Lower Third
Editorial Slab
Solid slab with an accent edge and a masked text wipe.
A lower third names whoever is speaking, or what is on screen, in the space along the bottom that footage usually leaves empty.
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Duration
- 6s at 60fps
- Layers
- 4
- Animated
- 4
What you can edit
- Text:
- Channel name, Role
- Shapes:
- Slab, Accent edge
Browsing is open to everyone. An account is needed once you take a template into the editor.
How this one is built
Editorial Slab is built from 2 shapes and 2 text layers, using a shadow 70 pixels deep. Its colours are deep blue, white, near-black and red. Type is set in Inter.
The accent edge scales up at 0s, the slab scales up at 0.2s, the channel name and role slide in at 0.3s. The whole run is 6s at 60 frames a second.
It sits along the lower edge to the left of a 16:9 composition, spanning about 25% of the width at 488×178 pixels.
What to do with it
- Make it yoursChange the words, the colours and the timing without breaking the animation that was built for the shape.
- Export it with transparencyWhich format your editor actually reads, and why a black rectangle behind your graphic means the wrong one was chosen.
- Keep it out of the controlsA lower third lives in exactly the strip the player takes back whenever somebody touches the screen.
- YouTube Lower Third MakerBuild your own name plate from nothing, sized for the screen most of your audience watches on.
- What exporting costsOpening this template, changing it and watching it back are free. Getting the finished file out is $5 once for this project, or a plan if you make them often.
More Lower Third templates
- Frosted Name PlateFrosted pane that reads over bright and dark footage alike.
- Hairline RuleA rule that draws itself under a name. Nothing else.
- Bracket TitleTwo brackets that close in on the name and hold it.
- Stacked BlocksName and role on two offset blocks, arriving a beat apart.
- Ribbon FoldA ribbon with a folded corner and a soft drop.
- Mono CaptionMonospace documentary caption with a blinking marker.
- Gradient SweepGradient bar with a light sweep that crosses once.
- Outline CardOutline only, for footage too busy to sit a fill on.