Simple HIGHLIGHTER Effect in the Edit Tab Davinci Resolve Tutorial

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Quick and dirty tutorial on how to create a Highlighter effect within Davinci Resolve all within the Edit tab. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
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I hope you found this useful :) Thanks for watching.
Mr Alex Tech

[@MrAlexTech]

Forgot to explain... we hold SHIFT when moving the keyframes on the retime curve because it stops them moving up or down! Holding shift means they stay at the value you set them, but allows you to move them left and right :)

[@LEWIS1992]

Thanks, that's really helpful to know!

[@leesmith4522]

I know this one is 3 years old but for those of us just starting out, there's no better place to find the basics to the complex than right here. As always, thanks Alex.

[@Ian..]

Without this video, my first edit in Resolve would have taken approximately 13 years. Thanks brother 🙏

[@ben-adler]

Changing the composite mode to 'Darken' and put transparency to 75%. Looks a lot better!

[@petermainwaringsx]

I've only had Resolve for a couple of months so there is so much to learn, but between us you are bringing me on one video at a time. Your videos get straight to the point and there is no time wasted.

[@abuhamed3411]

Literally was searching for this a few days ago. In fact, came here to see if you had a video on it before.. Well here we are hahaha 🙏

[@Jokl92]

I needed it one month ago. Now I'm curious how he did it 😅

[@jaidengabriel1675]

Genuinely the most useful tutorial on Davinci I've ever gotten. Wasted over an hour of my life on other videos, only yours works, thanks

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

This is by far the best channel on Resolve I've come across. Not only for the actual topic, but because the little icons and buttons are also explained, such as the smoothing of the motion of the highlighter effect.

[@TheDominoesBros]

Oh my gosh your videos are soooo easy to understand and allow anyone to learn what they need to learn in a short period of time! Thanks, Alex, for doing what your doing! Keep it up 👍!

[@DigitDani]

Had to highlight agenda points in my video, your tutorial is plain fantastic. Learned from you how to do this in two minutes and it just works. You rock, sir!

[@spanishBFFmax]

literally a lifesaver! thank you!

[@bardoomguy]

Quick and easy solution. Nice!

[@kodawaiki6265]

Nice, easy and useful. Thanks Alex

[@albertoguerrero5362]

Thanks! This was very helpful, straight and to the point.

[@adamhearts9195]

Very simple and effective Thank you

[@olavnygaard]

Love your little tips. It helps all us small creators.

[@nmaoteh4883]

Thanks Alex, your tutorials are a big help in my video editing journey.

[@San-zv9tc]

awesome quick tutorial 👍👍

[@McKay.C]

Best Davinci Resolve tutorials on KZbin. Thanks!

[@mediamannaman]

Great demo. Thanks so much!! VERY well presented.

[@jmg999]

This was really useful and helpful. Thank you!

[@henriquecaldeira]

Thanks man! Managed to apply this tip today. Super useful. Love your content! Cheers!

[@trevorvaughan5031]

BRILLIANT lesson,Alex! Thank you very much!

[@OLAUUBER]

please do more video related to text and maps in ancient modern and futuristic way

[@lynz3901]

this is BRILLIANT!!!! i just saw a tutorial on this on AE and it was so complicated. your method is a real time saver👏👏👏

[@TheThinkersBible]

Another very practical and easy-to-follow tutorial. Thanks!

[@worm-bri]

ahhh amazing, thank you!!!

[@sofianeriagonzalez956]

What a great video! I had seen this incredibly complicated animation tutorial to highlight texts... I almost gave up! Thank you for sharing!!! This was motivating!

[@BraapZ]

Great quick and dirty highlighting hack, thank you.

[@bit2easy]

Simple and amazing!

[@demiphotomode]

Love the quintessential English noise you made to transition from intro to tutorial. Lol.

[@pennsylvaniapatriot22]

Wow. You have no idea how helpful this is. This is exactly what I was looking for!!

[@tuckerbugeater]

Best Davinici tutorial I've seen. Thanks!

[@carlosandreviana9448]

Thanks! Nice tutorial

[@Seethruthescript]

Extremely helpful and fast! appreciate it G!

[@christophhollmann]

thank you, very helpful!

[@TheFinancialDev]

Wow, simple and amazing, thank you!

[@GuitarBasement]

That's super useful. I'm using it right now to make some tutorials. Thanks!

[@MillaExplores]

So helpful, thank you!!

[@iokhufu]

thanks as always mr alex.

[@cjnewbs]

Thanks man. I'm trying to make some programming tutorial videos and this is probably the simplest video i have found to do this. Found a load of videos on how to make shapes and stuff but they all 15-20 mins long and get complicated really quickly... This is just what I'm looking for 🙂

[@RVKevin]

Alex, This tip was GREAT !!!! I totally needed this. I am so glad i am a subscriber. Thank you💪👍

[@007Yasir]

Great, you are very thorough and clear.

[@coursesummaries2988]

Great tutorial. Thanks.

[@itskoder]

thanks man this was really helpful appreciate ya!

[@rizlciz21]

thanks man, this is great

[@sriramcadambi470]

Easy to understand and implement. Very useful. Thanks a lot for posting.

[@payne9682]

I really needed this. Thank you a lot :)

[@nicks7848]

This was exactly what I needed, thanks :)

[@ronshinall]

Great approach for this - not hacky at all! Thanks for all the great videos and resources!

[@SquaresoftGurl]

Thanks so much for this nice little hack. I was just doing a fun video and didn't want to go through the hassle of downloading plugins etc. Works perfectly for what I wanted it for. Cheers!

[@todaysdisciplesfellowship]

Thanks for Useful Video

[@iPlayiOS]

Thank you Alex. Super helpful & exactly what I was looking for! :)

[@DamienTalksMoney]

Honestly mate I love your channel.

[@alexisgillespie6440]

Nice one, mate.

[@TakeFiveMusic]

Mate you're a legend for this

[@TheThinkersBible]

AWESOME! I'm using this technique in my 11th video, the video I'm targeting for release in the next day or two. Very easy, very effective. Thanks!

[@RiiViiMedia2424]

I like the quick and dirty solution.

[@slawek2109]

Awesome, thank you

THIS IS GENIUS! Thanks :)

[@dihar5966]

Thanks so much !!!

[@writerinrwanda]

Perfect, thanks.

[@chandankumardey5641]

Thanks for this trip...

[@ianntmy]

Thank you!!

[@quangdinhdota2388]

thank you, your Tutorial give me many time in edit.

[@handmade_videos]

Thanks. I think it‘s a good way!

[@dailycashout2847]

you are a life saver

[@chiku1337]

ty!

[@VivaYo1966]

Hola. Otro estupendo y sencillo vídeo. Saludos.

[@nagruvajse]

tnx man

[@MicheleBloodphd]

"Your a wizard, Mr. AlexTech" - Hagrid, probably.

[@johng2233]

After choosing a color and reducing the opacity you can get an improved highlighter effect by trying various composite modes. Depending on the text/paper/highlight colors you're dealing with you will likely find a composite mode that improves the text readability.

[@75talita]

Thank you very much! I was trying to figure out something like this but got stuck and didn't want to need fusion... genious!!!!

[@LittleFellaDynamics]

Tidy! 👌😎

[@Grunfeld]

This is a solution to a problem I haven't got yet but it's good to know in advance. Ta! :)

[@FrancescoPaggiaro]

Cool, thanks I thought it was more complex to make this effect in davinci.

[@raisasakib18]

thanks boss

[@swarooppalai9425]

thanks for the nice tutorial. for me i would use a multiply mode instead of changing the opacity.

[@PhilippeStemberger]

This is how I am doing it as well, might be dirty but it works quite well to be fair

[@MrAlexTech]

It sure does 🙂👍

[@Jokl92]

Hahaha, a month ago when I needed this I used solid color and a transition effect. I like your idea better though!

[@pirol0815]

Perfect TY 🇩🇪

[@EduardoCoffman]

maybe im late, but do u remember if u have done the pro version of this tutorial in fusion. im finding a lot of value on your tutorials. thank u, man. you deserve the best

[@barifarrag]

..thank you so much

[@PLIDD]

Great

[@alanjamesband]

Nice one! A thousand times easier than doing this in Fusion! A little twist to this is. You can change the composite mode to "Darken" which allows you to keep the opacity at 100%

[@PIELUSHI]

great job again, thank you, but i think its much easier, if you change solid color to compound clip, and also give it transition on top

[@gehriggosselin9468]

Cool effect, but the thumbnail was pretty misleading about what the final effect would actually be... stoked for the work you're doing in the curve editor though, that thing is a beast and your tips were extremely helpful!

[@wealththeory8315]

Hey Alex - love this! Please do more tutorials on how Vox does their graphics and style, like this one!

[@ufchistorian13]

yes

[@TimetoTalkwithYevgen]

Awesome Alex, thanks! I am actually looking for to understand how to do speed ramping better and quicker, i wonder if you have any ideas on that, thanks

[@TimetoTalkwithYevgen]

I found it on your channel, thanks!

[@maxalmonte14]

This is exactly what I was looking for! This video even conviced me to subscribe but I ended up not doing it. Sorry pal, I was already subscribed 🤷‍♂😂

[@DehinorVargas]

Simple effect that if we need to create it probably we’ll never find out how easy could be

[@GreatTazGaming]

Look it a 5 minute Friday on Monday. LOL.

[@asphaltandtacos]

I have decided to be "lazy" and use this method. 😁 Would love to see a tutorial on set extensions at some point.

[@charlieross-BRM]

I'm guessing staying within Transform and setting key frames could be used for stretching the highlight over time instead of using Crop for that one function?

[@SimHangerFS]

Hi, could you please do a tutorial on how you do the circle zoom effect as shown in this video please. Would be a massive help. Thank you.

[@chrisdavison2022]

Nothing wrong with a bit of hacky dirt now and then...! 😆

[@MrAlexTech]

It's the story of my life honestly 🤣

[@LaszloParkanyi]

I wonder... What about making a compound clip and apply some subtle rotation/pitch/yaw to add a little fake perspective?

[@TimFurlong]

And THAT, my friends, is how to do a tutorial video!

[@MrAlexTech]

Cheers Tim :)

[@heiko4297]

Helpful as always, Alex. I probably gonna google how to do it the "proper" way, just to know how much work you saved me xD So, let's assume I am very lazy, how could I use this, what I just created in a differend project? How could I save this little Textmarker as... whatever?

[@muhammadhuzefa9824]

How do you make the magnifying glass effect?