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.

Toolbar T

Show or hide the Toolbar.

Preview During Transform

Show a preview of the start or end frame while transforming a strip’s start/end handles.

Fit Preview in Window Home

Resize the preview so that it fits in the area.

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.

Sequence Render Image

Render the an image at the current frame.

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.

Toggle Sequencer/Preview Ctrl-Tab

Switch the editor display type between Sequencer and Preview.

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).

Overlays

Overlays are information that is displayed on top of the preview region. There is a switch to turn off/on all overlays for the preview region.

Preview Overlays

Frame Overlay

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

Safe Areas

Display an overlay on the preview, marking where the title safe regions are.

Metadata

Display Image metadata in the preview area.

Annotations

Displays Annotations in the preview region.

Gizmos

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