How does Resolve understand word-by-word subtitles under the hood? Where are the settings for animated subtitles beyond a glance at the single node template you see in fusion (called “Template” inside the “MacroTool1” group node)?
Use case: I want to make my own style of animated subtitles in fusion. Maybe I start with the “Statement” template, but I want to reshape and apply FX to the background highlight color that occurs over each word as it’s spoken. Currently, many words end up both taller and longer than the BG highlight- which looks bad as isn’t as readable.
Hi @MKevinL2 welcome to PostProList!
DaVinci Resolve’s AI transcription tool, used for text-based editing, is the same technology that powers subtitle track creation. When you create subtitles from audio, Resolve processes the audio and assigns timecodes to each word (though these aren’t directly visible).
This timecode data underpins the text-based editing capabilities and is likely also used by Fusion for animated subtitles.
Asher Roland’s video provides a great introduction to this functionality. Let me know if you have any further questions!
Here is a demo file you can use to start with. I only have what’s needed for this to work.
simple-animated-subtitles-demo.setting (2.0 KB)
