Super novice user here and this was very easy to follow! The only thing that kept tripping me up was making a distinction from which element is being looked at on screen in fusion (the little dots below each), but after watching your video a couple times, I started to get the hang of it. Thank you for taking the time to put this in video form!
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
I was following all the steps but something went wrong. When you were changing the frames and keyframes you didn't say to change the keyframes each time(click the little diamond thing on the side). I'm a beginner on Davinci Resolve so I was pretty confused. Luckily I spotted that though. This effect worked beautifully. Thank you
Very good tutorial man. Thank you! I will use this with a fixed font so that the bar has the same thickness at every letter. That will look even more realistic
I've only been delving into Davinci Resolve for less than 6 months, I felt the tutorial is aimed at those who are already experienced in Davinci. For example, you selected Element 3. What is that? What are the Elements? Why did you select Element 3 out all the other elements? Why did you select the Follower? In your tutorials, are you able to explain more why you're doing things, so we can gain an understanding of what each step involves. I feel you are going through the steps with no explanation. What it means is that I can reproduce the effect by following the steps in your video, but I have not gained understanding of e.g. the Elements option, so I cannot use that with understanding in my own projects.
RT thanks for watching. The Text+ node has a lot of hidden power and flexibility. The shading (paintbrush icon) has 8 available elements. 1 is the text, two is a stroke (Red outline), 3 is the black shadow, 4 is a blue border and 5-8 can be used for anything you want. Actually all 8 can, but 1-4 are presets that are already set up to work faster. I use element 1 for the text and the modifier in element one to show the per character animation of typing each character. I use element 3 to simulate the cursor animation as the characters are revealed. I check off the “enabled” boxes on these elements because I do not want to add addition effects with the modifiers, I only want to animate the text settings that were made in the original text with the modifier. The follower is pretty advanced and as you can see there is not much information out there. Think of it as a way to quickly animate text by animating only one character, then allowing the Fusion modifier to repeat the animation for the remaining characters.
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just cut and move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
if anyone is getting the error when trying to add more words in the Typing field but get the Cursor Effect on the last character that wont disappear trying adding a space at the end of your sentence seem to fixed if for me.
Hey Digital Vector, made a custom Title out of your technique, really like the original tutorial. It was genius to use the follower to drive the animation like that. Cheers!
thank you so much for this ! holy haha , jumping from after effects to this is a lot tougher then I thought it would be, but this helped. Much appreciated
Beautiful effect and I had no trouble implementing it! Just one question tho. I want to animate the last word in my sentence to make it look like the word is being backspace/deleted…but I’m struggling to achieve this. Do you have any suggestions?
It could be animated using fusion, but the quickest way is to make a cut at the place you want to end the backspacing (in the Edit page) Select the clip you just cut. Hold down alt+slide the clip to the right on the timeline to make a duplicate. Press Control+R to open retime controls. Click the controller on the bottom middle of the clip. You may need to zoom in to see it. Select reverse 100%. You could also add additional speed control markers to mix up the speed to make it look more realistic. I have some videos on my channel on reversing video and retime control that may help. This would be quicker than messing with the follower tools.
Yes for sure. Just skip the step @2:40 and @5:34 where you add and animate the blocking on shading element 3. Also, @7:40 the blinking cursor at the end, adding that node will not be needed with the additional merge node.
Very helpful. Just one question, how do you make the blinking occur earlier? I have eveything else aimated, but there is a 2 second gap before the blinking begins, how do I make this faster?
At 10:16 you say nothing really happens but it makes your ending animation disappear. I cant seem to get mine to go away. so as the words come in there is just a box right where the sentence would end and im not sure how to get rid of it. i followed the whole tut 3 times and get the same thing every time. pls help me lol
Hey sorry your not getting through it. I am adding an expression modifier to make the cursor that appears at the end of the typewriter animation turn off and on. If you don’t want the cursor animation, the entire node and step can be skipped. If you want to download a free template with a working version of this video along with a multi line version, head to czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
@@DigitalVectorStudios i Literalyy just figured it out. im making 3 lines of text and for some reason if you dont space at the end it leaves a big green box. im sad it took me 2 hours to get that solved but thank you for the help and template.
This is amazing! Thanks. Got a little lost as to what the modifier was doing and how the animation was repeating itself but after some searching now understand it. Please keep up the videos. Do you know how to do fire/burning text?
@@DigitalVectorStudios my apologies I did not mean to go off that much I was very tired and had just finished an entire game for a challenge video so when everything was lost I flipped out a little
No problem- been there. I can try to offer some suggestions on improving how Resolve performs. Personally, I do use the auto save feature to help loss of work. I have another video on my channel for creating the typewriter effect. There is a link in the video description that you can download the comp so you don’t need to recreate it.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Yeah I save every five minutes the problem is the project auto crashes the program and the video sources I used are now corrupted so it wasn't an issue of not saving it's more an issue of everything relating to that project has been rendered entirely unusable
hey boss thankyou for sharing all this useful infos. I am struggling to understand how to copy and paste text+ attributes to a series of texts+ on my timeline. I have been searching for this fix on blackmagic forum. but it seems that davinci is not capable of such an easy task :( do you have any advice ? i understand that you are working with a fusion composition. which is different but maybe you know some tricks about this. another way could be to make a fusion composition and have it display all the subtitles animated (typewriter effects) during the whole timeline ? thanks
Hi! I am very new to Davinci, (this is actually my first time using it,) and I had a kindof stupid question. I completed the typewriter effect but for the life of me, I cant figure out how to actually move the effect onto my cut screen when I edit. Do you have a tutorial for this or am I missing something?
Welcome to Resolve. In the tutorial, I start on the Edit Page and drag a Fusion Composition to the Timeline. Any media that shows up in the Edit Page Timeline will show up in the Cut page track view (bottom) and Reel View (top) timelines. I'm not sure what is happening in your case. If you want to go to my channel about tab. My contact information is there. Send me a screenshot and I can try to help you get it sorted out.
Something when wrong during animating. When it’s fading out there is a keyframe missing on the opacity. I’m not sure what is happening with your comp on multiple blocks. Probably best if you watched this video czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html. Then downloaded the templates and installed. Take a look at my nodes in the template and you should be able to compare to yours and find the issue.
Hey, good timing. I just released a video yesterday showing exactly how to adjust the speed and timing of the animation. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
This is a great tutorial thank you - my first go at Fusion >> one question... I wanted to add more text and yet my original Fusion clip was only 6 seconds long >> I can't figure how to extend the duration of the animation so that the extra wording - more of a mini paragraph - can type on at the same speed (and not type on very quickly) >> thanks in advance
Hey Thanks. I have what you are looking for. I released the free template file that does what you are trying to create with a video that explains how to install the template and the setting in the template to make changes. There is a single line version and a multi-line version. As many lines of text as you need to be created if you follow the pattern. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
There are two cursors. The cursor effect that is made while animating in the follower modifier and the blinking cursor at the end of the sequence. It might be easier if you watch my most recent video on the typewriter effect animation. There are also instructions on the video to download all of the nodes and steps on how to put the comp together for both a single line of text and multiple lines of animated typewriter text. That should help. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
Great tutorial! I still have a green cursor that's stuck to the last letter of my text. After the first cursor is done with animation. How do I delete it? Thanks again
Thanks. Make sure the animation is complete for the black shadow shading element. @5:41 - there are 3 keyframes. Timeline -.9 opacity=0, timeline 0.08 opacity =1, timeline 1.08 opacity=0. With the modifiers tab open. Select the keyframes dialog box in the upper right menu. Check these values and adjust as needed.
@@DigitalVectorStudios thanks. box is still there, though. I started over and rewatched your video and made sure i followed each step but still no cigar!
Really nice and easy to follow. I question tho, the ending block, i did exactly as you said ( i think) but when i want to place the block on the right position it doesnt show in my right screen. I have cursor in my left screen and both merge1 and 2 in my right, noticed you have only merge 2 in the right one, it doesnt let me do that. Can you assist? Thanks!
Thanks. At 1:11 I added a background node. Change the color of the background to black and slide the alpha setting to a value of zero. That will make the text and text effects displayed on a transparent background. You will be able to add any background you want in the edit page. Put an image or video layer on a track under (track 1) the composition created in the first step of the video. (Move comp up to track 2). For merge nodes, just remember the yellow connector is the background and the green connector is the foreground. Let me know if that’s what your looking for.
Help! This is a good tutorial but I am having an issue. There is a solid green block covering the last characters of the text during the whole animation. As in the last frame of the animation is constantly visible for the whole animation. Any idea why or how I can fix it?
Well I figured out that if your text has multiple lines (as in you hit enter in the text box and added more text below) this happens but I still don't understand why.
Yeah, I didn’t cover multiple lines in that tutorial. If you want multiple lines or had issues creating the first tutorial, I made another video, which has links to download everything and step-by-step on using the download to make a single line or multiple line typewriter text effect (free)
Thanks so much for this video! I have been able to do this for an outro with your guidance, but I am having a hard time figuring out how to add another line of text that says ''thanks for watching,'' under my outro name text.... how would I add another line with the same effect starting right after the original above line? How do you add text that comes in seamlessly after this one has played?
Sounds like a wonderful outro. This should be fairly easy to set up. Go to the Edit Page. Make a copy of the fusion composition clip you created to make the first line of text (the rectangular block in the timeline). On anther track, paste the duplicate fusion composition clip. Slide the copied fusion clip to the right of the original fusion clip so it’s start point is positioned at the end of the original clip. Move the playhead over the copied clip and left-click on the clip to select it, now go to the fusion page. Select the text node and make sure the inspector is on. Change the text. You may need to go to the follower modifier settings to change to timing if you second line is longer or shorter than the first line of text. Move the position of the second line below the first line of text using the method shown in the video. You will not see the first line of text yet so just guess. Now the finishing changes. Go back to the Edit Page. Move the playhead over the original clip. Grab the right edge of the fusion composition block and drag it match the right side of the copied block. Now you will need to know your total frames. Take the timeline of the right side of your copied fusion comp. say your at 1:00:15:06 and comp is at 30 frames per second. 15x30=450+06 so frame 456. Open the Fusion Page. Open the the keyframes editor (upper right). Click the zoom to fit button. Slide the right edge of all the bars over to at least the frame calculated above (in the example above it is 456). Wrap up. In line 1 you’ll want to turn off the blinking cursor. Just delete that node. Adjust the timing of the two fusion comp clips in the timeline until you like it. Go back and get the text position the way you want it. One comp can be used for everything as well. Just type all the text in a longer comp and adjust the follower timing as needed. The cursor will need to be positioned at the end. Good luck 👍
Oh, that's great, thank you! But when I put this animation over another clip in the timline there is no transparency? And what is the easiest way to change the color of the complete animation?
There are a few ways to do that depending on the footage you want to overlay. The easiest solution in this case is to just disconnect the background node from the first merge node. The black background was added to show off the text effect, but is not needed. In the edit window, if you move the fusion composition up to video track 2, anything you place in track 1 under it will show through the transparent area.
does anyone know how to change the speed at which the text is typed out? It doesn't appear this YT channel has a fast response rate. It's very important XD
My problem is, I have more letter count than your example and so it is not showing letter after letter but almost like a word after word.what should i do? Will you be kind enough to help me pull this through?
Check a couple of settings. First, make sure the composition length is long enough. I set mine for just over 10 seconds. Depending on how much text you are animating, you might want to go longer. In the follower settings, make sure all character are selected. You can animate between the start and end or between each character. You will need to set the appropriate timing depending on the length of the phrase. Again you will run out of composition length if the first suggestion is not followed. Give that a try. You may have changed some other settings, so let me know how it goes.
@@DigitalVectorStudios yeah i've been playing your video again and again and again. And finally after several play and pause i did it. But I still have to dig in and familiarize well this typewriter effect. So I think i'm gonna watch your video few more times still. Thanks!
First off. Awesome tuto! I'm new to editing and resolve. This was clear and concise! I'm having a similar issue when I enter text beyond a single line. i.imgur.com/cXfjmVo.png The lone rectangle seen is an element of the text1 shadow that is always on where the final character would be. E: SOLVED! The issue goes away if you make the last character a space :D
Hello, may I know if this needs to be done on each and every sentence? Can you do for all sentence at once? It's extremely heavy to do for every sentence isn't.
There is a trick to make it faster. I finished a video over the weekend and will have it live after next weekend to show the technique. I’ll also upload the nodes to my website so you can just download.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Thanks, I'm very appreciated it. I'm working on a video that requires me to use this typewriter effect and I want to bring the best into it.
For your speed question. Try watching this. I go into details on how to control the speed. czcams.com/video/zK3TeZkBq0Q/video.html everything else is done in the timeline in the edit page. Sound effects on an audio track. Line up the clips in order how you want to see everything, left to right. If you stack the clips, clips on top will show first. The typewriter effect is made using a fusion clip and will have a transparent background. Put an image under this track or use a blank color clip. Then drag the right edge of the clip to match the typewriter effect clip.
The yellow triangle is the background and the green triangle is the foreground. The foreground will show on top of the background. To use a merge node, connection into the yellow connector is required. The blue triangle is for masking.
Thanks for this video. I'm having an issue with it in that the last words in the line are covered over. The last one... the rest of it works find but the last work has the green block over it. I can't seem to figure it out.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Yes-multiple lines of text. The other strange thing ( i forgot to mention) some characters at the end are still visible. Like the last word is "refuel" and the letters for "fuel" are still visible. (i'm not at my desk to see what the settings are right now) Thanks for helping with this btw! :)
How to reverse this effect? Like pressing "backspace" key for delete symbols and typing a new text? Duplicate fusion composition -> New compound clip -> Retime controls -> Reverse segment not a best method ((
You could certainly do it using Retime controls. I would create a new timeline. Copy the typewriter text timeline into the new timeline(drag and drop in the edit window from the media pool). Then add the Retime and select reverse segment. The other way to do it is by setting it up to animate that way when you set the follower keys. Probably too long to explain in a comment, but it could easily be done that way.
Hey! great video, super helpful. I have one question though.. What's the way to use this effect for right to left letters? I'm trying to use it with Hebrew letters and the text goes from left to right which is from end to beginning in Hebrew. The order in the timing box is set to right to left. Thanks again!
Thanks. I’ve never worked with Hebrew letters. Have you tried to set the Text Direction to Right to Left in the Text+ settings before you add the follower effect?
Hey I have a question. I was able to finish it and everything but when I go back to my editing tab nothing shows up. But when I go to fusion I see my work. So idk what to do.
The last node I used was the scanlines. From that node, it is import that the out connector (small white box) is connected to the MediaOut Node in the flow area in the Fusion Page. If there is nothing connected to the MediaOut, you will not see anything on the Edit Page. Let me know if that fixes your problem.
Digital Vector Studios oh ok I figured it out. I actually I didn’t even have the Media Out thing that is why I was confused so I got a new fusion and just copy pasted the work I did with it in it. I might of deleted it in the beginning but idk.
Thanks. Yes, just remove the background node or make the background node color black and turn the alpha slider all the way down to zero. Either way will make the typewriter text have a transparent background. Then in the editor just place the Fusion composition with the text over any video clip in the timeline.
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just cut and move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing. (You'll probably be cutting really small points so zooming in the timeline to its maximum may help)
I put the nodes out there with an explanation on how you load them in and make changes - for free. Go to this video for details and the download link. Let me know if that helps. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
love the tutorial, however When I came to do the animation for the green rectangle the last few letters of my text stay blocked from the green highlight.. how can I fix this issue??
@@DigitalVectorStudios Hi, thanks for the tutorial, but I'm having the same issue. you asked on previous question on the settings within the follower, all I can say that I followed your steps and able to see the box. if you want me to be more specific, which one of the settings exactly you after?
@@unlock-er I released the node tree for download from my website so all the work is done for you. There is a single line version and a multi-line version. The video here has all the instructions on how to download, load it into your project and make changes (It's free also). Works in the Free or Studio Version of Resolve. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
Yes, when you use my free template. You can’t make it from scratch currently in the Edit Page though. Blackmagic seems to be adding more effects directly in the Edit page so maybe Version 18.
Yeah, I have a video that covers that and has a download for the template files and how to make more adjustments to the template here czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html You will then have it available anytime you need it.
Add another Text+ node. The positioning can be based on the 1st Text+ node’s position using a modifier or expression. Or another follower modifier could be added. Or the size properties of the text can be animated independently of the follower modifier applied to achieve the typewriter effect. Or character-level styling can be animated to change and animate text size. There are so many options depending on exactly what you want to do.
The follower modified is very powerful. It allows animation to be applied to one character, word or line of text, then the others to follow the animation on a set timing or delay or randomly.
I typically use the song’s bpm. Then in Resolve use the fps setting to sync. For example, a song with 80 bpm, I would focus on significant keyframes every other beat or alternatively, every 4th beat. If a 30 fps frame rate video is used, there will be 1800 frames per minute. On every other beat, I’m looking at 40 possible key frame points each minute or 20 possible key frame points each minute at every 4th beat. I’ll go with 20 here (one key point - make something happen in the video every 3 seconds). So 30 fps x 3 = 90 frames. If you do not have as much control, try using the audio wave forms to set markers where you want key points to occur in your animation. For the typing you are setting the number of frames between each character or overall frames for the whole phrase so it will work.
Use the Edit Page. Place your background video on video track 1 on the timeline. Put the typewriter text comp on track 2. Slide typewriter comp to the end of the video on your timeline.
Digital Vector Studios I try it with and without the fusion composition. I can get one or the other to show up. Eithe the text shows with a black background or the clip plays via no text. I know it is operator error, I apologize and thank you for your patience in this matter. Any more suggestions will be appreciated. Have a good day.
I made an enhanced video. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html This video has a link to my composition so download it and maybe you can figure out if you missed a step.
Make sure you are in the edit window. When you click on the effects library text in the upper right corner what happens? You may have changed your workspace. Try using the shortcut CTRL 6.
Ok let’s get this fixed. 1. In the Edit Page make sure you place the fusion composition on Video track 2 in the first step of the video. 2. In the Fusion Page, only include the text node. Don’t add the background or merge nodes. In the upper right corner of the video views you will three dots arranged in a horizontal line. That is the viewing menu. Click on it and choose Checker Underlay. When you see the checker underlay, you know you have transparent video. Do that for both video view windows. Now when you drag the text node to the left view window you will see it is a transparent background. 3. Finish the steps- you can make the blinking cursor and merge node to add it to the text as show in the video. 4. Don’t add the scanlines. - they can be added, but it will be difficult to explain in these comments, so just remove it. 5. Go back to the Edit Page and add your video to Video Track 1. That will work.
@@DigitalVectorStudios I got that far and found the transparent back ground but still get only one or the other when I select the Bypass color grad and and Fusion effects. Ill keep experimenting with it, I truly do appreciate your help and your videos. I am missing a step on getting the text onto my timeline.
Thanks for checking it out, I chose the CRT look, based on the font I selected and discussed in the first minute or so of the video. You can choose any font you want to make it look more like a stencil type. The point is, each letter is animated vs. the write on sliding look. Check out the side by side in the video. If you came up with something better, love to take a look.
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just cut it and move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
@@adamyang6224 Well, I have a decent enough laptop but it can't run davinci fully, leading to a lot of stuttering with things like just normal screen transitions. Fusion would make it stutter a lot more so I had to start thinking smart.
@@DigitalVectorStudios No problem. Your tutorial is good but Davinci (even though I'm pretty sure it's caching) lags up the arse if I have too many separate text boxes (as in, more than 1) playing over a video at the same time. I've tried fusion and while it works, my laptop just doesn't play it in the timeline. It would freeze and then speed up until after the fusion clip had passed.
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
Please...can you stop twirling the mouse pointer. It is extremely hard to follow and nauseating. Also for a tutorial it would be good to tell us beginners WHY you are doing something rather than just WHAT you are doing.
Super novice user here and this was very easy to follow! The only thing that kept tripping me up was making a distinction from which element is being looked at on screen in fusion (the little dots below each), but after watching your video a couple times, I started to get the hang of it. Thank you for taking the time to put this in video form!
Yes, you're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to comment and add some feedback about what wasn't very clear on the video.
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
3:50 Who in a heck will right click a text box expecting an animation modifier option to pop up? I would be so lost without this tutorial.
Thanks - Resolve has a lot of hidden but powerful features for sure.
Nice effect, achieved using elegant steps! Nice job!
Hey, appreciate the feedback!
With your video, I can replicate it well, even if I would have difficulties implementing it without your video. Thank you so much! 😍
For sure, glad it helped
I was following all the steps but something went wrong. When you were changing the frames and keyframes you didn't say to change the keyframes each time(click the little diamond thing on the side). I'm a beginner on Davinci Resolve so I was pretty confused. Luckily I spotted that though. This effect worked beautifully. Thank you
Thanks for watching and adding your feedback on the video. Glad it helped.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Had same situation..still no idea what I was dooing there :)
Wow another fantastic video I will try to do this tomorrow really cool!
Thanks Ken
Thank you bro I needed this
No problem.
BIG THANK YOU !! I was looking for something like this and you more than delivered.
Glad the video helped. I really appreciate the comment.
Thank you so much!! It worked
Glad you got it
Just started creating content using Davinci Resolve 16. Thanks for this!
Happy to help!
This video was such a blessing! I was so lost on how to do this effect, thank you 🙏🏼
Great! So glad it helped. It took me a while at first to figure out how the follower works.
Very good tutorial man. Thank you! I will use this with a fixed font so that the bar has the same thickness at every letter. That will look even more realistic
Appreciate that. For sure there’s a lot you can do to refine it to your taste.
I can't wait to use this in a Ghost Recon: Wildlands video! Nice job!
Nice! Sounds like a great project for this effect.
Very great tutorial! Exactly what I needed!
Glad it helped!
don't know how he does it... he is a wizard harry! nice tutorial :)
Thanks!
I've only been delving into Davinci Resolve for less than 6 months, I felt the tutorial is aimed at those who are already experienced in Davinci. For example, you selected Element 3. What is that? What are the Elements? Why did you select Element 3 out all the other elements? Why did you select the Follower? In your tutorials, are you able to explain more why you're doing things, so we can gain an understanding of what each step involves. I feel you are going through the steps with no explanation. What it means is that I can reproduce the effect by following the steps in your video, but I have not gained understanding of e.g. the Elements option, so I cannot use that with understanding in my own projects.
RT thanks for watching. The Text+ node has a lot of hidden power and flexibility. The shading (paintbrush icon) has 8 available elements. 1 is the text, two is a stroke (Red outline), 3 is the black shadow, 4 is a blue border and 5-8 can be used for anything you want. Actually all 8 can, but 1-4 are presets that are already set up to work faster. I use element 1 for the text and the modifier in element one to show the per character animation of typing each character. I use element 3 to simulate the cursor animation as the characters are revealed. I check off the “enabled” boxes on these elements because I do not want to add addition effects with the modifiers, I only want to animate the text settings that were made in the original text with the modifier. The follower is pretty advanced and as you can see there is not much information out there. Think of it as a way to quickly animate text by animating only one character, then allowing the Fusion modifier to repeat the animation for the remaining characters.
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Exactly
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just cut and move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
successfully achieved just a couple of minutes ago, thank you sir ♥
Great to hear
Hey man i am a beginner with davinci resolve, and i got to say i am a subscriber. You made it seem simple but easy. I hope to see more editing videos.
if anyone is getting the error when trying to add more words in the Typing field but get the Cursor Effect on the last character that wont disappear trying adding a space at the end of your sentence seem to fixed if for me.
OMG you're a godsend
thank you so much for this video!! imma new vlogger and was looking for a cute/unique transition. This was simple to follow. Thanks again!
Sure, glad you could use it!
Omg was freaking out cause my red giant stuff wasn’t working since I upgraded my computer and updated DR....THANK YOU!
So glad it could help. I wish Red Giant would get there plug-ins working in Resolve for those who have already bought the licenses.
Such an amazing tutorial! Thanks so much, it's already helped spice up the current project I'm working on.
Hey glad it was useful.
Hey Digital Vector, made a custom Title out of your technique, really like the original tutorial. It was genius to use the follower to drive the animation like that. Cheers!
Cool, thanks! I've watched a few of your tutorials as well. Keep up the great work.
thank you so much for this ! holy haha , jumping from after effects to this is a lot tougher then I thought it would be, but this helped. Much appreciated
Thanx dude, very clear and easy to derivate my needed effect
Thx for watching!
thank you so much. such a help and very well explained
I appreciate that. Thanks
Oh my gosh. Just what I wanted to know. Just awesome tutorial! Thank You very much 👍💖
Thanks, glad it was helpful
I learnt so many things thank you!
Thanks for checking it out, I’m so glad it helped
Looks amazing!
Thanks!
great tutorial and effect - thanks!
Beautiful effect and I had no trouble implementing it! Just one question tho. I want to animate the last word in my sentence to make it look like the word is being backspace/deleted…but I’m struggling to achieve this. Do you have any suggestions?
It could be animated using fusion, but the quickest way is to make a cut at the place you want to end the backspacing (in the Edit page) Select the clip you just cut. Hold down alt+slide the clip to the right on the timeline to make a duplicate. Press Control+R to open retime controls. Click the controller on the bottom middle of the clip. You may need to zoom in to see it. Select reverse 100%. You could also add additional speed control markers to mix up the speed to make it look more realistic. I have some videos on my channel on reversing video and retime control that may help. This would be quicker than messing with the follower tools.
@@DigitalVectorStudios thank you so much! This helped :)
Love this! but can you have the cursor as opaque? and just have the words appear without a cursor???
Yes for sure. Just skip the step @2:40 and @5:34 where you add and animate the blocking on shading element 3. Also, @7:40 the blinking cursor at the end, adding that node will not be needed with the additional merge node.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Really appreciate the reply! thanks mate
this is so nice
Great video, New sub. Thanks for the upload.
Very kind thanks!
Thank you very much!!!! 💗💗💗
Thanks for checking it out!
Nice one! Thank you! :)
Thanks!
Very helpful. Just one question, how do you make the blinking occur earlier? I have eveything else aimated, but there is a 2 second gap before the blinking begins, how do I make this faster?
Omg! I don't really understand every step of the process but it works! Keep an eye on my new intro! ;)
Awesome! Let me know when it’s up.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Cool I'll keep you posted!
@@DigitalVectorStudios My latest video is up btw! I linked your tutorial in the description cheers!
At 10:16 you say nothing really happens but it makes your ending animation disappear. I cant seem to get mine to go away. so as the words come in there is just a box right where the sentence would end and im not sure how to get rid of it. i followed the whole tut 3 times and get the same thing every time. pls help me lol
Hey sorry your not getting through it. I am adding an expression modifier to make the cursor that appears at the end of the typewriter animation turn off and on. If you don’t want the cursor animation, the entire node and step can be skipped. If you want to download a free template with a working version of this video along with a multi line version, head to czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
@@DigitalVectorStudios i Literalyy just figured it out. im making 3 lines of text and for some reason if you dont space at the end it leaves a big green box. im sad it took me 2 hours to get that solved but thank you for the help and template.
Thank you for this video!
This is amazing! Thanks. Got a little lost as to what the modifier was doing and how the animation was repeating itself but after some searching now understand it. Please keep up the videos. Do you know how to do fire/burning text?
Thanks! Yeah, I worked fire text a bit. I'll make a video for it.
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No problem
thank you very much, how can I slow this effect down for example for longer texts?
There’s more information in this video (stretching out the comp or adding a second line starts at 4:00)
m.czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
Ok, it actually just made it to where my entire project is now irreversibly fucked great! Epic program Epic tutorial!
What are your computer specs? Resolve.and the Fusion page have minimum specs to run.
@@DigitalVectorStudios my apologies I did not mean to go off that much I was very tired and had just finished an entire game for a challenge video so when everything was lost I flipped out a little
@@DigitalVectorStudios But yeah I am running GTX 1080Ti my GPU in task manager never went above ten percent usage
No problem- been there. I can try to offer some suggestions on improving how Resolve performs. Personally, I do use the auto save feature to help loss of work. I have another video on my channel for creating the typewriter effect. There is a link in the video description that you can download the comp so you don’t need to recreate it.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Yeah I save every five minutes the problem is the project auto crashes the program and the video sources I used are now corrupted so it wasn't an issue of not saving it's more an issue of everything relating to that project has been rendered entirely unusable
But what if my video fps is 60. wont changing fps according to you be too fast?
hey boss thankyou for sharing all this useful infos.
I am struggling to understand how to copy and paste text+ attributes to a series of texts+ on my timeline.
I have been searching for this fix on blackmagic forum. but it seems that davinci is not capable of such an easy task :(
do you have any advice ?
i understand that you are working with a fusion composition. which is different but maybe you know some tricks about this.
another way could be to make a fusion composition and have it display all the subtitles animated (typewriter effects) during the whole timeline ?
thanks
Hi! I am very new to Davinci, (this is actually my first time using it,) and I had a kindof stupid question. I completed the typewriter effect but for the life of me, I cant figure out how to actually move the effect onto my cut screen when I edit. Do you have a tutorial for this or am I missing something?
Welcome to Resolve. In the tutorial, I start on the Edit Page and drag a Fusion Composition to the Timeline. Any media that shows up in the Edit Page Timeline will show up in the Cut page track view (bottom) and Reel View (top) timelines. I'm not sure what is happening in your case. If you want to go to my channel about tab. My contact information is there. Send me a screenshot and I can try to help you get it sorted out.
I've tried doing this a few times without much luck. Instead of a single block I get a dozen that fade out over other letters. What am I missing?
Something when wrong during animating. When it’s fading out there is a keyframe missing on the opacity. I’m not sure what is happening with your comp on multiple blocks. Probably best if you watched this video czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html. Then downloaded the templates and installed. Take a look at my nodes in the template and you should be able to compare to yours and find the issue.
Hi! May I know how I can slow down the text coming out?
Hey, good timing. I just released a video yesterday showing exactly how to adjust the speed and timing of the animation. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
This is a great tutorial thank you - my first go at Fusion >> one question... I wanted to add more text and yet my original Fusion clip was only 6 seconds long >> I can't figure how to extend the duration of the animation so that the extra wording - more of a mini paragraph - can type on at the same speed (and not type on very quickly) >> thanks in advance
Hey Thanks. I have what you are looking for. I released the free template file that does what you are trying to create with a video that explains how to install the template and the setting in the template to make changes. There is a single line version and a multi-line version. As many lines of text as you need to be created if you follow the pattern. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
@@DigitalVectorStudios thats great thank you very much for your efforts :) >> cheers!
what if i want to do this but as if i was deleting the text, what would i have to change?´
Thanks bit I have 1 problem : the cursor isn't following the letters. How can I fix it?
There are two cursors. The cursor effect that is made while animating in the follower modifier and the blinking cursor at the end of the sequence. It might be easier if you watch my most recent video on the typewriter effect animation. There are also instructions on the video to download all of the nodes and steps on how to put the comp together for both a single line of text and multiple lines of animated typewriter text. That should help. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
how do you change how fast or slow your computer text is typed out?
Great tutorial! I still have a green cursor that's stuck to the last letter of my text. After the first cursor is done with animation. How do I delete it? Thanks again
Thanks. Make sure the animation is complete for the black shadow shading element. @5:41 - there are 3 keyframes. Timeline -.9 opacity=0, timeline 0.08 opacity =1, timeline 1.08 opacity=0. With the modifiers tab open. Select the keyframes dialog box in the upper right menu. Check these values and adjust as needed.
@@DigitalVectorStudios thanks. box is still there, though. I started over and rewatched your video and made sure i followed each step but still no cigar!
No worries I will put my composition on my website for download within a week.
Really nice and easy to follow. I question tho, the ending block, i did exactly as you said ( i think) but when i want to place the block on the right position it doesnt show in my right screen. I have cursor in my left screen and both merge1 and 2 in my right, noticed you have only merge 2 in the right one, it doesnt let me do that. Can you assist? Thanks!
Thanks. At 1:11 I added a background node. Change the color of the background to black and slide the alpha setting to a value of zero. That will make the text and text effects displayed on a transparent background. You will be able to add any background you want in the edit page. Put an image or video layer on a track under (track 1) the composition created in the first step of the video. (Move comp up to track 2). For merge nodes, just remember the yellow connector is the background and the green connector is the foreground. Let me know if that’s what your looking for.
Help! This is a good tutorial but I am having an issue. There is a solid green block covering the last characters of the text during the whole animation. As in the last frame of the animation is constantly visible for the whole animation. Any idea why or how I can fix it?
Well I figured out that if your text has multiple lines (as in you hit enter in the text box and added more text below) this happens but I still don't understand why.
Yeah, I didn’t cover multiple lines in that tutorial. If you want multiple lines or had issues creating the first tutorial, I made another video, which has links to download everything and step-by-step on using the download to make a single line or multiple line typewriter text effect (free)
Thanks so much for this video! I have been able to do this for an outro with your guidance, but I am having a hard time figuring out how to add another line of text that says ''thanks for watching,'' under my outro name text.... how would I add another line with the same effect starting right after the original above line? How do you add text that comes in seamlessly after this one has played?
Sounds like a wonderful outro. This should be fairly easy to set up. Go to the Edit Page. Make a copy of the fusion composition clip you created to make the first line of text (the rectangular block in the timeline). On anther track, paste the duplicate fusion composition clip. Slide the copied fusion clip to the right of the original fusion clip so it’s start point is positioned at the end of the original clip. Move the playhead over the copied clip and left-click on the clip to select it, now go to the fusion page. Select the text node and make sure the inspector is on. Change the text. You may need to go to the follower modifier settings to change to timing if you second line is longer or shorter than the first line of text. Move the position of the second line below the first line of text using the method shown in the video. You will not see the first line of text yet so just guess. Now the finishing changes. Go back to the Edit Page. Move the playhead over the original clip. Grab the right edge of the fusion composition block and drag it match the right side of the copied block.
Now you will need to know your total frames. Take the timeline of the right side of your copied fusion comp. say your at 1:00:15:06 and comp is at 30 frames per second. 15x30=450+06 so frame 456.
Open the Fusion Page. Open the the keyframes editor (upper right). Click the zoom to fit button. Slide the right edge of all the bars over to at least the frame calculated above (in the example above it is 456).
Wrap up. In line 1 you’ll want to turn off the blinking cursor. Just delete that node. Adjust the timing of the two fusion comp clips in the timeline until you like it. Go back and get the text position the way you want it.
One comp can be used for everything as well. Just type all the text in a longer comp and adjust the follower timing as needed. The cursor will need to be positioned at the end. Good luck 👍
@@DigitalVectorStudios THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Oh, that's great, thank you! But when I put this animation over another clip in the timline there is no transparency?
And what is the easiest way to change the color of the complete animation?
There are a few ways to do that depending on the footage you want to overlay. The easiest solution in this case is to just disconnect the background node from the first merge node. The black background was added to show off the text effect, but is not needed. In the edit window, if you move the fusion composition up to video track 2, anything you place in track 1 under it will show through the transparent area.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Yes, this works fine. Best regards from Germany :)
@@johnbeck2020 Great! Experiment with the follower settings. There is a lot it can do!
does anyone know how to change the speed at which the text is typed out? It doesn't appear this YT channel has a fast response rate. It's very important XD
My problem is, I have more letter count than your example and so it is not showing letter after letter but almost like a word after word.what should i do? Will you be kind enough to help me pull this through?
Check a couple of settings. First, make sure the composition length is long enough. I set mine for just over 10 seconds. Depending on how much text you are animating, you might want to go longer. In the follower settings, make sure all character are selected. You can animate between the start and end or between each character. You will need to set the appropriate timing depending on the length of the phrase. Again you will run out of composition length if the first suggestion is not followed. Give that a try. You may have changed some other settings, so let me know how it goes.
@@DigitalVectorStudios yeah i've been playing your video again and again and again. And finally after several play and pause i did it. But I still have to dig in and familiarize well this typewriter effect. So I think i'm gonna watch your video few more times still. Thanks!
Great. The follower tool is s little different most other NLE tools out there, but very powerful. I’m glad it’s clicking for you.
First off. Awesome tuto! I'm new to editing and resolve. This was clear and concise!
I'm having a similar issue when I enter text beyond a single line. i.imgur.com/cXfjmVo.png
The lone rectangle seen is an element of the text1 shadow that is always on where the final character would be.
E: SOLVED! The issue goes away if you make the last character a space :D
Great tutorial. But every time I insert Text+, the software crashes. How can I fix this?
What are your system specs? Thanks
Hello, may I know if this needs to be done on each and every sentence? Can you do for all sentence at once? It's extremely heavy to do for every sentence isn't.
There is a trick to make it faster. I finished a video over the weekend and will have it live after next weekend to show the technique. I’ll also upload the nodes to my website so you can just download.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Thanks, I'm very appreciated it. I'm working on a video that requires me to use this typewriter effect and I want to bring the best into it.
i just wanna know how to add a background behind all of this and adjust the speed...
oh and also if its possible to add the typewriter sound effect for the duration of the display, doesnt have to match the display just any typing sound
also, i have a video playing before this effect, and it just plays over my video from the beginning how do i fix that
For your speed question. Try watching this. I go into details on how to control the speed. czcams.com/video/zK3TeZkBq0Q/video.html everything else is done in the timeline in the edit page. Sound effects on an audio track. Line up the clips in order how you want to see everything, left to right. If you stack the clips, clips on top will show first. The typewriter effect is made using a fusion clip and will have a transparent background. Put an image under this track or use a blank color clip. Then drag the right edge of the clip to match the typewriter effect clip.
@@DigitalVectorStudios how to put up an image as a background?
1:25 what's the diff btw the green and the yellow triangles on the merge?
The yellow triangle is the background and the green triangle is the foreground. The foreground will show on top of the background. To use a merge node, connection into the yellow connector is required. The blue triangle is for masking.
Thanks for this video. I'm having an issue with it in that the last words in the line are covered over. The last one... the rest of it works find but the last work has the green block over it. I can't seem to figure it out.
The last step is creating the blinking cursor. Did the text animation look right before adding the cursor?
@@DigitalVectorStudios No... The cursor worked fine.
Ok, so you are using this method to animate multiple lines of text? What settings are you using in the follower modifier?
@@DigitalVectorStudios Yes-multiple lines of text. The other strange thing ( i forgot to mention) some characters at the end are still visible. Like the last word is "refuel" and the letters for "fuel" are still visible.
(i'm not at my desk to see what the settings are right now) Thanks for helping with this btw! :)
How to reverse this effect? Like pressing "backspace" key for delete symbols and typing a new text?
Duplicate fusion composition -> New compound clip -> Retime controls -> Reverse segment
not a best method ((
You could certainly do it using Retime controls. I would create a new timeline. Copy the typewriter text timeline into the new timeline(drag and drop in the edit window from the media pool). Then add the Retime and select reverse segment. The other way to do it is by setting it up to animate that way when you set the follower keys. Probably too long to explain in a comment, but it could easily be done that way.
Hey! great video, super helpful. I have one question though.. What's the way to use this effect for right to left letters? I'm trying to use it with Hebrew letters and the text goes from left to right which is from end to beginning in Hebrew. The order in the timing box is set to right to left.
Thanks again!
Thanks. I’ve never worked with Hebrew letters. Have you tried to set the Text Direction to Right to Left in the Text+ settings before you add the follower effect?
Well this sucks for some reason after I go to the -.9 frame my veiwer breaks and will not display any animation
Hey I have a question. I was able to finish it and everything but when I go back to my editing tab nothing shows up. But when I go to fusion I see my work. So idk what to do.
The last node I used was the scanlines. From that node, it is import that the out connector (small white box) is connected to the MediaOut Node in the flow area in the Fusion Page. If there is nothing connected to the MediaOut, you will not see anything on the Edit Page. Let me know if that fixes your problem.
Digital Vector Studios oh ok I figured it out. I actually I didn’t even have the Media Out thing that is why I was confused so I got a new fusion and just copy pasted the work I did with it in it. I might of deleted it in the beginning but idk.
@@sebastiancipriano1040 Great, glad you got it working!
Also, if you ever lose the media out node again. Hit Shift & Space Bar. Then search for Media Out and just add it into the flow area.
Digital Vector Studios ok! Thank you so much for your help!
Just enable the "TV" plugin in fusion on text..
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Thanks. Yes, just remove the background node or make the background node color black and turn the alpha slider all the way down to zero. Either way will make the typewriter text have a transparent background. Then in the editor just place the Fusion composition with the text over any video clip in the timeline.
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This is quite complicated for me, hasn't got that much experience with Davinci Resolve yet
Keep trying Resolve will click for you.
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just cut and move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
(You'll probably be cutting really small points so zooming in the timeline to its maximum may help)
you should explain more slowly and have slower gestures with a mouth.
I did not manage to make the cursor blink permanently at the end of the line
the block comes up for me and is where it should be but my text is like invisible?
now the blocks gone?
omg im not doing this shit again im just not gonna do it
no i will
but this has really annoyed me
I put the nodes out there with an explanation on how you load them in and make changes - for free. Go to this video for details and the download link. Let me know if that helps. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
love the tutorial, however When I came to do the animation for the green rectangle the last few letters of my text stay blocked from the green highlight.. how can I fix this issue??
In the modifier tab, what are the settings in your follower?
@@DigitalVectorStudios Hi, thanks for the tutorial, but I'm having the same issue. you asked on previous question on the settings within the follower, all I can say that I followed your steps and able to see the box. if you want me to be more specific, which one of the settings exactly you after?
@@unlock-er I released the node tree for download from my website so all the work is done for you. There is a single line version and a multi-line version. The video here has all the instructions on how to download, load it into your project and make changes (It's free also). Works in the Free or Studio Version of Resolve.
czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
how can I make full words appear on different keyframes without the typing effect?
You can hand animate the write-on settings. Make sure you hit two keyframes to bracket each word so it reveals each word at once.
is there a way of doing this from the edit page?
Yes, when you use my free template. You can’t make it from scratch currently in the Edit Page though. Blackmagic seems to be adding more effects directly in the Edit page so maybe Version 18.
How do you safe this effect so you can always reuse it
Yeah, I have a video that covers that and has a download for the template files and how to make more adjustments to the template here czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html You will then have it available anytime you need it.
Lost... How do I find the key frames
Upper right open the editor and resize so you can see the keyframes
How do I add another text animation as I want that in another size.
Add another Text+ node. The positioning can be based on the 1st Text+ node’s position using a modifier or expression. Or another follower modifier could be added. Or the size properties of the text can be animated independently of the follower modifier applied to achieve the typewriter effect. Or character-level styling can be animated to change and animate text size. There are so many options depending on exactly what you want to do.
@@DigitalVectorStudios Thanks a ton man, great help. Will try out these methods for sure.
No problem
what does the "follower" modifier do?
The follower modified is very powerful. It allows animation to be applied to one character, word or line of text, then the others to follow the animation on a set timing or delay or randomly.
I have tried and i cannot do it
Here is the completed project. Davinci Resolve Typewriter Effect Template czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html
Actually, when I did this after going to -.9 frames it rendered my entire davinci resolve client unresponsive no buttons work or anything
How would you go about synchronizing the typing to audio vocals?
I typically use the song’s bpm. Then in Resolve use the fps setting to sync. For example, a song with 80 bpm, I would focus on significant keyframes every other beat or alternatively, every 4th beat. If a 30 fps frame rate video is used, there will be 1800 frames per minute. On every other beat, I’m looking at 40 possible key frame points each minute or 20 possible key frame points each minute at every 4th beat. I’ll go with 20 here (one key point - make something happen in the video every 3 seconds). So 30 fps x 3 = 90 frames.
If you do not have as much control, try using the audio wave forms to set markers where you want key points to occur in your animation. For the typing you are setting the number of frames between each character or overall frames for the whole phrase so it will work.
Digital Vector Studios Thanks for the explanation. I’m gonna have to try that out and experiment
I can’t get the scanline to 500. It’s Max is 40
Scanline line frequency? Just type it in in the right box, don’t use the sliders.
If I wanna start the whole thing at the end of my video. (my video is the background) how do I do that?
Use the Edit Page. Place your background video on video track 1 on the timeline. Put the typewriter text comp on track 2. Slide typewriter comp to the end of the video on your timeline.
Digital Vector Studios Thanks! I’ll try it out!
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Do I need to still use the fusion composition. I am having issues addind it to my media...
The scanlines settings are probably messing up your transparency. Try to take it out and see what happens.
Digital Vector Studios I try it with and without the fusion composition. I can get one or the other to show up. Eithe the text shows with a black background or the clip plays via no text. I know it is operator error, I apologize and thank you for your patience in this matter. Any more suggestions will be appreciated. Have a good day.
Apparently it just doesn’t work for me, sad
I made an enhanced video. czcams.com/video/TjIpkIYrS54/video.html This video has a link to my composition so download it and maybe you can figure out if you missed a step.
Which application?
Davinci Resolve from Blackmagiic Design. This will work on both the Studio version and the free version.
can someone please help me my davinci doesnt have effects library!
Make sure you are in the edit window. When you click on the effects library text in the upper right corner what happens? You may have changed your workspace. Try using the shortcut CTRL 6.
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How do I get this to overlay on a select clip?
Just skip adding the background node and merge node at the beginning. You will just need the Text+ node. Place your video under the fusion comp.
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Hi and thanks. I can’t merge it into my video clip once I’ve got it built. Not sure what I am missing.
Ok let’s get this fixed. 1. In the Edit Page make sure you place the fusion composition on Video track 2 in the first step of the video. 2. In the Fusion Page, only include the text node. Don’t add the background or merge nodes. In the upper right corner of the video views you will three dots arranged in a horizontal line. That is the viewing menu. Click on it and choose Checker Underlay. When you see the checker underlay, you know you have transparent video. Do that for both video view windows. Now when you drag the text node to the left view window you will see it is a transparent background. 3. Finish the steps- you can make the blinking cursor and merge node to add it to the text as show in the video. 4. Don’t add the scanlines. - they can be added, but it will be difficult to explain in these comments, so just remove it. 5. Go back to the Edit Page and add your video to Video Track 1. That will work.
@@DigitalVectorStudios I got that far and found the transparent back ground but still get only one or the other when I select the Bypass color grad and and Fusion effects. Ill keep experimenting with it, I truly do appreciate your help and your videos. I am missing a step on getting the text onto my timeline.
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Not really the "Typewriter effect", it is more like "old word processor effect". The title is a little misleading.
Thanks for checking it out, I chose the CRT look, based on the font I selected and discussed in the first minute or so of the video. You can choose any font you want to make it look more like a stencil type. The point is, each letter is animated vs. the write on sliding look. Check out the side by side in the video. If you came up with something better, love to take a look.
Huh???
does anyone know if we can do this on davinci resolve 15?
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just cut it and move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
Blu DJ woah how come I never thought of that! Thank you so much!
@@adamyang6224 Well, I have a decent enough laptop but it can't run davinci fully, leading to a lot of stuttering with things like just normal screen transitions. Fusion would make it stutter a lot more so I had to start thinking smart.
Good thoughts for those that would prefer to skip Fusion. Thanks for sharing your experiences to help those with slightly slower machines.
@@DigitalVectorStudios No problem. Your tutorial is good but Davinci (even though I'm pretty sure it's caching) lags up the arse if I have too many separate text boxes (as in, more than 1) playing over a video at the same time. I've tried fusion and while it works, my laptop just doesn't play it in the timeline. It would freeze and then speed up until after the fusion clip had passed.
Am I the only one who can’t drag the merge, text, and background?
An effective (although not as impressive) version of this effect can be done by placing the background colour/ image over the word(s) you want to type out and at ever frame or 2 frames or however long you want the duration between letter inputs to be, just move the image away to reveal one letter. Another image can be used for the cursor which you can cut a piece from every frame (or again, however long you want it to be) to show flashing.
Please...can you stop twirling the mouse pointer. It is extremely hard to follow and nauseating. Also for a tutorial it would be good to tell us beginners WHY you are doing something rather than just WHAT you are doing.
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