Draw on your footage. Watch it move.
Pick up your pen. It's innate.
A DaVinci Resolve effect for hand-drawn animation. Draw straight onto the viewer and every stroke plays back the way you drew it.
Nothing new to learn. No paths, no keyframes, no round trip to another app. Pick up your pen, tick Draw Mode, and draw.
Timing in your hands.
It plays back the way you drew it. Every stroke keeps its speed, pressure and order. Leave it As Drawn, or Fit to Length so it lands exactly on your edit.
Long pauses between strokes are trimmed, so it doesn't drag.
It stays on the shot.
Set a point, tick Track, and the drawing follows the movement in the frame. Add rotation and scale when the subject turns or moves closer.
Make the words pop.
Swipe across text on screen. When you lift the pen it straightens into a clean bar, and the write-on keeps your timing.
It's see-through, so the words underneath stay readable.
Nine ways to leave.
Fade, Rewind, Follow, Flicker, Burn, Glitch, Whip, Bloom or Erase. Each one starts on settings chosen to look good straight away.
Paint it out.
Set Paint As to Cut Out and every stroke cuts through the clip to whatever's below it. Put it on a solid colour and doodle your shot into view. Or pick Reveal, and the clip only shows where you paint.
It changes the clip it's on, much like a LUT, so use it on clips rather than adjustment clips.
Same scribble, every brush.
Each brush answers your pen differently: how hard you press shows in the line, the Brush Pen thickens on downstrokes like a real one, and the Spray Can builds up where you hold it, then drips. The Highlighter has its own section above.
- Finelinerpressure width
- Monolineeven line
- Markerflat, see-through
- Brush Penthick down, thin up
- Soft Pencilgraphite tooth
- Chalkbroken grain
- Crayonwaxy grain
- Whiteboard Pendry-wipe ink
- Spray Canbuilds up, drips
Every exit, side by side.
The same drawing, nine exits. Pick one and it sets its own length and direction. Then change anything you like.
- Fade
- Rewind
- Follow
- Flicker
- Burn
- Glitch
- Whip
- Bloom
- Erase
Everything lives in the inspector.
These are the real lists you'll find inside the effect. Gold marks what you get the moment you drop it on a clip.
Brushes
Each with its own feel. Save your own as one-click presets.
- Fineliner default
- Monoline
- Marker
- Brush Pen
- Soft Pencil
- Chalk
- Highlighter
- Crayon
- Whiteboard Pen
- Spray Can
Looks
Built from glow, shadow, outline, grain, flicker, pulse and boil.
- Clean default
- Neon
- Chalk
- Marker
- Sketchy
Animate out
Every style has a length. Glitch, Whip and Erase take an angle too.
- Fade default
- Rewind
- Follow
- Flicker
- Burn
- Glitch
- Whip
- Bloom
- Erase
Also inside
The details that save you a second pass.
- Up to four pens
- Paint As: cut out or reveal
- Text that writes on
- Saved looks and brushes
- Undo and clear
- Quick Start Guide
Built for Resolve. Drawn by hand.
Innate Ink is nearly ready. Want to know the moment it's out? Email [email protected] with the subject "Notify me" and you'll hear first.
Email to get notified- The Innate Ink effect for the Edit page
- Drawing and tracking tools
- One-file installers for Windows and Mac
- Quick Start Guide
Drag, drop, restart.
One file does it all. No folders to dig through, nothing to unzip.
- Download the installer for your computer: Install Innate Ink (Windows).lua or Install Innate Ink (Mac).lua.
- Open Resolve and go to Workspace › Console.
- Drag the installer into the Console. A message tells you when it's installed.
- Quit Resolve fully and open it again. Innate Ink is in Effects › Effects on the Edit page.
One file to install. One pen to use.
| Resolve | DaVinci Resolve Studio (the paid version), Edit page. Built and tested on Resolve Studio 21. It doesn't work in the free version of Resolve. |
|---|---|
| System | Windows 10 or 11, or a Mac. Tested on Windows 11 and on an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 26. |
| Input | A pen tablet for pressure (tested with a Wacom Intuos), or a mouse. On Windows and Mac, pressure needs your tablet's driver (Wacom and most drawing tablets have one). |
| Install | Drag the installer for your system into Resolve's Console (Workspace › Console), then restart Resolve. |
Questions
Does it work in the free version of Resolve?
No, sorry. Innate Ink needs DaVinci Resolve Studio, the paid version. Please check before you buy.
How does it feel to draw with?
Buttery.
Does it record my screen?
No. When you tick Draw Mode it takes a few quick screen grabs to find the pink marks that show where the picture is, and again if you press Find Picture Again or move Resolve's window. Nothing is recorded, saved or sent anywhere. On a Mac that needs Screen Recording permission, which Innate Ink never asks for: without it, you tap the two marks once and it remembers them.
Can I change a drawing after I've made it?
Yes. Undo the last stroke, clear and redraw, or change the brush, colour and look whenever you like. The animation follows.
Will it slow my timeline down?
Most drawings play back fine as they are. The Animate Out styles do the most work, so for the smoothest playback set Resolve's render cache to Smart (Playback › Render Cache › Smart). On slower machines, Draft Quality draws lighter while you work, and playback and export stay full quality.
Why does the look go plain while I draw?
While Draw Mode is on, you see your brush, width, opacity and colour as you draw, but the Style effects like glow, grain and boil wait until you're done. That's what keeps the pen smooth. Untick Draw Mode, or pick a Look or switch on a Style effect, and the full look comes back.
Does it work on vertical and square timelines?
Yes. It reads your timeline's resolution, so 9:16 and 1:1 work the same as 16:9.
How do I get help?
Press Quick Start Guide inside the effect, or email [email protected].