Kdenlive/Workgroup/Documentation
Kdenlive is a powerful tool with a lot of features but all the different menu entries, buttons and shortcuts can be sometimes confusing. The User Manual is important for beginners as well as advanced users searching for a specific feature. However maintaining the manual is a big task the small Kdenlive Core Team can't handle alone...
And that’s were you come in! If you are an advanced user it we need you to update old sections or write explanations of new features. But even if you have the feeling you are not experienced enough to write something, you can still update screenshots! If you benefit from the work others did on Kdenlive it is a great (and easy) opportunity to give something back to the project and the community!
Join the Kdenlive Manual Contributors Telegram Channel or the Kdenlive Main Matrix Room in case you do not use telegram to get in touch.
Getting Started
To edit a wiki page you need a KDE Identity / MyKDE Account.
If you never worked with the KDE Wikis before its the best to look at these instructions:
- Task and Tools: Add New Pages, Update Existing Content, Working with Languages
- Page elements: Basic Structure of a Wiki page
- Typographical Guidelines
- More markup help
TODO
The manual hasn't got much love in the past years. The main goal is to complete, update and translate the manual.
- Review the manual and identify outdated content
- Updated the content
- Update screenshots
- Move (and update) content from the website https://kdenlive.org to the manual (maybe create a "Howto" and "Behind the scene"/"Inside Kdenlive" chapter):
- Tutorials https://kdenlive.org/en/project/
- Toolbox https://kdenlive.org/en/toolbox/
- https://kdenlive.org/en/inside-kdenlive/ (or better move to the community wiki page ???)
List of Features
Clip Monitor, Project Monitor
| Feature | Comment | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Zoombar (Clip Monitor) | https://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors#Monitor_zoombar | actual version |
| Edit Mode (Effects) | ? | |
| Preview Resolution | https://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors#Preview_resolution | actual version |
| Overlayer | https://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors#Monitor_toolbar | actual version |
| Multi Track View (Project Monitor) | I assume this is meant https://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors#Multicam_Editing | actual version |
| Extract Frame | ? | |
| Interpolation | ? | |
| Deinterlacer | ? | |
| Monitor Gamma | ? | |
| Realtime | ? |
Effects
| Feature | Comment | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rotoscoping | ? | |
| LUT | ? |
Project Bin
| Feature | Comment | Status |
|---|---|---|
| View mode | ? | |
| Tags | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Projects_and_Files/Project_Tree | actual status |
| Rating | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Projects_and_Files/Project_Tree | actual status |
| Filter | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Projects_and_Files/Project_Tree | actual status |
| Sorting | ? | |
| Video Preview | ? | |
| Subclips | ? | |
| Clip Guides | ? | |
| Replace, Locate Clip | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Clip_Menu/Replace_Clip | actual status |
| Detect Scene Job | ? | |
| Speedchange Job | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Clip_Menu/Duplicate_Clip_with_speed_change | to be checked if outdated |
| Stabilization Job | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Clip_Menu/Stabilize | to be checked if outdated |
| Proxies (and external Proxies) | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Projects_and_Files/Clips#Proxy_clips | to be checked if outdated |
Timeline
| Feature | Comment | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tools: Selection, Razor, Spacer | ? | |
| Modes: Normal, Overwrite, Insert | ? | |
| Timeline Guides | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline/Editing | to be checked outdated |
| Selection: rubberband,… | ? | |
| Mixes (Inline Transitions) | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline/Editing#Same_track_transitions | actual version |
| Change Speed | ? | |
| Tracks: Order, Rename, Insert, Delete | ? | |
| Master Track | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline_Menu/Tracks#Master_effects | to be checked maybe outdated |
| Composition Mode | ? | |
| Zoombar | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline | actual version |
| Thumbnails: All, only in/out,… | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline#Configurable_thumbnails_for_each_track | actual version |
| Snapping | ? | |
| Align Audio | ? | |
| Remove Space | ? |
Global Settings
| Feature | Comment | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Misc | ? | |
| Timeline Settings | ? | |
| Project Defaults | ? | |
| Environment | ? | |
| Colors | ? | |
| Capture | ? | |
| Jog Shuttle | ? | |
| Playback | ? | |
| Transcode | ? |
| Feature | Comment | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Project Settings (=New Project) | ||
| DVD Wizard | Maybe removed soon | ? |
| Transcode Clip | ? | |
| OpentimelineIO | ? | |
| Layouts | Save, Load (& Chooser in the Mainwindow), Manage, Dock Area Orientation, Show Title Bars | ? |
| Audio Mixer | ? | |
| Audio Spectrum | ? | |
| Clip Properties | ? | |
| Compositions | ? | |
| Effect / Composition Stack | ? | |
| Scopes: Histogram, Waveform, Vectorscope, RGB Parade |
? | |
| Library | ? | |
| Media Browser / Import Dialog | ? | |
| Color Clips | ? | |
| Slideshows | ? | |
| Generators | ? | |
| Online Resources | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Project_Menu/Online_Resources | to be checked if all actual |
| Project Notes | ? | |
| Speech-to-Text: Subtitles and Text Edit | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline/Editing#Speech_to_text | actual version |
| Undo history | ? | |
| Archive Project | ? | |
| Backup / Autosave System | ? | |
| Rendering | ? | |
| Cache Management | ? | |
| Config Wizard | ? | |
| Style, Theme, Icons | ? | |
| Configure Keyboard Shortcuts | ? | |
| Reset Config | ? | |
| Subtitles: Track, Dock Widget, Im- / Export | https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline/Editing#Subtitle | actual version |
| Keymap Information | ? |
Screenshots
Here are some general tips on how to take screenshots and how to update an image in the kde wikis.
If you want to add or update a screenshot in the Kdenlive manual you should follow this rules:
- Use the the Breeze Dark Theme ( → → )
- Use the the Breeze Icons ( → )
Note