kdenlive

The project was initially started by Jason Wood in 2002. The development of Kdenlive moved on from the K Desktop Environment 3 version (which wasn't originally made for MLT) to KDE Platform 4, with an almost complete rewrite. This was completed with Kdenlive 0.7, released on 12 November 2008.{{Cite web|url = https://kdenlive.org/users/j-b-m/kdenlive-07-released|title = Kdenlive 0.7 Released|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123717/https://kdenlive.org/users/j-b-m/kdenlive-07-released|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} Kdenlive 0.9.10 released on 1 October 2014 was the last KDE 4 release.

Kdenlive started to plan a move into the KDE Projects and its infrastructure in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://kdenlive.org/node/9182|title=Granjow's blog - Randa meeting 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417025302/https://kdenlive.org/node/9182|archive-date=17 April 2015|url-status=dead}} Port to KDE Frameworks 5 was finished with the release of 2015.04.0 as part of KDE Applications 5.{{Cite web|url=https://kdenlive.org/node/9430|title=Kdenlive to be released with KDE Applications 15.04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321095744/https://kdenlive.org/node/9430|archive-date=2015-03-21}} The move to KDE is ongoing.{{Cite web|url=https://kdenlive.org/node/9433|title=Kdenlive 15.04.0 released|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417032411/https://kdenlive.org/node/9433|archive-date=17 April 2015|url-status=dead}}

In early 2017 the development team started working on a refactoring of the program, and by June 2017 a first preview was available.{{Cite web|url=https://kdenlive.org/en/2017/06/kdenlive-refactoring-preview-and-news|title=Kdenlive – refactoring preview and news|date=20 June 2017|access-date=1 August 2018|website=kdenlive.org}} By December 2017 the refactoring became the main focus of the development team with the release of the first usable preview.{{Cite web|url=https://kdenlive.org/en/2017/12/kdenlive-17-12-0-released/|title=Kdenlive 17.12.0 released|date=15 December 2017|access-date=1 August 2018|website=kdenlive.org}} Release of the refactoring version was originally planned for August 2018 in the KDE 18.08 Applications release.{{cite web|last1=Mardelle|first1=Jean-Baptiste|title=Kdenlive: test the future|url=https://kdenlive.org/en/2018/07/kdenlive-test-the-future/|website=kdenlive.org|date=4 July 2018|access-date=14 August 2018}} The refactored version of Kdenlive was released on 22 April 2019 in the KDE 19.04 Applications release.{{cite web|url=https://kdenlive.org/en/2019/04/kdenlive-19-04-released/|title=Kdenlive 19.04 released|date=22 April 2019|website=kdenlive.org|access-date=8 December 2019}}

On 20 September 2022, KDE began the first fundraising drive for Kdenlive, with the funds to be used to implement major features and bring Kdenlive up to the standards of more professional video editors. By 18 October 2022, the initial goal of €15,000 had been met.{{cite web |title=Kdenlive Fundraiser |url=https://kdenlive.org/en/fund/ |website=Kdenlive Fundraiser - Kdenlive |publisher=KDE |access-date=18 October 2022}}

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KDE's Kdenlive makes use of MLT, Frei0r effects, SoX and LADSPA libraries. 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.Wikibooks:Kdenlive/What Kdenlive is{{cite web|url=http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-10-12/|title=KDE Commit-Digest - 12th October 2008|publisher=KDE.org|date=12 October 2008|access-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110075532/http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-10-12/|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Features|url=https://kdenlive.org/features|website=kdenlive.org|access-date=1 August 2018}}

• 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Kdenlive+Builder+Wizard?content=85826|title=Kdenlive Builder Wizard|publisher=Kde-apps.org|access-date=2013-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907230108/http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Kdenlive+Builder+Wizard?content=85826|archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Project files are stored in XML format.{{Cite web|url=https://kdenlive.org/en/project/kdenlive-proxy-clips/|title=Kdenlive Proxy Clips | Kdenlive}}
• An archiving feature allows exporting a project among all assets into a single folder or compressed archive.{{Cite web|url=https://docs.kdenlive.org/en/project_and_asset_management/file_management/archiving.html|title=Kdenlive/Project and Asset Management/File Management/Archiving - KDE UserBase Wiki|website=docs.kdenlive.org/en/}}

Kdenlive is available on FreeBSD, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, and on Linux

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