Facebook Guide

How to Create Facebook Videos with AI

Create AI Facebook ads and video ads with our Facebook video maker. Learn the best formats for Feed, Stories, and Reels on Facebook.

3B

Facebook Monthly Active Users

85%

of Feed Video Watched Muted (Meta)

10-20%

Lower CPA with Creative Diversity (Meta)

1:1

Best Feed Aspect Ratio

Facebook remains the largest social media platform in the world with nearly 3 billion monthly active users, and it is still the single largest digital advertising platform by revenue behind only Google. Despite narratives about declining relevance, Facebook continues to deliver the best return on ad spend for many business categories — particularly eCommerce, local businesses, service providers, and B2C brands targeting audiences over 25. The platform's unmatched targeting capabilities, massive user base, and sophisticated ad delivery system make it indispensable for performance marketing. Video content on Facebook receives significantly more engagement and organic distribution than static images or text posts.

Facebook's video ecosystem is uniquely complex because it spans multiple placements, each with different optimal specifications. Feed videos perform best in square 1:1 format, Stories and Reels require vertical 9:16, In-stream ads use landscape 16:9, and Marketplace listings benefit from a mix of formats. Most brands fail at Facebook video not because of creative quality but because they produce a single video and force it into every placement. AdCreate solves this by letting you generate the same creative concept across all required formats in a single session, ensuring every placement receives properly formatted, optimized content.

For Facebook advertising specifically, AdCreate's rapid iteration capability is a game-changer. Meta's advertising system rewards creative diversity — campaigns with more unique ad variations tend to reach more of their target audience at lower costs. The platform recommends testing 4-6 creative variations per ad set, refreshing creative every 1-2 weeks to prevent fatigue, and continuously introducing new concepts based on performance data. Traditional production makes this cycle prohibitively expensive. With AdCreate, you can generate a full set of variations — different hooks, different visual styles, different avatars, different CTAs — in under an hour. With a free tier and plans from $23/mo (billed annually), plus Veo 3.1, Sora 2, AI talking avatars, and 13+ creative tools, you get the production capacity to actually execute Meta's best practices instead of cutting corners on creative volume.

The financial impact of proper creative diversity on Facebook is measurable and significant. Advertisers who test five or more creative variations per ad set and refresh weekly consistently report 15-25% lower cost-per-acquisition compared to those running a single creative until it fatigues. For a business spending $10,000 per month on Facebook ads, a 20% CPA reduction translates to $2,000 in monthly savings — or equivalently, 20% more conversions at the same budget. AdCreate makes this optimization discipline financially viable by reducing the cost of each creative variation from hundreds of dollars in traditional production to virtually zero, turning what was once a luxury reserved for enterprise advertisers into standard operating procedure for businesses of any size.

Facebook Video Specifications

Aspect Ratio

1:1 (Feed), 9:16 (Stories/Reels), 16:9 (In-stream)

Recommended Duration

15-60 seconds for ads

Resolution

1080x1080 or 1080x1920

Pro Tips for Facebook

Best practices to maximize engagement on Facebook

1

Design for sound-off viewing

2

Use square format for Feed

3

Keep ads under 15 seconds

4

Include clear CTAs

5

A/B test different versions

How It Works

1

Define Your Campaign Objective and Placement Strategy

Start by identifying your Facebook campaign goal — awareness, engagement, traffic, conversions, or sales — because this determines the optimal video format, length, and messaging structure. Map out which placements you will target: Feed (1:1 square), Stories and Reels (9:16 vertical), In-stream (16:9 landscape), or Advantage+ placements (all formats). Plan to create format-specific versions rather than a single video forced into every placement.

2

Generate Format-Specific Video Content

Create your video in each required format using AdCreate. Generate square 1:1 versions for Feed placement, vertical 9:16 for Stories and Reels, and landscape 16:9 for In-stream and video feed. Use Veo 3.1 for product-focused and photorealistic content, Sora 2 for creative brand storytelling, and AI talking avatars for testimonial and direct-response ad styles. Each generation takes seconds, so producing three format versions is fast.

3

Optimize for Sound-Off Viewing with Captions and Text

Facebook's user behavior is fundamentally sound-off: 85% of Facebook video is watched without audio. This makes captions and text overlays not optional but essential. Add auto-generated captions, key message text overlays, and visual CTAs that communicate your full message even with the sound muted. Design your video so that the visual narrative is self-explanatory — use captions to reinforce, not replace, the visual storytelling.

4

Launch, Test, and Scale with Creative Diversity

Upload your video variations to Meta Ads Manager, assigning format-specific creative to each placement. Create 4-6 unique ad variations per ad set — different hooks, different value propositions, different avatars — and let Meta's delivery algorithm identify the best performer. Monitor performance daily, pause underperformers, and generate fresh creative variations every 7-10 days to prevent ad fatigue. This refresh cycle is what separates high-ROAS Facebook advertisers from average ones.

FAQS

Facebook Video FAQ

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