I've made hundreds of tutorials over the years. After working with popular professional programs like Vegas and Resolve, I now work exclusively with Blender. It does have some limitations, but it's the most stable and versatile tool you'll find out there.

I built Power Sequencer to help us edit videos as fast as possible. The add-on is getting better month after month, and it's yours for Free.

This add-on is a living, open project, and we'd be glad to welcome new contributors! We need people to:

• Code new features
• Improve existing features
• Help solidify the code
• Write mini-tutorials on the docs repository

1. Download the repository. Go to Releases for a stable version, or click the green button above to get the most recent (and potentially unstable) version.
2. Open Blender
3. Go to File > User Preferences > Addons
4. Click "Install From File" and navigate to the downloaded .zip file and install
5. Check the box next to "VSE: Power Sequencer"
6. Save User Settings so the addon remains active every time you open Blender

The docs are in progress. Until the dedicated website is ready, you can find them on the power-sequencer-docs repository. There's also a growing list of Free video tutorials on Youtube (14 videos at the time of writing).

Here are other recommended add-ons for a better editing workflow:

Daniel Oakey's rewrite of VSE Transform Tools. This tool lets you animate and move strips from the video preview. The original add-on was abandoned a few years ago. Daniel fixed and rewrote it so now it's super slick!

• davcri
• Daniel Oakey
• Nathan Lovato

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

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Add Crossfade

Add 2x speed to strip and set it's frame end accordingly. Wraps both the strip and the speed modifier into a META strip.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Add Speed

For each strip in the selection:

• Filters the selection down to image and movie strips
• Centers the pivot point of image strips
• Adds a transform effect and sets it to ALPHA_OVER

Shortcut	Function
	Add Transform

Shortcut	Function
	Border Select

Change the playback_speed property using an operator property. Used with keymaps

Shortcut	Function
	Speed to 1x
	Speed to 1.33x
	Speed to 1.66x
	Speed to 2x

Move selected strip to the nearest open channel above/down

Shortcut	Function
	Move to open channel above
	Move to open channel above

Set strip opacity to 1.0 and remove all opacity-keyframes

Shortcut	Function
	Clear fades

Concatenates selected strips in a channel (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.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Concatenate selected strips in channel, or concatenate & select next strip in channel if only 1 strip selected
	Concatenate selected strips in channel, or concatenate all strips in channel if only 1 strip selected

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.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Copy selected strips
	Cut selected strips

Cycle through scenes.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Cycle scenes

Playback speed may be set to any of the following speeds:

• Normal (1x)
• Fast (1.33x)
• Faster (1.66x)
• Double (2x)
• Triple (3x)

Activating this operator will decrease playback speed through each of these steps until minimum speed is reached.

Shortcut	Function
	Decrease Playback Speed

Delete without confirmation. Replaces default Blender setting

Shortcut	Function
	Delete direct
	Delete direct

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.

Shortcut	Function
	Edit Crossfade

Animate a strips opacity to zero. By default, the duration of the fade is 0.5 seconds.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Fade Right
	Fade Left
	Fade Both

Selects and grabs the strip handle or cut closest to the mouse cursor. Hover near a cut and fire this tool to slide it.

Shortcut	Function
	Grab closest handle or cut

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.

Shortcut	Function
	Grab sequence handles

Finds the first empty channel above all others in the VSE and returns it

Shortcut	Function
	Import Local Footage

Playback speed may be set to any of the following speeds:

• Normal (1x)
• Fast (1.33x)
• Faster (1.66x)
• Double (2x)
• Triple (3x)

Activating this operator will increase playback speed through each of these steps until maximum speed is reached.

Shortcut	Function
	Increase playback speed

Quickly cut and remove a section of strips while keeping or collapsing the remaining gap.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Cut on mousemove, keep gap
	Cut on mousemove, remove gap

Toggle mute a sequence as you click on it

Shortcut	Function
	Mouse toggle mute

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

Shortcut	Function
	Trim strip, keep gap
	Trim strip, remove gap

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

Shortcut	Function
	Preview last cut

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.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Preview to selection

Render video with good settings for web upload

Shortcut	Function
	Render for web

Delete selected strips and collapse remaining gaps.

Shortcut	Function
	Ripple delete

Save without confirmation, overrides Blender default

Shortcut	Function
	Save direct

Trims, extends and snaps selected strips to cursor

Shortcut	Function
	Smart snap

Snap selected strips to cursor

Shortcut	Function
	Snap selection to cursor

Mute or unmute selected strip

Shortcut	Function
	Mute or unmute selected strip

Toggle auio waveforms for selected audio strips

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Toggle waveforms

Shortcut	Function
	Trim to surrounding cuts

Shortcut	Function
	Refresh All