# Pop a name and role on as one flat baseline lower third, then lose it on a hard cut

Manual DaVinci Resolve / Fusion construction guide generated from the recipe. It is not a tested .drp.
The accompanying Remotion project (recipe.json) is the executable definition; the numbers below are copied from it.
Neither construction establishes source fidelity: this is an original vector approximation of an inspected editing moment.

## Source and clock
Reference: OpenAI's "Plugins & Skills" (5QPBVrAAdBk), published 2026-08-28.
Source interval [126, 250) on the 24000/1001 fps master: 124 frames, 5.171833 s. Local frame 0 = source frame 126.
Create a 1920x1080 progressive timeline at 24000/1001 fps and a Fusion composition exactly 124 frames long. Keep integer frames; do not round the frame rate.
Background field: #a7b0b5. Export silent H.264 yuv420p to match the intended playback container.

## Observation
A presenter shot holds with an empty lower band until local ~5, when the presenter's name (bold) and, on the same baseline about 330 px to the right, the role (regular) appear together in two frames with no motion. Both hold at 22 px in the bottom-left. At local 118 the picture hard-cuts to a screen-recording window on a dark field and the lower third disappears with the cut.

## Mechanism
Minimal lower third: a two-column single-baseline name/role card pops on with a two-frame fade and is removed by the picture cut rather than its own exit.

## Phases (local frames)
- 0: Presenter shot, no graphics
- 5: Name and role pop on together
- 118: Hard cut to screen recording, card gone

## Layer inventory (absolute 1920x1080 top-left pixels, back to front)
- window-frame [rect] at (300, 80) size 1320x720 radius 24 fill #e8ecef visible [0, 118)
- desk [rect] at (0, 820) size 1920x260 fill #c9ccc9 visible [0, 118)
- figure [ellipse] at (720, 180) size 480x900 fill #3b3f45 visible [0, 118)
- card [group] at (0, 0) size 1920x1080 visible [5, 118)
    keyframes opacity: f5=0, f7=1 (out)
  - name [text] at (100, 975) text "Priya Raman" 22px weight 700 #ffffff
  - role [text] at (430, 975) text "Product Education, Northwind" 22px weight 400 #ffffff
- dark-field [rect] at (0, 0) size 1920x1080 fill #0b1220 visible [118, 124)
- browser [rect] at (60, 40) size 1800x1000 radius 18 fill #f4f6f8 visible [118, 124)
- browser-bar [rect] at (60, 40) size 1800x56 radius 18 fill #e5e8eb visible [118, 124)
- cal-a [rect] at (120, 380) size 300x60 radius 6 fill #3ba0e6 visible [118, 124)
- cal-b [rect] at (460, 300) size 300x120 radius 6 fill #3ba0e6 visible [118, 124)
- cal-c [rect] at (800, 440) size 300x60 radius 6 fill #3ba0e6 visible [118, 124)
- cal-d [rect] at (1140, 340) size 300x100 radius 6 fill #3ba0e6 visible [118, 124)

## Construction steps
1. Timeline 1920x1080 at 23.976 fps; Fusion comp 124 frames. Local 0 = master frame 126.
2. Presenter plate frames 0-117, then a hard cut at 118 to the screen-recording plate (light browser on a dark field).
3. Name: Text+ 22 px weight 700 white at (100,975). Role: Text+ 22 px weight 400 white at (430,975). Same baseline, ~330 px apart, no background box.
4. Group both texts under one Merge and keyframe Blend 0->1 over frames 5-7 (two frames), then hold.
5. End the group at frame 118 exactly where the picture cuts; no fade-out.
6. Easy mistake: keeping the lower third alive over the screen recording. It must die with the cut.

## Content variants
Default copy:
- name: Priya Raman
- role: Product Education, Northwind
Adaptation changes:
- name: Jonas Weber
- role: Solutions Lead, Contoso

## Limits
Easing names map to Fusion spline shapes: linear = linear, in/out/inOut = ease curves on the same frames, hold = step, spring/overshoot = slight overshoot past the target before settling.
Text reveal frames give the first and last unit; distribute characters/words evenly between them. Cursor click rings last 14 frames.
Vector illustration is an approximation of layout and motion, not the product UI or recovered production assets.