Vertical Name Plate

Everything below can be changed without touching the animation. Hand the list to an agent, or edit the values at the bottom of the component file.

• Name *

  name · string

  The speaker's name, set in the brand's display serif. Two words is the shape this is drawn for; longer names step down a size and wrap.

  now: Naomi Adeyemi

• Role *

  role · string

  Job title or credential, one short line. Written in sentence case here and set in tracked uppercase sans, which is the broadcast convention.

  now: Semiconductor Analyst

• Qualifier

  qualifier · string

  The line that earns the title — years on the beat, the paper they wrote, where they were when it happened. One sentence, up to about ninety characters. Omit for a plain name-and-role plate.

  now: Twelve years inside the fabs — Hsinchu, Dresden, Hillsboro

• Caption zone

  captionZone · number

  Percent of the frame height reserved at the bottom for platform captions, title and sound credit. 20 clears Shorts and Reels; raise to about 26 if the video carries a pinned comment or a long title.

  now: 20

• Action rail

  actionRail · number

  Percent of the frame width reserved on the right for the like/comment/share column. 18 clears all three platforms; drop to 0 when the export is for a website or a paid placement with no UI over it.

  now: 18

• Safe marks

  safeMarks · boolean

  Draw the two reserved edges as hairlines with a small legend, the way a page proof shows its trim. Leave them on while you are placing the plate against real footage; turn them off for the delivered cut.

  now: true

• Scrim

  scrim · number

  Strength of the wash pulled up from the bottom, as a percent. This is what holds the type legible over moving footage — drop it toward 40 over a calm, even shot, raise it over anything busy.

  now: 82

• Backdrop

  backdrop · "portrait" | "plain"

  'portrait' puts a heavily defocused stand-in subject behind the plate so you can judge legibility the way it will actually be seen. 'plain' leaves the brand ground bare, which is what you want when compositing this over your own footage.

  now: portrait

• Brand

  brand · string

  Brand token id — one of the keys of BRANDS. The display serif is what makes this plate read as a byline rather than a caption, so the serif brands (press, field) suit it best.

  now: press