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We are glad to announce the release of Kdenlive 0.7.1. Lots of improvements were made since the 0.7 release. The main changes include:

We are glad to announce the immediate release of Kdenlive 0.7

This is the first release of Kdenlive for KDE 4. Here is a quick list of improvements over the previous KDE 3 version:

• Complete rewrite of the communication with the MLT video framework, which means a huge speedup in all timeline operations
• Capture from different sources: DV, HDV, webcam and screen grab
• Better KDE integration (notifications, job progress, Nepomuk annotations)
• More effects and transitons (improved support for Freior)
• Full undo support with history
• Video rendering is now completely independant from main application, you can safely work while rendering
• Initial support for Jog Shuttle devices

We are getting close to the Kdenlive 0.7 release. Many issues were recently fixed in Kdenlive and some others in MLT. We still have some pending bugs to fix for the 0.7 release, but hope to be able to release in something like ten days.

You can follow the progress on our roadmap page. Some of the minor bugs will probably be postponed to Kdenlive 0.7.1 so that we can do the release in the first week of November.

After 10 months of work, we are proud to announce the release of the first beta version of Kdenlive for KDE4.

Kdenlive is an open source multi track video editor based on the MLT video framework and FFmpeg.

Main Features:
* Capture video from your camcorder, webcam or screen
* Mix a large number of different formats (depending on your FFmpeg install): mpeg, flash, mp3, ogg, png, jpeg, dv, hdv, ...
* See the result of your work (effects and transitions) in realtime
* Export your work in several formats (hdv, dv, mpeg, ...)
* Create titles, slideshows and more

Download:
You can download the 0.7beta1 source package from our sourceforge project page. Kdenlive relies on several libraries, so you will need some experience to compile from source. If you want to try it, go to our compilation page.

As you can see, we just updated the Kdenlive web site. Our goal is to have a collaborative web site which allows users to put content on it and helps finding useful information. We also hope that it will bring other people into the project, because help is always welcome!

Several features are planned for this web site:

* Better integration of the forum
* Improve online collaborative documentation
* Allow users to upload tutorials

These features will hopefully be available in the near future, but we are currently busy to get the Kdenlive 0.7 beta release out in time.

The Kdenlive 0.7 beta release should be ready around the 6th of october. This will be the first release of Kdenlive available for KDE4.

The proposed roadmap is:

Friday 3rd of October: string freeze

Monday 6th of October: release of Kdenlive 0.7 beta1

If no major issue is detected, the final Kdenlive 0.7 release should be ready by the 25th of October.

The KDE4 version is progressing nicely, and several improvements were made to the MLT video framework which should make the next release very attractive. Sadly, I don't have enough time to work on the KDE3 version, so no progress was made on that side.

I know it is frustrating that no release was made for a long time, but the port to KDE4 was almost a complete rewrite, and the KDE3 version, which was not originally written for MLT was too complex to maintain.

Here you can see a screenshot of current development version. What still needs to be done is some work on transitions and better loading/saving, then we will be ready for a beta release.

Development is going on for the KDE4 version, see attached screenshot. A lot of work has still to be done, I hope to be able to release a fisrt KDE4 version in 2 months.
Meanwhile the current KDE3 development version should hopefully be released as Kdenlive 0.6 in march...

I think it is time to give some news about Kdenlive development. I am currently working on the KDE4/QT4 port of Kdenlive. If everything goes well, I hope to have all basic features working in february. This is also an occasion to do a big code cleanup, so hopefully, it will be easier for new developers to join the project.

More news as soon as Kdenlive for KDE4 is becomming ready. You can already have a look at the screenshot that is showing the current development state...

After 8 months of hard work, we are glad to announce the release of Kdenlive 0.5. Kdenlive is a non linear video editor for the KDE environnment. Improved stability and many new features have been added since Kdenlive 0.4.

Being based on the the MLT video framework and the FFMPEG project, Kdenlive can work with image, audio and video files of various formats. All these formats can be mixed in your project on an unlimited number of audio and video tracks. Thanks to the MLT framework, Kdenlive 0.5 now supports HDV editing as well as DV and more.

New features include:

+ New image formats
Added support for gimp xcf and exr.
Other supported formats are: png, jpeg, gif (non animated), xcf, exr, tiff, svg, mp3, vorbis, wav, flash, mpeg, avi, dv, wmv,... You can even insert another Kdenlive project in the timeline!

+ Effects and Transitions
Many fixes, and effects and transitions can now be copied from a clip to another.

+ Export formats