Kdenlive 0.7.5 Review

Everyone agrees that it's impossible to shoot video perfectly on the first try. Even birthday videos or amateur productions can use the kind of touch-ups that a video editor has to offer, like titles or transitions. The truth is that the open-source world lacked a proper non-linear video editor with similar features to the ones found on other proprietary platforms for a long time. This aspect is certainly changing, and one of the applications that come with that change is Kdenlive. Kdenlive's name stands for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor, and that pretty much summarizes what this application is all about. It supports all the formats that FFmpeg can handle (and it's quite an impressive list), multiple aspect ratios for your videos, various standards (PAL, NTSC, AVCHD, HDV), capture and export to DV devices, DVD creation. I can safely say that if what you need is video editing related, then there's a strong chance that Kdenlive can do it. If you've just set up Kdenlive on your computer, the first time configuration wizard will definitely give you a smooth introduction to it. You'll have the opportunity to check out the features of that release, make sure your software configuration is correct, choose the default format of your video files and configure some basic options. What you will immediately notice about the main windo...