cycle-atlas/.agents/skills/lower-thirds/README.md

Lower Thirds

Build a clean, branded lower third — the name/role caption that lives in the bottom band of the frame — that animates in, holds long enough to read, and exits without stealing the shot. The craft is restraint: a crisp reveal, a strong type hierarchy, correct safe-area placement, and one template that drives a whole roster of speakers. For creators producing interviews, panels, podcasts, and broadcast-style titles.

When it activates

• "Make an animated lower third" or "add lower thirds."
• "Create a name tag/name lower third" or "do a speaker name overlay."
• "Build broadcast titles" or "animate a title/name/role caption."
• "Template lower thirds across a list of names."

Example prompts

• "Add a lower third with the speaker's name and role, branded to my colors."
• "Build a staggered slide-in name plate for a podcast guest."
• "Template one lower-third design across a roster of 12 panelists."

What's inside

• SKILL.md — enter/exit animation, in/out timing and dwell, safe-area conventions, and brand styling.
• references/lower-third-component.md — a reusable lower-third component.

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Part of Short-Form Video Skills · Built by iart.ai — the AI motion agent for editable, on-brand motion graphics.