Note: You may place Files end to end in a single Channel if you wish. When placing in a

separate Channel the File will automatically locate with its first Frame at the position of the VSE

Cursor and in a preceding Channel. Click, hold and drag left, right, up, down, into position.

The Video Sequencer Editor (VSE)

Figure 17.5

Click the end of the Scale Bar to Scale the panel in the view.

Channel Number

VSE Editor Cursor

File Properties

File Selected (white outline)

Video File Properties are displayed at the RHS of VSE when the File is selected (Click LMB).

Placing Files in the VSE (Alternative Method)

Instead of dragging a File into the VSE from the File Browser you may use the Add Menu.

Figure 17.6

Click on Add in the VSE Header (Figure 17.6) and

select the type of file you wish to enter in the menu

that displays.

In this instance you are entering a Video File

which was Rendered as an .avi file. Blender

recognises this as a Movie file, therefore, select

Movie.

In the File Browser that opens navigate to the folder containing your Video Files and select a

File. Click Add Movie Strip (lower RH corner).

Rules - When placing Files in the VSE

As you see in Figure 17.6 you can place Sound Files and Image/Sequence Files in the VSE.

Video Files automatically locate with the first Frame at the position of the VSE Cursor.

Using the Add method places a File in the next available Channel.

When playing a Preview, a File in a higher Channel takes precedence over a File in a lower

Channel, therefore, if the Files overlap the File in the higher Channel begins playing before the

File in the lower Channel finishes.

The foregoing has demonstrated the quick basic methods of placing Video Files in the VSE

Editor. At this point you can edit the arrangement of Files, add Audio (Sound) and special effects.

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