Make a Spotify Canvas without opening a video editor.
Canvas is the short looping video behind your track on Spotify's Now Playing screen. It is vertical, silent, a few seconds long, and it repeats for as long as someone is listening.
Upload your artwork and your song, set the clip to Canvas length, export a 9:16 MP4, and upload it in Spotify for Artists.
Set the clip between 5 and 8 seconds — inside Spotify's 3–8 second window.
What Canvas is
Eight seconds, on repeat, with the sound off.
A Canvas replaces the static cover art on the Now Playing screen in Spotify's mobile app. It plays automatically, loops continuously, and has no audio of its own — the song is the audio. Someone with your track on repeat may see the same few seconds twenty times.
That changes what makes a good one. There is no beginning or end to design, because there is no first frame anybody reliably sees; there is only a loop that either sits comfortably behind the music or becomes irritating. Subtle motion beats a cut. The artwork holding still while something moves through it beats the artwork itself jumping.
Nothing about a TrackVis Canvas is AI-generated — the motion comes from your track's own waveform, even though the exported file plays silently. And there is no per-render pricing to plan around: it is $9 a month for six exports, or $2 per video with no subscription.
How it works
Three steps.
Upload artwork and track
Your cover becomes the focal point and the audio drives the motion, even though the exported Canvas plays silently.
Set 9:16 and a short clip
Switch the format to vertical and pull the clip length down to 5–8 seconds, which sits inside Spotify's accepted range.
Export and upload to Spotify for Artists
Download the MP4, then add it to the track in Spotify for Artists under Music → the track → Canvas.
Features
Built for a loop.
Motion that suits repetition
Drift, pulse and grain read well on a loop in a way that hard cuts do not. The motion is driven by the track, so it moves in the song's own time.
Vertical at 1080 × 1920
The shape Canvas uses, exported at full resolution rather than upscaled from a square.
The cover stays the subject
Canvas sits behind the track title and controls. Keeping the artwork central and the movement quiet is what stops it fighting the interface.
Silent by design
Spotify ignores audio in a Canvas. Yours is built from the waveform of the track it will play under, so it matches without carrying sound.
One scene, every other format
The same project exports 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, and 1:1 or 4:5 for the feed — so the Canvas and the release posts look like each other.
Nothing is AI-generated
Your artwork and your track drive the loop. Nothing is generated from a prompt — and a Canvas built from your own cover looks like your release, not like a template.
Flat pricing, no per-render pricing
Free to try means an actual export. Paid plans are $9 a month or $2 a video — and a Canvas costs one export, the same as any other clip.
Canvas specs
What Spotify accepts.
Spotify's requirements, and where TrackVis lands against them.
TrackVis cannot export shorter than 5 seconds, so the 3–4 second end of Spotify's range is out of reach. In practice 6–8 seconds gives motion room to breathe on a loop.
FAQ
Canvas questions.
What is a Spotify Canvas?
A short looping vertical video that replaces the static cover art on the Now Playing screen in Spotify's mobile app. It has no audio of its own and repeats while the track plays.
What are the Spotify Canvas requirements?
A vertical 9:16 video, between 3 and 8 seconds, with no audio, uploaded through Spotify for Artists. TrackVis exports 1080 × 1920 MP4 and can produce a clip from 5 to 8 seconds, which sits inside that window.
How do I upload a Canvas?
In Spotify for Artists, open Music, select the track, and choose Canvas. You need access to the artist profile — a distributor upload alone does not give you the Canvas tool.
Should a Canvas have sound?
No. Spotify plays it silently under the song, so any audio in the file is ignored. TrackVis builds the motion from your track's waveform anyway, so it stays in time without needing the audio in the export.
What makes a good Canvas?
Something that survives being watched twenty times. Slow movement, the artwork readable throughout, and no hard cut at the loop point. Anything that reads as a beginning becomes obvious once it repeats.
Can I use the same video for Reels or TikTok?
The same project, yes — export it again at a longer clip length for a feed post. The 5–8 second Canvas cut is usually too short to work as a standalone Reel.
Do I need a distributor to add a Canvas?
You need the track to be live on Spotify and access to the artist profile in Spotify for Artists. The Canvas itself is uploaded by you, not by the distributor.
Is this Canvas maker AI-powered?
No. The motion comes from your track's actual waveform, not from AI. Your artwork and your audio are what's in the file.
Make your Canvas.
Upload artwork and a track, set 9:16, export a loop. Free to try.