How To Animate Objects Along a Path In Davinci Resolve

Animating an object along a path is very easy to do in DaVinci Resolve. It just takes a few minutes to do and get a perfect result. That’s possible with DaVinci Resolve’s Fusion tab. Let’s dive into that and know how to do that. I also added some pro tips, so don’t miss it.

First, we create a path using a paint node, then animate that path, and after that, add an object.

• Drag and drop your clip in your timeline where you want to add this effect.
• Click the clip and go to the fusion page.
• Click the ‘mediain’ node and press { Ctrl + Space }. After that, a toolbox is opened.
• Search in the toolbox for ‘Paint’ and add that node.
• Click the ‘paint’ node, and in the preview window, you can see many options on the borders.
• Find the option called ‘Polylinestroke’ and click that button.
• After that, create a line by clicking two or three times on the preview window where you want to create that line.
• To adjust a line, click and adjust it using anchor points.
• After adjusting a line, a path is successfully created.

• Click that pain node; in the Inspector panel, you can see several options.
• Under the inspector panel, you will see an option called ‘Stock Control,’ and in Stock Control, you will see an option called ‘Write On.’
• In the write-on option, you can see 2 options: 1. Start, 2. End.
• First move to the first keyframe.
• Now change the End value to ‘0.001’ and add a keyframe.
• Now go a few frames forward and change both values: Start at 0.999 and End at 1.0, and add a keyframe.
• Now go down and modify spacing ‘0’.
• Now all the over animations are done.

• Go to the ‘Apply mode’ and select the ‘Merge’ option.
• Now go to the ‘Brush Control,’ and here select ‘Image.’
• After that, in Image Source, select ‘Clip,’ and now click ‘Browse’ and select an image, logo, or any other object on your device.
• Now change the size according to your needs.
• After that, your path animations are done.

• Create this effect on an ‘adjustment layer’ so you can adjust your effect according to your needs, and you can also duplicate this effect and save it for future projects.
• If your animation feels leggy and you want to make it much smoother, use the ‘Spline’ option to smooth the animation. Just select all the animation splines and press S to smooth the animation.
• If you want to create a line animation effect! So I also created a detailed blog post about that topic; here is that link: How to create a line animation effect in DaVinci Resolve.

Animating an object along a path is very easy to do in DaVinci Resolve. It just takes a few minutes to do and get a perfect result. What are your thoughts about this effect in DaVinci Resolve? Let me know in the comments section. If you want to watch the full YouTube tutorial about this topic, you can watch my YouTube video here.

Have a nice day.

Topic: DaVinci Resolve, Animating Objects Along a Path.