Buttery Smooth Credit Roll Tutorial

[@johnaryan2]

This is the definitive end-all explanation on getting the rolling credits to roll smoothly. You can't just slap on a scrolling credits title and get this level of smooooooth.

[@stephanknull3579]

Great explained without any fuzz. I do this only every now and then and then come back to this to look up how to do it right.

[@colinire15]

Thank you Paul for such an excellent explanation. At last; a tutorial with no overblown intro with loud heavy rock, no bs, no shouting presenter and thankfully no annoying background musak. Nice work. Just subscribed.

[@zalogiannis]

bro just made the best tutorial and thought we wouldn't notice.

[@NewYorkDude180]

Yes, yes, yes...! This is the one and only tutorial on smooth credit rolls that really works. Still jitter, then your math is prob wrong.

[@xoriginproductions]

Paul = you are a legend. The jitter is a give-away for ppl who dont test on different screens and this shows an easy way to achieve smooth scrolling using a simple example. Appreciate that the example was simple too, as I have been avoiding Fusion but your instructions were clear and to the point.

[@The22Century]

This is definitely the best video tutorial on how to create complex credits in the simplest way! I've tried different approaches and this one is the best. Very helpful, thank you Sir!

[@bwstuff]

This is definitely THE video for creating credits. This is literally the only video I've found that shows how to make the credits smooth and not jittery like every other method taught. Great work!

[@GordMcLeod]

This was SUCH a great resource, thank you for creating it! It was immensely helpful.

[@ArnoudCarel]

Extremely well done tutorial. You could easily work for Ripple Training for example. Thank you for teaching me how to make the perfect credit roll.

[@richardkim4855]

Thank you so much, Paul!!!! This is THE tutorial I've been searching for!! I'm relatively new to DaVinci Resolve (former Premiere Pro user) and while I love DR, I was finding the default scrolling text effect to be so limiting (and not smooth). Your tutorial is EXACTLY what I needed to understand the causes of stutter and create a better way to title in DR. Subscribed!!!

[@nicolasboulenger423]

So great! I used to do all my rolling credits on Illustrator then animate on After Effects for the fractional line problem. This solves everything. Thanks for this great tutorial!

[@avincentphotography]

can't believe I found this tutorial... Just amazing. Thank You!

[@edwinherrera195]

Muy bueno el tutorial, resolvio la molesta vibración por la que mi cliente me estaba rompiendo las bolas. Directo al punto! Muy bueno!

[@bradenpintar]

Perfect. Just what I needed. I had figured out a different way to do this, but yours is better (of course). The whole part about the fractional lines absolutely nailed the effect. Oh, and the explanation about the tab stuff was also very helpful. Thanks.

[@MeurigMarshall]

Brilliantly clear and concise video. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@ghostxbrowser]

Thanks paul, Excellent work. I have watched a ton of tutorials on KZbin, but your style of explanation is incredibly clear and simple. You have the ability to teach well, so you ought to produce extra lessons.. #Subscribed 👍

[@reyvaz2951]

So sad to think, that you might have given up, your videos are very good, I never thought it could be done, credit rolls in Resolve and you have done a veery good job explaining, how it can be done, . Thank you!!!

[@Kolcobrzuch]

Unbelievable, why the algorithm never shown me your channel before? Subbed! Great stuff and details I had no clue about.

[@WADATMEDIA]

I wish i could hit that like button more than once. This must be the most perfect tutorial i've ever watched on youtube.

[@myvtvbe]

Well done - logical steps - to the point - ample detail - common problem fixes - thanks from new subscriber

[@lucaspoon4202]

Is this... the voice of the spirit of Davinci himself..? No srsly that slight reverb effect is crazy

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Your demos are always top notch. I missed you presenting this year with no NAB. Thanks for this!

[@StoneColdGroove1]

Great step by step instruction... Glad I tuned in.

[@olivierferrand4779]

💡💡💡best tutorial, thank you very much💡💡💡

[@AmitChandra_YouTube]

Thanks A lot for the clearcut info.

[@bentomlin]

This is actually a game changer.. Thank you!

[@danielcely8345]

THANKS A LOT! OMG, this was the best tutorial I've found so far, and so well explained. thanks a lot

[@richardmalarcher2275]

Wow. Thanks Paul. I've seen many tutorials on scrolling in general and scrolling with text. Your presentation, method and workflow is hands down the best; brief, concise, complete, and your explanation as to why each step works this way is awesome. Subscribed.

[@jorambomoves8861]

Excellent video, love it (and liked it)! Found the speed of your talking and the execution on screen just perfect!

[@ausdoug974]

Excellent. I learned so much from your video. Thank you for creating it for us.

[@TheEyeInBerlin]

Thank you Paul, great job! Do you also have a solution to implement PNGs like logos into the text, so they move together?

[@gameranna2886]

Great video, really helpful.

[@solmedia131]

Awesome flawless explanation of a difficult task in Resolves non intuitive text editor.. Bravo.!

[@ditassist5973]

Best tutorial on credits))) Thank you

[@ianharper6015]

Very well explained and helpful. Thank you.

[@adsmithtx]

Excellent video. thank you

[@angelksaxena]

incredible explanation and result

[@nmbr73]

Great tutorial; very well done; happy that YT recommended this to me! Will there be more of these?!?

[@neilseiffer]

Fabulous video with clear and concise explanations. Could this method of lines per second be used to key frame (scroll) images to move vertically without jitter in a 24p timeline?

[@BostjanCadej]

You look like a wizard in Resolve. Great content. Nicely presented. It looks like you have been teaching in the previous job? Very well structured tutorial. I’ll be delighted to see more. I’ve subscribed to your channel.

[@yanosjr]

I have very little experience with editing software (more word processing) and IMO, this is the best way so far to do it.

[@northillvideo]

Thank you very much for this useful tutorial.

[@ibrahimayad6732]

You are amazing. Thank you, Sir.

[@cav2ya]

thank you. nice tutorial. straight to the point! funny, we used to have to use a formula to get smooth rolls on Avid DS. i may still have it somewhere here. Best thing DR ever did was incorporate Fusion. i learned a few new tricks today!

[@iamvishar]

Just what I needed! Big help!

[@jameshearn559]

Fantastic tutorial. I just subscribed. Thanks for the great explanation!

[@protoblackmedia]

Perfect walk through and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you and I look forward for your next video

[@fractionalist]

Brilliant - what audio system are you using, your mic sounds GREAT!

[@SongUn222]

Damn the best tutorial I've ever see thanks man

[@chamoas23]

WOW, I was looking for this for ages, thanks mate.

[@tadeosh]

Thanks man! This is exactly what I was looking for. Great tutorial!

[@jgrand1570]

This is a very good and useful tutorial! 👍

[@gonzalomorenocl]

thanks! I've been doing this for years in After Effects with expressions, and I hate it! This is a really good way to do it. I did it importing the graphics used for the scroll, and as a hint, you should manually enter the resolution of the file, instead of using auto resolution, for the motion to be precise at 1:1 pixel

[@SWADEProductions]

I see the like button and smashed it but I did not see the love button or I would have smashed that one too...I needed this, thank you!

[@PriestlyEdits]

very useful ... thanks so much

[@nickruddle1528]

Thank you this is so cool. I did not know about reference size, that is also going to come in so useful for aligning items - thank you.

[@Rob_eight10media]

great stuff!!

[@onepercentile]

So informative. I was able to pickup some pointers. I had problems with the spline tool in that I had to add some views and select all to get the unlock status of each keyframe. Other than this the video was absolutely amazing and crucial to making a quality credit section. Thank you!

[@spiconnier]

Great tutorial !

[@GordonRock1]

Brilliant tutorial, Paul. You have a great way of teaching. I hope you will be doing more soon as I just started working with Davinci Resolve. Liked and subscribed!!! 👍👍👍

[@patrickbaitmen9290]

Why is it this hard just to do credits 😂 thank you for the video

[@Iamjimpage]

Hi Paul, this is great - the one big thing its missing though is how to incorporate images - logos are a big thing by many companies. Can you help us with that?

[@laddieervin]

You are my hero!

[@powertriphome]

This is excellent Paul, thank you. Very interesting to finally understand the issue behind the stuttering effect in credit rolls, and the solution is elegant and simple. Is there a way to incorporate logos in the credit roll and match the timing of the movement? I guess it would be a case of animating them separately and making sure they are keyframed at the same rate?

[@amitm75]

Thank you so much, Paul. to the point perfect. Can you please also explain the closed captions along with different exports we can have from Davinci Resolve. I'm facing a situation that after adding an srt file when exported as a separate srt file, non of the media player displays it...

[@RoyalEVProductions]

Nevermind, I figured it out. Thank you sir....

[@harrymetal]

Fantastic!!!

[@CptCurk]

That's so good Paul ! Thank you a lot :-) thos "set modifier" things in fusion, are really great to use, but hard to learn/find as a newby in fusion :p

[@Stashbin]

Any thoughts on adding a PNG or other image to the credit roll? This is the best toot on credits I’ve seen over several years and versions. Thanks!

[@leonvisser87]

Thanks for this great tutorial, works really well. Do you by chance have a way to add logos into the scrolling credits? Thanks!

[@1MarcVD]

Hello Paul, I wanna thank you for this very nice and helpful tutorial. In your tutorial you are having the lines between frames jump by 3, 4 or 5 lines per frame. But for my rather long credits roll 1 line/frame was too slow and 2 lines/frame was too fast. I experimented with 1.5 lines/frame and even 1.25 lines/frame. Before exporting my whole documentary, which is more than 50 minutes, I just embedded the fusion composition in a new test project, just for the credits and exported it. And it scrolls very smooth when played. So, even with 0.50000 or 0.25000 lines/frame you can extend or shorten your credits and make them fit the 'credits music'.

[@brmoogma]

super helpful

[@xemo1985]

Great tutorial and thanks for sharing knowledge, this is very useful. Looks like no solution for TV formatted programmes. TV credits are very specific in duration and although this method works very well for film, it doesn't work for TV. I am still having to use After Effects to get a decent smooth roll.

[@BenJordan]

What is the best way to incorporate logos/graphics that stick to the same speed as the scroll, keeping proper pixel movement?

[@gaboaaa23]

hi, is the -820.000000 value the same for uhd 59,96fps timelines?

[@lucasvwick]

Você salvou brother

[@_agp_53]

Hello ... thanks for this great tutorial. Really helpful. My question is: how can i add png/ jpg or other graphics like logos to the credits. Thanks for an answer. Blessings. 👍🙃🙌

[@arameus100]

Great tutorial Paul! Thank you very much. Anyway I have one question. At 8:44 you have put the number -820.000000 into the y axis. How did you figured it out? I am working just on a porject in UHD (3840x2160) and wandering what number will be the rihgt for this resolution? Could you explain please?

[@paulsaccone481]

Just drag it off screen and then round it to the nearest whole number.

[@arameus100]

@@paulsaccone481 Thank you Paul.

[@kodiak66]

Just great

[@davidliban4192]

I am struggling to use the spline tool as you've described. Not really clear to me. I have a huge credit roll compared to yours and I am working with 4K, so when I am trying to normalize the lines the text travels e, my numbers are very different. My Y coordinates are inconsistent. Sometimes its 0.370351. other times it was -8500 when the text is below the screen.

[@klankenvanger]

Hi Paul, thank you very much for this usefull tutorial. Every step you explain and demonstrate are clear to me but there's one thing I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. When I want to adjust the font for for example the left column, I can't select the left column only. It keeps on selecting parts of the right column as well, even though the left column has a different adjusted tab spacing and I do not touch the right column at all when selecting the left column content. It's annoying since it is now a hell of a job to adjust the fonts manually row by row. I hope you can help me. Regards, Peter

[@paulsaccone481]

Unfortunately, you have to select them one at a time. I've requested that they provide tab level style in addition to character level styling. You would get the same result if you tried selecting the left column in the word processor document that I demonstrated too. :-(

[@klankenvanger]

@@paulsaccone481 Hi Paul, your reaction is highly appreciated. Let's hope they'll add it in a future update! Regards, Peter

[@l0rdcroissant]

how do you slow it down? struggling with that right now

[@HoundDogMech]

Like everything in Davinci one has to reinvent the WHEEL. Premier and most Video editors one simply types the text on the screen, drags it into positron, Picks a font, sizes it ,Clicks on left, center, or right justify. Then click if it's to be stationary, scroll left or scroll right, or Vertically from the bottom up or top down. Then the tough one to start on screen or not then end on screen or scroll off screen. Will even do the STAR WARS like intro/credits. But to get all that ease it used to cost me $500+ per year. This way it was $295 and the gave me a free SPEED EDITOR that's still NIB unopened.

[@eloyguisande]

Is there a way to change de Ctrl+wheel to zoom to JUST wheel? im so use to it on sony vegas, and seems SO much better to me. Thanks!

[@RichardDuryea]

How can I add logos to credits?

[@urbanskargren9310]

Thanks a lot. I created a scrolling title with 15 lines per frame, they look better than the Scrolling Title tool, but they still look a little jumpy, not 100% smooth. I guess fast titles will be impossible to make totally smooth? I need that speed to pass all my credits through on 4o seconds.

[@shotgunsounds]

It's a really well-explained video, simple to get to grips with (even as someone like me who's a bit scared of Fusion). BUT the logic of achieving smooth text rolls is missing a further factor, which is the resolution of the screen on which you're watching. The principal here works fine assuming you're watching on a 1080p monitor (i.e. same resolution as the video timeline / file), but unfortunately that's not controllable. If I follow these steps on my macbook pro (1920 pixel high display) I still get the stutter... sadly! Judicious use of motion blur in Fusion seems to help, but doesn't 100% solve the problem.

[@AlejandroGuimoye]

Great tutorial!!! I'm following along, but when I right click the text box the fly menu (for Character Styling) does not come on. Any idea why?

[@idzoproductions]

thank you.

[@richvarville3121]

I have no spline editor option on my Fusion page. DR16. Where do I find this?

[@paulsaccone481]

There is a button at the top right of the fusion screen that says “spline”. Click it to show and hide the spline editor.

[@jamielejeune]

Paul, this method is great. But at the length of a typical feature length credit scroll, it's rendering about roughly 1 frame per second, even on a beefy 2019 Mac Pro. Given how often clients like to make little changes to the credits, it's an issue. Is there any way to use this method, but improve the render time?

[@freddensing1224]

I cannot drag my text to bottom of the screen like you did, is there a setting I am missing

[@fotos240]

At 6:57 you're dragging your text off-screen. Does this work in DR 16? Because I can't seem to get my text to move up or down. Please advise. Must I upgrade to DR 17 for this tutorial to work?

[@paulsaccone481]

I have not tested it in 16, but it should be the same.

[@fotos240]

@@paulsaccone481 Wow Paul, thanks for the quick reply. I'll keep working on it, and if I succeed, I'll let you know what I did to solve this issue.

[@fotos240]

Hmmm, when the TEXT1 box is active, I can drag the text up, down, left, or right. But with the TRANSFORM1 box active, I cannot drag the text. However, I can drag the green outline around the frame up or down. I can't tell from your video if you are dragging the text when you have the TRANSFORM1 box active, or the TEXT1 box is active.

[@paulsaccone481]

Animation for position should definitely be done in the transform node, not the text node. Make sure you select the transform node and that it has the little white dot at the bottom left, indicating you are viewing it in the viewer. Press 1 or 2 to load it in the left or right viewer. Once it’s loaded in both the inspector and the viewer, the onscreen controls should work.

[@fotos240]

@@paulsaccone481 Awesome Paul. Took some time due to figure it out (due to some nuances in Resolve), but I got it! Thanks for your help! I'm now subscribed to your channel. Everyone, this guy's great!

[@larryFWD]

Hi Paul, do you know how to add Trailer poster billing (a.k.a credit block) in davinci resolve 17?

[@mangomanster]

I'm having a very strange problem where when I follow your instructions and click the 'set relative' button, it only shows the spline going up about 1/3 of the way on the graph and then the scroll works fine until it reaches the end of the 3rd and then it just stops. I can't figure out what would cause that. Wish I could attach a screenshot here.

[@propertystudios4013]

LIFE SAVER

[@marcdevinci893]

Thanks for this but my God you'd think they would make this easy and quick to do! I mean I love DR but that's something Premiere does a lot better. Plus more control on the characters like making words all capitalize etc. Hopefully they will make this easy in future versions but 2 years later they haven't...

[@ArtSurvivesArtist]

Is there a way to make the credits fade off halfway up the screen?

[@1MarcVD]

When you have your Fusion Composition clip for the credits in your timeline you can take that small marker at the extreme right of the clip and drag that to the left. That works as a fade.

[@rooneymar1178]

thanks but it doesn't allow me to render it out