Add Clip or Folder
Clips in the context of the Project Bin are all external assets that are imported into Kdenlive. That includes videos , audio files , images , and .json animations , as well as Krita image archives.
For other asset types see title clips and template titles, color clips, animation, and image sequence.
In the project bin toolbar click the kdenlive-add-clipAdd Clip or Folder button, or double click an empty space in the project bin. This brings up the Add Clip Dialog where you can choose video, audio, animation, or still image files (individually or as an image sequence) to add to your project.
Hint Of course, you can also drag and drop files into the project bin from your OS file manager of choice.
| 1 | go-previousGo back goes back in your navigation or browsing history |
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| go-nextGo forward goes forward in your navigation or browsing history | |
| go-upGo up goes up one level in the file system folder hierarchy | |
| folder-newAdd folder creates a new folder in the current project bin. These are virtual folders that help you organize large bins. Folders can be turned into their own bins. | |
| 2 | view-refreshRefresh document refreshes the current view (default keyboard shortcut F5) |
| 3 | view-list-iconsIcons View switches to icon view |
| view-list-detailsCompact View switches to compact view | |
| view-list-treeDetails View switches to details view | |
| 4 | view-previewShow Preview opens the preview pane to display a preview of the file where the mouse pointer is hovering over (default keyboard shortcut F12) |
| 5 | view-sortSorting opens a context list menu to specify sort field, sort order, and position of folders and hidden files |
| 6 | Use the slider or the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to increase or decrease the icon size |
| 7 | folder-newNew folder opens the new folder dialog window (default keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+N) |
| 8 | configureOptions opens a context list menu to specify what to show |
| 9 | Import image sequence enables the import of a series of images that can be used to make a stop motion animation (see also Image Sequence) |
| 10 | Ignore subfolder structure enables importing video footage or audio recording folders while automatically ignoring any sub-folder structures created by some devices, such as the Sony XDCam, Panasonic P2, Canon camcorders, or Zoom audio recorders. |
Add clips directly to timeline
Alternatively, you can right-click on an empty space in the timeline and choose Add Clip. This will open a sub-menu to allow you to quickly add clips. The clip will be placed exactly where the mouse cursor was.
This function has a smart length detection for placing clips into a gap. If the default length of Color Clip, Title Clip, Template Title are longer then the gap, it will be shortened accordingly to fit into the gap.
All other clip types are only inserted into a gap if the gap is big enough (no message shows up if the clip is too long).
Adding a folder: The folder is added in the project bin but only the first A/V clip of this folder is added to the timeline. *[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 *[decibel]: Unit of measurement (dB) for sound levels *[clipping]: A form of distortion that limits a signal once it exceeds a threshold *[Spectrogram]: Visual representation of the spectrum of frequencies of a signal as it varies with time *[prevent clipping]: Dynamic range compression (DRC)is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal's dynamic range. *[SNR]: Signal-to-Noise Ratio *[dbFS]: Decibels relative to full scale *[QHD]: Quad-HD *[UHD]: Ultra High Definition *[XML]: Extensible Markup Language *[fps]: frames per second