

Here you will have control over each layer, although the level of control depends on the template. Select the layer, then go to the Edit tab in the Essential Graphics panel. Graphics from the Essential Graphics library are designed to be simple to use, so you’ll be able to easily adjust text and colors, but you may not have complete flexibility. It will appear as a single layer, even if it appears that it’s a lot of elements all working together. It will download from Adobe Stock and import itself into your project. When you want to use a template you can just drag it onto your timeline. Go ahead and pick your favorite if you’re following along with the video.

There are many different options with a ton of different styles to choose from. You can scroll through all of these assets or you can use the search bar to search for “lower third”. You can filter the search by free or premium as well.

This will show you a huge library of templates available by default, and from Adobe Stock, and many of them are free. To access these, just go to the Essential Graphics panel. You can make your own lower thirds, but we’re going to start with the easiest way, which is to use some of Premiere’s built-in templates.
