Rescroll

Free lower third for YouTube

Put your @handle or channel name on your videos: an animated pill with a person badge, in the 16:9 frame YouTube videos use. Download it as a 1080p MP4 and lay it over your footage. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a lower third for YouTube?

A lower third for YouTube is a small graphic near the bottom of a video that tells viewers who is talking or whose channel they're watching: a name, a channel name or an @handle. Creators bring one in near the start of a video, when a guest first speaks, or when they say where else to find them.

This page opens on the Handle style in a 16:9 frame, 1920×1080, the shape of a standard YouTube video. A round badge with a person icon pops in, the pill opens out of it and the handle slides out from behind the badge. Type your own @handle in the Name field and use the line under it for anything short: a schedule, a topic, where to follow you.

The badge is a plain person icon, not a logo, so the same clip works anywhere you post. For a Short, switch the frame to 9:16. Turn on “Animate out at the end” if you want it to leave by itself rather than cutting away.

To put it on your video, see how to add a lower third in CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro.

What you download

Price
Free. No sign-up, no email, no watermark.
Format
MP4 (H.264), no audio
Resolution
1080p: 1080×1920, 1920×1080, 1080×1080 or 1080×1350
Frame rate
30 or 60 fps
Text
A name of up to 30 characters and a title of up to 44. Either can be left empty.
Styles
Bar, Line, Card, Tag or Handle, in three sizes and four positions
Length
A 1-second entrance, 1 to 30 seconds on screen, and an optional 0.8-second exit
Colors
Six looks, or any accent, text and background color
Overlay
Green background for chroma key
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works

How to make a lower third for YouTube.

Four steps, about a minute, and nothing to install.

  1. 1

    Type the name and title

    Up to 30 characters for the name and 44 for the title. Leave the title empty to show the name alone. A line too long to fit wraps onto two before it shrinks.

  2. 2

    Choose a style and a place

    Bar, Line, Card, Tag or Handle, each with an animation of its own. Put it at the bottom left, bottom center, bottom right or top left of the frame, in one of three sizes.

  3. 3

    Set the motion and the look

    Pick how it enters: Build, Slide or Pop. Set how long it stays on screen, from 1 to 30 seconds, and whether it animates out. Then choose one of six looks, or your own accent, text and background colors: green if you'll lay it over footage.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The lower third is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device. No account, no watermark.

More versions

Make a different one.

Each one opens its own maker with the settings filled in. Change anything, then download.

Lower third

A name and a title in five animated styles: a bar, a line, a card, a name tag or an @handle pill, placed along the bottom of the frame.

Podcast lower third

A guest's name and role on a rounded card with their initials, in a 16:9 frame. Swap in the host's name and role for a matching pair.

Minimal lower third

A thin line draws, the name rises from behind it and the title drops below. White on black, in a serif face.

When a lower third isn’t enough

The free lower third is the starting point.

Here you get a clean name and title on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, for example “when I introduce Daniel, bring in his name and title, then list his three books as I name them”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the exact word you say. Attach your logo, your fonts or a screenshot as references, and change anything by asking in the chat.

Free lower third

Rescroll

Five set styles, in your colors

Any graphic you can describe, with your logo, fonts or a screenshot attached as references

A clip you overlay and key out yourself

Designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you

You line it up with the introduction in your editor

Timed to the exact word you say

Change it with the settings here

Change it by asking in the chat

Make it yours in RescrollSee AI motion graphics

Part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

Sponsor read. Brand, code and sticker, on the words.
Product specs. Callouts that follow the phone.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

Questions

Lower third for YouTube: your questions, answered.

How do I make a lower third for a YouTube video?

Type your @handle or channel name into the Name field on this page, add a second line if you want one, and press Download. You get a 1920×1080 MP4. For a clean overlay, set the background to green first, then remove the green with chroma key in your editor.

What size should a lower third be for YouTube?

Make it in the 16:9 frame, which is 1920×1080 and what this page opens on. The lower third is already placed in the bottom left of that frame, so you lay the clip over a 1080p video at full size. For a YouTube Short, choose 9:16, which is 1080×1920.

Can I show my channel name instead of an @handle?

Yes. The Name field takes any text up to 30 characters, so a channel name, your own name or an @handle all work. If you'd rather not have the person badge, switch Style to Bar, Line, Card or Tag.

Can I add the YouTube logo or a subscribe button?

No. The maker draws its own generic shapes: a plain person badge, with no logo, no play icon and no subscribe button.

Is this lower third maker affiliated with YouTube?

No. It's Rescroll's own free tool, and it isn't affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube. “For YouTube” means only that the page opens on a 16:9 frame, the shape YouTube videos use.

Is the lower third maker free?

Yes. It's free to use and free to download, with no account, no email address and no watermark on the video. There's no limit on how many you make.

What format and resolution is the video?

An MP4 with H.264 video, at 1080p in the shape you choose: 1080×1920 (9:16) for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 1920×1080 (16:9) for YouTube, 1080×1080 (1:1), or 1080×1350 (4:5) for the Instagram feed. You can export at 30 or 60 frames per second.

Can I get the lower third with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the lower third comes ready to key instead. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key in your editor. Only the lower third is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The lower third is drawn and encoded on your own device, using your browser's built-in video encoder. Nothing is sent to a server and there's no render queue.

Can I use the lower third in client work, ads or monetized videos?

Yes. The video you download is yours to use in personal and commercial projects, with no attribution needed.

Can I match my brand, add my logo or change the design?

Not in the free maker, which is deliberately simple. That's what Rescroll's AI motion graphics are for: describe the graphic you want in plain English, attach your logo, fonts or a screenshot of your style, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the word you say. Ask for any change in the chat. It's part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

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Keep reading

Where to go next.

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Your next video,
edited like the top 1%.

Drop it in. Say what should appear. Read the plan, press Build, and export the finished video — no After Effects, no editor, no template.

Make your first graphic

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