How to Edit Videos in Blender!

In this tutorial I give an Introduction in to using Blenders Video Sequence editor! I go over adding Clips, Transitions, Sounds, Music, and Text!
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[@ramaswamyviswanathan]

Hi CG Geek. Really a nice tutorial. It helps a lot for the beginners. I really need to share this to you. When you tried to animate the opacity of the strip. You selected the actual clip. If you are using any "effect strips" you can hide your real clip just by pressing"h". If you really want to animate the opacity, then you can select the effect strip rather than the real clip. It will helps a lot for animation. Also you can snap your footage to the cursor just by selecting the clip and pressing "shift s". Remember you can snap only the real clip not the "effect strips"

[@CGGeek]

Great tips! I have since learned this!

[@TheIballisticcookie]

+CG Geek I like this but should I get pinnacle

[@cfm0nkeys701]

you sir gets a LIKE from me. I just came here to find the video editer part, but got alot more then i wanted to, so that's a + for me. Thank You CG Geek.

[@FrootbatBat]

This is a great tutorial- easy to understand. thanks for posting. My son wants to learn animations so I've suggested to him to watch your videos.

[@VanFireRescue]

Thank you for not spending the first 30 minutes explaining framerates like every other VSE tut

[@NaeemAkramAndroidiOSApp]

Thanks very much for the tutorial man, it is awesome! There's so much info in there that I'll have to watch the video a few more times again to learn it all.

[@trxv1s399]

Thankful so much, when i get my laptop for Christmas (hopefully with a lot of ram) i wil definitely be watching this this video again to help me edit thanks so much

[@crushedcrystalstudios]

That island animation- good job

[@TheDuckCow]

missed a few big things like meta strips (think groups or nested sequences) and some of the other nice controls that you get with each strip natively - like you don't have to add an effect for contrast or color balance, it's under the n-panel. So yeah it's super weird, not very convenient, but certainly workable to use blender as a video editor. ps. always verify your frame rate before bringing in footage; while in blender you can change the fps on the fly, it affects your footage in a weird way when changed

[@CGGeek]

Good stuff! I was trying to keep it a little for basic for beginners.

[@peularthur613]

+CG Geek hhhh I'm Still Beginner, and your tutorial was helpful for me, thks Bro

[@deanwarren1922]

HEY!

[@Lann91]

finally a god damn tutorial that starts from the beginning, thank you

[@antonioscott]

I always like the way you walk through a tutorial, and how you repeat the hot keys that you use. I couldn't change the Cache, in my user preferences, and I didn't get the display where I moved the strip to create the transitions, as you did in the video. I still think that you are pretty good instructor overall, I have definitely learned a lot from watching you.

[@chrispridemore5562]

I am making some really cool models with Blender, and I am getting to the point where I am needing to know how to edit CG movies. . . and the best free editing software is built in within Blender itself. I love Blender! : O

[@yonosetampoco447]

Thanks ... I will begin to use it for my channel for entrepreneurs. Up to now I was using iMovie

[@wowman6696]

looks a really awesome program, im gonna enjoy using it, thanks for this.

[@beezersirpro4944]

bye bye movie maker

[@beezersirpro4944]

lol

[@pusplatachoudhari9479]

@@beezersirpro4944 lol

[@beezersirpro4944]

@@pusplatachoudhari9479 3 Years ago lmao

[@pusplatachoudhari9479]

@@beezersirpro4944 wow I am also suprised that u replied

[@Silerra]

This video make my day easier. Thank you!

[@aclunky]

this video was a big help thanks cg geek.

[@fahim_r.1976]

I didn't even know you could edit on blender. nice!

[@Zer0kbps]

magnificent software and a magnificent tutorial thanks man!

[@MattieCooper10000]

You'rea Hero Sir! A HERO!

[@megadarkrai5911]

I'm defently going to start using this! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@ComoDibujarTodo]

Thanks bro, you've helped me a lot

[@Zekium]

About the last part, did you ever heard of the add-on "VSE transform tool" made by Kgeogeo and I ? It's used to operate in the VSE with the same comand used in the 3D View including scale, grab, rotate (including snap and operation along axis), 2d cursor, keyframe shortcut and selection possible at the VSE preview area.

[@madprism]

Awesome tutorial!

[@dustwavethemusic]

Awesome man, you rock! Thanks for your tips!

[@warriorslifehd4891]

Smokin channel Bro and great tutorials.

[@SportNorCal]

Love the tutorial - curious that the latest versions do not show the blue lines beneath a clip when editing to illustrate the original file length? Is that an option to enable/show in the newer versions would you know? Thanks for these!

[@OZTutoh]

I'm really late, but in the video sequence editor, you need to turn on View --> Show Offsets.

[@ir0nm8n]

You can use speed and the animated opacy, you need to animate the opacy of the speed effect!!! And set the original footage to opacy "0"

[@The_Draganox]

Thank you for this video, it was a lot of help.

[@AbdelkaderBenRhouma]

So helpful. Thank you.

[@luqmadam5129]

Awesome video this video really helped thanks:)

[@miaoooh]

That's really interesting!

[@ShadHall]

*this was an excellent tutorial!* thanks for sharing. i have some related questions not addressed in the scope of this video. after slicing the video (and audio) strip, is it possible to export just the new section? now to go through your tutorials and look for a video on how to export the edits into a video format for youtube.

[@Gg-pp6el]

Aye man nice video it was very helpful 👍

[@SoniyaG_]

Thank you so much! Very useful tutorial

[@ThomawillolGaming]

thanks for the tutorial I might use blender now :D

[@pashamachuca5900]

Great tutorial. Thank you

[@SaturnDeity]

Thank you so much for this! Very helpful!

[@AbdelkaderBenRhouma]

Thank you. This is really helpful.

[@CoBrosAnimations01]

how do you export to .mov?? Do you just push animation how you usually would, or is it different??

[@colink7341]

Omg this was so helpful thank you!!!

[@DigitalNinjaa]

very nice video helped me a lot (: But can you turn on screencast key the next time or does this not work in the video editing mode? And how can I render my finished movie by clicking render animation?

[@CGGeek]

Thanks man! I also have a quick tutorial on the proper way to render animations here! How to Render Animations in Blender!

[@sensemusicofficial]

Actually @10:02 saying the transition doesnt work with the speed modifier effects strip is not correct.. it DOES .. work with ANY effects strip .. but you need to select the effects strip and NOT the original source clip .. Because once you apply an effects strip blender essentially copies the original clip to the effects strip .. it now references the effects strip as the original source movie clip.. The procedure is to MUTE/HIDE (H) the original source strip after applying the effects strip to it .. and then apply in the normal method to your new transition in this case the black to cross to the Speed modifier effects strip..

[@evapinter8665]

Thank you for this tutorial

[@filip5564]

really helpful, thank you!

[@mrstanlez]

Nice. How can I save movie to mp4 format?

[@serricoesgratis2536]

Hello and thanks for the tutorial, I wanna know how to listen to my video when editing. Thanks!

[@noahphense]

great vid

[@diesel1279dsl]

Thx, great tutorial :)

[@PreachingGamer]

you didnt tell us how to save the vid

[@FabienBrunod]

How do I export my video to a .mp4 or .avi file?

[@bananaplukker9149]

+Fabio Bruno i really need to know to i can't find a good ivd that works

[@ArmisHart]

+Fabio Bruno good question I would like to know this as well perhaps this will work blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?245979-Exporting-Animations-to-MP4

[@AwesomefaceDominus]

use a program called handbrake

[@vliff]

+Fabio Bruno drag the corner of any tab to duplicate it. Press on first icon in menu strip of this tab (it is drop down menu), there is 3D veiw, Timeline, Graph Editor etc. Select Properties. You have got the Render\Animation tab (small retro-camera icon), now select format, output, file, etc. And press Animation.

[@nukebommer360]

go to render and press render animation

[@Miata822]

Great! Thanks. Subed.

[@rhnnsm21]

☺ I'm fairly new to using Blender, and I've noticed that when I add my footage it'll separate the video's audio from the video itself. Is there a way I can join these two back together, or does this only happen with certain file types? (NOTE: The footage I added was an MP4) ☺

[@keepmotivated7000]

Thanks for the video.

[@bojangel6814]

damn thanks this helped alot !!! !

[@RicardoPietrobon]

I know this is a really old post, but out of curiosity: do you currently edit your videos in blender?

[@incerupt8303]

well I do

[@MoreChannelNoise]

@@incerupt8303 Me too!

[@boysnbuckys8089]

im just curious how long should it take to render?

[@trinitrotoluene595]

17:06 How did you move multiple items? After selecting them all with "B," right click only moves one item for me. One stumbling block I had was Blender's preview window played the video at 24 fps when the video was originally recorded at 60 fps. The audio and the video Strips weren't the same length; the audio was the correct speed, but the video was in slow motion. Turns out the frame rate setting in Blender's renderer determines a video's frame rate when imported. So let's fix this... but first we should talk about managing Blender's panels. (Shame on CG Geek for not explaining panels) The panels that divide Blender's screen into different interfaces are called Editor panels. These panels are a modular system. You can add, resize, switch the contents of, and remove Editor panels. Resizing is easy enough to figure out. To split in new panels, left click and drag the lower left or upper right corner of an existing panel. To remove a panel, drag the corner of a neighboring panel into the one you wish to remove. The toolbar on the top or bottom of a panel is called the panel's Header. On the far left of the Header is a button to switch between major tool suites (Editors). Hover over this button to see which tool suite the panel is currently showing. Other buttons in the Header (typically the dark gray buttons) let you switch between tools or interfaces associated with that Editor. SO... Split in a new panel and switch to the Properties Editor. Click the SLR camera button to view the Renderer's settings. Now, under the Dimensions category, you'll find a button labeled Frame Rate. Set this to the frame rate of the video(s) you want to import. Now import the video(s), close the Properties panel, and you're golden. If you're importing videos of different frame rates, you'll have to change the frame rate of the Renderer for each one, and if they are to be part of a single video in the end, you'll have to do some magic with the Speed Control Effect Strip to make them look the correct speed in the final video.

[@amiebinan6014]

Let’s say you take a clip from a movie. Is there a way to mute the background music but the speech?

[@fayis78920]

How can we export it into a video file ?

[@chcamp]

But.. How i make the final composition in the video secuenser editor of blender??? What extension video i can choise?? Avi, mp4, etc how make this??? U can reupload this nice tutorial whit final render work in vse??? Thanks from Lima Perú

[@CGGeek]

Just render out an Animation with something like QuickTime H264. and it will save out your Video sequencer file.

[@chcamp]

CG Geek ok thnks!!

[@itsDotsa]

Thanks!

[@DRYROT124]

effect strips and fades are incompatible? Do you have any updates on this?

[@jonaruiz2414]

very helpful

[@jasonday5143]

Okay so how do we get the video? You don't show us how to export it or save it into a conventional file.

[@TylerNieves-ef3gs]

Btw, what recording app are u using?

[@mrinvinsibleguy8167]

I try to press ctrl t to change the sequencer to time but it keeps on toggling between frames and the other one(eg: 13+12). Please help me fix that

[@elsvanderstok8747]

Thank you. But no option for adding text, that really sucks. I can make due with this though.

[@harveylawrence9601]

Awe video thanks

[@LexxyBoii]

i need help.What file format should i use to export a video?

[@prathameshzore3521]

I have a problem that when I render a scene in video preview window and I play it shows white screen only can you solve this please?

[@reuben4993]

Is there a way to get rid of the black outline box?

[@Crillikin]

So I'm still trying to figure how to edit vieos with blender and I ran into a issue where the audio is faster than the video

[@partykrew666]

+Crillikin me too, have you figured it out?

[@Crillikin]

+partykrew666 Yeah, I watch another channel that has a full high detail tutorial series that's still going showing everything about blender video editing and I matched my setting with the first video and it all started syncing up.

[@partykrew666]

can you tell me the name of the series/channel please?

[@Crillikin]

Mikeycal Meyers

[@TylerNieves-ef3gs]

Hey could u plz send me a tut on adding subtitles?

[@kingcaiden338]

I need help. I put the video together, intro and all that. It plays my intro, plays like 5 seconds of the gameplay and then restarts? I know the answer is probably right in front of my face and I just don't know. Please help?

[@mindgaimz8503]

+G3N Karambit I had the same problem. Below where you start and stop the movie to watch it, it's 3 number. First it says start. That is default is 1 and leave it there, if you don't want to start the video like 5 sec in. The second is End. It's how many frames it will show max. The maximum frames are 300000, so i usually put it at 100000. The default is 250, which means that the video will restart after 250 frames. The third is what frame you are on now. Hope this helped

[@Jaynsanity]

how do I convert a video file from saving to blender but to mp4

[@ninjabot-minecraftgaming1147]

J_insanityy idk

[@epicgamingtimewithmatandch5548]

Is it possible to put videos side to side?

[@gorazd4291]

Instructions unclear, Nasa called me saying that my address sent the russian nukes.

[@ghervzthnker]

thanks

[@carot2003]

helpful. thanks..

[@karinaperez4768]

so if i have 4gb of ram i could use 4096?

[@CGGeek]

+Karina Perez Yup, but you might want to leave some for your system etc, try 3072 for 3gb

[@MushroomMatt]

+CG Geek every time I change the change the number it goes back 1024

[@nightcore2248]

how do you save a video you made?

[@danielhxrr1321]

Why can't I find videos in the my videos folder

[@minhaj_khan]

Must be because blender doesn't support the file type. Try converting them if u can

[@charlydoesnotcare669]

Do you get a water mark?

[@rworld1741]

Good

[@countrygirls5365]

None of the stupid stuff it helping! I just want my brother! I'm doing everything wrong! I'm crying cause I'm to stupid to do any of this!

[@aminathleem7989]

+CountryGirls then stop doing it

[@countrygirls5365]

I already stopped

[@aminathleem7989]

CountryGirls why are you doing it anyway?

[@WebLego]

I feel your pain. By trial and error I found,you have to right click on the end hooks before u can press G to move them.

[@pubhero3244]

hey my video ends at 5945 and it woul'd let me set it longer, but i need a longer video what do i do pls?:D

[@toadsworth6040]

+Pub Hero I'd say render it, then try adding in the other part in rather blender again or just use a free editing software after using blender say Windows Movie Maker.

[@mistahcoco3930]

Blender cant read my video files

[@ohgzone]

When ever i try to edit a video in blender what happens is the fps for the video is at a low 5-6 fps sometime i get 2 fps plz help!

[@protoog1284]

do you render the video?

[@ohgzone]

+proto OG yes

[@addieitup]

Goos but no, IT DOESNT SUPPORT .flv files WTF

[@fgh846759]

where is the save as movie button

[@pulvxd]

nice so 8 gb ram is good for editiing

[@reuben4993]

I cant see my movie on the top right! Help!!

[@LukacorsIsAmazing]

i can't size the camera!

[@sdevaraj1987]

pls tell me how to render it out

[@eggtarties]

I use lolio game recorder and when I try to put my footage in, well um the folder that has my footage doesn't show up.

[@vishvakseenichamy]

That's because it is in a file format that is not supported

[@gamingbeast1270]

+Vishvak Seenichamy is fraps supported

[@gamingbeast1270]

thank you

[@streetguru9350]

Why can't FOSS stuff just werk like non free software

[@kisatermi2275]

can i cut the video???

[@nickdr5287]

Can someone help me with changing the image size plz?!

[@Prime_Legend]

i cant get my user preferences to pop up

[@takeastepback4059]

my video cuts off at the 8 minute mark even though its longer how do you fix that

[@nabilahmed1636]

set the frames

[@takeastepback4059]

@@nabilahmed1636 ur 3 years late

[@nabilahmed1636]

@@takeastepback4059 i saw just wanted to help if you get back into it