How to design a lower third graphic using After Effects For the duration, I like to set it around 15 seconds because it gives you wiggle room. Since I downloaded my footage off Storyblocks, I know that the footage is 24 frames a second, so I’m going to set my composition frame rate to match. Within that composition, we’re going to change the dimensions to 1080x 1350 – that’s the 4×5 aspect ratio you see on Instagram. This footage was downloaded from Storyblocks’ library! Now that we have our inspiration brought in, we’re going to create our composition and call it “Instagram lower third”. Next, let’s go ahead and start bringing in some of our footage. Then we’re going to make another bin for composition, solids, and inspiration. The first bin I’m going to make will be for footage. Let’s start by getting organized.įirst, we want to create a few bins. What to do before creating a lower third in After EffectsĪlright! Now that we’ve found a little bit of our inspiration, we’re going to dive right into After Effects.

Are you constantly seeing dope lower-thirds but wondering how you can recreate them? Today I’m going to be showing YOU how to design a lower-third for your next project. Hey there! I’m Kyle the Storyblocks video guy.

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