About the Handle Nameplate animation

A nameplate for the corner of a video, for the stretch where someone is deciding whether to look you up. Typing it out is what stops it reading as a watermark, since a handle that appears fully formed is ignored the way a logo is. Editing the handle holds it as plain text — the caret and the plate keep moving, but the letter-by-letter reveal is authored for the shipped value.

Where it fits

  • In the corner of a video, through the stretch where someone decides whether to look you up.
  • On a talking-head clip, as a persistent nameplate.
  • In a collab, one per creator, cut on their introduction.

Filling it in

Type the handle without the @; the tile supplies it. The accent colour tints the plate. Editing the handle holds it as plain text: the caret and the plate keep moving, but the letter-by-letter reveal is authored for the shipped value, so your handle appears whole.

Format and timing

Handle Nameplate is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 0.2 seconds, holds for 2.0 and clears in 0.8, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Handlecounter
  • Accent colourcolor

Questions about Handle Nameplate

Will my own handle type out letter by letter?

No. The typing animation is authored for the default value. Your handle replaces it as plain text while the caret and plate animate around it. To retype a custom handle, edit the source.

Why type it rather than show it?

Because a handle that appears fully formed is ignored the way a logo is. The caret makes it read as something being said, which is what makes people look.

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