Align two audio strips
Tries to synchronize the selected audio strip to the active audio strip by comparing the sound. Useful to synchronize audio of the same event recorded with different microphones.
To use this feature, you must have ffmpeg and scipy installed on your computer and available on the PATH (command line) to work.
The longer the audio files, the longer the tool can take to run, as it has to convert, analyze, and compare the audio sources to work.
| Alt ↑ | Move to Open Channel Above |
| Alt ↓ | Move to Open Channel Below |
Remove space between strips
Concatenates selected strips in a channel, i.e. removes the gap between them. If a single strip is selected, either the next strip in the channel will be concatenated, or all strips in the channel will be concatenated depending on which shortcut is used.
| C | Concatenate and select the next strip in the channel |
| Shift C | Concatenate all strips in selected channels |
| Alt C | Concatenate and select the previous strip in the channel towards the right |
| Alt Shift C | Shift Alt C; Concatenate all strips in channel towards the right |
Copy/cut strips without offset from current time indicator
Copies the selected sequences without frame offset and optionally deletes the selection to give a cut to clipboard effect. This operator overrides the default Blender copy method which includes cursor offset when pasting, which is atypical of copy/paste methods.
| Ctrl C | Copy Selected Strips |
| Ctrl X | Cut Selected Strips |
Adds cross fade between selected sequence and the closest sequence to its right
Based on the active strip, finds the closest next sequence of a similar type, moves it so it overlaps the active strip, and adds a gamma cross effect between them. Works with MOVIE, IMAGE and META strips
| Ctrl Alt C | Add Crossfade |
Adjust the location of the crossfade between 2 strips
Selects the handles of both inputs of a crossfade strip’s input and calls the grab operator. Allows you to quickly change the location of a fade transition between two strips.
| X | Delete Direct |
| Alt X | Delete Direct with Transitions |
| DEL | Delete Direct |
| Alt DEL | Delete Direct with Transitions |
| Alt Q | Deselect all strips to the left of the time cursor |
| Alt E | Deselect all strips to the right of the time cursor |
| D | Duplicate Move |
| Shift D | Duplicate Move |
Brief Expand selected strips to surrounding cuts
Finds potential gaps surrounding each block of selected sequences and extends the corresponding sequence handle to it.
| Ctrl E | Expand to Surrounding Cuts |
Adds or updates a fade animation for either visual or audio strips.
Fade options:
By default, the duration of the fade is 1 second.
| Alt F | Fade Out |
| Ctrl F | Fade In |
| F | Fade In and Out |
Removes fade animation from selected sequences.
Removes opacity or volume animation on selected sequences and resets the property to a value of 1.0. Works on all types of sequences.
| Ctrl Alt F | Clear Fades |
Grab and move sequences. Extends Blender’s built-in grab tool
Grab and move sequences. If you have no strips selected, it automatically finds the strip closest to the mouse and selects it. If you only select one or multiple crossfades, selects the handles on either side of the crossfades before moving sequences, using POWER_SEQUENCER_OT_crossfade_edit
| G |
Grab the handles that form the closest cut
Selects and grabs the strip handle or cut closest to the mouse cursor. Hover near a cut and fire this tool to slide it.
| Alt Shift G | Grab closest handle or cut |
Grabs the sequence’s handle based on the mouse position
Extends the sequence based on the mouse position. If the cursor is to the right of the sequence’s middle, it moves the right handle. If it’s on the left side, it moves the left handle.
| Shift G | Grab sequence handles |
Imports video, images, and audio from the project folder
Finds and imports all valid video, audio files, and pictures in the blend file’s folder and sub-folders, ignoring folders named BL_proxy.
If you set it in the add-on preferences, it also sets imported sequences to use proxies. See
Preferences -> Add-ons -> Blender Power Sequencer -> Proxy
| Ctrl Shift I | Import Local Footage |
Jump forward or backward in time
Move the time cursor forward or backward, using a duration in seconds.
The equivalent tool in Blender only works with frames, meaning the jump will be different if your project’s framerate is different. This tool fixes that issue.
| Shift → | Jump Forward |
| Shift ← | Jump Backward |
Jump to next/previous cut
Jump to the next or the previous cut in the edit. Unlike Blender’s default tool, also works during playback.
| ↑ | Jump to next cut or keyframe |
| ↓ | Jump to previous cut or keyframe |
Make still image from active strip
Converts image under the cursor to a still image, to create a pause effect in the video, using the active sequence
| X | Delete Markers Instantly |
Create one marker at the start on each selected strip, based on its name
Use it to copy markers as timecodes.
Moves the handles of the selected metastrip so it fits its content
Use it to trim a metastrip quickly
| Alt LMB | Mouse Toggle Mute |
Cut or Trim strips quickly with the mouse cursor
Click somewehre in the Sequencer to insert a cut, click and drag to trim With this function you can quickly cut and remove a section of strips while keeping or collapsing the remaining gap. Press Ctrl to snap to cuts.
A video demo is available.
| T | Trim using the mouse cursor |
| Shift T | Trim in all channels |
| Alt Shift T | Trim in all channels and remove gaps |
| Ctrl T | Trim using the mouse cursor |
| Ctrl Alt T | Trim using the mouse cursor and remove gaps |
| Ctrl Shift T | Trim in all channels |
| Ctrl Alt Shift T | Trim in all channels and remove gaps |
Trim strip from a start to an end frame instantly
Trims a frame range or a selection from a start to an end frame. If there’s no precise time range, auto trims based on the closest cut
Args: - frame_start and frame_end (int) define the frame range to trim
| Ctrl Alt RMB | Trim strip, keep gap |
| Ctrl Alt Shift RMB | Trim strip, remove gap |
Decrease playback speed incrementally down to normal
Playback speed may be set to any of the following speeds:
Activating this operator will decrease playback speed through each of these steps until minimum speed is reached.
| COMMA | Decrease Playback Speed |
Increase playback speed up to triple
Playback speed may be set to any of the following speeds:
Activating this operator will increase playback speed through each of these steps until maximum speed is reached.
| PERIOD | Increase playback speed |
| Ctrl NUMPAD_1 | Speed to 1x |
| Ctrl NUMPAD_2 | Speed to 1.33x |
| Ctrl NUMPAD_3 | Speed to 1.66x |
| Ctrl NUMPAD_4 | Speed to 2x |
| Ctrl NUMPAD_5 | Speed to 3x |
Toggle preview around the closest cut, based on time cursor
Finds the closest cut to the time cursor and sets the preview to a small range around that frame. If the preview matches the range, resets to the full timeline
| Shift P | Preview Last Cut |
Sets the timeline preview range to match the selection
Sets the scene frame start to the earliest frame start of selected sequences and the scene frame end to the last frame of selected sequences. Uses all sequences in the current context if no sequences are selected.
| Ctrl Alt P | Preview To Selection |
Brief Applies a rendering preset to the project
Sets rendering and encoding settings and an output filename based on a preset.
Available presets:
| Alt F12 | Apply Youtube Render Preset |
| Shift X | Ripple Delete |
| Ctrl S | Direct Save |
Convert selected strips into a scene strip
Create a scene from the selected sequences, copying the current scene’s settings, and replace the selection with the newly created scene as a strip
| Shift TAB | Cycle Scenes |
| Shift Q | Select all strips to the LEFT of the time cursor |
| Shift E | Select all strips to the right of the time cursor |
| L | Add/Remove Linked to/from Selection |
Find and select all strips related to the selection
Find and select effects related to the selection, but also inputs of selected effects. This helps to then copy or duplicate strips with all attached effects.
Brief Snaps selected strips to the time cursor ignoring locked sequences.
Automatically selects sequences if there is no active selection.
| Shift S | Snap sequences to cursor |
Brief Snap the entire selection to the time cursor.
Automatically selects sequences if there is no active selection. To snap each strip individually, see Snap.
| Alt S | Snap selection to cursor |
| EQUAL |
Removes speed from META, un-groups META
This is the opposite of power_sequencer’s “Add Speed” operator. It seeks out and removes the speed modifier inside a meta and ungroups all the remaining strips within.
Adds a speed effect to the 2x speed, set frame end, wrap both into META
Add 2x speed to strip and set its frame end accordingly. Wraps both the strip and the speed modifier into a META strip.
| Alt NUMPAD_2 | Speed x2 |
| Alt NUMPAD_3 | Speed x3 |
| Alt NUMPAD_4 | Speed x4 |
| K | Cut All Strips Under Cursor |
Swaps the 2 strips between them
Places the first strip in the channel and starting frame (frame_final_start) of the second strip, and places the second strip in the channel and starting frame (frame_final_end) of the first strip. If there is no space for the swap, it does nothing.
| H | Mute or Unmute Selected Strips |
| Alt H | Mute or Unmute Selected Strips |
Toggle audio waveforms
Toggle drawing of waveforms for selected strips or for all audio strips if no selection is active.
| Alt W | Toggle Waveforms |
Trims or extends the handle closest to the time cursor for all selected strips.
If you keep the Shift key down, the edit will ripple through the timeline. Auto selects sequences under the time cursor when you don’t have a selection.
| Alt K | Smart Snap Right |
| Alt Shift K | Smart Snap Right With Ripple |
| Ctrl K | Smart Snap Left |
| Ctrl Shift K | Smart Snap Left With Ripple |
| I | Trim In |
| O | Trim Out |
Brief Automatically trim to surrounding cuts with some time offset
Finds the two cuts closest to the mouse cursor and trims the footage in between, leaving a little time offset. It’s useful after you removed some bad audio but you need to keep some video around for a transition.
By default, the tool leaves a 0.2 seconds margin on either side of the trim.
| Alt Shift LMB | Trim to Surrounding Cuts |
| Shift R | Refresh All |