Revision as of 01:53, 28 March 2016

Blender is a great tool for video sequencing among other things.

This is a wiki of my notes.

Video tutorials

Start Blender
Select View layout to Video Editing
If you see graph Editor, replace it with Properties window (with "drop-up button")

Dimensions

Output

Encoding

Playback menu: + Audio Scrubbing + AV Sync + Frame dropping

Make meta strip:

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 * Right click selects a stream
 * Box select: Press B, then draw a rectangle over the target strips
+== Initial Setup ==
+====Properties Section====
+* Start Blender
+* Select View layout to Video Editing
+* If you see graph Editor, replace it with Properties window (with "drop-up button")
+====Properties====
+Dimensions
+* Change the preset to your format, e.g. HDTV 720
+* Check the Resolution
+* Check the Frame rate. E..g. 30fps for youtube (should match the source video).
+Output
+* Check the location of the output file
+* Set File format (e.g. H.264 or Xvid)
+* Select RGB (for color)
+Encoding
+* Bitrate: 6000 is ok
+* Select Audio Codec (e.g. AAC or MP3)
+====Timeline Section====
+Playback menu:
++ Audio Scrubbing
++ AV Sync
++ Frame dropping
 == Meta Strips ==