Lower third — pill

A rounded pill with a picture or initials, a status dot, the name and the role. Pops in; good for podcasts and calls.

• broadcast/lt-pill
• Broadcast
• lower third
• Overlay with alpha
• 5 s (2.5–30 s)

16:99:161:14:5

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Render it

npx volito render broadcast/lt-pill --prop name="Alex Rivera" --prop role="Host · The Long Cut" --out lt-pill.mov

That writes ProRes 4444 with alpha, ready to drop over footage. The same item in another shape, brand or format:

volito render broadcast/lt-pill --aspect 9:16 --style cobalt --out lt-pill-9x16.mov
volito render broadcast/lt-pill --format mp4 --out lt-pill.mp4
volito still broadcast/lt-pill --t 2.5 --out lt-pill.png
volito info broadcast/lt-pill     # every prop and part
volito add broadcast/lt-pill      # copy its source into ./motion to edit

From Node:

import { findItem, renderVideo } from "volito";

await renderVideo(findItem("broadcast/lt-pill"), { props: { name: "Alex Rivera", role: "Host · The Long Cut" }, out: "lt-pill.mov" });

Or ask an agent with the MCP server connected: “Render the Volito lower third — pill (broadcast/lt-pill) in 9:16, in our brand.”

Props

Set each with --prop name=value, or all at once with --props and a JSON object.

Parts

Each part takes any move, ease or idle: --motion pill.in=pop.

Tags: lower-third, overlay, podcast, minimal, avatar

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Lower third — mask reveal

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Lower third — kicker

A kicker tag in the accent, a heavy name and a baseline that draws under it, the role beneath. Cardless, for footage.

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News ticker

A crawl along the bottom: a label block in the accent and a line of items scrolling left without a break.

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