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Free lower third maker

Type a name and a title, pick one of five animated styles and download the lower third as a 1080p MP4, on green to key over your own video. Made in your browser. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

How it works

How to make a lower third.

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.

Ready-made versions

Start from the one you came for.

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

Lower third for YouTube

An @handle in a pill that opens out of a person badge, with a line of your own under it, in a 16:9 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.

The basics

What is a lower third?

A lower third is a graphic in the lower part of a video frame that tells viewers who or what they're looking at, most often a person's name with their title underneath. It's named for where it sits: roughly the bottom third of the picture, clear of the speaker's face. Interviews, news, documentaries, podcasts and tutorials all use them.

This lower third generator builds one from the name and title you type. There are five styles: Bar, a solid bar with an accent stripe; Line, a thin line between the name and the title; Card, a rounded card with the name's initials; Tag, the name on a block of color; and Handle, a pill for an @handle. Each one builds in its own way, and can animate out again at the end.

A lower third has to be read at a glance, so keep the title short and leave it up long enough to read without hurrying. By default it stays on screen for 4 seconds, and you can set anything from 1 to 30. In a 9:16 frame it sits higher and stays clear of the right edge, where short-video apps overlay their captions and buttons.

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.

In your editor

Put the lower third on your video.

An MP4 has no transparent background, so the lower third comes ready to key. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key.

How to add a lower third in CapCut

Download the lower third on a green background. In CapCut, drag it onto the track above your video so it sits on top as an overlay. Select it, open Video → Remove BG → Chroma key, pick the green with the color picker and raise Strength until the background is gone. Menu names move a little between CapCut versions; look for Chroma key.

How to add a lower third in Premiere Pro

Put the lower third on a video track above your footage. From the Effects panel, drag Ultra Key onto it and click the Key Color eyedropper on the green.

How to add a lower third in DaVinci Resolve

Place the lower third on the track above your footage. On the Edit page, open Effects → Open FX, find 3D Keyer under Resolve FX Key and drag it onto the clip, then sample the green in the viewer with the Open FX overlay switched on.

How to add a lower third in Final Cut Pro

Connect the lower third above your footage in the timeline. From the Effects browser, drag the Keyer effect onto it; it finds and removes the green by itself.

Questions

Lower third: your questions, answered.

What is a lower third?

A lower third is a graphic in the lower part of a video frame that says who or what is on screen, usually a name with a title under it. It sits in roughly the bottom third of the picture so it doesn't cover the speaker's face, and it's a staple of interviews, news, podcasts, documentaries and tutorials.

How do I make a lower third?

Type the name and title into the lower third maker at the top of this page, choose one of the five styles, a position and a look, and press Download. You get a 1080p MP4 made in your browser, with no sign-up and no watermark.

How do I add a lower third to my video?

Make the lower third here on a green background and download it. In your editor, put the clip on the track above your footage and remove the green with chroma key, so only the lower third is left over your video. The clip is the whole frame with the lower third already in position, so if your project is the same shape there's nothing to resize or move. Steps for four editors are further down this page.

Are these lower third templates free to download?

They're free, and they work like templates, but what you download is the finished animation rather than a template file for one editor. Pick one of the five styles, type your own name and title, set the colors and download a 1080p MP4. It's an ordinary video file, so it works in any editor that has chroma key.

How long should a lower third stay on screen?

Long enough to read the name and the title without hurrying. This maker's default is 4 seconds on screen after a 1-second entrance, and “Stays on screen” goes from 1 to 30 seconds. A long title needs more time than a name alone.

Can the lower third animate out as well as in?

Yes. Turn on “Animate out at the end” and it leaves the way it came: the text first, then the bar, line or card behind it. The exit adds 0.8 seconds to the clip. Leave it off and the clip ends with the lower third still on screen, which is what you want if you'd rather cut or fade it in your editor.

Where should a lower third go on a vertical video?

Low in the frame, but above the part of the screen an app covers. In a 9:16 frame this maker keeps the lower third out of the bottom 22% and the right-hand 14% of the picture, where short-video apps overlay captions and buttons. Position moves it to the bottom left, bottom center, bottom right or top left.

What size should a lower third be?

The clip you download is the whole frame, 1920×1080 or 1080×1920 for example, with the lower third already placed inside it, so you overlay it at full size. The graphic itself comes in three sizes, Small, Medium and Large, and it's drawn larger in a 9:16 frame, where it has to be read on a phone.

Can I make a lower third with only a name?

Yes. Leave the Title field empty and the lower third shows the name alone, with the design closed up around it. It works the other way too: clear the name and type only a title, for a place, a date or a caption.

How long can the name and title be?

The name takes up to 30 characters and the title up to 44. A line too long to fit at full size wraps onto two lines, and shrinks only if it still doesn't fit, so a long name stays readable on a phone. The Handle style keeps each on one line and shrinks it to fit instead.

Can I change the colors of the lower third?

Yes. Accent color sets the stripe, line, block or badge. Under Look, Text color sets the name and the title, and Background sets what's behind the lower third: green if you'll overlay it. Where a text color wouldn't be readable on the bar or block behind it, the look's own color is used there. Or pick one of the six looks and leave the colors to it.

What's the difference between the five styles?

Bar is the classic: a solid bar that wipes out of an accent stripe. Line has no box at all, just a thin line with the name above it and the title below. Card is a rounded card with the name's initials on a tile. Tag puts the name on a block of color, with the title on a second block under it. Handle is a pill with a person badge, made for an @handle.

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.

Which browsers does it work in?

It needs a browser that can encode video with the WebCodecs API: current versions of Chrome, Edge and Safari, and Firefox on a computer. If your browser can't, the page tells you before you start.

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.

Guides

Go deeper.

How to Add Motion Graphics to a Talking-Head Video

Which moments deserve a graphic, where to put it so it never covers your face or the app buttons, and how to time it to the word — plus the fastest way to do all of it without learning motion design.

Motion Graphics for YouTube Videos: Where They Go, When to Use Them, and How to Add Them

Horizontal video gives your graphics room that Shorts never do — and a different set of places to avoid. Here's how to use motion graphics on 16:9 YouTube videos, podcasts and lessons, and how to add them without After Effects.

How to Add Motion Graphics in CapCut

CapCut can get you surprisingly far: text animations, keyframes and templates cover most simple motion graphics. Here's how to use them well, step by step — and what to do when you need a graphic no template has.

How to Add Motion Graphics in Premiere Pro in 2026

If you're looking for the Essential Graphics panel, it's gone — text and graphics now live in the Properties and Graphics Templates panels. Here's how to add, animate and template motion graphics in Adobe Premiere today, step by step.

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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.

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