Now that you have a little understanding about the layout of Kdenlive, it is time to add some clips to the project. Now, it goes without saying that to get any further, you will need to have some clips on your computer that you can use. At this moment in time, Kdenlive does not include capture capabilities, and so you must use another application to get the clips that you want. I recommend Kino, which you can download from http://kino.schirmacher.de/.
Now that you have some clips, you can add them to your project. Select the Project List tab on the project pane, and then right click on it to bring up the context menu. From here, select Add Clips to bring up a standard KDE open dialog. Find your clips, select as many as you want to add, and they will be added!
Caution
Attempting to add some invalid file types to the project may cause the underlying renderer to crash. This is a known bug, if it occurs, then simply save your project (it is safe to do so, although it is recommended that you save as a different filename), close Kdenlive and restart. See the Known Issues section for more details.
Your added clips will now appear in the project list, along with their duration and a few other pieces of information about them.
