KDE4 porting progress, no time for KDE3 version....

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.

New features include: capture from webcam (with ffmpeg using video4linux), grab video from your screen (requires FFmpeg compiled with --enable-x11grab), initial support for jog shuttle devices, independant rendering process (does not stop if Kdenlive crashes, several renderings can be launched at the same time), much (really!) faster and interactive timeline operations (you can for example adjust effects parameters while playing), easy audio fade (just drag the top corner of a clip to create an audio fade), and much more...

KDE4 porting progress, KDE3 version to be released in march.

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...

KDE4 porting is in progress.
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
  Theora export is now available if FFMPEG was compiled with theora support.
• Timeline
  Improved markers, allow insertion of of several clips in one operation, added "remove empty space" feature, multi clip selection tool
• Metadata
  Kdenlive can now read and write metadata in video and audio files
• Video preview
  Overlay project timecode on the video preview. Click in monitor to play / pause, mouse wheel to seek, multi track view (monitor is split in 4 zones, each one showing a different track),
• Project management
  User can define a frame that will be used as thumbnail for each video clip in the project
• General
  Many fixes to the undo / redo system, lots of ui fixes and enhancements

For more information:

Kdenlive web site: http://kdenlive.org

To compile Kdenlive, please follow the detailled instructions at:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Kdenlive/Getting_and_installing

You can also check our forums and development mailing list:
Forum: http://kdenlive.org/bbforum
Mailing List: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=46786

Jean-Baptiste Mardelle, saturday, 11th of august 07

We are happy to announce the release of Kdenlive 0.4. Kdenlive is a non linear video editor for the KDE environnment. Since last version, many improvements and features have been added.

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. Kdenlive supports PAL and NTSC standards, in 4:3 and 16:9 ratios.

• Supported input formats
  png, jpeg, gif (non animated), svg, mp3, vorbis, wav, flash, mpeg, avi, dv, wmv, ... You can even insert another Kdenlive project in the timeline!
• Firewire capture
  A dv firewire capture monitor has also been added.
• Supported export formats
  dv, avi, mpeg, flash, wav, vorbis, mp3, quicktime, realvideo, png Export is now non blocking, you can continue working while exporting
• DVD wizard
  A basic DVD wizard allows you to burn your movie to a dvd, with a simple title
• Project management
  Your project clips can now be arranged in folders.
• Timeline
  Many new keyboard shortcuts have been added for easier navigation. You can copy and paste clips. Magnetic guides have been added, as well as virtual clips that allow you to create "clones" of a zone. You can insert commented markers in clips, there is a new autoscroll while playing feature, and many more.
• Video effects
  Brightness, Charcoal, Gamma, Greyscale, Invert, Mirror, Obscure, Sepia, Speed, Stroboscope, Freeze
• Audio effects
  Mute, Volume, Declipper, Vinyl, Limiter, Equalizer, Phaser, Pitch Scaler, Pitch Shifter, Rate Scaler, Reverb, Room Reverb
• Transitions
  Crossfade, Push, Picture in Picture, Luma Wipe.
• Languages
  Thanks to our translation team, Kdenlive is available in english, french, german and spanish

For more information:

Kdenlive web site: http://kdenlive.sf.net

A more complete list of features can be found on our Wiki:
http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Kdenlive_features

To compile Kdenlive, please follow the detailled instructions at:
http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Faq_Install

You can also check our mailing list:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=46786

Jean-Baptiste Mardelle, monday, 4th of december 06

We are proud to announce the immediate release of Kdenlive 0.3, a non linear video editor for KDE. This is the first release using the great MLT video framework, combined with the power of FFMPEG. This brings real time effects and transitions to Kdenlive, with the support of many video formats.

While Kdenlive cannot yet be compared to a full featured professional video editor, it already has all basic features to create your movie:

• Video, audio, color, image and text clips
• Transitions (crossfade, picture in picture, ..)
• Effects (grayscale, sepia, luma,...)
• Multi track editing and mixing
• Export to several popular formats
• Video thumbnails
• Dual monitor display
• Customizable layout

You will find more information on our website http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net and our Wiki. And for the curious, here is a link to a screenshot.
Please note that firewire import/export is not implemented yet, but is on top of the planned features. We are encouraging everyone to try this release and give some feedback so that we can bring easy and powerful video editing to the KDE Desktop.

This release is also a call for everyone interested to join the project. We need developpers, graphic artists, testers and volunteers for the packaging!

A big thanks to all the people that contributed to this release, and we hope that you enjoy Kdenlive.
Jean-Baptiste Mardelle

A wiki has been introduced for Kdenlive users and developpers.

Kdenlive moved to subversion. Please check our download page

Kdenlive is currently being ported to the MLT video framework. A lot of work is being done in the cvs repository, you can see a recent screenshot here.

Kdenlive 0.2.4 released

The latest stable version of Kdenlive, 0.2.4, was released on the 15th of March, 2004. Get it here! We have the pleasure to announce the 0.2.4 releases of both Kdenlive and PIAVE. This primarily a bug-fix release over the previous 0.2.3 release, although several new features have been added.

New Features in 0.2.4:

* Italian Translation by Daniele Medri
* Initial support for importing Kino project files. (Seems complete, but not fully tested)
* Preliminary support for snap markers
* Play selected button on clip monitor.

Some important features are still missing, but Kdenlive is now useable for small projects. We would like people to test what we have and tell us which features they miss the most. We want to find out what is most important to people, and last not least we want to attract developers. There are many small and not so small things where people could help. Be it GUI development, XML/network development, development of plugins, or simply reporting bugs.

New features in cvs

Just a heads-up on some of the new features that have been going into CVS recently. Initial support for snap markers has been added. When finished, this feature will let you accurately align clips to each other at any frame, not limited to their end points.

A new load/save framework has been implemented for projects. This will allow for better compatability across versions of Kdenlive, and opens up the possibility of supporting project file formats from other video editors in the future.

You can give clips descriptions; this will become more useful when subclips are implemented.

Finally, you can play the defined inpoint/outpoint section of a clip by pressing Ctrl-Space, or clicking the relevant button on the monitor.

Kdenlive 0.2.3 released!

As of last Monday, Kdenlive and Piave version 0.2.3 have been released to the public. This release has a great deal of new features and improvements over the last released version, 0.2.0, including multiple video monitors, improved snap-to-clip support, AVI DV import, and numerous other improvements.

A full press release can be found here.