Getting Started
Sections
- User Interface
- Editors
- 3D Viewport
- Image Editor
- UV Editor
- Compositor
- Texture Nodes
- Geometry Node Editor
- Shader Editor
- Video Sequencer
- Movie Clip Editor
- Dope Sheet
- Timeline
- Graph Editor
- Drivers Editor
- Nonlinear Animation
- Text Editor
- Python Console
- Info Editor
- Outliner
- Properties Editor
- File Browser
- Asset Browser
- Spreadsheet
- Preferences
- Scenes & Objects
- Modeling
- Introduction
- Meshes
- Curves
- Curves (New)
- Surfaces
- Metaball
- Text
- Point Cloud
- Volumes
- Empties
- Modifiers
- Introduction
- Common Modifier Options
- Edit
- Generate
- Array Modifier
- Array (Legacy) Modifier
- Bevel Modifier
- Boolean Modifier
- Build Modifier
- Curve to Tube Modifier
- Decimate Modifier
- Edge Split Modifier
- Mask Modifier
- Mesh to Volume Modifier
- Mirror Modifier
- Multiresolution Modifier
- Remesh Modifier
- Scatter on Surface Modifier
- Screw Modifier
- Skin Modifier
- Solidify Modifier
- Subdivision Surface Modifier
- Triangulate Modifier
- Volume to Mesh Modifier
- Weld Modifier
- Wireframe Modifier
- Deform
- Armature Modifier
- Cast Modifier
- Curve Modifier
- Displace Modifier
- Hook Modifier
- Laplacian Deform Modifier
- Lattice Modifier
- Mesh Deform Modifier
- Shrinkwrap Modifier
- Simple Deform Modifier
- Smooth Modifier
- Smooth Corrective Modifier
- Smooth Laplacian Modifier
- Surface Deform Modifier
- Volume Displace Modifier
- Warp Modifier
- Wave Modifier
- Normals
- Physics
- Geometry Nodes Modifier
- Geometry Nodes
- Introduction
- Inspection
- Attributes
- Fields
- Instances
- Baking
- Node-Based Tools
- Gizmos
- Input Nodes
- Output Nodes
- Attribute Nodes
- Geometry Nodes
- Curve Nodes
- Grease Pencil Nodes
- Instances Nodes
- Mesh Nodes
- Read
- Edge Angle Node
- Edge Neighbors Node
- Edge Vertices Node
- Edges to Face Groups Node
- Face Area Node
- Face Group Boundaries Node
- Face Neighbors Node
- Face Set Node
- Is Face Planar Node
- Is Edge Smooth Node
- Is Face Smooth Node
- Mesh Island Node
- Shortest Edge Paths Node
- Vertex Neighbors Node
- Edge Length Node
- Face Corner Angle Node
- Is Edge Boundary Node
- Is Edge Loose Node
- Is Edge Manifold Node
- Is UV Split Node
- Sample
- Write
- Operations
- Dual Mesh Node
- Edge Paths to Curves Node
- Edge Paths to Selection Node
- Extrude Mesh Node
- Flip Faces Node
- Mesh Boolean Node
- Mesh to Curve Node
- Mesh to Density Grid Node
- Mesh to Points Node
- Mesh to SDF Grid Node
- Mesh to Volume Node
- Scale Elements Node
- Split Edges Node
- Subdivide Mesh Node
- Subdivision Surface Node
- Triangulate Node
- Primitives
- Topology
- UV
- Read
- Point Nodes
- Volume Nodes
- Simulation Zone
- Color Utility Nodes
- Texture Nodes
- Utilities Nodes
- Group
- Generate Nodes
- Hair Nodes
- Normals Nodes
- Transform
- Sculpting & Painting
- Grease Pencil
- Animation & Rigging
- Physics
- Rendering
- Introduction
- EEVEE
- Cycles
- Workbench
- Cameras
- Lights
- Materials
- Shader Nodes
- Introduction
- Input
- Output
- Shader
- Add Shader
- Background
- Diffuse BSDF
- Emission
- Glass BSDF
- Glossy BSDF
- Hair BSDF
- Holdout
- Mix Shader
- Metallic BSDF
- Principled BSDF
- Principled Hair BSDF
- Principled Volume
- Ray Portal BSDF
- Refraction BSDF
- Specular BSDF
- Subsurface Scattering
- Toon BSDF
- Translucent BSDF
- Transparent BSDF
- Sheen BSDF
- Volume Absorption
- Volume Scatter
- Volume Coefficients
- Displacement
- Texture
- Color
- Utilities
- Group
- Color Management
- Freestyle
- View Layers & Passes
- Render Output
- Compositing
- Introduction
- Sidebar
- Compositor System
- Image Kernels
- Input Nodes
- Output Nodes
- Color Nodes
- Creative Nodes
- Filter Nodes
- Keying Nodes
- Mask Nodes
- Tracking Nodes
- Texture Nodes
- Transform Nodes
- Utilities Nodes
- Camera & Lens Effects Nodes
- Group
- Layout Nodes
- Limitations
- Motion Tracking & Masking
- Video Editing
- Introduction
- Sequencer Scene
- Setup Your Project
- Edit Your Project
- Storyboarding
- Assets, Files, & Data System
- Add-ons
- Advanced
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Manual Index
Get Involved
Introduction¶
There is no single optimal workflow for editing your video projects that fits every case.Although there certainly are some specific use cases; e.g. tutorial editing,wedding videos, …, some agreement exists about distinguishing four basic activities.
Montage: starting with your raw footage, you’ll have to deliver a coherent and fluent successionof strips that tell your story. Clips have to be rearranged, combined, split (cut) and trimmed.
Effects: these can be simple transition effects between strips, e.g.fade or full-fledged animations, e.g. rolling end credits.
Color grading: because your assembled timeline consists of different shots takenwith different cameras under different lighting conditions, colors can vary widely between them.With color grading and color correcting you can harmonize the color perception.
Sound: this ranges from adding background music and voice-over to creating specialsound effects and using third-party software such as Audacity.