VSE_Transform_Tools

Installation

1. Go to the Releases page and download the latest VSE_Transform_Tools.zip
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 Transform Tools"
6. Save User Settings so the addon remains active every time you open Blender

This fork is focused on Blender 2.92+, using the unified transformation API it introduced. For use with Blender 2.91 and below, please refer to a different fork.

Using the unified transformation API means that adding a transform strip is now unneceassy in most cases, as strips can be offset, scaled, rotated, cropped, ... using their own transform properties.

It means you can add a strip and immediately starts moving, scaling, transforming it with keyboard shortcuts without cluttering the VSE with extra transform strips.

Expect some regressions due to this API change. Forks and PR are welcome to address them. Likewise, the rest of this documentation is partly obsolete, refering to some features which might be broken or useless thanks to improvement in Blender itself.

Operators

Add Transform	Delete	Mouse Track	Set Cursor 2D
Adjust Alpha	Duplicate	Pixelate	Track Transform
Autocrop	Grab	Rotate
Call Menu	Group	Scale
Crop	Meta Toggle	Select

Add Transform

A transform modifier can be added to a strip. It is now mostly useless thanks to the unified API introduced in Blender 2.92.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Add Transform

Adjust Alpha

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Begin alpha adjusting
	Round to nearest tenth
	Escape alpha adjust mode
	Set alpha, end alpha adjust mode
	Set Alpha, end alpha adjust mode
	Set alpha to value entered

Autocrop

Sets the scene resolution to fit all visible content in the preview window without changing strip sizes.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Autocrop

Call Menu

Bring up the menu for inserting a keyframe. Alternatively, you may enable automatic keyframing.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Call menu

Crop

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Begin/Set cropping, adding a transform if needed
	Escape crop mode
	Click the handles to drag
	Set crop, end cropping
	Uncrop

Delete

Deletes all selected strips as well as any strips that are inputs of those strips. For example, deleting a transform strip with this operator will also delete the strip it was transforming.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Delete
	Delete strips and remove any other strips in the timeline with the same source. For scene strips, the scenes themselves will also be deleted.

Duplicate

Duplicates all selected strips and any strips that are inputs of those strips. Calls the Grab operator immediately after duplicating.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Duplicate

Grab

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Grab
	Hold to enable fine tuning
	Hold to enable snapping
	Escape grab mode
	Escape grab mode
	Set position, end grab mode
	Set position, end grab mode
	Set position by value entered
	Constrain grabbing to the respective axis
	Constrain grabbing to axis
	Set position to 0,0

Group

Shortcut	Function
	Group together selected sequences
	Ungroup selected meta strip

Meta Toggle

Toggles the selected strip if it is a META. If the selected strip is not a meta, recursively checks inputs until a META strip is encountered and toggles it. If no META is found, this operator does nothing.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Meta toggle

Mouse Track

Select a transform strip or a strip with "image offset" enabled. Press Alt+A to play, hold M to continuously add keyframes to transform strip while tracking the position of the mouse.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Hold to add keyframes, release to stop

Pixelate

Pixelate a clip by adding 2 transform modifiers: 1 shrinking, 1 expanding.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Pixelate

Rotate

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Begin rotating, adding transform if needed.
	Hold to enable fine tuning
	Hold to enable stepwise rotation
	Escape rotate mode
	Escape rotate mode
	Set rotation, end rotate mode
	Set rotation, end rotate mode
	Set rotation to value entered
	Set rotation to 0 degrees

Scale

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Begin scaling, adding transform if needed.
	hold to enable fine tuning
	Hold to enable snapping
	Escape scaling mode
	escape scaling mode
	Set scale, end scaling mode
	Set scale, end scaling mode
	Set scale by value entered
	Constrain scaling to respective axis
	Constrain scaling to axis
	Unscale

Select

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Select visible strip
	Enable multi selection
	Toggle selection

Set Cursor 2D

Set the pivot point (point of origin) location. This will affect how strips are rotated and scaled.

Shortcut	Function	Demo
	Cusor 2D to mouse position
	Snap cursor 2D to nearest strip corner or mid-point

Track Transform

Use a pair of track points to pin a strip to another. The UI for this tool is located in the menu to the right of the sequencer in the Tools submenu. To pin rotation and/or scale, you must use 2 tracking points.

Shortcut	Function	Demo