Welcome to this DaVinci Resolve 16 tutorial
Where I'm gonna show you how you can produce
high-quality, professional explainer animations
in literally just a couple of minutes
This is beginner friendly, you don't need
any previous animation or graphic design experience
And this is pretty much the simplest and fastest
way to achieve the same result without wasting
hundreds of hours to learn graphic design,
motion graphics, character rigging and all
of that
So, if you're interested in that, then maybe
this tutorial is not for you
However, if you're interested in achieving
the same end result, which is producing high-quality,
professional explainer animations, then keep
watching this tutorial, because I'll show
you how you can do the same thing, not next
month, but literally today, as soon as you're
finished watching this tutorial
This is Eduard Stinga, from VideoPlasty
And let's have a quick look at the demo video
that we will create today in DaVinci Resolve
16
"So, you're sick and tired of the same routine"
"Same job you don't really like that much"
"But then it hits you!"
"What if you take a break from all that boring
stuff and go on an adventure"
"Like pack your stuff right now and get ready
to leave as soon as possible"
"Welcome to YourDreamTrips.com - the best
travel agency in your local area"
Alright, that's a pretty cool video
And you're gonna see how easy it was to produce
this 20s demo video and it's literally gonna
take us only a few minutes to do the
exact same thing.
So to achieve that, we will use something
called "Stock Animation"
Which are basically elements that are pre-animated,
ready to go, all we have to do is find them
online, mix and match them to work with our
message, with our script
And just drag & drop them on the timeline
and do a bit of basic editing
I'm gonna show you later, at the end of this
tutorial, where you can get some amazing stock
animation for your projects
But before we get to that, let's just see
how easy it is to use those videos
So let's start a new project in DaVinci Resolve
Let's call it "DaVinci Explainer"
Alright, so now I already have some stock
animation selected and ready to import in
DaVinci Resolve
So I'll just select all of it and import it
into the Media Pool here
Alright, so basically stock animation, as
you can see, we have those clips here, which
are pretty general, like this
guy is kinda sad, thinking
Maybe this one where he's tired, 
drinking coffee
And as you can imagine, those are easy to
use in a ton of different scenarios, based
on the script that you have
And the cool thing about those pieces of stock
animation is that they come with a transparent
background
So you can use any sort of color or even a
static vector background behind to create
whatever scene you're going for
Alright, so now let's switch to the editing
tab right here on the bottom
And open the Media Pool
So, first thing, I'm going to import the travel
voiceover
So in this tutorial we're gonna skip creating
the script and the voiceover, that's a topic
for another video
Feel free to watch the other tutorials on
my channel to learn how to do that, but for
this we'll assume you already have the script
and the voiceover handled
So I imported my voiceover here on the timeline
And also got some music here that I'll import
here as well on a separate audio track
And this is probably a bit too...
It's probably a bit too loud so it's time
to make the music...
Let's say -22dB, that should be fine
Also make everything much, much shorter
Alright, so something like this, 20s
Because we're only gonna
make around 20s of the video
So when you're creating your explainer video,
it's super important to focus on the audio
waveform of the voiceover
Because every wave that you see here is basically
a sentence or paragraph
And it's super important to time the stock
animation with what is being said in the voiceover
So, let's see how that goes
"So, you're sick and tired of the same routine"
Alright, so we know that for the first scene
or the first animation that we use, we have
to cut it all the way to here
But before I import any of the stock animation,
I'm actually gonna move both my audio tracks
one level down, because unfortunately, this
stock animation comes with empty audio tracks,
so I don't want it to overlap
So the first one that I'm gonna use is this
one of the tired dude and put it here at the
beginning of my timeline
And then it's time to trim it at the end to
make it shorter so it matches that exact part
in the sentence
And I'm gonna go ahead and turn on the snapping
tool because I want it to do this
Alright
"Same job you don't really like that much"
Ok, so for the next part in the voiceover,
this one works incredibly well
It's called "Sleeping at work", with this
guy being bored out of his mind and sleeping
at his desk
As before, it's time to trim it and make sure
it matches the exact timing of the voiceover
"But then it hits you, what if you take a
break from all that boring stuff"
Ok, so for this part, I mean it's still kinda
short, like 3-4s, but I'll make it a bit more
dynamic
So I'll start by using this one with the guy
"Thinking"
Make that pretty short like this
And then transition directly to this one of
him getting an idea
And it works pretty, pretty well!
So actually let's have a look and see what
we have so far
"So, you're sick and tired of the same routine"
"Same job you don't really like that much"
"But then it hits you!"
"What if you take a break from all that boring
stuff"
Ok, I think the timing of what we have so
far is super good, so let's keep editing to
finish the 20s from the demo video
And let's see what the voiceover says next
"And go on an adventure"
"Like pack your stuff right now and get ready
to leave as soon as possible"
Alright, so next I will use thing right here,
which is basically a packing scene, to spice
things up
This is full screen and it just looks a bit
different, so it's pretty nice
And I'll just approximate where it works,
until here, let's say
And the next part, we used this one with traveling,
with some luggage
So it's time to put this here and as before,
trim it all the way to let's say around here
"Welcome to YourDreamTrips.com"
"The best travel agency in your local area"
Ok, so for the next part in the voiceover,
we're basically introducing the name of this
fake company that I invented
for this demo video
And you can use the logo, if you have one,
but we don't have one
So for the logo of the company, I'm actually
going to use this van animation, this is a
classic Volkswagen van that you always see
in road trips and stuff like that
So...
Next, I'm actually going to delete all the
audio here, because this is basically empty
So to do that, it's time to select all of
them, right click
And actually yea, unlink clips
And now just remove all of those
And next, as you can see our background is
black, so it's not really ideal, I don't really
like that, I want to add a bit of color to
give it a bit more life, let's say
So to do that in DaVinci Resolve, you go to
Effects Library
Here where it says generators, we will add
a solid color and...
For now, I'll just put it here at the end,
because I have to select all of my videos
here on track #1 and actually move it one
level up on video track #2
And now it's time to add the background on
the first track here, because this is what's
gonna be behind all those transparent assets
So, make it as long as our video edit so far
And yea, you don't see any difference right
now, because this is set to black
So if you have the solid color selected, you
can go here where it says "Color"
And on Windows this is probably gonna be a
tiny bit different, but here on a Mac, you
can select a color by using this tool
I will quickly select something that's gonna
work pretty well with our assets
So it's gonna be something similar to, let's
say... this!
I think that works pretty, pretty well
Maybe this, yea, this looks a bit better
So hit ok and now we have our background color
selected
And it definitely looks better than the black
background we had before
So, next what we have to do is...
At this part, where we introduce the name
of the company, we have this kind of a logo,
let's say
But right now it's occupying the full screen,
so I wanna make it a bit smaller
So, if you select it like this and you go
here under Transform, if you have the Inspector
tab open
Then I will zoom out a little bit like this
to make it smaller and just use this control
to move it a bit higher right there
Because here I want to add a title, which
is gonna be the name of the company
Or the website, for example
So to do that, let's go here to Titles and
just add a really basic title
I'm not gonna go with any of those crazy animations
here
So as before, you drag & drop it here, on
top of this
And...
If you select it like this
You can say "YourDreamTrips.com"
You can change the color to black
Hit ok
Time to change the font to something a tiny
bit nicer
Let's say Montserrat
Make it bold
And if I switch here to "Video", I can use
the "Transform" properties and actually move
it a bit like this, so it looks better
But now, our text doesn't have any sort of
transition, it's just gonna appear on screen,
so let's go to Video Transitions here
And choose a simple one like Push
And drag & drop Push here on the left
And I will use Push transition at the end
of the titles as well
With the transition selected like this, I
can actually go here on the Inspector panel
Scroll down
And where it says Push
I actually want it to push up
Like this
"Welcome to YourDreamTrips.com"
Well, it kinda lags a bit, cause I'm also
recording this video
But basically the text is coming from the
bottom of the screen and goes up
And at the end, I want it to push down, so
it's gonna go from where it is and go down,
outside of the frame
Let's see if we can actually preview that,
if it doesn't lag
"Welcome to YourDreamTrips.com"
"The best travel agency in your local area"
I mean, it kinda lags, but I think you get
the point
So, now let's play this whole thing from the
beginning and see what we achieved so far
We managed to edit all the way here to like
20s, so let's see how it looks
"So, you're sick and tired of the same routine"
"Same job you don't really like that much"
"But then it hits you!"
"What if you take a break from all that boring
stuff and go on an adventure"
"Like pack your stuff right now and get ready
to leave as soon as possible"
"Welcome to YourDreamTrips.com"
"The best travel agency in your local area"
Alright, that actually looks pretty good and
all the timings are amazing
So, as you've seen, that literally took us
a couple of minutes to produce
And it's exactly the same as the demo video
I've shown you at the beginning of this tutorial
And it took us a couple of minutes to make
this 20s of this animation
So you can basically produce a full 1:00 to
2:00 video, in maybe like half an hour, one
hour at max
And all you need is some stock animation and
some basic video editing skills in DaVinci
Resolve
So now the million dollar question is:
Where can you get some amazing stock animation?
You can go on Google and search for "Stock
Animation" to see what you can find
There might be some other options out there,
but the one that I recommend you use is VideoPlasty.com
And yea, full disclaimer, I own VideoPlasty,
but the reason my and my team started VideoPlasty
was because there was literally no other great
option out there for stock animation
So, if you go on Google and find anything
else that's suitable and works for you, then
I'm happy with that, no problem at all
But I really suggest you have a look at the
stock animation that we have on VideoPlasty
Because I really think you
are going to enjoy it
We've spent a lot of time and effort to create
some high-quality stock animation for you,
in the exact same style, so you can mix and
match them together to produce some professional
explainer animations in just a couple of minutes
So we have a couple of categories
And we always add new stock animation all
the time
For example, if we go here to the travel one,
you can probably recognize, for example, this
"Man Traveling with Luggage" from before
And we have some other categories as well
Like "Characters", for example, like a hacker
or a lot of other cool stuff
Different packs of different races, jobs and
genders
All sorts of things
Icons as well here
We sell icons in packs, if you wanna get them
together at a massive discount
Same for the characters
Or if you're interested in just a specific
one you can just buy it individually as well
So have a look at VideoPlasty.com to see if
you find anything suitable for your creative
projects
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and this
super easy and fast method to produce high-quality,
professional explainer animations in just
a couple of minutes
This was Eduard Stinga, from VideoPlasty
And I'll see you in the next video!
