r/blender • u/Away_Usual2272 • 4d ago
Discussion Blender makes a pretty decent basic video editor (or animator?).
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It's the only video editor I've found that actually has smooth scrolling with my touchpad on Linux Wayland. It feels like it could replace a chunk if not the entire Adobe suite for some. I like that you can make changes as it plays, how efficient it feels (recording doesn't show this too well), and that it has been getting more attention in recent updates.
I'm not new to Blender, just spreading awareness in case someone wanted to try a free video editor option (I use it solely). I wish exports were faster (it barely uses my PC's resources), and it's kinda cumbersome having to use "alt" to apply changes to all selected strips (although I kinda get it). I also had to revert to 4.5 LTS due to 5.2 LTS crashing.
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u/dnew Experienced Helper 4d ago
The newest version of Blender (not quite released) improves it a lot too.
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u/Away_Usual2272 4d ago
You missed me by like 20 mins. I already posted a comment about it here. I seriously love the recent improvements!
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u/dnew Experienced Helper 4d ago
Fair.
For everyone else: https://youtu.be/aWr6PQc12HY
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u/Away_Usual2272 3d ago edited 3d ago
The script for that video was made with AI. I'm not gonna waste my time when I could just read the official release notes.
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u/Away_Usual2272 4d ago edited 4d ago
Just checked out the alpha. They've already improved it more! Still going to wait quite a bit though.