# Blender Video Editing

Video in Blender 5.2 - Video Sequencer edits from Python (clips, image sequences...

- Repository: https://github.com/EL4CTEO/blender-skills (651 stars)
- Category: Media
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add EL4CTEO/blender-skills --skill blender-video-editing -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add EL4CTEO/blender-skills --skill blender-video-editing -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add EL4CTEO/blender-skills --skill blender-video-editing -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add EL4CTEO/blender-skills --skill blender-video-editing -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add EL4CTEO/blender-skills`

## Description

Video in Blender 5.2 - Video Sequencer edits from Python (clips, image sequences, crossfades, titles, music fades, proxies, color management, H.264/AAC output) and motion tracking (feature detection, camera solve, scene orientation, tripod and plane tracking, stabilization) for VFX shots. Use to cut renders/footage together or match-move a camera.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Video editing and tracking

The execution model is in `blender-core`. Rendering the 3D shots and the compositor (5.0 API) are in `blender-rendering`.

## One call each
```
scripts/vse_edit.py -- --clips //renders/sh010/ //renders/sh020/ //logo.png --crossfade 12 --title "Project" --audio //music.wav --out //edit.mp4 --render
scripts/vse_edit.py -- --clips a.mp4 b.mp4 c.mp4 --crossfade 0 --fps 24 --out //review/f_#### --render   # hard cuts to PNG
```
```python
import track_camera; print(track_camera.run(clip="C:/shots/sh010.mp4", focal=35, sensor=36))  # live/MCP only
```

## vse_edit.py
- Builds into its own `Edit` scene (`--scene`), so 3D scenes stay untouched. Clips go on alternating channels 1/2, crossfades (`CROSS`) on 3, the title on 4, clip audio on 6/7 (movies get their sound strip), and music on 8 (trimmed to the edit with a `--audio-fade` volume fade-out).
- A clip may be a movie, a still (`--still-seconds`), a folder of frames, or a `####` pattern. Each crossfade overlaps the previous clip by `--crossfade` frames, so the edit gets shorter by that much per cut. Re-running replaces the previous edit.
- Sets **view transform Standard**: footage must pass through untouched (measured: AgX turned pure red into 0.86/0.23/0.13). Grade on purpose with strip modifiers instead.
- Output: `.mp4/.mov/.mkv` = H.264 (CRF high, preset good) + AAC 192k stereo. Any other path = PNG frames. 5.0+ needs `image_settings.media_type = "VIDEO"` **before** `file_format = "FFMPEG"`. It reports the file size, and the test decodes it back (frame count, size).

The rest: https://github.com/EL4CTEO/blender-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/blender-video-editing/SKILL.md