The Kdenlive Handbook

The Kdenlive Handbook

Jason M. Wood <jasonwood@blueyonder.co.uk>

Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@free.fr>


Revision 0.2.3

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Kdenlive is a non-linear video editor for KDE.

WARNING - this document has not yet been finished. In particular, information on contributors to Kdenlive, requirements for Kdenlive, installation instructions for Kdenlive and the changelog info are all wrong at present. Also, please contact me at <jasonwood@blueyonder.co.uk> rather than bugging any of the kde mailing lists.

Cheers,

Jason


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
What is a video editor?
What is the difference between linear editing and non-linear editing?
2. Quick Start Guide
The Main Window
The Project Panel
The Monitor Panel
The Timeline
Adding clips to your project
Dragging clips to the timeline
Selecting Clips on the Timeline
Moving and Resizing Clips on the Timeline
Removing clips from the timeline
3. Using Kdenlive
The Project List
Adding Clips to the Project
Deleting clips via the Project List
Examining Clip Properties
Clean Project - Removing unused Clips
The Debug Panel
The Effect List
The Effect Setup Panel
The Timeline
The Clip Monitor
The Workspace Monitor
Rendering your project
Loading and Saving your project
Setup the Renderer
4. Command Reference
The main Kdenlive window
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The Project Menu
The Timeline Menu
The Render Menu
The Layout Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
5. Developer's Guide to Kdenlive
6. Known Issues, Workarounds and Recovery Procedures
7. Questions and Answers
8. Credits and License
A. Installation
How to obtain Kdenlive
Requirements
Compilation and Installation
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