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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2D Stabilization with Autoscaling: Where can I read out the resulting resolution?
I am rock-solidly stabilizing a jittery movie clip and am interested to export as much from the cropped movie clip as comes out of it after Autoscaling, in whatever weird resolution that might be. (...
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How can I convert these Blender video settings to ffmpeg please?
Whenever I use the ffmpeg commands, the video is larger and the seeking/keyframe inteval is not the same as the video rendered from Blender. How can I convert the following Blender settings to ffmpeg ...
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cut and join video without rendering
I want to do some simple cutting in middle of video and join remaining parts.
but when rendering the final work, it takes a very long time to finish.
I wish if I could export the final video without ...
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Making video appear mid animation
I am currently working on an animation. Somewhere in the middle (say frame 200) of this animation, a video has to appear. I use the "import images as plane" plug-in from the user preferences to have ...
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Best lossless video output format for later conversions for web
I'm creating an animation (with sound) in blender that's gonna be an HTML5 video. As browsers are quite picky, I'll probably need to embed the video into the web page in multiple different formats for ...
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Render without video in video editing
I've prepared a video in Blender, but every time I render I get only the audio and I don't know why, how could I solve?
I'm using a Mac.
While rendering, what does No layers in render result mean?
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Audio/Video out of sync in rendered video
I've looked at some similar problem descriptions on this, but mine is slightly different.
When I edit a music video with several cut scenes, in VSE the audio/video will be in sync on each cut until I ...
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Is it possible to change the frame offset on a video texture when instancing with GeoNodes?
I'm fairly new to both blender and geonodes (coming from TouchDesigner / AE) and this seems like it should be a pretty easy thing to do but I am having a lot of trouble figuring it out.
I am using geo-...
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What is the most efficient technique to render a sequence with 80% non animated images?
I have a VSE with 100 images. Every 5th image will have a Fade-In transition. Every 5th image is 2 seconds long while the others are only 1 second long.
If there were no fade effect, I could have ...
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Blender Video Editor over 2.83 doesn't show transparent movie background anymore
I made an overlay using blender and wanted to export it with a transparent background. To that end I followed the usual guides (select transparent, ffmpeg Quicktime - Qt encoding).
When I import the ...
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Video Editing - I toggled on and off stereoscopy and now my video preview is black
So toggling Stereoscopy on and then off made my preview go black, and it only reappears when I toggle Stereoscopy back on. I don't want Stereoscopy. How do I go back to normal?
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What's the difference between using eevee and cycles for video editing and rendering?
I understand that they are two completely different rendering engines that have their own ways of rendering the 3D world (See already answered question "How does Eevee work"), but...
Is ...
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Rename blender source files and get them to relink
I'm using blender as a video editor and would like to rename all the source files to some logical names (rather than Data/time names). However, I suspect if I do this the links to the edited version ...
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Is there a way to hack blender to import .HEIF images HEVC and h.265 codec videos?
Is there a way to modify the source code, or other hacks, to import images in HEIF format or h.265 video (like pictures and movies made with iphones and other samsung phones) into Blender directly? I'...
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Blackmagic raw video files in blender
Is it possible to import Blackmagic .braw video files into Blender?
Blackmagic have released .braw with an SDK for anyone to incorporate .braw into programs for free.
Someone has written a Lightwave ...
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How do you animate Speed Control in Video editing (and slow down a clip gradually)? - Blender 2.8
So I'm having significant problems animating a video clips speed control.
I've watched tutorials and searched for answers, but they don't address my issues.
After:
- select clip, and adding effect ...
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What is the advised output method to upload a 180 degree VR work to YouTube
I want to upload a 180 degree VR work to YouTube.
What is the advised output method.
The VR I want to do is a two-eye VR screen, this VR is immersive when viewed with a headset, but not 360 degree VR....
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How to remove or minimise compression banding in Blender video export using FFmpeg?
When exporting video with very subtle color blending like lights in fog a compressed video will create banding where there was none before, even with the best in-Blender settings e.g. "perceptually ...
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How to render interlaced video (2.8)
How can I render my scene to interlaced video, I don't want progressive.
I use latest blender version 2.8. In 2.7 there was a "Fields" option somewhere but I cant find it in 2.8
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Encoder timebase is not set error when rendering
So I shot a scene with my camera, and imported it into blender's video editor. I then proceeded to splice the video and audio in at least a dozen places.
When I try to render my finished video, I go ...
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Blender Save Video into Blend
I am using this script for playing videos on planes, cubes etc. It is working fine for me, but when I send my runtime to my friends (videos included in the folder), the videos wont show up (only ...
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Blender rendering blank videos
I am seeing a strange behavior with Blender. Let me explain the detailed workflow of what I do.
I use OBS studio to record my screen and audio. The output is
produced in mp4 file.
I edit the video in ...
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How to make working security cameras?
I am rendering a cctv room where theres a camera looking at an object and output its view on a screen
Heres a simple setup as a quick visualization.
The Camera on the right sees the cube and output ...
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3D Tracking an object that follows camera motion
I have a unique scene that I am attempting to solve for motion. It is some aerial footage of a camera following a moving train along a track. The camera is basically flying alongside the train from a ...
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Blender video editing cut but use original encoding
I want use Blender to cut out some scenes from a video and save in original encoding format. Cut only no rendering, no encoding. What I have to do ?
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How to add motion blur to already rendered image sequence?
I have an image sequence that I need to make less choppy. I didn't add it while rendering.
I know there is a script for it here.
but I am not sure if it's the best way to go at it.
Any thoughts?
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Lossless video output is overbrighted
I am rendering a video with overlayed PNG sequence (clouds with alpha channel).
Output settings are mp4, h.264 (Lossless). But final video is overbrighted, however if I change h.264 to PNG codec, it ...
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What a "linear modifier" does on the sequencer?
When on the sequencer, there's this "Use Linear Modifiers" option.. What does It mean?
by the guide: "Calculate modifiers in linear space instead of sequencer space."
but which is the "sequencer ...
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Will using python for rendering speed up the process?
I have a very basic setup for blender. I have wrapped a video around a sphere as material, and positioned the camera at its center. I now plan to move the camera around. The camera is set to the ...
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How do I apply Movie Clip edits to my video sequence?
I did some stabilization using the Movie Clip Editor and tracking. I understand that what I have done is just in memory. How do apply the changes I have made in the MCE to my strip in the Video ...
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360 Video Editing in Blender?
I am trying to edit a 360 Fly Camera Video File with Blender, but experiencing difficulties.
I think I need to convert the equirectangular 2880 x 2880 video to stereographic 3840 × 1920? How can I ...
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How do I apply effects made in the compositor to the Blender VSE?
I recently did some green screen compositing and color grading for some footage in Blender's compositor. I would like to learn how to apply these effects to a video strip in the video sequence editor, ...
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Video Editing: Unable to create Keyframe
I've imported a long MOV file (50 mins, x264) and I want to do some speed control over it.
I deleted the audio track to focus just on the video track.
I have dope sheet and graph editor open too.
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Cannot open or start avi movie file error not resolved with correct file path
I have been editing a video in Blender on a Windows 10 machine for a while now, and I am finally ready to render, but when I try to render out as an avi raw movie file, I get the error ...
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Blender drops last few seconds of video from imported MP4 (with correct framerate)
I'm importing a ~15 minute .mp4 into blender using the "Add Movie" feature. My problem is that the video track is missing the last ~2 seconds of video.
The frame rate is set correctly (25fps)--...
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How should you encode VSE output so that it will play correctly in Windows Media Player?
I can't for the life of me figure this out. I've tried so many different combinations of video containers, formats, and codecs and none of them have worked. Is there ANY possible way that you can ...
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25% Proxy on 2k video and 2fps, what did I do?
I am editing mostly 2k video footage in the vse (edited down to about 40 seconds or so). I have set 25% proxies and set the scene preview to 25%. This allowed me to preview at 24fps (the fps of the ...
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Manual video stablizing
I have a shoot some footage of a firefly standing still on a wall at night and blinking every half a second or so. The result is very shaky including some sharp pan movements. Its mostly very dark ...
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NLE - How to separate and export shots on a video clip
I have a short film and I want to separate each shot into a separate video file. I've already cut the long string into each shot and named them accordingly.
Is there a way to render and export each ...
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Tracking in video: Offset an entire track?
I'm tracking a clear object in my video for stabilization that is moving in the direction I want it to, however I want the actual video to not stabilize on this location, but rather at a point that is ...
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How to dissolve into particles a moving person on a RGBA video footage (using BI)
I have a slow pc with no GPU, and I want to know the best way to dissolve into particles a moving person on a RGBA video footage (using BI). Take into account that a wind simulator should be used with ...
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2D tracking: problematic rotation stabilisation
Using Blender 2.70 to stabilise moving shots.
The shot in question has extended duration and the camera moved around a lot, but the image is fairly stable. Thus we need to get rid of small bumps, and ...
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How do I get an Overlay image to follow elements that move in a video?
My video pans to the right. How do I get the overlaid elements to move with the video so that it seem integrated?
image1: This is where I would like the overlay to stay (beside the 2nd from last tree ...
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Color management affetcs video sequencer
I try to match my scene to a reference video (which I have loaded into the Video sequence editor) by changing settings in the Color management tab such as contrast, exposure or gamma. However, this ...
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Exporting video with RGBA just won't work
I used to be able to export .mov files with transparency using this setting:
FFMPEG Video > Container QuickTime > QT rle/Qt Animation > Color RGBA + Render > Film > Transparent.
Now I ...
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Superquadrics in Blender
I'm working in MATLAB on a problem involving the motion (translation and rotation) of a superquadric in a 3 dimensional space.
I've written a code that computes the position (3 Cartesian coordinates ...
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Rendering renders reference video rather than the animation
I imported a storyboard into blender to animate using it, but now whenever I try to render, it renders the imported storyboard mp4 rather than the actual animation in viewport that I created. How do I ...
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Splitting a movie clip in in the video editor with this encoding seems to desync audio and video
Blender version 3.2.0
Clip ffmpeg info:
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Render animation in video editor does not work (Sequnecer in Post Processing is checked)
This was asked multiple times but the solution doesnt work. I animated a 4 second Loop and now want to make it a 20 seconds video with music. When I click render animation the output is blank and no ...
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VSE Preview Window - Cannot set proxy because there's no option in the preview view menu
I am editing in the video editor. I've built the proxies to 25%, but this doesn't help my preview window. The fps is so low and the video lags to where I can't edit my videos. I cannot find the ...
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