in one pass and export everything in up to 4K, so the same creative holds up from a small feed thumbnail to a full-screen story.
How do you A/B test social ad creatives on a small budget?
The honest answer used to be: slowly. Every extra variant meant another designer round-trip, so most sellers tested two creatives and called it science. Generated variants change the economics. Paste your Amazon or Flipkart product URL, or upload photos in JPG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC, and Picmato produces multiple on-brand options per format in a single run. A D2C skincare brand can pit a lifestyle scene against a clean studio shot against a brand-character creative, in every ratio, from one generation.
From there the loop is simple. Put a small budget behind each variant, watch which hook earns the click, then regenerate around the winner and retire the rest. Your saved brand kit keeps every round consistent, so you are testing the angle, not the fonts. The free plan includes 100 credits a month, which is enough to test two or three variants on a real product before committing to anything. Beyond that, a bigger plan buys a bigger monthly allowance.
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Multi-Format Social Ads: questions answered
What ad sizes and formats does Picmato generate?
Picmato generates creatives in 1:1 (square feed), 16:9 (landscape and YouTube), and 9:16 (stories, reels, and shorts). That covers the main placements on Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube, so one generation gives you a launch-ready set for every channel.
How do I make social media ads from an Amazon or Flipkart listing?
Paste the product URL from Amazon, Flipkart, or Meesho and Picmato pulls your product straight from the listing, then generates ad creatives in 1:1, 16:9, and 9:16 for Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube. Pick the styles you like, spin up A/B variants, and export in up to 4K. No listing yet? Upload photos in JPG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC and follow the same flow.
How does A/B testing work with Picmato's ad variants?
Picmato generates multiple ad variants per format in a single run, so you can test different hooks, scenes, and styles side by side. Run a small campaign with each variant, see which one earns the clicks, then regenerate more options around the winner. Every variant stays on-brand through your saved brand kit, so you are testing the creative angle, not fighting inconsistent design.
Can I crop one ad image to fit Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube?
You can, but cropping usually wrecks the composition. A square crop of a vertical story ad can cut off your product or your hook, and a landscape crop leaves dead space. Picmato sidesteps this by composing each aspect ratio natively: the 1:1, 16:9, and 9:16 versions are each framed for their placement, so your product and message stay front and center on every platform.
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