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I'm brand new to Blender. Had used KDenlive for video editing a couple times, but it wouldn't handle the large file (30 minutes) I'm working with now. I keep web-searching & keep finding adjacent things or old answers to different versions of Blender.

So I have the 30 minute video. I deleted the first minute. I cut out a 2-3 minute section, and I want to export that section as a .mp4 or... webm or whatever is recommended nowadays.

Video editor screen

So I just keep poking around and getting overwhelmed. What/where do I click to export this first little section to video? (and I assume it would be similar for exporting the full thing as a video file?)

Thanks

Reed
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    Hi, welcome to Blender.se. Please spend more time on basic research. – Leander Dec 18 '19 at 17:40
  • Oh golly. I did. Looked at the same stuff like 10 different times. Took a break & came back & i think I found it now. There's just so many controls I can't make sense of what's even there. – Reed Dec 18 '19 at 17:44
  • For the future: output tab – Leander Dec 18 '19 at 17:44
  • I chose the 'ffmpeg' file format, webm container, FLAC audio, and set the output director to ~/Videos/blender. Also set the frame start=0 & frameend=4871. But I can't find the button to actually.. save it – Reed Dec 18 '19 at 17:50
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    This is called "rendering". Try to search for that term. – Leander Dec 18 '19 at 17:56
  • https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/output/animation.html 6.) Save your blend-file. - done 7) Press the big *Animation* button. - can't find the "big animation button" – Reed Dec 18 '19 at 18:03
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    Here are lots of screenshots for the whole process https://generallyplayful.com/hints/rendering-in-blender-2-8/ – Leander Dec 18 '19 at 18:12
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    Just in case. Rendering Screenshot – Leander Dec 18 '19 at 18:23
  • @Leander, that looks like what I needed. thank you much. – Reed Dec 18 '19 at 19:33
  • I got it! :D Once I knew the right buttons to click, I was able to figure out (because of an error message at the bottom) that there were codec-related problems. Then I just... poked around at different codec options. Ended FFMPEG file format, MPE4 container, H.264 Video codec, and Vorbis Audio Codec, and it all is working. – Reed Dec 18 '19 at 20:35

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