When making a documentary style video, you can use a few editing tricks to give it a more professional look. One of them is to add professionally designed lower thirds:  graphic elements to place titles in. Don’t have any design skills? No stress, check out some of these free lower third templates. They’re completely free to download and very easy to add to your project.

All of these templates are actual video-clips, with an added transparent alpha channel. This means you can easily add them on top of your videos in basically any video editing software. Detailed tutorials on how to accomplish this for your specific software will follow soon.

All free lower third templates on this page are provided by videoblocks.com, where you can sign up for a free 7 day trial (during which you can download as many clips as you want).

22 Free Lower Third Templates

1. Dark Blue Lower Third

A stylish navy blue lower third with bevel and glow effects.

2. Blue Alternate Lower Third

A lower third with a very sleek design, in line with the current ‘flat design’ trend. This lower third also has a nice intro animation.

3. Red & Black Lower Third

This lower third is perfect for sports / action videos, it has a very sporty feel to it.

4. Globe Lower Third

A lower third with a classic news look. A spinning globe with a dark blue bar.

5. White, Blue & Red Lower Third

A modern looking lower third in white, blue and red. Has a bit of the ‘stars & stripes feeling’ going on.

6. Blue Globe Flares Lower Third

A nice news themed lower third with a spinning globe, blue bar and flares. A modern and sleek look.

7. Blue Globe Flares Lower Third

A red lower third with a sleek flat design.

8. Green Tints Lower Third

A green lower third with a fast and sporty look.

9. Purple Lower Third

A modern, slightly futuristic looking purple and silver lower third bar, ready to put text in.

10. Small Red, White & Blue Lower Third

A slightly smaller lower third in red, white and blue.

11. Sleek Glossy Red Lower Third

Two sleek glossy bars, a red and a black one. Stylish and sporty.

12. Sleek Glossy Blue Lower Third

Just as stylish as the red one, slightly more serious.

13. Pink Purple Sparkle Lower Third

For a glamorous look.

14. Red Graphic Lower Third

A stylish sleek red graphic lower third with a cool intro.

15. Blue Graphic Lower Third

A cool looking graphic blue lower third with a cool intro.

16. Grey Tech Cilinder Lower Third

A silver cilinder whit a black text area. Perfect for tech / industrial themed videos.

17. Red Arrow Graphic Lower Third

A red and grey arrow with a glossy look.

18. Orange Filmstrip Lower Third

A golden / orange rectangle bar with a filmstrip background. Perfect for award show content.

19. Graphic Blue Corsair Lower Third

A blue corsair with a simple rectangle bar in flat design.

20. Red Ribbon Lower Third

A red ribbon, gives a luxury and exclusive feel to your video.

21. Blue Graphic Ribbon Lower Third

A graphic representation of a ribbon in blue and white.

22. Pink Sparkles Lower Third

Pink sparkles and glitters on a rectangle bar, has a girly / glamorous feel .