Open Circle Focus – Floating Border Zoom Effect for DaVinci Resolve

DaVinci Resolve Effect – Highlight your subject with a modern floating circular border

Bring attention exactly where you want it with Open Circle Focus, a powerful DaVinci Resolve template designed to make your videos more engaging and professional.

This effect creates a dynamic floating circular border around your subject that adapts with smooth motion, giving your edits a modern and polished look. Combined with zoom, glow, blur, and outside darkening effects, you have complete creative control over how your audience views your content.

Features:

• Dynamic floating circular border (customizable speed, jitter, amount)
• Smooth zoom in/out animations that adapts to clip length
• Adjustable animation timing (start & end fade duration)
• Full control over focus area (size & position)
• Border color, gradient, width, and glow customization
• Inner glow for extra highlight effect
• Blur, darken, or black & white background outside the circle
• Works with video/image clips or adjustment layers

Compatibility

• DaVinci Resolve 18+ (Free or Studio)
• macOS & Windows

What’s Included

A ZIP file containing:

• OpenCircleFocus.drfx (easy one-click install)
• README.txt (installation & usage instructions)

Quick Installation

• Unzip the download.
• Double-click OpenCircleFocus.drfx.
• Click Install (or Overwrite if updating), then restart Resolve.
• Find it under Effects → Toolbox → Effects → Focus & Defocus (or use the search bar).
• Find it listed as Open Circle Focus.

How to Use

• Drag & drop the effect onto any clip (or an Adjustment Clip to affect multiple clips).
• The effect auto-adapts to your clip length.
• In the Inspector, set the focus area, tweak border/zoom, and use other parameters to adjust the effect to your liking.
• Use the Animation Duration slider to fine-tune fade-in and fade-out.
• Tip: For multi-shot sequences, place the effect on an Adjustment Clip above your edits for consistent styling and easier tweaks.

Demo Video

See the installation and effect in action inside DaVinci Resolve.