Use four position keyframes to bring a title in, hold it still and send it out. Flatten the two middle keys to soften the arrival and departure without adding more keys.
Keep the animation on the title branch
For a title over video, start with Text+ → Transform → Merge Foreground. Connect the video to the Merge's Background and the Merge output to MediaOut.
Putting the Transform on the Text+ branch moves the title. Putting it after the Merge moves the combined title and video. That is a useful distinction whenever you want one element to animate independently.
If you are unsure which input to use, the Merge input guide explains the background, foreground and mask connections.
If your title is a separate Fusion Composition on an upper timeline track, Text+ → Transform → MediaOut is enough. The Edit page handles the composite over the lower track.
A four-keyframe example
Select the Transform and animate its Center. Keep Center Y at 0.5. In a composition whose start is frame 0, try these Center X values:
- Frame 0: -0.5, placing a compact centered title off the left side.
- Frame 24: 0.5, bringing it to the center.
- Frame 72: 0.5, holding it in the same position.
- Frame 96: 1.5, taking it off the right side.
These are starting values, not fixed delivery requirements. A very wide title may need a larger off-screen offset. If your composition starts at a different frame, add that start-frame number to all four times.
At 24 fps, this gives a one-second entrance, a two-second hold and a one-second exit. Make the composition long enough to contain the last keyframe and any desired empty frames after it.
Soften the two transitions
Open Fusion's animation curve controls and show the Transform's animated channel. Use Zoom to Fit so all four keys are visible. Depending on the Resolve version and the animated control, you may be working in the Spline editor or a curve view exposed in the Keyframes editor.
Select the two middle keys, at frames 24 and 72 in this example, and use Flatten. Blackmagic's Resolve 20 beginner exercise uses the F shortcut with the animation editor focused. Flat tangents let the movement decelerate into the hold and accelerate out of it.
Keep the two middle values identical. The segment between them should remain horizontal. If the title drifts during the pause, inspect the values and tangent handles rather than adding more keys to compensate.
If a position control displays a Path or Displacement curve instead of separate X and Y curves, inspect the control that is actually driving motion along the path. A motion path's shape and the speed along it are related but separate things.
Judge the motion at playback speed
Watch the title in context after the frames have cached sufficiently for a useful playback check. Scrubbing a heavy Fusion composition slowly can make good timing look uneven.
Look for three things: a clear entrance, enough time to read, and an exit that does not compete with the next shot. If it feels sluggish, shorten the entrance before increasing the distance or adding more effects. If it overshoots unexpectedly, check the curve's handles for values beyond the intended range.
Reusing the result
The same four-key structure works for a logo, lower third or small graphic. Change the timing and distance to suit each element instead of applying one duration everywhere.
For reusable procedural easing, Animizo provides a modifier and animation-node workflow. This native example is also a useful reference when comparing an easing preset with the movement you actually want.
Reference: Blackmagic Design's Beginner's Guide to DaVinci Resolve 20, Lesson 9, printed pages 518–519, demonstrates position keyframes and flattening the middle keys. The timing above is a separate example designed for a readable title hold.