Questions tagged [video]
Questions related to video files in Blender. Anything from loading a video into the 3D view(as a background image) to exporting an animation is acceptable.
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How can I get better results when doing camera motion tracking?
Whenever I do camera tracking in Blender the reconstruction is always zooming out or not on the axis. I have a great quality camera, but the end results of the camera tracking always has the model ...
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How to render an animation as video in Blender?
Yesterday I was working on a simple animation, an animated logo.
Here is an image of the progress:
I already have the animation working and everything is okay with the project, but I can't figure ...
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I only get four video output options
Even when I start a brand new file in Blender, I only get four video output file options:
AVI raw, AVI JPEG, Frame Server, FFMpeg Video. I am running version 2.78.5 (I'm using the beta so that I can ...
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Is it possible to take a mask clip and 'connect' it to a specific point on a moving object?
I have a video clip of a car driving by from left to right. My goal is to add a decal (mask) to the car door. Right now I am painstakingly moving the mask via X and Y.
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Some Data Failed to Reconstruct, Motion Tracking
I added tracks and stuff, but then when I tried to solve motion track, there was a error that said:
Some Data Failed to Reconstruct
and it also said to look into the console for details, which I ...
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Joining 2D tracking markers with an offset
Is there any way to join tracks with an offset (like can be done in After effects)? I'm looking for a way to create a gap less 2D track. (It will be used only for 2D stabilization)
This is an ...
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Motion tracked Video doesn't show up in the render or in the compositing tab
I tried to add a 3D object to a clip by following a youtube video. But clip doesn't show up in the render or in the compositing tab. It show up even in the camera view. I didn't change any settings.
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Compositing video layers in 3D space
Here's what I need to do.
I have a footage of a street. I want to add several people walking. Each person was shot using chroma.
I understand how to remove the green using nodes. I understand how to ...
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Video editing. Audio and Video strip have different length
When I import a video in blender, I get audio and video on two separate channels.
And beside the name displayed on the channel I get some number:
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How can I upload Blender videos to Youtube?
So I'm trying to upload videos to Youtube, but it says it doesn't recognize the file format.
I made a simple edit with the video sequence editor. I imported a picture and gave it a longer duration.
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Solve error high with good track?
So I recorded some Footage in front of my school and tracked it. The tracking points themselves seem alright (I think) but I get an average solve error of around Five.
Here are my settings:
The ...
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Overlaying an image to cover a face in a video?
I am trying to make a youtube video and in the part of the video I'm going to have a image of a face on top of my face to preserve my privacy. I tried going frame by frame with a picture that has a ...
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Preview and rendered video from VSE suddenly shows nothing
I started using Blender couple of weeks ago to edit some of my video clips. Spent quite a while editing this one, and everything worked fine. Video rendered as it should. The whole project consists of ...
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save as a video as .mp4 [duplicate]
So I made an intro using animation and it saves it as a .blend and I want it so save as a video like .mp4 or something like that.
I've tried changing the codec because I tried opening the intro with ...
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How to mask animated objects so they aren't visible past a certain area?
I am animating objects that will be rendered with video footage in the compositor. My difficulty is how to apply a mask so that the objects disappear when they expand past a certain point.
Objects ...
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Camera Tracking markers
I want to do some camera tracking. The things that I will be filming does not have a lot of detail on it, so that I will have to place some extra markers here and there. I am not sure what kind if ...
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How to import footage in the VSE for optimal playback and organization?
How to import footage in VSE for optimal playback and organization, using proxies and workarounds?
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audio track and video track are not the same length
Given that av sync is on and the correct fps is set, why would the audio track and the video track not be of the same length. When the video file is played in a media player, no such problems occur, ...
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How can I enable mp4/h264 as an output option in Fedora Linux?
I know it is possible to output a render as a video in mp4/h264 (as well as mkv, etc) however, it does not appear as an option for me.
This is blender 2.64.2, on linux (FC17), ffmpeg version 0.10.7:
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How to have person in video mask added geometry as they walk in front
I have a video plate that I shot and have motion tracked into Blender. There is a person walking through the shot and I want to add geometry in front and behind them. However, things that should be ...
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Blender's video and audio don't sync when editing
I imported my video file and for some reason (even though the video is one frame smaller than the audio) the video and audio do not sync after being played back for a certain amount of time. If I were ...
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How to export an edited clip into a video file in the VSE?
I am in the video sequence editor, cut out fragments, combined the remaining into one whole new clip and do not know how to procede from here on in order to obtain a video file (h264, mpeg4).
I ...
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How to save animation as a video format [duplicate]
I am basically trying to make an intro for my youtube channel. I am sort of familiar with the program because I was playing around with it for a long time, getting the basics of it. With the help of ...
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Tracking a shot with focal variation (zoom)
At the half of my shot (constantly moving camera) there is a focal length change. In my first tests the camera is moving forward instead of zooming into the scene. Is there a trick to automatically ...
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Video and audio strips of imported file out of sync?
I have captured some 1080p video game footage with Open Broadcaster. Now I would like to edit it using the Blender video editor. First of all, if I understand this correctly, I have to set the frame ...
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Compositor renders video zoomed in
So, I made a video, and what to edit it using nodes.
The viewer node shows the image as it should; however the Compositor node outputs the image zoomed in by 50%. Is there a reason to this? I have ...
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Audio/Video out of sync in rendered video, but not in VSE
First let me apologize to ask this question, as this has been basically already asked, for instance here, here and here. However these answers don't seem to provide an understanding what's really ...
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How can I do color keying using the VSE?
I've been playing around with the VSE a lot lately and I was wondering about its tools-- the strip effects-- and what you can do with them. One effect I want to pull off in the VSE is color keying, is ...
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How to avoid gradient banding while using a video sequence editor?
I rendered a 80 frame test animation in jpeg format. Used Blender to create the movie. The output format is mp4. The bottom image shows the first of the rendered image on the left extreme. The image ...
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How can I render the entire video in Blender VSE?
I'm making a video project in the VSE.
My video is 3 minutes long however, when I render it I only get up to 10 seconds or less.
It only reaches up to that part of the video.
What can I do?
Do I ...
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How to use a video as a reference on a plane?
Can I use a video to texture a plane so I can use it as a reference for animating? It is important that I can view the texture without rendering the scene.
Edit: After loading an image as empty, I ...
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How to see bundles and back projecting points of different colors?
According to the wiki:
Bundles makes sense after solving the movie clip, and it works in the following way: the solved position of each track gets projected
back to the movie clip and displayed ...
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How do the AV-sync, Frame Dropping and No sync in Timeline work?
How do the AV-sync, Frame Dropping and No Sync options in Timeline work when working with audio and video?
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Adding multiple green screenplates into an animated 3D environment
This is my first question here and I am relatively new to Blender...
I am creating a music video of band members videoed in a green screen environment to be placed on an animated 3d stage.
I will ...
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Cannot load movie files on Ubuntu
I am starting to use Blender to edit videos on Linux.
What it's wrong if I add a movie in avi format and it only works on Windows but not on Linux? In Linux it says that file cannot be loaded. If ...
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how to make a 360 video (turntable) of an Object using a python script
How to make a video of a PLY mesh from python script? I need to place the model in space and rotate it of 360 degrees on an axis.
Here is a ply example: http://156.54.99.175/3d/sodark.zip
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Why do my video and audio lenghts not match when I cut?
I love this program! But for some reason I keep having this problem! The video clip is not sped up, or altered in any way. It's just cut off.
My FPS does match my file, I checked and double checked! ...
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Compression & Color change
I was using blender to render some animations for a personal blog, and I was hoping to embed the videos seamlessly into the post. I know that my website uses a background of 0xE3E5E7, so I set that as ...
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How do I do VFX using a tripod?
I'm fairly new to VFX and I've been trying to do a shot where the camera stays completely still on a tripod.
It is a video, not a single image, but the camera itself doesn't move.
How would I go about ...
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Why will audio and video not sync in rendered video file?
When I import a movie clip into Blender's VSE, I match the resolution and framerate (1288 x 1032 at 25fps in this instance) and the audio and video strips appear to match up in the display. With AV-...
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How to speed up a video in the VSE?
I'm making a tutorial, after a little work of strip I would like to speed up the video the seconds seems last longer (maybe because I've use video of different qualities) so I would like to increase ...
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How to Enable Frame Blending in Blender 2.74?
I can't find the option that supposedly existed in Blender 2.49: "Enable Frame Blending". Does anyone know where it is, or where is its analog?
I shot a sunset - 30 minute video I want to turn to 10 ...
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No audio output in rendered video file
I am trying to render a video (that is not a .dvd file) with audio using Blender. So far, I haven't had any success; all of my rendered clips have had the audio missing from the playback. I've tried a ...
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Is it required converting videos to an image sequence before doing motion tracking?
Some tutorials online recommend converting a video to an image sequence in Blender before using the motion tracking features. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InIuTtt7W3E?t=135, which explains that ...
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Interlaced footage in the motion tracker?
Blender seems to be interlacing my footage in the tracker/video editor, but nowhere else does it look like that, even if I make blender render it through the sequence editor.
This footage is ...
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Extract sequence of frames from imported MP4 - scripted?
I would like to extract a sequence of images files from an imported mp4, ideally using a script. I'll then analyze the images with python to start extracting cues and other information, so they don't ...
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Can't find MPEG in the output settings [duplicate]
I am using the latest version 2.79 for windows, and I made a short video. Now I tried to render it as MPEG and it doesn't show up in the options and after a lot of research I can't find a solution to ...
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Scene playback with wrong/unwanted Sequencer audio
I have a 30 second Scene, that I put at 3 minutes into my VSE - together with some additional "scene music".
When I play this in the VSE, it works fine - both audio and video.
But when I go to an ...
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Is there an Echo effect for animating in blender?
I used to be a heavy user of After Effects, I am wondering if there is a similar effect to echo in Blender. That is used for simultaneously showing a specific animation in the future and the past ...
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Track object and draw path on top of video
Is it possible to achieve a result like this using Blender, where the trail of the ball is drawn on the video?
(Screen capture from the video)
https://youtu.be/PZrky67hBSs?t=64
I've only really used ...
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