I am super excited to show you how you can create a clean and simple text animation inside of DaVinci Resolve without using any plugins in a few simple steps, this video is going to be a step-by-step tutorial so watch this video till the end and create an awesome looking text animation for your video editing project, hey guys this is Vikash from Skyline Motions and without any further ado let's take a new project and get started. alright, so here we are in DaVinci Resolve 18 edit base and before we get started we have to do some basic setting as usual so click on this setting button in the corner and set the size of this project 1920 by 1080 you can select 4K resolution as well and now we have to select a frame rate so in this case I am using 60 frame per second for a smooth animation or you can select any frame rate that you like here we have the playback frame rate so let's set the playback primary 24 frame per second for faster render preview and click on Save now I'm going to create this Motion Graphics inside of this fusion page so we have to take a new Fusion competition so just go to this media pool right click on that click on new Fusion composition you can call it anything and now set the duration of this composition may be 6 second long which is good enough for one text reveal frame rate 60 and click on create now let's drag and drop the fusion composition on the timeline just like thought set it like this and then go to the fusion page and here we have the media out node so just drag this media out to the site for now and for this animation we need only one viewer so you can click on the single viewer and after that let's start by creating a background so this is the background node you can simply drag and drop on the flow window drag this up background to the viewer and here we have the black background so let's change the color to white perfect and now I'm going to convert this background into a thin line so we have to attach a rectangle so this is the rectangle let's drag and drop on the flow window attach the rectangle with the background now we have to create a thin line by adjusting these width and height value so let's set the width value at 0. 008 and set the height value 0.
35 perfect now I'm going to call it background so right click on the background click on rename or you can also hit F2 on the keyboard let's call it line hit okay and now we have to create a text so it's very simple let's drag and drop the text node on the flow window drag the text to the viewer type anything whatever you want select your favorite font style so in this case I am using nulls hook font style you can select any font style that you like now let's increase the size of the font according to you I'm going to set the value 0. 2 perfect and then we have to create a split effect but before that we have to go on this preview window right click on that go to guide and turn on the guide and this is the center line so we have to split the text from here it's very simple let's take a new background node and this background is going to be the matte so hit F2 on the keyboard to rename call it matte one now drag the mat to the viewer I'm going to attach the rectangle with this mat so this is the rectangle let's attach the rectangle with the mat and you can place the mat over here at the center of this uh frame so we have to set the round figure value 0. 75 which is absolutely perfect and I'm gonna merge this text with the matte so let's take a new merge node connect the yellow background point with this matte and green forward point with the text you can arrange the node like this and then drag the merge 1 to the viewer after that select the merge go to the inspector window and here we have the operator right now we have the operator over it means text is over on this black background but I want to place this uh foreground inside of the background so let's change the operator over to in and now we will get this type of output perfect now we have to create another part of the text so it's very simple select all the nodes hit Ctrl C to copy hit Ctrl V on the keyboard to paste you can rename it properly so I'm gonna quickly rename these nodes perfect let's drag the merge 2 to the viewer select the rectangle and let's drag the rectangle mask on the left side set the center x value 0.
25 perfect and now we have the first part of the text and the second part of the text now let's drag and drop the merge node again and again I'm gonna use this submerge one output as a background and this one as a foreground so let's connect both the outputs and make it single now let's drag the merge 3 to the viewer perfect so this is the complete text now we have to animate the text so it's very simple just go to one frame number 120 which is equal to 2 second according to 60 frame per second now select the text go to layout right click on Center click on animate and lock the position value as it is go to the first text go to the layout right click on Center click on animate you can also click on the diamond button to create the keyframe and then just go to very first frame of this animation drag the text on the left hand side and set the round figure value 0 select the second text drag the text on the right hand side and set the round figure value 1 perfect and we will get this type of output which is looking very nice now let's create another animation so we have to go 20 frame forward in time from frame number 120 so it should be frame number 140 let's drag the text up a little bit select the second text and drag it down a bit and then we will get this type of split effect which is looking very cool now let's go to 40 frame forward in time and add a keyframe select the second text and do the same thing and then go to the 20 frame forward in time which is the frame number 200 set it to normal now select the first text and set the value 0. 5 which is the default value and then just go to on frame number 300 which is equal to 5 Second we have to lock the position as it is again so click on the diamond button or you can also right click and set key select the second text right click and click on set key just go to the end of this animation let's drag the text on the right hand side set the value 1 select the first text drag the text on the left hand side and set the value 0. and finally we will get this type of animation which is looking very nice and then we have to create a smooth animation for the text so it's quite simple to score the spline window hit f4 on the keyboard to full screen let's check the text 1 first click on the fit button select these keyframe hit s to smooth select these two keyframe hit s to smooth or you can also click on this smooth button and then we have to smooth this keyframe as well perfect after that highlight this point hold this handle and create a nice smooth graph just like that highlight this point hold this handle drag it like this and do the same thing for the text too so just uncheck the text one check the text 2 and repeat same process for this perfect now just close this spline window and here we have this smooth animation after that we have to animate this uh line so just drag the line to the viewer just go to on frame number 60 which is equal to one second select the rectangle right click on height click on animate and lock the value as it is go to on frame number 300 which is equal to 5 Second right click on height click on set key go to the end of this animation set the height value 0 go to the very first frame of this animation set the height value zero so finally we will get this type of Animation now just go to the spline window hit F1 on the keyboard to full screen let's uncheck the text and this time we have to check the rectangle one only click on fit button and we have to create a smooth animation so select these two keyframes hit H to smooth or you can also click on this smooth button repeat same process for this finally we have to create the nice smooth curve just like that perfect and close this spline window and now we have to merge this line with the main text so just drag the node over here perfect let's take a new merge node and I'm going to use this line as a foreground and this one as a background so connect the yellow point with this and Green Point with this drag the merge forward to the viewer and now we will get this type of output which is looking absolutely perfect and then just select the second text go to this setting and here we have the gradient so click on the gradient and select a nice gradient color just like that and then we have to do some setting with this so here we have the mapping label so let's change this to line and you can change the gradient just setting from here which is the mapping angle so you can change the mapping angle and set a nice gradient color just like that and then we have to attach the drop shadow effect so select the merge hit Ctrl space bar for search box and search for drop shadow so this is the drop shadow hit add button drag the drops Adder to the viewer now let's do some settings so here we have the shadow strength let's reduce the shadow strength and set the value 0.
25 perfect and then let's attach a transform node just after this drop shadow let's drag the transform to the viewer by using this transform you can set the scale of the text and position of the text also the rotation of the text for now let's reduce the scale a little bit just like that and then finally we have to merge this merge node with the main output like this and then go to the edit page and here we have the text animation [Music] which is looking very nice now you can use the text on any background so it's very simple you can simply drag and drop the fusion composition on the top layer and you can import any video or images so I'm going to use this Ms for now let's click on open Drg the image on the timeline set it like this select the image go to instructor window let's increase the scale a little bit and then just right click on the image click on new Fusion clip just hide the top layer and go to the fusion page and let's make it black and white so select the media in add or color corrected node with this set the saturation value 0 and make it black and white and here we have the gain so let's reduce the gain set the value 0. 2 now we have to animate the image a little bit so select the color corrector add a transform node go to the end of this animation right click on size click on animate go to very first frame of this animation let's increase the size a little bit so I'm going to set the value 1. 2 perfect and now we have a nice and simple zoom out animation and then go to the edit page and here we have the animated background you can close the inspector window turn on the fusion clip and here we have the text animation turn on the loop button go to very first frame and let's have a look alright, so that is it for now I hope you like this video if you have any questions drop a message on my Instagram or comment down below and if you are watching this video first time on this channel please hit the Subscribe button and turn on the Bell notification for more exciting videos and also hit the like button for this video my name is Vikash and I will see you in the next one till then bye-bye.
