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Minimalist Lower Thirds in After Effects Tutorial

Being a minimalist is one of my favorite things – when it comes to purchases, design, and video creation. A student asked me on the Facebook page if I could create a tutorial on how to make a specific Minimalist Lower Third that he found on VideHive. If you want to easily create this lower third for your own projects, just download the template from VideoHive with 8 unique lower thirds. It’s only $9.

Otherwise, watch the tutorial below.

Skills you’ll learn:

Creating new compositions
Animating shapes with trim paths
Using track mattes to make layers appear/disappear
Using the graph editor to change the speed of your animations
Pre-composing to easily reverse an animation and change the speed

Minimalist Lower Thirds Tutorial:

Before you watch, download the After Effects project so you can follow along (it’s free!).

After you’ve created your own lower third, you’ll want to use it in your own projects. You can do this by using Adobe Dynamic Link (watch the tutorial). Or you can export your video with a transparent background (watch the tutorial).

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Phil Ebiner

My passion is inspiring people through online courses. I love learning new skills, and since 2012 have been teaching people like you everything I know. Through my online learning business, Video School Online, I create courses that teach you how to become the better version of yourself with all kinds of skills.