Written Tutorials

Note Some of these written tutorials were created a long time ago and reference much older versions of Kdenlive. While underlying techniques may still work, Kdenlive has added many new features or changed the way editing can be done in the meantime.

See Quick Start for a step-by-step introductory tutorial

Introduction to Kdenlive by Seth Kenlon

10 tools for visual effects with Kdenlive by Seth Kenlon

Basic masking in Kdenlive by Seth Kenlon *[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 *[OS]: Operating System