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Kdenlive
Kdenlive 15.12's dark skin
Kdenlive
is a feature-rich
non-linear video editor
Multi-track format allows interleaving of video and sound
Auto-save and undo support
Audio files, in multi-track, can be cut to tight synchronisation with your video
A wide range of effects and transitions are included and can be customized
Wide range of supported codecs for both input and output: DV (PAL/NTSC), MPEG2 (PAL/NTSC/HDV), Flash FLV, WMV, AVCHD (HDV), H.264, H.265, WebM (VP8, VP9), lossless ProRes, MP3, AC3, OGG Vorbis, FLAC and more
Can be seamlessly used with compositing editors such as
natron
or blender. Natron is a GPLv2 compositing editor for special effects in a similar vein as after effects and is an excellent sister project for kdenlive.
History
The Kdenlive project started in 2002 by Jason Wood.
The port to KDE4 started in 2008
by Jean-Baptiste Mardelle. This was an almost complete rewrite from the KDE3 version, that wasn't originally made to work with
MLT
. The KDE4 rewrite was finished in November 2008, with the release of Kdenlive 0.7
During the Randa meeting in August 2014, Kdenlive developers discussed the possibility to make Kdenlive an official KDE project.
In 2017, the development team of Kdenlive started a big refactoring of the timeline feature
. The refactoring moves the timeline feature to QML and allows better code maintainability. The refactoring ended in April 2019 with a sprint in Lyon
Screenshot
Some screenshot
Learn Kdenlive with:
QuickStart
for a short hands-on tutorial.
Manual
for elaborate description of Kdenlive.
Tutorials
mostly for learning specific tools or effects.
kdenlivetutorials.com
contains many tutorials.
Arkengheist 2.0 (Youtube) Kdenlive Tutorials
howto do's and tips & tricks
Getting involved
Get involved by contributing to this documentation, joining the
community wiki
and
reporting issues
Press coverage
Kdenlive has made appearances in the tech press:
2009-10-15
Linux Journal
wrote a comprehensive review, which ended with the verdict "There's a lot to like about Kdenlive, and I like it a lot. Its feature set is full enough to satisfy basic desktop video production needs, and its workflow is uncomplicated and easy to learn."
Installation/Download
Kdenlive is available in multiple GNU/Linux distribution repositories, but also as Appimage, Flatpack and Snap. Kdenlive is also available for Windows and old version are also available for MacOS. For more information consult the
Kdenlive download page
Installation Instructions
If you need help to install
Kdenlive
, look at this tutorial about
how to install KDE software
You can also directly compile from source, in this case consult the
developer wiki for Linux
build and this
blog post for Windows
build.
References
Commit: Starting KDE4 porting
Kdenlive 0.7 release (internet archive)
Randa meeting 2014 (internet archive)
Kdenlive – refactoring preview and news
Sprint 2019 in Lyon
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