Video Editing Preset: Quick Start Tutorial
With the recent release of Blender 2.46 the Blender Video Sequence Editor (VSE) was also updated (for a list with all new features see here) – the following Quick Start tutorial now shows the very basics needed to quickly get started with the Blender VSE:
*link updated* (v0.1.1, 15th November 2008)
1) Download the Video Editing Preset .blend – Quick Start tutorial included (works without extra video files!)
2) Download Blender (in case you don’t have the latest Blender 2.46)
3) Double-click the .blend
While this is not Final Cut Pro the Blender VSE does have some unique features that no other NLE currently can offer – be it a commercial and closed-source solution or one of the other free and open-source NLEs: Blender works under freeBSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris and Windows – and so does the Blender VSE. But it gets even better: the same .blend file can be opened and edited on any of these platforms – this is de facto platform independent non-linear video editing! If I am not mistaken this is also an industry first. Just think of the possibilities… And since Blender is licensed under the GPL a company could even hire a programmer and easily implement their own features…
For more information, including some current limitations and workarounds, see the Blender Wiki: Using VSE.
2D Title Presets: Updated
If you are looking for a way to make “crystal clear” titles have a look at this other .blend/tutorial (recently featured on the German slashCAM site) – just updated, now even easier to use than before:
*link updated* (v0.1.1a, 15th November 2008)
1) Download the 2D Title Presets .blend – the tutorial (included) now begins with a few quick steps to get started in no time
2) Download Blender
3) Double-click the .blend
License and Special Thanks
Both .blends/tutorials are distributed under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported) – however you may use these .blends as starting points for your own commercial Blender made projects! Simply remove the tutorial texts (and rename the .blend) before sharing your .blends with others. The license restrictions only apply to the tutorial text and the tutorial as such! Your editing projects and titles are yours!
Feedback and suggestions for improving these tutorials welcome.
And last but not least a special thanks to Paul for hosting the .blends/tutorials!
