Add a Countdown Timer Directly in Davinci Resolve (NO External Media or Plugins)

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Жыл бұрын

1 - Open your project in Davinci Resolve
2 - Open your effects and add "Custom +" title
3 - Right click in the text box on right hand side and choose "timecode"
4 - Style the text to your liking BEFORE MOVING ON
5 - Use "Write-on" slider to remove hours and frames (if you just want min/sec)
6 - Right click on the layer in the timeline and choose "new compound clip"
7 - Position the "new compound clip" to where you want it on screen
8 - Right click on the layer, choose "change clip speed" and check the box to reverse the clip speed (to make timer count backwards)
Voila!
Leave a like and maybe even a sub if this helped :)

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@martydotzone 4 ай бұрын

y'know I didn't even end up using the countdown for this video I'm working on, but you were so EFFICIENT at teaching me how to do it, I was able to implement the idea and then make a decision SO FAST, that I am still super grateful because I can't visualize as well as some other people

@JRPCREATIVE 4 ай бұрын

All about efficiency and being decisive over here 😂 Glad I could help

@DejayClayton Жыл бұрын

Subscribed just because this video is so concise and without filler content, good job!

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite comment to get 😂 glad I can help without wasting any time 👍

@ThiagoPrego 4 күн бұрын

Thank you so very much. Simple and straight forward. May the Lord bless you always.

@teekomeeko Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to add another thanks and subscribe. This was 100x better than any other tutorial for the same feature.

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that. We trying to keep things straightforward over here.

@jabbaruncut856 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this, did not know text+ had so many features!!

@IncarnationMastery 10 ай бұрын

Just what I was searching for. You nailed it! Great video and super concise, thank you so much! I'm gonna be using this countdown in my next video today:) Keep up the great work! I subscribed to support your efforts.

@JRPCREATIVE 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate that a ton. If you run into any other issues along the way let me know so I can come up with more tutorials for the editing masses 😂

@IncarnationMastery 10 ай бұрын

@@JRPCREATIVE Cool! Im totally new to DaVinci, coming from premiere pro, so im still trying to learn the basics. Have been watching some videos with the basics but dont know if you have any great tutorials for the basic animations for youtube, colorgrading. Will look for it on your channel! Looking forward to following your growth 💪🏻 keep it up mate

@walkingwithGenny Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!! I have clicked on countless other tutorials on this subject matter and yours is the only one that made sense! Thank you!!! My video now will have a countdown timer, thanks to you!!!!!

@JRPCREATIVE 28 күн бұрын

Mission accomplished 💪

@NatureNorthwest 11 ай бұрын

working on my streaming channel this is a life saver thank you dude ! awesome tutorial !

@fabian0510 6 ай бұрын

Legend; love tutorials like this; straight to the point! You've got my subscription.

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

Glad I earned your respect 🫡

@kenan8479 5 ай бұрын

Straight to the point. Thank you sir. I've been at it for 2 hours...

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

Sheesh, glad it helped

@Tuto1902 Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for my KZfaq video. No BS. Perfect.

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

I really can’t explain how much I love how often people say this 😂 appreciate it

@rxpurrs Жыл бұрын

Short sweet and simple! Very much appreciate it!

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m aiming for 💪🏻 glad it helped

@S4KuR4Ch4N Жыл бұрын

thank you for this !! very straight to the point and concise :)

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Love to hear that. This ain’t a recipe blog, we just get to what you need to know 😂

@user-lv4cr8dj7m 5 ай бұрын

Huge thanks for this. Super simple solution that I was looking for after a lot of not so simple alternatives.

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

We like simple around here

@startsomewhere1 4 ай бұрын

Thank you I kept using a mp4 timer I'd found online to bring in. This was short and to the point and just what I was looking for.

@JRPCREATIVE 4 ай бұрын

MP4 timer is a solid solution I didn’t even think about tbh

@romano7628 Ай бұрын

short and to the point. All I needed. A nice thumbs up your way.

@JRPCREATIVE 28 күн бұрын

I love me a good thumbs up. Glad it helped 😎

@rinkaemina 26 күн бұрын

To the point, easy to follow

@WilsonRogersCompanyInc Жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff. Exactly what I need for my next video. Thanks for making this! 😁

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped 💪🏻

@FernandoQuevedo Ай бұрын

Great no non-sense explanation. Thanks!

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

We ain’t got time for nonsense around here 👌

@MassikTekken 4 ай бұрын

Great video man! :D Well done. Keep it up

@JacksAviationUK 9 күн бұрын

Perfect video. A massive help! Thank you 🙏 😊

@doriscolbert 11 ай бұрын

I'm thinking about starting a fitness channel and this was the exact tutorial I needed. Thanks so much for sharing!

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

No problemo

@fiddlingaround Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial! I was able to make a timer for a video really quick!

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@StevenLeahyArt Жыл бұрын

Thank you. EXACTLY what I was looking for!

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it then 😅🤙🏻

@firdaus2757 5 ай бұрын

straight to the point holy, Sir you are the GOAT, thank you so much

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

🐐 you're welcome so much

@EvandroVieira 8 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks man

@JRPCREATIVE 8 ай бұрын

🫡

@BradyBouren 4 ай бұрын

If anyone is having the issue of the text jittering, either change the font or go to advanced controls and move the force monospaced slider all the way up. it will alter the spacing but it does stop the jittering.

@marie-andreelabrecque9234 4 ай бұрын

Wow!!! It work 🙌 thank you so much for sharing ❤

@iamMNKY 9 ай бұрын

legend mate - keeping it nice and simple thank you

@JRPCREATIVE 9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 🙏

@RoxaneLapa 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful and concise, thank you

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tinaw.6178 Жыл бұрын

NEW SUB. Thank you for getting right to it, adding personality, etc etc etc.

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Not here to waste anyone’s time 🤷🏻‍♂️ appreciate the sub

@Supremerob20 Жыл бұрын

thank you, excellent concise explanation.

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@forestgames03 Жыл бұрын

amazing thank you!

@RIA Жыл бұрын

Just what I needed to know thank you

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome

@chefandrepdx 8 ай бұрын

This video was perfect. Thank you!

@JRPCREATIVE 8 ай бұрын

“Perfect” might be an overstatement… but you’re welcome 👍

@Lazarus007 6 ай бұрын

Super helpful! Thank you!

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@TiagoRamosVideos 8 ай бұрын

Great, thanks! 👌

@JRPCREATIVE 8 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@8o88ijoan 10 ай бұрын

Right to the point is appreciated!!

@JRPCREATIVE 10 ай бұрын

Not here to waste anyone’s time 😂

@freddymiguelponce Жыл бұрын

This is my first time n your channel. Great video! Have a Productive and Healthy day!

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@marie-andreelabrecque9234 4 ай бұрын

I just found you and I want to thank you for your content, you explain it very well and it is easy to follow you 🙂 I just subscribe

@JRPCREATIVE 4 ай бұрын

Appreciate that!

@MMiller99 6 ай бұрын

Great vid. Thanks so much, man

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

You've got it 👍

@UdegbunamChuks 3 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@bythebeardoffletch5084 2 ай бұрын

perfect! thanks for this buddy!

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

No problem!

@Gearlovers 11 ай бұрын

Gr8 tut! Straight on. Thanks!

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

You’ve got it 👍

@bookcaseofdoom Жыл бұрын

thank you for an easy explanation :) now I can make a silly little reading timer :)

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm talking about! 😂

@GustavoAviles-cr9so 2 ай бұрын

Nice video brother! Very helpful!

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@philly64 5 ай бұрын

thank you Justin, very cool

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

You seem pretty cool yourself 😎

@RobertChambersJr 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Needed this for my church!

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

🙌

@Life_as_Game Жыл бұрын

Perfect, thank you!

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome

@dnfineart 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I use your technique to create a countdown on one of my videos

@JRPCREATIVE 8 ай бұрын

Love to hear it 🙏

@relaxandsleepjourney6587 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, perfect! Thanks much.

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome much

@BreMue Ай бұрын

I am stupidly new to da vinci resolve and coming from a project or 2 in adobe rush 😂 This was so easy I feel like I will be able to easily do this, THANK YOU!!

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

Honestly if you weren’t already really experienced in another editor the learning curve is probably easier

@Onetakereviewz 5 ай бұрын

thanks man. short and sweet

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

As instructional videos should be 😂 Glad it helped

@Onetakereviewz 5 ай бұрын

@@JRPCREATIVE I beg to differ. 🤣🤣🤣 Mine are nothing like this... They are long and bitter 🙈

@rishaBh_c Жыл бұрын

Haha that was smart! Gonna use this trick on my next video

@madbeef. 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant mate. Subbed!

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

Appreciate you 🥲 Let me know what other tutorials may be helpful for you 😂

@anxiousreader 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@JRPCREATIVE 8 ай бұрын

You’re welcome so much

@TenKozel 3 ай бұрын

Ty man. I almost waste my time of trying to find this way :D

@TehObLiVioUs 2 ай бұрын

THANKS got it in like the 30 seconds or something hahaha heck phase 1 was all i really needed the Text+ right click timecode thing

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

I'll see if I can help you in 15sec next time

@martydotzone 4 ай бұрын

thank you so much :)

@JRPCREATIVE 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome so much

@BroZachD7 6 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@irsankomarga Жыл бұрын

Thank you lad.

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Ya welcome 👍

@GoldDiggersTV 11 ай бұрын

great tutorial. thanks

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome

@seiorai_art Жыл бұрын

Short and to the point, well done!

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

🙌

@more__7525 9 ай бұрын

great tutorial:)

@JRPCREATIVE 8 ай бұрын

Thanks. Your comment is pretty good too

@tabbycash369 3 ай бұрын

Thank you !!

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@JaydenLawson 2 ай бұрын

Another way is to drag the left side of the timer to the left, then it goes into the negative, and that also makes the timer count down

@Xecto-Xec 2 ай бұрын

good one

@pissbabygrandad Жыл бұрын

THAMK U TIME LORD1!

@Keenumbers 6 ай бұрын

Gracias!

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

De nada

@purnellknight5368 7 ай бұрын

This saved my butt LOL thank you

@JRPCREATIVE 7 ай бұрын

Saving butts is what I do 😂 glad I could help

@phoneymikey 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@JRPCREATIVE 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@AnimeWill Жыл бұрын

GOAT

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

I agree

@silverlyder 25 күн бұрын

thanks

@SkyPerspective 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Love how you succinctly explain this. Any idea how to create a circular bar countdown timer? Thanks

@JRPCREATIVE 10 ай бұрын

Probably a few different ways to do it, and it’s probably a lot easier if you’re only counting down from like 10 instead of two full minutes… maybe I’ll see if I can put a video up on this

@SkyPerspective 10 ай бұрын

@@JRPCREATIVE that would be awesome!

@itsmaxmint Ай бұрын

That's pretty clever

@JRPCREATIVE 28 күн бұрын

Agreed

@360Fov 11 ай бұрын

This is fantastic! Perfectly presented and concise. Love it!

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

Concise is the name of the game 💪

@RabbiArielCohen Жыл бұрын

you need to make tons mor videos your awesome

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that. Guess it’s time for me to start coming up with more ideas 😂

@durvesh007 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@xdomberx5997 2 ай бұрын

ty bro

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

yw bro

@symbiocreativo6648 Жыл бұрын

thanks!

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@RohitNaik Жыл бұрын

subscribed :)

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

🙏

@comradeentertainment 4 ай бұрын

Thanks did what I wanted. Shame you can't change the write on etc after changing it to a compound video

@Chalisque 7 ай бұрын

I'm amazed there isn't yet some kind of programmatic graphics facilities in video editors: one where you have e.g. a Python/Javascript script calling a drawing API to generate the frame data much like it does in e.g. a browser.

@JRPCREATIVE 7 ай бұрын

This is too complicated for me to understand but I lowkey think After Effects might have this

@Splicer16 7 ай бұрын

Yes but how do u set a specific time for it to countdown from (not based on clip length)? For example, I want it to start counting down from 2 hours for only a 5-sec portion of a clip. I edit the text before doing a compound clip and it bugs out.

@JRPCREATIVE 7 ай бұрын

If it's only a five second portion I'd probably just use text and change it every second for five seconds

@SpikeyMuscle Жыл бұрын

When I do that my numbers shake a little bit, do you know how to stop that?

@lommeldesignbranding6254 Жыл бұрын

Change alignment to left align, and it shouldn't do it anymore. :)

@SpikeyMuscle Жыл бұрын

@@lommeldesignbranding6254 Thank you for the assistance!

@DarionDAnjou Жыл бұрын

how can i get the countdown mode of the text+ to start whenever the clip is played and not just countdown all the time?

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

My guess would be just cut it and move the clip to where you want it to start again? Never actually tried it. Also curious to know what your application is and/or why you’d want to do that. I might be misunderstanding the question.

@FANTAFRUITYTWIST 5 ай бұрын

Great vid! - if I wanted the timer to start at 24 hrs, how would I do this? Thanks

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

Curious to know why you'd want it to start at 24 hours... If your video is 24 hours long, just do the same process 😂 If you just want the timer to show up for a few seconds... I'd probably make the thing 24 hours and try to clip out the pieces I want. Last resort... I might just do numbers manually and change it every second. All depends on what exactly you want to accomplish

@KaijuJake 11 ай бұрын

Love the video, helped a lot, only problem I'm having with it atm is mine seems to jitter side to side as my camera in games pans over, any way to stop that?

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

There’s another comment here somewhere that mentions trying to left align. See if that works.

@KaijuJake 11 ай бұрын

@@JRPCREATIVE Yeah i used the anchor icon, it has to due with the type of font and the numbers being different sizes in the font, thank you!

@CookingWithCreators 23 күн бұрын

any idea why my timer is glitching left to right as it plays? I've tried adjusting the write on points, but it's still hopping slightly left and right? thanks for the video!

@CookingWithCreators 23 күн бұрын

Ah, you have to use a font were all of the numbers are evenly sized. that kinda sucks, i wanted a 'digital clock' font, and obviously all of their 1s are slimmer than the other numbers... does anyone know a workaround? Thanks

@Wilba999 Жыл бұрын

I keep trying to do this, but everytime I do, the timer is uncontrollably shaking throughout the entire video. Any tips?

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

Is your alignment set to left align? That’s the only solution I’m remembering off the top of my head

@Burasta 9 ай бұрын

I had the same problem and moving the H Anchor slider to left fixed it

@Zweifluss 5 ай бұрын

is it possible that the timer goes with a 300% of time ? im making a sport competition video, who can hold longer certain positions. so i would need a countdown which also goes up to 300% with the accelerated clip...

@JRPCREATIVE 5 ай бұрын

Great question I do not know the answer to 🤷🏻‍♂️

@WhySoLoud 4 ай бұрын

why does the timecode countdown hit Zero with One second still left on the chip? I followed all your steps.

@TinyTrackCars Жыл бұрын

Trying to do this right now.. Once I drag the text+ box in I have no option to right click and get a menu to pick timecode. Not where why that isn't working. Rocking 18.1.4

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

Do you not have the option at all or is it greyed out?

@TinyTrackCars 11 ай бұрын

@@JRPCREATIVE wasn’t there at all. I closed out and re-booted resolve and it was there 🤷‍♂️. Problem fixed

@JRPCREATIVE 11 ай бұрын

@@TinyTrackCars That's always the best fix 😂

@TinyTrackCars 11 ай бұрын

@@JRPCREATIVE my mic input stood working too quite often. Takes a reboot and re add it as the input and it works again 🤷‍♂️

@FatJebusGaming 11 ай бұрын

my right click wont work on it

@pranavvenkatesan9712 2 ай бұрын

Is it possible to stop the timer at 1 instead of letting it go to 0?

@JRPCREATIVE Ай бұрын

I reckon you could just trim the end of it..

@Apollo08 7 ай бұрын

fucking amazing

@JRPCREATIVE 7 ай бұрын

Right?

@lodcorp 10 ай бұрын

Hi, how can make timer but not 1:35:12 i want only minutes like this: 95:12

@WhySoLoud 4 ай бұрын

in the Inspector box at the very bottom is a Write On element. Slide the 2 balls in and it will delete characters from the Left and Right.

@rpaulseymour 4 ай бұрын

Just did this... simply to count seconds forward... and my type is jittering around frame by frame WTF lol. But... bug? No other keyframes set. 18.6. Madness. EDIT: because the font is not fixed width. So, the unseen numbers using the write on trick made the position of the visible ones move. Under advanced controls, you can do 'forced monospace" set to 1... but, probably kinda ugly.

@shapeyourbelly 3 ай бұрын

great tutorial, thanks

@MyHarmony0_0 5 ай бұрын

i dont know why in my video start with Minus, 😭😭😭

@billmarsh2639 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Simple! Straight Forward! No Fluff! Just hit the 'Subscribe' button too! All that being said; any idea how to convert it from an Hour:Minute:Seconds:Milliseconds Timer to a straight ONLY SECONDS timer? I understand how to do the 'Write On' part to eliminate the Hour, Minutes & Milliseconds part. But what I am needing to do is to create a 120 SECOND COUNTDOWN. In other words, use this method to create a 120 Second TIMER, make it a compound clip and just Reverse Speed it. But I don't want a 2-Minute countdown that goes 2:00 1:59 158 etc. and then hits 1:00 and goes to :50 - 0. I need 120 119 118, etc. down to 100 and then 99 98 97 down the 0. The purpose being, I am creating a Sports channel whereby I want to use Uniform Numbers 99 down to 1 as one-second long photos (with the 120 second countdown timer in the corner). WIth the additional 20 seconds (120 down to 100) I have some collage photos to use. Yes, I can get a 120 second countdown online but I love this concept of being able to change fonts, styles, etc as you've shown it. SUPER SORRY for the extended remix comment / question. Just a 50 Year old retired educator/Coach trying my hand at this new world called KZfaq! :)

@JRPCREATIVE Жыл бұрын

I love reading these comments to see what y’all out there are working on and could use help with…. Unfortunately in this case… I’m not sure how to get what you’re looking for. I’d definitely have to play around with it myself for a while