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Blender for Video Production Quick Start Guide
Blender for Video Production Quick Start Guide

Blender for Video Production Quick Start Guide: Create high quality videos for YouTube and other social media platforms with Blender

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Blender for Video Production Quick Start Guide

Editing and Cutting Video Footage in Blender

The process of making a video for streaming sites such as YouTube might take several hours to shoot and to get all the content you need. From all those hours of raw footage, you will want to get only the essential parts. In this chapter, you will learn how to use Blender tools to cut, edit, and reorder video footage.

From a simple cut to getting several pieces of footage and stitching them to create a history, you will learn how to do the following:

  • Make cuts
  • Align parts of a video
  • Create a restricted preview
  • Use tools to mark your video
  • Remove blank spaces from a project

Technical requirements

Editing video for YouTube in Blender

A video production project will take a significant amount of time to prepare and also edit because it is common practice in the business to shoot hours of footage and extract only a few minutes.

For instance, you could work on a video interview with an important subject. When you work on that type of production, you will see that people will make pauses or interrupt the discussion in several other ways.

In the end, you will have unedited and raw footage with half an hour of material, which you have to cut and edit until it gets to only 10 minutes.

That is when you will need to use tools to cut, edit, and reorder video footage. In Blender, you will find all those options in the Video Sequencer. Since you already know how to use and get footage to the sequencer, we can move forward and edit video footage.

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Summary

Making all the necessary cuts and adjustments for a video is just the first step of a long process. You now have all the necessary tools to create a simple cut for your projects, even using the famous jump cut from several YouTube videos.

But, for really engaging material on YouTube, you also need animation and a set of effects. In Chapter 3, Using Properties to Enhance Video, we will explore the strip properties to change the way each part of your video appears.

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Key benefits

  • Use the Blender Video editing toolkit and UI
  • Make 3D info-graphics and interactive video with the latest Blender toolkit
  • Prepare a video production with live markings for tracking

Description

One of the critical components of any workflow related to video production is a reliable tool to create and edit media such as video and audio. In most cases, you will find video producers using software that can only cut and mount video in a "traditional" way. What if you could use a software that offers not only options to edit and cut video, but also create 3D content and animation? With Blender, you can make use of a fantastic set of tools to edit and cut video, and also produce 3D content that will enable you to take your productions to the next level. Do you want to take footage from a camera and cut or add sound and titles? This book will show you how Blender can do that for you! You will learn to add 3D virtual objects to the same footage that will help you to create a full 3D environment. Using some camera tricks, you can even turn Blender into a powerful 2.5D animation software to create compelling infographics to produce educational, marketing, and instructional videos. You will also learn how to work with motion tracking to mix live-action footage with virtual objects. You will then learn how to use the video editing capabilities of Blender and match 3D content to your project for YouTube or any other media. Toward the end of the book, you will export the project to YouTube using optimal settings for the best performance in the platform.

Who is this book for?

Anyone trying to produce content based on video for platforms like YouTube. Those artists will need a software to cut and edit video footage or make small intro clips, animations, or info graphics for video.

What you will learn

  • Import video and audio footage to Blender
  • Use the Video Sequencer Editor to manipulate footage
  • Prepare a project related to video in Blender
  • Cut and reorganize video footage in Blender
  • Create animations and add voiceover and sound to video
  • Build infographics based on 3D content
  • Blend 3D content with live-action footage
  • Export video for YouTube using optimal settings

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Table of Contents

10 Chapters
Blender as a Video Editor for YouTube Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Editing and Cutting Video Footage in Blender Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using Properties to Enhance Video Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Animated Properties for Video Effects Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating Intro Videos for YouTube with Text and Motion Graphics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using Videos as Textures for 3D Compositions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Adding Sound and Voiceover for YouTube Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Aligning 3D Content with Video Using Virtual Cameras Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Exporting Video for YouTube Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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This worked very well for a beginner to get oriented and get started. I had to look online for a few other tips, such as how to speed up the preview and add subtitles, but this book is easy to follow and gets you to a decent comfort level. It is specifically for video production so that you can edit and combine footage that you might have taken with your cell phone and then save it as something like an mp4. Instructions for getting the settings right if you want to post it on YouTube are included. Five stars if it included just a little more so I didn't have to go online for a few more details...
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The first thing I noticed was the poor print quality of the screenshots. Fine, shades of Grey are probably less expensive to print, bit the images should still be sharp and clear. The instructions were detailed, and they did put labels on some screenshots to clarify things. However, I can see myself having to go to YouTube for help and I wonder why I spene $29.99 on this book.
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