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How to add text in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

On the Edit page, open Effects > Toolbox > Titles and drag Text or Text+ onto a video track above your clip. Type and style it in the Inspector. Text+ is a Fusion title with more styling and animation options.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Open the titles
  2. 02Pick Text or Text+
  3. 03Place it
  4. 04Type and style
  5. 05Animate Text+ (optional)

  1. 01

    Open the titles

    On the Edit page, click Effects at the top left and choose Toolbox > Titles.

  2. 02

    Pick Text or Text+

    Use Text for a quick, plain title. Use Text+ for outlines, shading, character spacing and animation.

  3. 03

    Place it

    Drag the title onto the video track above your footage, then drag its edges to set how long it shows.

  4. 04

    Type and style

    Select the title and open the Inspector. Type your text, then set the font, size, color and position.

  5. 05

    Animate Text+ (optional)

    Keyframe a Text+ title's position or opacity in the Inspector, or open it on the Fusion page for full control.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
Text+ titles are heavier to play back than Text. Render the cache or lower playback quality if the timeline stutters.

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Do it in Eddie

Ask Eddie for titles and they carry into Resolve.

Describe the title, such as "A title card with the episode name at the start." Click a title chip to edit its text, font or color; your brand kit's fonts and swatches show first. Plain titles carry through every export path, timeline files and MP4 renders alike.

Back to Resolve

Open the edit, click Export and choose Resolve. The default is a Resolve project (.drp) that opens with the timeline built; behind the arrow is a Resolve FCPXML you bring into the project you have open with File > Import > Timeline. In the desktop app, Send to DaVinci Resolve builds the timeline in the Resolve you have running, through Eddie's script (Workspace > Scripts > Eddie AI AE).

If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media: relink to those in the Media Pool with Relink Selected Clips, not to the camera originals.

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From the help center

FAQ

Questions

What is the difference between Text and Text+ in DaVinci Resolve?
Text is a basic Edit page title. Text+ is a Fusion title with more styling, per-character layout and animation.
Why can't I see my text?
The title is on a track below the footage. Move it to a track above the video.

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