Stop exporting your clips to other apps to complete the job.
The Blender Video Sequencer just became a full professional editor.
Captions, rotoscoping, studio audio, multicam and AI, all inside the timeline you already have open. It’s the biggest overhaul the VSE has ever had, and the free version is one click away.
No card. No catch. Installs in about a minute. Blender 4.2 or newer.
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Be honest: how many apps did your last edit touch?
Cut it in one. Caption it in another. Fix the audio in a third. Colour it in a fourth. Every hand-off is an export, a re-encode, a re-import and one more chance for something to slip out of sync. You didn’t get into video to become a courier for your own files.
The export tax
Every round trip squeezes your footage through another encode. Quality drops a little each time. So does your patience.
The subscription pile
A monthly bill for every app you only half use, just to patch the gaps in the one you actually like.
The flow killer
You were in the zone. Then you alt-tabbed into a different interface with different shortcuts, and the zone was gone.
The final_v7_REAL_final graveyard
Five apps, five versions of one project, and a single slip means redoing the whole chain.
Here’s what nobody told you: you never needed those apps. You just didn’t have the tools inside Blender. Now you do.
13 tools. Zero dollars. Each could have been its own paid add-on.
Captions, rotoscoping, a real mixer, VST plugins, stabilisation and a direct-to-social exporter. Every one has its own tick box, so you switch on what you need.
Video clip: VST Audio Plugins
VST Audio Plugins
Run VST3 plugins on your audio without leaving the timeline. Eight studio plugins are built in, from denoiser to reverb, and your original file is never touched.
Video clip: Audio Mixer & Recording
Audio Mixer & Recording
Balance voice against music with faders and live meters in the sidebar. Hit record and your voice lands on the timeline exactly where you need it.
Video clip: Colour Correction & Effects
Colour Correction & Effects
92 presets for colour, blur, detail, keying and light, sitting in Blender’s own asset libraries. Drag one on and the shot changes instantly.
Video clip: Project Media Bin
Project Media Bin
Folders and thumbnails right inside the sequencer. Spot the clip, drag it down, keep cutting. No more hunting through folders while your momentum drains.
Video clip: Transitions
Transitions
Select two strips, pick a look and it builds the whole thing. 48 dissolves, pushes, wipes, glitches and light leaks, with full control over timing and easing.
Video clip: Rotoscoping
Rotoscoping
Click your subject and SAM 2 tracks it through the whole clip. The frame-by-frame grind that made editors give up on effects is over.
Video clip: Face Detection
Face Detection
Detect every face, bake a soft matte and grade only the people you choose. Skin tones that look right while the background stays moody.
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Camera Shake
Eight presets, from Minor Smooth to Heavy Rough, give locked-off shots a real handheld feel. The clip scales itself so the edges never show.
Video clip: Animated Text Templates
Animated Text Templates
A library of animated titles ready to drop on your timeline. Type your words and it moves like it cost a motion designer.
Video clip: AutoCaptions
AutoCaptions
One click puts word-timed captions on your timeline, then restyle them from 24 templates. Ready for 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1. No captions app, no uploads.
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Audio Transcription
Turn speech into text without leaving the timeline. No hand-typing, and no sending your footage to anybody’s server.
Video clip: Social Media Exporter
Social Media Exporter
Pick a platform preset and export straight from Blender. Right size, right format, no detour through another app.
Video clip: Video Stabilisation
Video Stabilisation
Smooth out shaky handheld footage right in the sequencer. No export, no other app, no round trip.
VST Audio and Face Detection need Blender 5.1+. VST Audio is Windows 64-bit only.
Free gets you out of the other apps. Pro is where it gets unfair.
Everything in Free, plus 10 tools built to delete the slowest, most tedious and most expensive parts of editing. The work you used to dread, or pay someone else to do. Imagine your next edit with the boring half simply gone.
Video clip: Titles & Lower Thirds Library
Titles & Lower Thirds Library
A large animated library of titles and lower thirds. Broadcast-grade graphics with zero keyframing.
Video clip: Film-Grade Presets Library
Film-Grade Presets Library
A large library of cinematic looks. One click takes flat footage to something that feels like a finished film.
Video clip: Advanced Captions
Advanced Captions
Go beyond Free with deeper styling and full transcription control, so your captions look like a brand and not a default.
Video clip: Multicam & Auto-Sync
Multicam & Auto-Sync
Lines up every camera by its audio waveform. Cut live with number keys, or let it cut to whoever is talking. No clapperboard.
Video clip: Advanced AI Upscaling
Advanced AI Upscaling
Lift soft footage to sharp, right from the sidebar. Rescue the shot you thought was unusable.
Video clip: Speed Ramping & Optical Flow
Speed Ramping & Optical Flow
Silky speed ramps and buttery slow motion, powered by true optical-flow time remapping.
Video clip: Smart Colour Match / Auto Grade
Smart Colour Match / Auto Grade
Analyses your clips and makes every shot look like it belongs in the same film. Matched in clicks, not hours.
Video clip: Remove Filler Words
Remove Filler Words
Finds every um, uh and er, cuts them and closes the gaps. Review the list first, then cut.
Video clip: Animated Object Presets
Animated Object Presets
20 one-click motion presets for text, logos and clips. Motion graphics without the keyframes.
Video clip: AI Enhance Speech
AI Enhance Speech
Cleans echoey, hissy, traffic-filled speech right on your sound strips. Your original stays, muted, as a safety net.
Pick your level of unfair advantage.
Free is a no-brainer. Pro is where you stop competing with editors who are still juggling five apps.
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Included in Free (13) | ||
| VST Audio Plugins | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio Mixer & Recording | ✓ | ✓ |
| Colour Correction & Effects | ✓ | ✓ |
| Project Media Bin | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transitions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rotoscoping | ✓ | ✓ |
| Face Detection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Camera Shake | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animated Text Templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| AutoCaptions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio Transcription | ✓ | ✓ |
| Social Media Exporter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video Stabilisation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pro only (10) | ||
| Titles & Lower Thirds Library | – | ✓ |
| Film-Grade Presets Library | – | ✓ |
| Advanced Captions | – | ✓ |
| Multicam & Auto-Sync | – | ✓ |
| Advanced AI Upscaling | – | ✓ |
| Speed Ramping & Optical Flow | – | ✓ |
| Smart Colour Match / Auto Grade | – | ✓ |
| Remove Filler Words | – | ✓ |
| Animated Object Presets | – | ✓ |
| AI Enhance Speech | – | ✓ |
$0Yours forever |
$64One-time, about £49 | |
Questions, answered.
Is the free version really free?
Yes. 13 tools, no card, no trial timer. Use it for as long as you like. Pro is there if you want the extra firepower.
What do I need to run it?
Blender 4.2 or newer. Install from disk in Preferences > Get Extensions. Face Detection and VST Audio need Blender 5.1+, and VST Audio is Windows 64-bit only.
Can I install Free and Pro together?
Install one. Pro already contains everything in Free, and if both are present the free copy switches itself off.
Does my footage get uploaded anywhere?
No. Processing runs on your own computer. A few AI tools offer an optional one-time download of their models, and that’s the only network use.
Can I upgrade later?
Any time. Start free, see how much you stop exporting, then unlock Pro when you’re ready.
Your next edit can stay in one place.
Every export you skip is quality kept, time saved and focus protected. Start free today. Go Pro when you want the unfair advantage.