BL Easy Crop lets you click and drag handles to crop in Blender's Video 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:
Crops can also be animated. Turn on Auto Keying and drag a handle, and the keyframes are inserted for you.
- Blender 4.4+
- Works with all strip types that support cropping
From Blender. Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, search for "BL Easy Crop", and press Install.
From a zip. Download the latest zip and install it as an extension: Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, then the drop-down arrow at the top right > Install from Disk, and pick the zip.
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