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|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''

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|| '''Slide Number 1'''
'''Title Slide '''
|| Welcome to the tutorial on '''Introduction to Blender Video Editor'''.

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|| '''Slide Number 2'''
'''Learning Objectives'''
|| In this tutorial, we will learn to,
* Download and install '''Blender''' 2.82a on
** '''Windows''' 10 OS and 
** '''Ubuntu Linux''' 16.04 OS
* Open the '''Blender''' interface
* Add a video file to the sequencer panel

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|| '''Slide Number 3'''
'''Learning Objectives'''
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* Zoom and move the video in the preview panel
* Play an excerpt of the video in the preview panel
* Toggle time and frame number in sequence header and 
* Save the project

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|| '''Slide Number 4'''
'''System and Software Requirement'''
|| To record this tutorial, I am using

* '''Ubuntu Linux''' v16.04 OS
* '''Firefox''' web browser v75
* '''Windows''' 10 OS
* '''Microsoft Edge''' 40 web browser 
* '''Blender''' v2.82a and

A working internet to download '''Blender'''.

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|| '''Slide Number 5'''
'''Pre-requisites'''

[https://spoken-tutorial.org/ https://spoken-tutorial.org] '''
|| To follow this tutorial, 

* Learner must be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills.
* For pre-requisite tutorials, please visit this site.

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|| '''Slide Number 6'''
'''Code Files'''
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* Files used in this tutorial are provided in the '''code files''' link.
* Please download and extract the files.
* Make a copy and then use them while practising.

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|| '''Slide Number 7'''

'''Chapter link'''

[https://www.blender.org/download https://www.blender.org/download] 
|| The Download link for '''Blender''' is shown here.

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|| Open web browser.
|| Open any web browser and go to the given blender download link.

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|| Cursor next to '''Download 2.82a'''.
|| The current release is 2.82a.

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|| Cursor next to '''Download 2.82a'''.
|| When you practice this tutorial, the version number may be different.

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|| Click on '''Windows, macOS and other versions link''' and hover over the options.
|| Click on the pull down as seen.

Notice the downloadable files for many operating systems.
Here, we can also see the source code for '''blender'''.

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|| '''Slide Number 8'''
'''Download and install on Windows 19 OS'''
|| Now, let’s Download and install '''Blender''' on '''Windows''' 10 OS.

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|| Choose '''Windows Portable (.zip)''' option.
|| I will choose the '''windows Portable (zip)''' file installer.

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|| Show the downloading file message.
|| The download may start automatically in some systems.

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|| Show a clip of save file dialogue box.
|| If a dialogue box opens, choose to the '''Save File''' option and click on '''OK''' as seen here.

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|| Show the completed file download icon.
|| Allow the file download to complete.

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|| Open the '''file manager'''.
|| Open the '''file manager'''.

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|| Go to the '''Downloads''' folder.
|| Go to the '''Downloads''' folder. 
The file is downloaded into this folder for me.

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|| Select the file'''blender-2.82a-windoes64.gz '''.
|| Right click to open the context menu.
Select the zipped file and right click on it, to open the context menu.

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|| Click on '''Extract All'''.
|| Click on '''Extract All'''.
An Extract all dialogue box opens.

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|| Cursor on the progress bar.
|| Extraction takes a minute or so and we can see the progress.

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|| Cursor in the screen.
|| Allow the process to be completed.

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|| Cursor on the '''blender-2.82a-windoes64''' folder.
|| Notice the extracted '''blender''' folder in the '''downloads''' folder as seen here.

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|| Go to the '''blender-2.82a-windoes64''' folder.
|| Enter the newly created '''blender''' folder.

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|| Again Go to the '''blender-2.82a-windoes64''' folder.
(Add annotation: Some users will not need this second step of entering the folder).
|| Again, enter the '''blender''' directory in the folder.

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|| Cursor on the '''blender''' application file.
|| Notice the blender application in this folder.

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|| Double click on the '''blender''' application file.
|| The program is already compiled for you.
Double click on the '''blender''' application file, to open the '''blender''' interface.

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|| '''Slide Number 9'''

'''Download and install on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 OS'''
|| Let’s Download and install '''Blender''' on '''Ubuntu Linux 16.04 OS'''

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|| Click on '''Download Blender 2.82a'''.
|| Click on the '''Download Blender 2.82a''' link seen in the blue color box.

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|| 
|| The page refreshes and a save file dialogue box opens.

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|| Choose the '''Save File''' option and click on '''OK'''.
|| Choose the '''Save File''' option and click on '''OK''' to download the files.

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|| Show download completed icon.
|| Allow the download to complete.

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|| Open the '''file manager''' and go to '''Downloads''' folder.
|| Open the '''file manager''' and go to '''Downloads''' folder.
My downloaded file is in the '''downloads''' folder.

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|| Cursor on '''blender-2.82a-linux64.tar.xz''' file.
|| Notice the downloaded '''blender xz''' file.

Let’s open a '''terminal''', extract the files and open the '''blender''' interface.

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|| Press''' Ctrl+Alt+T''' .
|| Open the '''terminal''' by pressing '''Control, Alt''' and '''T''' keys together.

A '''terminal''' opens.

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|| Type '''cd Downloads''' and press '''Enter'''.
|| Change the directory to the '''Downloads''' folder.

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|| Type '''tar -xvf blender-2.82a-linux64.tar.xz''' and press '''Enter'''.
|| Type the command as seen here to extract the files.

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|| In the Downloads folder, Hover mouse on '''blender-2.82a-linux64''' .
|| The files are extracted to a new directory as seen here.

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|| 
|| This sentence is not required, you will be showing the extracted file after the process is complete.Allow the process to complete. 

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|| Type, '''cd blender-2.82a-linux64''' and press '''Enter'''.
|| Enter the newly created directory by using the '''cd''' command as seen here.

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|| Type, '''ls''' and press '''Enter'''.
|| Type '''ls''' to list the files in the directory.

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|| Scroll up and show the blender file.
|| Scroll up and notice the b'''Blender''' file. It is already compiled for you.

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|| Cursor next to '''blender''' file.
|| For me, the listed files are color coded.

The green color for me indicates, it is an executable.

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|| '''Slide Number 10'''

'''Change to Executable File'''
|| If you have a non-executable file, please use the command as shown here.
'''>chmod u+x blender'''

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|| Press '''Ctrl+L'''.
|| I will clear the screen for clarity.

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|| Type '''./blender''' and press '''Enter'''.
|| In the '''terminal''' prompt type dot slash '''blender'''.
Press '''Enter''' execute the command and open the program.

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|| Show '''blender''' interface.
|| The '''blender''' interface opens.

Let’s change the interface appearance and colors.

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|| Click on '''Edit, Preferences'''.
|| Click on '''Edit, Preferences'''.

The '''blender preferences''' dialogue box opens.

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|| Click on '''Themes'''.
|| Click on '''Themes''', seen on the left side frame.

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|| From the pulldown on top right, choose '''blender light'''.
|| From the pulldown on top right, choose '''blender light'''.

The interface changes to a lighter shade.

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|| Click on the x sign.
|| Click on the x sign on top left to close the dialogue box.

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|| Click on '''File, New, Video Editing'''.
|| Click on '''File, New''' in the top menu.

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|| Hover cursor on the 4 options.
|| I can see 5 options.You did not mention about the General option.We can see four options, '''2D animation, sculpting, VFX''' and '''video editing'''.

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|| Click on '''Video Editing'''.
|| Click on the '''Video Editing''' option.

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|| Show changed interface.
|| The interface changes to the '''video editing''' mode.

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|| Cursor on the interface.
|| Let’s choose a video file to edit.

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|| Cursor on the folder and the '''/home/''' in the left panel.
|| Panel on top left, is a file browser to browse through files and folders. similar.

It is in the user home directory now.

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|| Scroll down and select the '''Videos''' folder.
|| I have downloaded and saved the input file in the '''Videos''' folder.

Scroll down and select the '''Videos''' folder.

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|| Double click to change directory to '''Videos'''.
|| Double click to change directory to '''Videos'''.
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|| Show the file '''firstvideo.webm'''.
|| My input video is a '''webm''' format video file.
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|| Select '''firstvideo.webm''' .
|| You need not mention this.It is a part of this very video.

Select the file. 
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|| Left click, hold and drop the icon on the '''sequencer panel'''.
|| Left click, hold and drop the icon on the '''Sequencer panel''' in the bottom.

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|| Cursor on the video and audio strips on the sequencer.
|| The video gets added to the sequencer channel.

You will see two strips.
The blue strip is the video part.
The green strip is the audio part of the video.

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|| Hover cursor on the '''Preview''' panel.
|| In the preview panel, by default the video is zoom in, so to see the complete video we have to zoom out the video.Notice that, we can also see a preview of the video in the '''Preview''' panel.

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|| Left click, hold on the zoom plus sign in the preview panel.
|| To adjust the zoom level in the preview panel, do the following.

Left click, hold on the zoom plus sign seen on the right side of the preview panel.

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|| Show zoom in and zoom out.
|| Use the mouse scroll wheel to adjust to desired zoom level.

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|| Left click, hold and move the video in the preview panel.
|| To move the video, click and hold the palm sign on the right side. 


Then move the video in the preview panel.
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|| Place cursor on the time position number, on sequencer panel and left click.
|| Place the cursor on the numbers at the top of the sequencer panel.

Then left click.

It shows the time position in the video.

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|| Press '''Ctrl+T'''.
|| Press Control and T keys together.

This toggles the time information to the frame number in the sequencer header Sequencer header'''timeline'''.

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|| Press the '''space bar'''.
|| Let’s play the video for a few seconds.

Press the '''space bar''' to play the video.

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|| 
|| The video plays on the preview panel.

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|| Press the '''space bar'''.
|| Press '''space bar''' again to stop playing the video.

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|| Hover cursor next to the '''Video editing''' and '''Rendering''' workspaces.
|| Notice the '''Video editing''' and '''Rendering''' workspaces or tabs on the top menu.

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|| Hover cursor on the settings panel.
|| On the right side, notice the settings panel.

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|| cursor on the settings panel.
|| We can change the output settings here.

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|| Let’s save the project.

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|| Click on '''File, Save'''.
|| Click on '''File, Save''' to open a save dialogue box.

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|| Choose Videos folder and type filename '''firstproject'''.
|| I will save the files in the Videos folder and type a filename, '''firstproject'''. 

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|| Click on '''Save Blender File'''.
|| Please mention the position of Save Blender File button first then say Click on Save Blender File button.Click on please narrate the position of this button'''Save Blender File'''.

It is seen at the lower right side.

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|| Click on '''File, Quit'''.
|| Click on '''File, Quit '''to quit Blender.

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|| '''Slide Number'''

'''Summary 11'''

|| Now let’s summarize. In this tutorial, we

* Downloaded and installed Blender on
** Windows 10 OS and 
** Ubuntu Linux 16.04 OS
* Opened the blender interface

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'''Summary 12'''
|| * Added a video to the sequencer panel
* Played the video in preview panel
* Toggle time and frame number in sequence header and 
* Saved the project

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'''Assignment 13'''
|| For assignment activity, please do the following. 

* Explore the '''Blender''' interface and 
* Browse through the '''Blender''' user forum in the given link.
[https://www.blender.org/forum/ https://www.blender.org/forum/] 

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|| '''Slide Number 15'''
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You will have to register to ask questions.

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|| '''Slide Number 17'''
'''Forum for specific questions'''

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* The Spoken Tutorial forum is for specific questions on this tutorial.
* Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them.
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|| '''Slide Number 18'''

'''Acknowledgement'''
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|| This is Rani from IIT, Bombay. Thank you for joining.

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