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01 - Download Snap Captions

Snap Captions - orson lord's Ko-fi Shop

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02 - Install Snap Captions

<aside> ☝ There are two ways of installing the plugin

1. Easier - You can install it automatically by dragging the snap captions.lua file into the Davinci Resolve console (as shown in the latest workflow video).
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Automatic Installations

dragging the snap captions.lua file into the Davinci Resolve console (as shown in the latest workflow video).

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⛔️ What if dragging the lua file into the console doesn’t work?

👇 This help article here goes over common reasons LUA files won’t install

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If that doesn’t work you can manually install Snap Captions into Davinci Resolve as detailed below.

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Manual Installation

Drag the Lua File into the resolve directory

• [ ] Copy the Snap Captions.lua file
• [ ] Paste it into the below directory

For Windows

• [ ] Copy the below pathname
• %APPDATA%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Fusion\Scripts\Comp
• [ ] Then paste this into the windows search bar
• [ ] Drag the Lua file in there

For Mac

• [ ] in the description here copy the below pathname
  • /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Comp
  • [ ] Then right click on finder and click “go to folder” paste in the path
    • [ ] Disclaimer, if your finder can’t find this folder location, check the below instruction on missing Comp folder.
  • [ ] Drag and drop the Lua file there

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Drag the UTF8 into the Resolve directory

• [ ] Copy the utf8_snapcaptions.lua
• [ ] Paste it into the below directory

For Windows

%APPDATA%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Fusion\Modules\Lua

For Mac

/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Modules/Lua

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03 - Double check the plugin is installed correctly

• Open up Davinci Resolve

• Go to:

  • Workspace > Scripts > Comp > Snap Captions

  

• The plugin should load up

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Install the fonts from the Template Project

• Font list

You will find the fonts already downloaded with your Template Project folder.

Or, download them here:

Clean Pack V02.01 - FONTS.rar

Next, you will need to install them.

How To Install Fonts

For Windows

• Open Clean Pack V02.01 - FONTS
• Highlight all of the fonts
• Right click and hit install

For Mac

• Open Clean Pack V02.01 - FONTS
• Open your Font Book (Finder > Applications > Font Book)
• Highlight all of the fonts and drag and drop them into the Font Book

You might need to restart DaVinci Resolve for the fonts to be visible in the program.

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Optional - Practice With Template Project

<aside> ☝ The template project file is not necessary to use this plugin - this project was made to help you check out how the plugin works.

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It’s important to have a folder called “Snap Captions” (case sensitive) in your Davinci Resolve project file with your template text+ elements in it for Snap Captions to work.

We’ve already created the bin in the template project with the caption templates from our Snap Captions Clean Pack.

So you can go straight to the Practice Timeline, generate subtitles and then use Snap Captions.

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