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 ======Kdenlive======
-Kdenlive is a video editing application aimed at the professional video editor.
+Kdenlive is a video editing application aimed at the professional video editor. It can ingest, edit, affect, correct, and render motion pictures.
-It can ingest, edit, affect, correct, and render motion pictures.
+Pragmatically speaking, if you are doing serious, full-time video editing on Linux, you are either using Kdenlive or [[lightworks|Lightworks]]. Kdenlive is less analytical in its workflow style, and encourages free-flowing, timeline-centric experimentation, while Lightworks is older and more mature but has a more traditional, Steenbeck-inspired workflow. If you are new to editing on Linux, evaluate them both and see which one suits your needs.
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-Partly because it otherwise resembles some popular closed source editors, there are a few particularly glaring gaps in the timeline-oriented toolset (no region select, no roll-edits, no slips or slides, inability to group-delete clips), and oversights in general functionality (no way in the GUI to duplicate and edit a title or lower-third, the inability to have more than one timeline per project, no insert edit function).
+Partly because it otherwise resembles some popular closed source editors, there are a few particularly glaring gaps in the timeline-oriented toolset (no region select, no roll-edits, no slips or slides, inability to group-delete clips), and oversights in general functionality (no way in the GUI to duplicate and edit a title or lower-third, the inability to have more than one timeline per project, no insert-edit function).
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-Kdenlive uses a set of very powerful libraries to accomplish the amazing things that it does, but sometimes this tempts you to over-estimate its flexibility. Yes, it permits you to import any variety of codec, and it allows you to edit the footage, but there's no guarantee that it will not then crash, corrupt your project file, or just skip and stutter its way through your work. Kdenlive never warns you or gives you any sign that you are using a non-optimal format (because it has not been programmed to check for errors in playback or to recommend optimised format settings). This leaves it up to you to use safe video and audio formats.
+Kdenlive uses a set of powerful libraries to accomplish the amazing things that it does, but sometimes this tempts you to over-estimate its flexibility. Yes, it permits you to import any variety of codec, and it allows you to edit the footage, but there's no guarantee that it can handle these formats //gracefully//. It's up to you to know your codecs and use safe video and audio formats.
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-Kdenlive has many dependencies, some of which are not strictly necessary for it
-to work but the absence of which may restrict certain features from working.
+===== Install =====
-Depending on whether you care about the features depends on how you intend to
-use Kdenlive; if you do not intend to ever import DV footage from tape, or use
+Kdenlive has many dependencies, some of which are not strictly necessary for it to work but the absence of which may restrict certain features from working. Whether you care about the features depends on how you intend to use Kdenlive; if you do not intend to ever import DV footage from tape, or use Kdenlive as a frontend for screencasting, then installing dependencies for those features are not important. If you aren't sure, then install everything.
-Kdenlive as a frontend for screencasting, then installing dependencies for
-those features are not important. If you aren't sure, then install everything.
 Once all the dependencies are installed, the Slackbuild for Kdenlive is simple.
-Important
+All dependencies, and Kdenlive itself, can be installed from [[http://slackbuilds.org]].
-Kdenlive builds directly upon the mlt framework. If you are attempting to
+[{{ kdenlive.png?666 | Kdenlive is an industry-grade video editor.}}]
-compile Kdenlive shortly after a new release of mlt, then you might find a
-sudden incompatibility. If this happens, then you have three options;
-. Regress one version for both Kdenlive and mlt, bringing the two codebases
+Kdenlive builds directly upon the ''mlt'' framework. If you are attempting to compile Kdenlive shortly after a new release of ''mlt'', then you might find a sudden incompatibility. If this happens, then you have three options, plus one;
-    back into sync.
-. Investigate to find out what the developers have used to compile their own
+  -Regress one version for both Kdenlive and mlt, bringing the two codebases back into sync.
-    versions, and follow their example by compiling either mlt or Kdenlive from
+  -Investigate to find out what the developers have used to compile their own versions, and follow their example by compiling either mlt or Kdenlive from svn to bring in any fixes or modifications that have been developed to account for the breakage.
-    svn to bring in any fixes or modifications that have been developed to
+  -Wait for a new release which fixes the breakage from either mlt or kdenlive. Chances are the breakage is a known issue and a release that fixes the error is only a week or two away.
-    account for the breakage.
+  -As always, contact Slackermedia. See what is currently being run on our production machines.
-. Wait for a new release which fixes the breakage from either mlt or kdenlive
-    . Chances are the breakage is a known issue and a release that fixes the
-    error is only a week or two away.
-. Check with Slackermedia to see what is currently being run on our
+Once Kdenlive is installed, visit the ''View'' and ''Settings'' menus to customise the interface to your liking.
-    production machines.
+===== Slackermedia/OpenSource.com Tutorials =====
+A complete crash course for Kdenlive, written by the Slackermedia maintainer, is available as a series of articles on
+[[http://opensource.com/life/11/11/introduction-kdenlive|OpenSource.com]].
+Those articles have also been compiled into a [[http://opensource.com/resources/ebook/video-editing|free ebook]].
+A series of additional tips and tricks are available on [[https://opensource.com/tags/kdenlive|opensource.com/tags/kdenlive]].
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 **See Also** \\
-Lightworks \\
+[[lightworks|Lightworks]] \\
-Blender
+[[https://github.com/jliljebl/flowblade|Flowblade]]
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