Introduction

Sequencer preview is used to display result of rendering Sequencer timeline. This can be further configured to display output from certain channel, overlay or image analyzer (scope). You can adjust the view by zooming in with NumpadPlus and zoom out with NumpadMinus.

Header

Sequencer Display header.

View Menu

Sidebar N

Show or hide the Sidebar.

Fit Preview in Window Home

Resize the preview so that it fits in the window.

Zoom Shift-B

Click and drag to draw a rectangle and zoom to this rectangle.

Fractional Zoom

Resize the preview in steps from 1:8 to 8:1.

Show Frame Overlay

Displays the Frame Overlay, to compare the current frame to a reference frame.

Show Safe Areas

Display an overlay on the preview, marking where title safe region is.

Show Metadata

Display Image metadata in the preview area.

Show Annotations

Displays Annotations in the preview region.

Sequence Render Image

Render image at playhead position.

Sequence Render Animation

Render timeline from Preview Start to Preview End Frame to a Video file or series of images.

Export Subtitles

Exports Text strips, which can act as subtitles, to a SubRip file (.srt). The exported file contains all Text strips in the video sequence.

Display Mode

Mode to show different aspects of the composite result, for the current frame:

Image Preview

Render image preview.

Luma Waveform

Brightness/contrast analyzer.

Chroma Vectorscope

Color hue and saturation analyzer.

Histogram

RGB distribution histogram.

Display Channels

Color and Alpha

Display preview image with transparency over checkerboard pattern.

Color

Ignore transparency of preview image (fully transparent areas will be black).

Gizmos

You can use gizmos to pan and zoom image in the Sequencer preview region.