Blender Video Sequence Editor Improved

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6 months ago the Blender Video Sequencer got a maintainer(after several years without one), this has lead to a new caching(+disk cache) system and many, many bug fixes. The development can be followed here: https://developer.blender.org/project/view/28/
And contributors can join discussions about the VSE development here: https://blender.chat/ in the #VSE channel

In the 2.83 release these UI elements was updated:
https://blender.community/c/graphicall/dlbbbc/




TOP RANKING BLENDER VSE ADD-ONS:
VSEQF:
https://github.com/snuq/VSEQF
(Strip Parenting, Timeline Ripple, Strip Cutting, Fades and Audio Adjustments, Strip Markers, Strip Tags, Context Menus(for real), Zoom Menus, Playback speed control(like J,K,L)).



Transform Tools:
https://github.com/doakey3/VSE_Transform_Tools
(Move, Rotate, Scale, Crop, Track Tranform, Mouse Teack etc. in Toolbar and in VSE Preview)


Parallel Render:
https://github.com/elmopl/ktba/wiki/Addons
(Speed up rendering by rendering with an instance of Blender for each core and then concatenate. There are several of add-ons which does this, but this one is integrated in the Blender UI)

Easy Proxy:
https://github.com/cgvirus/blender-vse-easy-proxy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-EVhOYGyBY
(Fast rendering an one format proxies)

Preview VSE edits in 3D View:
https://github.com/tin2tin/scene_strip_tools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG52ytTa_JU

Blender Project Manager:
https://github.com/samytichadou/blender_project_manager
(Workaround scene switching for previz/storyboarding)

Roundtrip Strip in Compositor:
https://github.com/wilecoyote2015/Blender_Addons/tree/master/CompositeVSE

More improvements planned:
https://developer.blender.org/T78986

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A NICE GETTING STARTED TUTORIAL:

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Media organization and editing workflow in Blender Video Sequence Editor:


Simplifying Blender Video Sequence Editor UI:

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The Blender 2.8+ Video Editor UI updates:

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New in the Video Editor in Blender 3.0:

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