How to make a Spotify Canvas from your track
Canvas is a 3-8 second looping video on your Spotify track. The exact spec, what loops well, and how to upload it.
Canvas is the short looping video behind a track in the Spotify mobile app. Artists who use it see more shares and more saves.
It is also the easiest video you will ever make.
The spec
- Aspect ratio: 9:16, vertical
- Resolution: 720×1280 minimum
- Length: 3 to 8 seconds
- Format: MP4, no audio track
- Loop: it repeats forever, so the last frame must meet the first
That last point is the one people get wrong.
Make it loop properly
A Canvas that visibly restarts is worse than no Canvas. The viewer sees a jump every eight seconds and it reads as broken.
Two ways to avoid it:
- Use a cyclic visualizer. Particle and waveform styles that return to their starting state.
- Pick a still-heavy clip. Slow drift, subtle motion. Less to mismatch.
Vocaler renders Canvas clips at loop-safe lengths by default, so the first and last frame line up.
Do not put text on it
Spotify overlays the track title, artist name and controls over the Canvas. Anything you add competes with that, and it gets covered.
Keep it visual. The metadata is already there.
Upload it
- Open Spotify for Artists
- Find the track
- Canvas → Add Canvas
- Upload the MP4
It goes live within a few hours. You can change it any time, and you should — a new Canvas is a cheap way to refresh an old track.
One Canvas per track, not per release
Different tracks want different motion. A ballad and a club track should not share a loop.
If you are releasing an album, budget one short render per track. They are small and fast, and the whole set takes less time than a single music video.