Building a lower third

- Okay, so you can see I'm playing back a video here…of a lower third animated graphic.…What is a lower third?…Well, it's a graphic with information about the video…in the lower third of the screen…as you can see.…Since we already have the text and logo animation…completed in this project,…we're just going to take a look…at how to create the animated, repeating graphic element…for our lower third.…So to get started,…I'll press the spacebar to stop playback…and double click on the Zero to Lower Third build comp.…

Let's go up to our shape tools.…I'll click and hold and just grab…my rounded rectangle tool.…Let's move our current time indicator…down the timeline so I can see my graphic.…You get a general idea as to where I want…to place my rounded rectangle.…Before I start drawing,…let's go over here to the Fill…and make sure that we have a purple color set…and then…we don't want a stroke.…So hold down option and click on the stroke options…if you already have a stroke applied.…Just click and drag with your rounded rectangle tool…