BL Easy Crop lets you click and drag handles to crop in Blender's Visual Sequence Editor / preview window. With this extension Blender's built-in crop looks and behaves a bit more like the other transforms: rotate, scale, move and transform. It can be accessed via the preview window toolbar, menus or keyboard shortcut (default "Shift + C").
Credit to the old https://github.com/doakey3/VSE_Transform_Tools for numerous bits of help while trying to get this thing to work.
Also credit to nickberckley for gizmo tips and custom icon assistance https://github.com/nickberckley
Quick breakdown of menu options, etc:
- Blender 4.4+
- Works with all strip types that support cropping
Download the latest zip. Install it as a zip file like this:
It should just work right away after installing. If the addon doesn't appear after installation:
- Make sure you're using Blender 4.4 or newer
- Check the console for any error messages
- Try restarting Blender after installation