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Launch the blender application. The app will start in Default mode (3D View + Tools) | Launch the blender application. The app will start in Default mode (3D View + Tools) | ||
: | :'''(A)''' On the top of the page, open the menu between Help and Default . | ||
: | :'''(B)''' Select '''Video Editing''' from the drop-down menu. | ||
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Add the '''Preferences''' toolbox | Add the '''Preferences''' toolbox | ||
: | :'''(C)''' In order to add a toolbox, a new window needs to be created: drag the upper right corner of the Video Sequence Editor (the video preview) to the left. A copy of the same window will be created. | ||
::''By dragging the same corner back to the right (on the new window) the box will disappear.'' | ::''By dragging the same corner back to the right (on the new window) the box will disappear.'' | ||
: | :'''(D)''' Click on the film-tape icon to open the menu and select '''Properties'''. | ||
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==Set up the Rendering Options == | ==Set up the Rendering Options == | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 18 March 2019
March 2018, with MXWendler version 5 and Blender version 2.79b
More documentation on the Blender project can be found at:
https://www.blender.org
Pre-requisites:
Blender
- Please download the latest version from:
- https://www.blender.org/download/
- The latest MXWendler FXServer will have Blender already installed and a preset with a convenient video-editing UI configuration linked on the desktop.
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Install Blender
Once the installer is downloaded from the Website:
- Launch the Installer.
- Follow the instructions until the setup is finished.
Launch and Configure Blender for Video Editing
Launch the blender application. The app will start in Default mode (3D View + Tools)
- (A) On the top of the page, open the menu between Help and Default .
- (B) Select Video Editing from the drop-down menu.
Add the Preferences toolbox
- (C) In order to add a toolbox, a new window needs to be created: drag the upper right corner of the Video Sequence Editor (the video preview) to the left. A copy of the same window will be created.
- By dragging the same corner back to the right (on the new window) the box will disappear.
- (D) Click on the film-tape icon to open the menu and select Properties.
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Set up the Rendering Options
Use the following values to have a correctly encoded video.
- - Framerate: we highly recommend to use a framerate of 30 or 60 (60 requires more performance). To avoid lag and glitches all the footage of a project should have the same amount of fps
- - Output: FFmpeg
- - Container: Quicktime
- - Codec: H264
- - Keyframe Interval: 5
- - Audio Codec: AAC
Export
Once the right values are set up we just need to:
- - (A) Import the footage (simply drag and drop from the folder to the timeline).
- - (B) Set a start and an end frame.
- - (C) Set output folder and file name.
- - (D) Click on Animate to start the render.