Kdenlive is an acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. It works on GNU/Linux, Windows and BSD. Through the MLT framework, Kdenlive integrates many plugin effects for video and sound processing or creation. Furthermore Kdenlive brings a powerful titling tool, a DVD authoring (menus) solution, and can then be used as a complete studio for video creation.
Kdenlive supports all of the formats supported by FFmpeg or libav (such as QuickTime, AVI, WMV, MPEG, and Flash Video, among others), and also supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios for both PAL, NTSC and various HD standards, including HDV and AVCHD. Video can also be exported to DV devices, or written to a DVD with chapters and a simple menu.
Video editing features:
- Multi-track editing with a timeline and supports an unlimited number of video and audio tracks.
- A built-in title editor and tools to create, move, crop and delete video clips, audio clips, text clips and image clips.
- Ability to add custom effects and transitions.
- A wide range of effects and transitions. Audio signal processing capabilities include normalization, phase and pitch shifting, limiting, volume adjustment, reverb and equalization filters as well as others. Visual effects include options for masking, blue-screen, distortions, rotations, colour tools, blurring, obscuring and others.
- Configurable keyboard shortcuts and interface layouts.
- Rendering is done using a separate non-blocking process so it can be stopped, paused and restarted.
- Kdenlive also provides a script called the Kdenlive Builder Wizard (KBW) that compiles the latest developer version of the software and its main dependencies from source, to allow users to try to test new features and report problems on the bug tracker.
- Project files are stored in XML format.
- An archiving feature allows exporting a project among all assets into a single folder or compressed archive.
- Built-in audio mixer
Kdenlive 26.04.0 changelog highlights:
- Mirror to External Monitor: New feature allowing you to duplicate the project monitor output to a secondary external display while keeping the UI on your main screen.
- Animated Transition Previews: The transition list now provides animated previews, making it easier to visualize effects before applying them.
- Audio Thumbnails for Sequences: Kdenlive now generates audio waveforms for nested sequences, improving workflow for complex multi-sequence projects.
- Direct Timeline Import: A new "Import to Project and Add to Timeline" entry in the context menu allows adding files to a specific click position instantly.
- Mouse-Position Zooming: Added an option to always zoom the timeline based on the mouse cursor position instead of the playhead.
- Auto-Adjusting Transitions: Dropping a transition onto the timeline now automatically snaps its duration to match the clips above or below it.
- Multi-Clip Speed Changes: You can now select and change the speed of multiple clips simultaneously.
- Enhanced Group Handling: Improvements to managing grouped clips, including the ability to move or delete selected items within a group using Alt + Select.
- Timeline Workflow Polish: Added a feature to expand or collapse all effects in the effect stack using Shift + Click.
- Searchable Project Notes: The Project Notes widget now includes a search feature and supports standard search shortcuts.
- Improved Color Feedback: The timecode widget now changes color based on which monitor (Clip or Project) is currently active.
- Last-Used LUT Memory: The application now remembers the last used LUT (Look-Up Table) files, streamlining color correction tasks.
- Rendering Improvements: Added the ability to set specific interpolation methods for scaling operations directly within the render settings.
- Active Document Checker: The rewritten Document Checker now automatically scans for missing clips, proxies, and effects upon opening a project to prevent corruption.
- Sound Notifications: You can now enable a sound notification to trigger once a long rendering process is completed. [full release notes]
Download: Kdenlive 26.04.0 | 128.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Standalone Executable
Links: Kdenlive Home page | Other Operating Systems