Davinci Resolve 17 Callout Tracking in Under 5 Minutes

[@yehiamm]

Seen a dozen vids about tracking callouts the past few days. Yours is the best. Short & to the point

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Thanks!

[@carlmeibergen8149]

Really appreciate the clear, concise directions - I added my callout without a problem!

[@jer3006]

Nicely presented for everyone to understand, and posted at a great length of 5 minutes. Also found your answers to comments really helpful for issues and what-if questions. Thank you❗

[@petermader9559]

How can I make the text not moving but the end of the line should follow the subject. so that the lines can expend and rotate THANKS

[@Mr.Truesdale95]

Really simple video for exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@fotografkennethlund]

Thanks for putting your time and effort into this - helped me right away (I'm transitioning from FCPx to Resolve) !

[@skildfrix]

Straight to the point. Nice job bruh...

[@Menelik.videos]

Really amazingly helpful video. Thank you brother.

[@Unl0gic]

Very short and simple tutorial, much appreciated!

[@CloudwalkerDrones]

still functions pretty much the same in 18.5. Outstanding instruction herewtg

[@agorgedslug]

Perfect thanks. There are a few changes in Da Vinci 18 but I managed to figure them out. Cheers.

[@TheThinkersBible]

Great tutorial. Very easy to follow. Am working on my 9th video and I need a couple of callouts on a map. I'll try this. Thanks!

[@PicPerfektion]

Special thanks for this tutorial. I am quite new to davinci resolve and all this power within resolve is blowing my mind. Detailed tutorials like yours for fusion are esential for newbies like me to learn Davinci. Keep this good work up :)

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Thank you, I love your positive presence here.

[@AnipSaturday]

Simple and direct to the point explanation. Like the style..

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

You’re awesome. Thank you.

[@rdstudio5524]

Thank you so much for sharing this !

[@toradin2024]

Thanks! Easy and simple, it helped me a lot

[@KZ-yu4jz]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@markthomas8018]

there's no animation happening. Any suggestions on how to correctly apply an ease-in animation to a tracked call-out title would be greatly appreciated. I don't want the text to be already there when the shot starts. You seem to have achieved this and I can't work out how.

[@iggorr25]

Fantastic tutorial, to the point and easy to follow :) THX!!!

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Glad it helped you.

[@keithdennis5085]

Thank you for this very useful tutorial!

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

I appreciate you

[@JohnKindle]

Thank you. Very clear. Works great.

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Great to hear

[@ruvsnag338]

Thanks, you’re a lifesaver

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Glad to help

[@robertjones6940]

Thank you for under 5 mins 🎉

[@zaidsayeed326]

Hello. Video was helpful, but I'm trying to keep my text static as the line tracks, is there a way to do that? How about making the text TEXT+ text so I can put a background in (hard to see text if background is bright)?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Open the call-out text in the Fusion Page (right-click, select open in Fusion page). Double click on the Callout node to expand it. Select the Text Node and go to the Shading tab in the inspector. Under properties, the opacity is animated by default. Just remove the animation or adjust to your liking. To see the text better you can do a few things. Use the Pull down labeled select elements. Go to 2 and click the checkbox Enabled. Change the color to black and increase the thickness. That will help to separate the text from a light background. If you would rather have a background behind the text go to Select element 4 and check the enabled box. Change the color and opacity to blend. Under level you will probably want to change that to to line instead of character.

[@BWTECH0521]

Works well for me, thank you!!!

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Nice

[@Oezcan3D]

Thank you, it was really helpful!

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Really appreciate that

[@WorkinOnIt]

Very helpful! I have a problem though. Out of necessity, I'm mirroring some footage on the Edit page. (With clip selected, under Inspector, Flip [>

[@superuseriii]

Great explanation, for the most part. I''m using Davinci 18, and my callouts don't appear in like yours does. It's just there from beginning to end. But I only want the callout to last for a few seconds. How do I have the callouts appear and disappear at certain points in my video?

[@DFD1]

Add the callout to an Adjustment clip instead of the main clip. Then you can make the callout as short or long as you like.

[@jordanmitchell1433]

Hello! I am trying this tutorial, however my callout won't appear in the viewer. I have scrubbed through, tried it multiple times and nothing helps. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

[@skycrafts5140]

Thanks for the video I'm asking lots of people who have done the same type of video the same question. Why is the callout I'm using, with the same method, not working properly. It doesn't 'form' it just appears fully established with the line already present instead of the line growing towards a particular point. I'f I just add it in 'editing' mode on the time line, it's fine. But tracking in fusion looses the line growth at the beginning.

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Your computer is likely trying to process the graphics. Try to render it out in the Delivery page it should animate. The only other reason would be if you shorten the length of the callout text less than the 5 second default.

[@skycrafts5140]

@@DigitalVectorStudios Thanks I'll try a render and see if it works. I haven't changed the length of the call-out, and the media it is applied to is longer than 5 seconds. Thanks for your reply.

[@skycrafts5140]

I tried rendering it out on the delivery page, on a clip longer than 5 seconds. It made no difference. There is still no animation of the callout. I've used the tracker in your video and I've also used a planar tracker demonstrated in other videos - same result. The callout animates fine if added in the edit page, but obviously it won't track. It's been very frustrating.

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Sounds very frustrating. Try a few things. While in the Fusion Page, make sure the callout text output goes into the foreground (green) connector on the Tracker node. The Tracker node should be set to match-move. Open the Keyframes (upper right). Expand the Callout. Make sure the Line1 bar is the full width of your text comp. You can also open all the nodes for the callout. Double click to do so. Select the Polygon1, Bitmap_5 and Line1 nodes one at a time. In the Inspector open the controls of each by double clicking on the name of the node. You can display each node in a window to see what it’s doing. When you open Line1, check to make sure the global in/out are not shortened so some reason.

[@kayaditi]

This worked but the text is jittery. Why does your callout text stay smooth and not shaky?

[@exploringgodscountry]

How do I change the start frame? My cut I want it to start on isn't on frame zero of the clip.

[@edwindeleon]

PLS HELP. I did everything as described here. The tracking and everything else works BUT for some odd reason it disables the call out animation. So in my video the call out just "pops in" really sudden and it looks terrible without the animation transition. I am usisng the free version of devinci resolve 18 maybe that has something to do with it? Thing is the call out animation is there, even in the free version of resolve, if im not using the tracking function.

[@edwindeleon]

Never mind, I FOUND THE SOLUTION. If anyone is interested here is the solution. It takes a little more effort BUT the result is amazing!! It's really easy after you do a few of them. Just follow EVERY STEP. Here is the link to the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qquWmGqIociDa6c

[@JeanPhilippeEncausse]

Thanks for the tutorial ! How do you move the start/end of the Call Out in order to appear in the middle of the clip ? I try moving the keyframe of the Callout Template but everything messed up and it disapear forever. I'll have to write my own :-(

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

There’s a couple ways to do that. When the callout shows up can be controlled by the tracker. You can manually delete the tracking data. The text call-out animation will start at the beginning of the tracking data. Otherwise select the call-out text and open it in the fusion page. Expand the nodes and edit the text node to set the in-out points.

[@MrSako99]

​@@DigitalVectorStudios This is exactly what I also try to do, but continuously failing. I would like to let the callout animation start at frame 80 of the video. Deleting the tracker data will stop the call out from any movement. Changing "Global In/Out" in the text nodes within the call out makes the "KeyframeStretcher1" within the callout red and the media out is freezing. Do you have another clue how to do that? DR18 Studio 🙂

[@MrSako99]

After hours of trying I found the issue! 😀 To change the starting point and create new keyframes for the Callout, you have to maintain the exact length of the clip in the "KeyframeStretcher1"-node. Preset is frame 0 to 120, I had to extend it to 0 to 434 frames. Now everything works as intended. 🙂

[@BassManStrikes]

nice but how to display the call out for only a small duration on a bigger clip? I can set the render range of the tracker but the call out remains for the entire clip.

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

You can set the in-out points by opening up the composition in the fusion page.

[@p0nury84]

@@DigitalVectorStudios Where is the composition in fusion mode?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Right-click on the callout text clip on the timeline and pick “open in Fusion Page”.

[@smithyvip]

Any way to have multiple texts on one clips that is positioned to different points?

[@jimtNCUSA]

Excellence. Subbed

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

I appreciate you

[@CariveProductions]

Thank you!

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

👍

[@jay3412]

Hello any tips for getting the call out to animate? I’m following your steps but the text is not animating the line and fading in like yours is.

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Two tips. First, if you are just looking at the preview, the elements may not be cached yet. Try rendering out a sample to see if it’s working. Second, the default animation is 5 seconds. If you shorted the length of the call out text, the animation will not be as apparent. Check your clip length to see if it’s 5 seconds or more.

[@jay3412]

@@DigitalVectorStudios thanks. I figured out that even though I had trimmed my clip in the edit page, the fusion page still shows the entire un-cut clip. So the fusion call out gets dropped into the beginning of the clip in the fusion timeline. when played back, fusion only plays the cut portion of the clip which ends up being after the callout animation occurs. I have to manually move the key frames to make the animation visible . Is there a better way to force fusion to drop the template only into the cut portion of the clip?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Put it on another timeline. Then bring the second timeline into your master timeline. Then you can manipulate it like a video clip in any way you want (cut, retime, etc)

[@Doshinkyo]

@@DigitalVectorStudios I'm having the same problem but these couple of tips havent helped unfortunately. Neither has the solution that J found below. Is there a setting somewhere to set / change the animation time? Mine seems to be set to zero. Or is there a way to have the entire CallOut box fade in?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

All of the nodes can be exposed in the Fusion page, just double-click on the callout group. The pointer is made up of the three nodes I mentioned in my previous comment.

[@vikingsofvintageaudio7470]

Dude... thanks!

[@BedouinBangali]

My call out is not animating. how to solve it?

[@percevalmusicacelta6818]

Super Thanks!!!!

[@danhughes5432]

I can't find the edit templates tab. is it onlt available in studio?

[@IgorIgorIgor001]

how to make two such texts with a track on a video?

[@sterlingrawls]

How'd he get it to fade in?

[@justbluemartin9346]

I don’t see my callout text in fusion, in spite of me doing everything you said in the video

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

It is slow to load if the computer cannot keep up. Try to render the video out to see if it shows up. It’s very similar to how slow Adobe premiere generates call-outs. A fast processor and clean cache drive will help the speed. I put a 500gb SSD in my desktop just to use it as a cache drive for Fusion.

[@chakk0]

If i try that, the pointer won´t "point out". Everytime the clip starts the pointer is already at fully build up

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Your machine is probably still caching in the viewing window. Try to render it and see how it looks.

[@kepahe]

Thankds for the video. 'How do you make the line thicker and longer. I dont seem to find controls for the line (other than colour). Thanks again

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Right-click on the call-out text node and select open in Fusion Page. Double-click on the node to expand it. Customize there.

[@infomconcept1995]

Thanks! Is it possible to make the text write itself instead of being continuously there from the start.... Like a fade-in effect

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Yes, right-click on the callout text clip. Select open in Fusion page. Double-click on the node group. The text node can be animated there with a write-on animation. If you want something better, find the typewriter text animation video in my channel. You’ll want the older video with more views. The newer video shows some tweaks to the original and where to download the template for the typewriter effect.

[@parker_films]

Thanks for the tutorial! My only issue it the call out point line is not fading in?

[@parker_films]

Found the solution, on the timeline I just go new compound and it starts at 0 on the fusion timeline. Thanks

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

👍

[@Beepbeep113]

Greeting, thanks for your share! May I know how do you make the title Italy in the beginning of the vid?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Yes, someone messaged me about the water titles. I recorded a video for the procedure. I’ll edit it and get it posted next week so you can check it out. It’s a great effect, used in some movie openings.

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Channel Arts Club, the video is available here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXerZqGujLWqarM

[@Beepbeep113]

@@DigitalVectorStudios Thank you so much

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

👍

[@aperture.593]

exelente

[@boodi1170]

I find that if the tracker doesnt complete the whole clip the callout wont show up do you have a solution for this?

[@boodi1170]

Nevvermind! i just realised that i didnt put match move on Thanks heaps!

[@KylezUwU]

Why does mine just pop into frame it does not fade in/do the line animation?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

It may be that the Fusion text is not rendering fully in the preview window. Let the disk cache build up. Or you can try to export out a sample clip to make sure it’s working. The call out text was released by Blackmagic design so it will be the same as mine.

[@horrgakx]

Nice, thanks. If I needed to do multiple callouts on the same clip would I add Tracker 2 / Tracker 3 in series or in parallel?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Parallel typically works best because of perspective of the camera view.

[@horrgakx]

@@DigitalVectorStudios Thanks - but I meant as in linked together in the inspector section - ie. joined in series or parallel

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Any number of call-out text nodes can be added to the tracker you made in the first part of the video. If you do not want more than one leader, then either turn the others off or add text+ nodes instead. Adjust the position as needed in the text+ node or call-out text node settings

[@horrgakx]

@@DigitalVectorStudios I should really go on a course :)

[@DeadReckoner]

When I did this it tracked well, but the animation didn't happen (the line and text all just appeared at once) - any idea why, please?

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Probably just your computer trying to render everything in real-time. Try to export the clip to see if it animate.

[@DeadReckoner]

@@DigitalVectorStudios I did that, and it didn't animate - have a look at my latest upload you'll see that the titles that track don't animate. The ones that don't track do animate. It's very strange!

[@MrCostaClayton]

My Call Out isn't animated, any ideas please?

[@Random.ChanneI]

Same issue :(

[@cristybotea]

How did you put that text "Italy "into the water???

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

I made a video to show how I did it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXerZqGujLWqarM

[@jmcglockYT]

it wont let me render it

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

From the delivery page?

[@jmcglockYT]

@@DigitalVectorStudios tracker won’t render

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Check a couple things. Make sure you are starting at the beginning of the timeline. Pick an object with a little contrast and set the target boxes. What’s happening?

[@p0nury84]

Lots of people including me have issues with this tutorial as output is different than yours. It's not helpful at all.

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

What is your issue? Use an image service so I can see a screenshot.

[@tomicasino]

I think it is the same, as i noticed this being a common concern. The Callout is expanded throughout the whole timeline. Instead of starting with the clip (for me, i would actually prefer for it to start midway through the clip...), it is there from the start, with the animation happening outside of view. I.e. when the clip starts and end, text is there. Although following the tracker, the line does not anymate the "callout" point

[@tomicasino]

Btw - i would not say it is not helpful at all! Thanks!! *also - what resolved the issue for me, was to do all of this via adjustment clip... worked like a charm.thanks

[@titan5493]

This was awesome thank you!!!

[@DigitalVectorStudios]

Glad to help

[@cutecatsdevonrex]

Thank you!