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With Black Magic's Davinci Resolve, you'll need to follow a specific workflow when working with Universe text effects (or any effects that utilize alpha channels). For the purpose of this guide, you'll need to know the basics of Resolve, keying, and that an Alpha channel is essentially transparency information, separate from RGB channels.
To start, you'll need your Resolve text video layer above your footage's video layer, positioned within the frame where you'd like it to be.
![]() Since Unmult turns everything black and near-black transparent, this can mean darker colors show some transparency if it's used on a solid effect. | ![]() On the flip side, since Keying strictly turns only black (or whatever color you've selected) transparent, it can output less than optimal results. |