Friday, 01 July 2011 22:53

Tutorial: Blender Video Sequence Editor (VSE)

Written by  Gottfried Hofmann
Tutorial: Blender Video Sequence Editor (VSE)
Blender has a full-fledged video editing solution built right in - the Video Sequence Editor or short VSE. This tutorial shows how to add movies, image sequences, still images and sound plus basic keyframe animation.

The really cool thing about Blender is that it has everything you need for a complete production built-in. This tutorial will introduce you to the Video Sequence Editor or VSE, which you can use to edit your animations and real world footage. Learn how to import various forms of media, how to animate strip properties, some best practises and how export your final edit into Quicktime or the Quicktime-compatible MP4 format. If you really want to dive into the power and features of the Blender VSE check out the Blender VSE Blog by 3pointedit.

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Download the finished Blendfile and the footage package here!

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  • CC-BY 3.0: This tutorial and blendfiles are released under the Creative Commons License CC-BY 3.0 Unported
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  • Comment Link Waqas Monday, 29 April 2013 08:55 posted by Waqas

    Definitely a great tutorial. I quiet learnt a lot :)

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  • Comment Link Danny Thursday, 07 March 2013 19:56 posted by Danny

    Hey,

    This is one excellent video. Short and shows all the basics.

    I have spent days in trying to find out a good video editor and didn't know that Blender can do it so nicely and smoothly.

    For me the only output format that worked well was XviD + MP3
    h.264+AAC refused to render for some reason.

    Well done.

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  • Comment Link Mencius Saturday, 12 January 2013 09:11 posted by Mencius

    Hey, thank you ! Really interesting video. I also liked your videos on Blender Cookie about OSL. Thanks for sharing your knowledge ! :)

  • Comment Link Gottfried Hofmann Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:58 posted by Gottfried Hofmann

    Hey rosn, sorry wrong URL it's http://blendervse.wordpress.com/ you can also find it in the text under the tutorial video above...

  • Comment Link rosn Friday, 21 December 2012 15:53 posted by rosn

    Gottfried Hofmann hello, why do you give blendervse.blogspot.com this URL I can not open? Your input errors, please check is not the URL error? Thank you.

  • Comment Link Gottfried Hofmann Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:18 posted by Gottfried Hofmann

    Hey Rosn, I remember there is an addon for this but I don't remember where to get it. Maybe you could check out blendervse.blogspot.com - there is lots of useful information for editing with the VSE :)

  • Comment Link rosn Wednesday, 19 December 2012 05:42 posted by rosn

    Very good tutorial, very suitable for my work, but there is a question I would like to ask: When several cameras shooting the clip should be several camera footage clips on the track at the same time, when INo. 1 camera screen when I select No. 1, when I need No. 2, No.3 or the camera's screen when you can select any time.I would like to ask how to achieve this functionality. Thank you!

  • Comment Link rcgauer Monday, 10 December 2012 02:31 posted by rcgauer

    Thank you for an really great explanation... In fact, I'd love to see you expand this with a follow-on with more advanced processing options...

    Thanks again!

  • Comment Link Johnpaul5 Sunday, 09 December 2012 04:33 posted by Johnpaul5

    Very useful tutorial, and thank you so much for sharing the package!

  • Comment Link Hrafn Nordhri Friday, 07 December 2012 06:30 posted by Hrafn Nordhri

    Hi..

    I hit the download and it wants me to sign up for something called drop box. I don't really want to sign up for another service just to download one or two packages.

    Is there another option?

  • Comment Link Gottfried Hofmann Wednesday, 28 November 2012 08:44 posted by Gottfried Hofmann

    Hey jadely, I'd suggest to use the compositor for that kind of task.

  • Comment Link jadely Tuesday, 27 November 2012 03:44 posted by jadely

    Having trouble overlaying a "sniper target image" on top of raw footage taken at an actual location. Any ideas?

  • Comment Link Gottfried Hofmann Thursday, 15 November 2012 16:52 posted by Gottfried Hofmann

    Project files should be back up!

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  • Comment Link pidou46 Monday, 12 November 2012 17:35 posted by pidou46

    Can't download the footage package anymore, the file has left.

  • Comment Link Chiquita Saturday, 10 November 2012 07:59 posted by Chiquita

    Excellent, what a web site it is! This blog gives useful data
    to us, keep it up.

  • Comment Link Tay Chee Ying Monday, 10 September 2012 08:15 posted by Tay Chee Ying

    How can you shorten an audio strip without corrupting it.

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