Getting started

Welcome to Kdenlive! This chapter will get you started with Kdenlive in no time.

Introduction - This chapter talks about what Kdenlive is and is not, and some of the features you can expect

Installation - This chapter will cover everything from minimum system requirements to installing Kdenlive on Linux, Windows and MacOS

Quick Start - This chapter shows you step by step how to create a new project, add clips, work with the timeline, add effects and music, and finally how to render your project into a video

Tutorials - This chapter contains links to written tutorials and video tutorials on YouTube

Configuration - This chapter describes the various configuration settings available in Kdenlive to adapt it to your preferences and editing workflow *[RGB]: Red, Green, Blue *[VFX]: Visual Effects *[feathering]: Smoothing or blurring the edges of a feature *[LFO]: Low-Frequency Oscillation *[dB]: decibel *[LUFS]: Loudness Units Full Scale *[AI]: Artificial Intelligence *[LLM]: Large Language Model *[HSV]: Hue, Saturation, Value *[SOP/Sat]: S(lope), O(ffset), P(ower) / SATuration *[CDL]: Color Decision List *[HSL]: Hue, Saturation, Lightness - Using HSL color space is useful for subtle color changes *[px]: pixel *[hh:mm:ss:ff]: hours:minutes:seconds:frames *[Hz]: Hertz *[CIE]: Commission internationale de l'éclairage, French for International Commission on Illumination *[DCI]: Digital Cinema Initiative *[nadir]: direction pointing directly below a particular location