Kdenlive 21.08 is out

by | Aug 16, 2021 | News, Releases | 62 comments

Kdenlive 21.08 is out with an upgraded engine, bug fixes and many interface and usability improvements. Although the highlights are mostly under the hood we managed to add some nifty new features as well. This version now requires MLT7, which comes with a new time remapping feature and a more stable and concise code base. (MLT7 sets the foundation for long awaited features like GPU processing, multicore support and improved color management to name a few, all expected in MLT8.)

IMPORTANT
The Automask effect has been removed in MLT7 (along with many other legacy and buggy modules) but it will eventually be replaced with more powerful OpenCV tools. The Region module is also removed and it has been replaced with a new Effect Masking feature. Taking the opportunity of these changes we have also cleaned up the code base and removed old and unmaintained tools like the DVD Wizard (yes, some people still used it) and the Preview Compositing mode.

We do not recommend to open old projects with Kdenlive 21.08 due to the aforementioned changes.

 

Performance

We continue with every release to improve performance and with this version the Jobs Processing code has been completely refactored fixing an interface lag/freeze when importing hundreds of files and hundreds of gigabytes at once. Also panning through the timeline has a more fluid and smoother experience due to recent changes.

Time Remapping (Speed Ramps)

The new Time Remap feature allows to keyframe the speed of a clip.

Masking Effects

You may now apply effects to only affect specific regions of a clip by using masks. Do note that this is only the initial implementation so expect an improved workflow in the coming releases. For now the process involves 3 steps:

  1. Add one of the 3 available masks: Shape alpha (mask), Rotoscoping (mask) or Alpha shapes (mask).
  2. Add an effect (or effects) to be applied to the masked region.
  3. Add Mask Apply to activate the mask to the effects in step 2.

You may apply more than one mask per clip by following the same 3 step process.

 

Interface and Usability Improvements

 

Move Guides with Spacer Tool
Easily moves Guides along with clips using the Spacer Tool by using the new Guides Locked option.

 

Raise widgets with shortcuts
Added ability to assign shortcuts to raise dock widgets.

 

Shortcuts for keyframe functions
Added ability to assign shortcuts to 3 keyframe functions: Add/Remove Keyframe, Go to next keyframe and Go to previous keyframe.

 

Same track transitions improvements
Added additional options to the same track transitions: Duration, Reverse and Alignment.

 

Command Bar
The command bar allows to easily search for any action in Kdenlive like changing themes, adding effects, opening files and more. It can be accessed with the shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + i. (This feature requires KDE Frameworks lib version 5.83)

 

Copy value at cursor position to clipboard
In addition to the Copy Keyframes to clipboard, the new Copy value at cursor position to clipboard option allows to copy only the current value to a single keyframe.

 

New mapping modes and options when importing tracked data
Inverted Position and Offset Position are two new mapping modes for importing data from the motion tracker. Inverted position behaves like the current Position function but inverts the imported x and y values. Offset Position can be used for footage stabilization since it imports the difference between the first keyframe position (reference point) and the current keyframe position. Also new mapping locations were added: Top left, Center, Bottom right.

 

Rename guides from monitor
Clicking on a guide in the Project monitors allows to easily rename it.

 

Other fixes

  • Titler: When editing a title clip there is a new  Add as new title option.
  • Add option to go to start if playback started on timeline end
  • Fix audio thumbs for multistream clips
  • Show markers thumbnails on hover in clip monitor

 

 

Full log
  • Fix timeline preview broken in recent change. Commit.
  • Frei0r.alphaspot: Implement copy position to mlt_rect effects. Commit.
  • Add monitor scene for frei0r.alphaspot. Commit.
  • Make more effects work with mask_start: rotoscoping, shape. Commit.
  • Add dependencies and category for mask_start and mask_apply. Commit.
  • Add dependency system for assets to depend on other assets. Commit.
  • Don’t allow deleting items when a spacer move operation is running. Commit. Fixes bug #408434
  • Correctly select a clip in clip monitor after it is added to project. Commit.
  • Color picker: correctly disable clip effect when trying to pick a color from the screen. Commit.
  • Fix crash moving clip with speed effect and mix. Commit. Fixes bug #433579
  • Fix crash on project with channels != 2 and track muting. Commit. See bug #439837
  • Fix compilation warning. Commit.
  • Add xml for filter masks. Commit.
  • Remove track “preview” compositing that is deprecated. Commit.
  • Time remap: fix blend mode set to on by default, ensure the last keyframe is at length+1 to avoid preview scaling artifacts. Commit.
  • Fix preview scaling switches monitor focus to clip monitor. Commit.
  • Fix timeremap requesting invalid clip index (producer is not inserted in a track at that point). Commit.
  • Fix muting audio track broken with mixes. Commit. See bug #440019
  • Fix crash on render/save when subtitle track was last active track. Commit. See bug #439355
  • Fix detection of MLT on Windows. Commit.
  • Fix crash on closing project with subtitles. Commit.
  • Fix some warnings. Commit.
  • Fix tab order in Kdenlive Settings misc dialog. Commit.
  • Fix timeremap crash on undo/redo. Commit.
  • Fix geometry param (like tracker) not restoring value after save. Commit.
  • Restore timeremap keyframes on effect deletion undo. Commit.
  • Fix motion tracker effect broken for timeline cut clips. Commit.
  • Fix timeremap widget not enabled in some cases. Commit.
  • Ensure markers are properly sorted in Clip Properties dialog, enable F2 rename. Commit.
  • Fix position and zoom effect and affine composition broken with switch to MLT7. Commit.
  • Fix audio thumbs missing on clip reload (like when changing autorotate value). Commit.
  • Move remap marker before clip name, fix qml warning. Commit.
  • TImeline guides: add delimiter and highlight active one. Commit.
  • Disable time remap for color or image clips and clips with speed effect. Commit.
  • Various fixes for timeremap. Commit.
  • Timeremap: don’t seek on drag start (caused delay), add snap to start/end of clip. Commit.
  • Fix timeremap keyframe grab zone. Commit.
  • Removing a remap effect now restores input duration. Commit.
  • Fix mix direction lost on save / change track, fix clip offset on vertical move while deleting start mix. Commit.
  • Fix timeremap undo/redo to resize clip in one pass. Commit.
  • Small update for timeremap ui. Commit.
  • Use KDE_INSTALL_QTQCHDIR to install QCH documentation. Commit.
  • Fix various mix move issue and tests. Commit.
  • Fix various time remap display glitches, only resize timeline clip on mouse release. Commit.
  • Make time remap a checkable option in the context menu so it can easily be removed. Commit.
  • Fix crash on mix group move, fix mix sometimes refusing to be created. Commit.
  • Time remap: display negative speed where it makes sense. Commit.
  • Fix possible crashes in timeremap. Commit.
  • Time remap: fix expanding clip creating extra keyframes. Commit.
  • Fix another grouped mix move crash. Commit.
  • Fix crash on grouped mix deletion. Commit.
  • Properly set default label for guides. Commit.
  • Fix various timeremap inconsistencies. Commit.
  • Various timeremap UI and workflow fixes. Commit.
  • Fix various mix move issues. Commit.
  • Show edit dialog on guide creation via “Add/Remove Guide”. Commit.
  • Fix: always enable marker actions to make them usable in clip monitor. Commit.
  • Fix cannot move grouped clips with mix. Commit.
  • Drop custom combobox stylesheet causing unreadable text. Thanks to Martin Sandsmark for the hint. Commit. Fixes bug #428755
  • Revert “Fix clips with mix cannot be move onto another track.”. Commit.
  • Fix clips with mix cannot be move onto another track. Commit.
  • Remove seek checkboxes in timeremap, add button to center keyframe at cursor position. Commit.
  • Don’t stop preview render when editing outside of the preview zone. Commit.
  • Fix reverse wipes. Commit.
  • Mix alignment: remember and adjust resize accordingly. Commit.
  • Hide composition list on audio mix. Commit.
  • Fix crash dragging multiple audio streams clip in timeline with locked tracks. Commit. Fixes bug #439849
  • Expose mix duration and align buttons. Commit.
  • Fix crash on multiple items deletion. Commit.
  • Timeremap: expose frame blending param. Commit.
  • Time remap: fix keyframe timecode editing, add pitch correction. Commit.
  • Upgrade document version and fix wipe params for MLT 7 when opening older project file. Commit.
  • Fix crash on remap clip selection, add button to delete remap effect. Commit.
  • Timeremap: make it work with clip not starting at 0 and adjust view on clip resize. Commit.
  • Fix moving clip group before another clip broken. Commit.
  • Time remap: fix monitor focus and seeking issues. Commit.
  • Remap: fix editing “speed before” broke, correctly clear remap widget on clip deletion. Commit.
  • Get rid of translucent timeline cursor on high zoom levels, minor optimizations. Commit.
  • Check for duplicates on add clip. Commit.
  • MLT7 dropped luma files, they are now generated on the fly, so adjust to this new behavior (still have to find a way to generate thumbnails). Commit.
  • Fix crash dropping clip in timeline. Commit.
  • Time remap: allow making clip longer, various fixes. Commit.
  • Fix remap zoombar. Commit.
  • More fixes for time remap ui. Commit.
  • Cleaner remap ui. Commit.
  • Some progress in remap keyframe view. Commit.
  • Some progress in remap keyframe widget (WIP). Commit.
  • Add action to focus active monitor timecode (default shortcut is ‘=’). Commit.
  • Fix slide composition with MLT7 (geometry deprecated). Commit.
  • Adapt wipe to MLT 7 changes, might require code to make previous projects compatible. Commit.
  • Add 21.04.3 release notes to appdata. Commit.
  • Time remap: seek clip and project monitor for better adjustment, mark remaped timeline clips with a red square. Commit.
  • Fix typo. Commit.
  • First version of timeline clip time remapping. To test, select time remap from timeline context menu and “time remapping” widget to manage keyframes. Commit.
  • Dynamically update max number of concurrent proxy/transcode jobs, don’t show error message on job abort. Commit. Fixes bug #432365
  • Fix freeze on loading clip with unknown duration. Commit.
  • Correctly display info on error with jobs, fix stablize add clip checkbox not working. Commit. Fixes bug #436805
  • Fix various cut task issues. Commit.
  • Fix titler background not correctly updated in some cases. Commit.
  • Fix tests. Commit.
  • Update aom. Commit.
  • Reimplement delete unused clips (from hard disk). Commit.
  • Enable “save temporary files next to project file” for new projects too. Commit.
  • Fix crash closing project with a mix on a clip with keyframable effect. Commit.
  • Add option to save temporary data in same folder as the project file. Commit.
  • Fix speech to text after recent VOSK api change. Commit.
  • Keyframes widget: add option to copy values at cursor pos to clipboard. Commit. Fixes bug #439284
  • Import keyframes dialog: simplify UI on import of a single keyframe. Commit. See bug #439284
  • Import keyframes dialog: add two new modes offset and inverted position. Commit.
  • Import keyframes dialog: make position alignment more customizable. Commit. Fixes bug #426316
  • Improve default options of the keyframe import dialog. Commit.
  • Update build instructions for mlt with opencv. Commit.
  • Update mlt build instructions to cmake. Commit.
  • Start up check: mlt’s xml module is required. Commit.
  • Add missing space beetween type and var name. Commit.
  • Scene split job: Bring back to UI entry after mlt7 switch, cleanup files. Commit.
  • Add aac mimetype. Commit.
  • Switch to mlt7. Commit.
  • First draft saving timeremap to playlist. Commit.
  • Time remap: fix crash on go to previous keyframe, make use of undo/redo for keyframe changes. Commit.
  • Minor remap fixes. Commit.
  • First proof of concept ui for time remap. Commit.
  • Fix various typos. Commit.
  • Add webp mime type to clip creation dialog. Commit.
  • Fix install. Commit.
  • Initial implementation of a time remap widget (not working yet). Commit.
  • Fix startup crash on Wayland, thanks to login.kde@unrelenting.technology. Commit. Fixes bug #431505
  • Add release description for 21.04.2 to appdata. Commit.
  • Fix typo. Commit.
  • Cleanup font setting for qml timeline. Commit.
  • Appimage: add tap-plugins, fix ladspa. Commit.
  • Resolved Bug 436895 – “Rotoscoping not working right”. Commit.
  • Fix qml anchoring warning in mix. Commit.
  • Mix: Fix first clip out not correctly reset on second clip deletion. Commit.
  • Fix right clip of a mix cannot be moved backwards. Commit.
  • Fix crash on exit when a mix is selected. Commit.
  • Make previous/next/add keyframe shortcuts work on compositions and mixes. Commit.
  • Proper implementation of go to next/previous and add keyframe shortcuts. Commit.
  • Allow assigning shortcuts to go to next/previous keyframes and add/remove keyframes in effect stack. Commit.
  • Fix color clip thumbnail incorrect after changing a clip’s color. Commit.
  • Correctly update missing fonts to avoid repetitive warning on project opening. Commit.
  • Show speed in status bar on resize. Commit.
  • CLeanup and fix some composition resize & move issues. Commit.
  • Hopefully proper patch to solve “white” rendering issues. Commit.
  • Fix license abbreviation (patch by JungHee Lee). Commit.
  • Update appimage ogg. Commit.
  • Don’t reset locale for external call of melt renderer (fixes white image rendering). Commit.
  • Fix various spacer issues. Commit.
  • Update src/kdenlivesettings.kcfg. Commit.
  • Update src/ui/configsdl_ui.ui. Commit.
  • Update src/monitor/glwidget.cpp. Commit.
  • Improve proxy testing widget. Commit.
  • Add widget to compare proxy profiles (speed and file size). Commit.
  • Audio cut task: detect incompatible encoders to prevent losing audio or video on stream copy attempt. Commit.
  • No need to load bin thumbnails twice. Commit.
  • Add 21.04.1 release information to the appdata. Commit.
  • Fix clip thumbs disappearing on timeline resize. Commit.
  • Fix audio thumbs blurry on track height change. Commit.
  • Fix timeline thumbnails not saved with project. Commit.
  • Scene split: allow selecting markers category and create subclips. Commit.
  • Some progress on ui scene cut task. Commit.
  • Fix crash on add clip introduced in last commit. Commit.
  • Restore audio normalise feature in track thumbnail. Commit.
  • First version (not all features reimplemented) of the scene split task using ffmpeg’s filter. Commit.
  • Various fixes for spacer moving guides. Commit.
  • Restore profile check feature on add clip. Commit.
  • Show markers thumbnails on hover in clip monitor. Commit.
  • Fix project clips disappearing on proxy creation. Commit.
  • Spacer tool should not allow moving items before another clip. Commit.
  • Add option to save as existing title as new item from withing titler. Commit.
  • Add action to raise Dock Widgets (e.g. with a shortcut). Commit.
  • Add short instruction for how to build flatpak version. Commit.
  • Fix thumbnails for audio clips in bin. Commit.
  • Fix crash on closing project with keyframable track effect. Commit.
  • Fix clip speed job creating 1 frame clip. Commit.
  • Remove DVD Wizard. Commit. Fixes bug #403128. Fixes bug #403405. Fixes bug #413567. Fixes bug #406042. Fixes bug #407242. Fixes bug #420319. Fixes bug #390431. Fixes bug #377829. Fixes bug #420428
  • Delete remaining jobmanager stuff. Commit.
  • Port remaining cache and cut jobs to tasks, start removal of jobmanager. Commit.
  • Fix subclip thumbs, port stabilize and speed jobs to new task framework. Commit.
  • Further fixes for guide moving on spacer operations. Commit.
  • Fix guides are sometimes not moved even if they are unlocked. Commit.
  • Flatpak: fix ladspa envvar. Commit.
  • Appimage: Add FCITX support. Commit.
  • Appimage: update ext_boost url. Commit.
  • Fix audio thumbs for multistream clips. Commit.
  • Make number of concurrent proxy/transcode jobs configurable. Commit.
  • Fixes and improvements for clips load / audio thumb jobs. Commit.
  • Titler: increase max font size from 1000 to 10000. Commit.
  • Add option to lock/unlock guides. Unlocked guides will move along when using spacer tool or adding/removing space. Commit.
  • Fix tests. Commit.
  • Fix proxied clip cannot be dragged from monitor to timeline. Commit.
  • Fix incorrect speed cycling with j/l keys. Commit.
  • Ensure render widget is displayed again after being minimized. Commit.
  • Fix playback speed not reset on pause. Commit.
  • Fix spacer tool not workin on single clips (without groups). Commit.
  • Convert transcoding to new taskmanager. Commit.
  • Fix forgotten mutex unlock. Commit.
  • More progress on jobmanager rewrite, port proxy task. Commit.
  • Start proper replacement for JobManager. Commit.
  • Start deprecating loadjob in favor of QRunnable cliploadtask. Commit.
  • [flatpak] Add mfx-dispatch for improved hwaccel support. Commit.
  • Mlt7: Remove autotrack_rectangle (motion_est) further cleanup. Commit.
  • Mlt7: Remove autotrack_rectangle (motion_est). Commit.
  • Initial commit to transition from jobmanager’s QtConcurrent model to more flexible and simpler QRunnable. Commit.
  • Add patch for KF solid 5.81. Commit.
  • Appimage: update kf5 to 5.81. Commit.
  • Nightly flatpak: fix libdvdread url. Commit.
  • Appimage: mlt7 fix find melt. Commit.
  • Appimage: switch to mlt7. Commit.
  • Nightly flapak: fix typo. Commit.
  • Remove unnecessary exiv2 patch. Commit.
  • Mlt7: fix automated mlt detection. Commit.
  • Ensure grouped clip effect stack is displayed when selecting through keyboard. Commit.
  • When dropping an effect on an AV group, apply effect on correct part even if audio effect is dropped on video. Commit.
  • Update opencv. Commit.
  • More flatpak improvements. Commit.
  • Fix MLT7 % rect parsing. Commit.
  • Compile and run on MLT-7 (some TODO’s left). Commit.
  • Remove unnecessary version checks for mlt 6 versions (new min is ver 7). Commit.
  • Mlt7: update mlt min version. Commit.
  • Mlt7: replace deprecated mlt_sample_calculator(). Commit.
  • Mlt7: follow renaming. Commit.
  • Appimage: freeze bigsh0t to fix build error. Commit.
  • Another round of Appimage cleanup. Commit.
  • Remove unused AppImage packaging. Commit.
  • Nightly flatpak: fix srt and vosk build. Commit.
  • Nightly flatpak: add bigsh0t. Commit.
  • Update build.md – mixing in info from the wiki. Commit.
  • Nightly flatpak: add srt and vosk. Commit.
  • Nightly flatpak: update OpenTimleineIO to version 13.0.0. Commit.
  • Flatpak nightly: switch mlt to cmake, use v6 branch. Commit.
  • Remember last used parameter for edit friendly transcoding. Commit.
  • Implement check and transcoding for non seekable files. Commit. Fixes bug #371062
  • Freeze MLT version for packaging. Commit.
  • Add 21.04 splash-screen. Commit.
  • More Doxygen fixes. Commit.
  • Flatpak updates (nightly). Commit.
  • Try to fix value change on hover issue (maybe Qt regression). Commit. See bug #435531
  • NVENC H264 and H265 parameters updated for ffmpeg to understand properly. Commit.
  • Update build.md: Add instruction to build *.qch file. Commit.
  • Add option to build & install QCH file. Commit.
  • Refactor cache manager. Commit.
  • Add option to copy debug information to clipboard. Commit.
  • Improve key binding info for transform effects. Commit.
  • Correct several Doxygen comments. Commit.
  • Fix unconfigured consumer causing various crashes. Commit. See bug #409667
  • Add option to go to start if playback started on timeline end. Commit. Fixes bug #353051
  • Fix setting frame background color. Commit.
  • Load RCC icons on MacOS too. Commit.
  • Allow starting without DBus. Commit.
  • Fix project duration label displaying one frame too much. Commit. Fixes bug #425639
  • Fix keyframes with master effects having a zone. Commit.
  • Add qml deprecation info. Commit.
  • Fix startup crash on empty config file. Commit.
  • Add pulse capture profile (needed for flatpak). Commit.
  • Appimage: openssl for ffmpeg (#918), fix rubberband build. Commit.
  • Cleanup for shortcut list. Commit.
  • Monitor: add possiblity to use shortcut for show/hide edit mode. Commit. Fixes bug #434405
  • Some additional doxygen fixes. Commit.
  • Fix tests after last commit. Commit.
  • Workaround app translation mess, small fixes for locale matching. Commit. See bug #434179
  • Restore softness param in composite transition. Commit.
  • Zoom bar: always show handles. Commit.
  • Some more doxygen fixes. Commit.
  • Timeline zoombar, related to #651 !184. Commit.
  • Do not show timecode in shortcut list. Commit. Fixes bug #433679
  • Validate timecode in settings. Commit. Fixes bug #432580
  • Titler: use TimecodeDisplay for duration input. Commit.
  • Cleanup and improvements for titlewidget code. Commit.
  • Titler: Add ellipse item. Commit.

62 Comments

  1. Stephen Esseenyne
    Stephen Esseenyne on August 16, 2021 at 9:01 AM

    I have a sore finger mouse-wheeling down that Full Log 😊

    Well done and thank you.

    PS That “=” shortcut works a treat.

  2. Sylvain
    Sylvain on August 16, 2021 at 2:04 PM

    This version could have been a great one but Fade In/Fade Out video effects are totally broken, unusable. Try them, you’ll see what I mean. We see the video clip in pink and green during the effect. Since I use these effects a lot, I can’t use this Appimage version. I have to stick to 21.04.03b.

    BTW, this is only an Appimage version problem since the Windows version is fine. Furthermore, I’ve noticed this problem began several days ago in the Daily builds.

    I am very disappointed because I was waiting for the Time Remapping for a long time. But I will have to wait to the next version until this problem is resolved.

    I’m on OpenSuse Tumbleweed with mlt 7.0.1-2.1.

    Thank you.

    • Farid Abdelnour
      Farid Abdelnour on August 17, 2021 at 1:18 AM

      Yeah this seems to be an AppImage packaging issue. It should be fixed soon. In the meantime Flatpak works well.

      • Sylvain
        Sylvain on August 17, 2021 at 1:40 AM

        I prefer the Appimage, so I’ll wait. No hurry 🙂

        Thank you! It’s highly appreciated!

  3. suliman
    suliman on August 16, 2021 at 7:31 PM

    When we can use GPU processing on Windows?

    • Sylvain
      Sylvain on August 17, 2021 at 9:43 PM

      See text between parentheses in the first paragraph on top of this page. You’ll have your answer there.

  4. peq42
    peq42 on August 16, 2021 at 10:12 PM

    GPU Rendering on windows when?

  5. submarinecat
    submarinecat on August 17, 2021 at 7:56 AM

    I don’t know if I missed an update or anything but the last time I used this, there was this category tab near the top right (editing, audio, colors, etc.). It’s gone now. Was that removed or do I just need to toggle it back on? I can’t find the relevant option…

    • Merlimau
      Merlimau on August 17, 2021 at 2:00 PM

      Which package do you use? Windows, Linux? If Linux use the PPA or the Flatpak and the views on top right should show up.

      • submarinecat
        submarinecat on August 18, 2021 at 12:01 AM

        I used the Flatpak on KDE Neon straight from Discover. I was able to bring back the functionality by adding the 5 layouts as extra toolbars but I couldn’t find the compact tab bar on the top right. Anyway, the way I have it now more closely resembles what I had in Davinci Resolve anyway so I like this toolbar implementation better. Thanks for answering anyway.

  6. Tim
    Tim on August 17, 2021 at 8:34 AM

    I get a buzz every time I come to this website and see a new update or release. You’ve made my day!

  7. Herv
    Herv on August 17, 2021 at 4:48 PM

    I love the Time Remapping and the Masking Effects features 👍
    Kdenlive is more powerful than ever!

  8. Jose Fernando Orrego Mir
    Jose Fernando Orrego Mir on August 18, 2021 at 11:54 PM

    I have problems with the fade in and fade out in video, appear with a green color in the transitions , and I don´t know how fixed.

    • Farid Abdelnour
      Farid Abdelnour on August 19, 2021 at 2:56 AM

      It is an issue only affecting the AppImage packaging. We are working on a fix. In the meantime the flatpak doesn’t have this issue if you’d like to use it.

    • Farid Abdelnour
      Farid Abdelnour on August 25, 2021 at 1:24 AM

      Fixed in latest AppImage…

  9. Bartoloni
    Bartoloni on August 19, 2021 at 10:21 AM

    On Windows version, the time remapping widget is all grayed out… can any one else confirm that?

    • Bartoloni
      Bartoloni on August 19, 2021 at 10:22 AM

      Ok.. sorry for the comment… just found the “TIME REMAP”flag using right mouse button on a clip 🙂

  10. Neilan
    Neilan on August 19, 2021 at 4:30 PM

    i’m using the PPA version and the Wipe does not seem to appear in the rendered video.

  11. Torsten
    Torsten on August 20, 2021 at 12:40 AM

    Unfortunatelly chroma key doesn’t work on linux anymore. The problem has been there in a former version and now is back.

    a) the chroma key colour picker is not on the top of the drop but on the bottom
    b) it picks only black or white as background

  12. michimartini
    michimartini on August 20, 2021 at 6:38 PM

    Congratulations, it seems as you guys for the first time in 20 years of attempted NLE development in Linux pulled it off. The video plays without shuddering, i can keyframe audio right in the timeline and i can stick markers to clips that then move _with_ the clips, so audio can be synced up. Sigh. These were aggravating 20 years of “how hard can it be” and hair pulling. Ironic that this happens now that there is also for the first time competition from a commercial vendor in the form of resolve.

  13. Josua
    Josua on August 20, 2021 at 11:52 PM

    Help! I tried to looking for an answer everywhere on the net, but speech to text does not work. I did everything constructed in the manual: installed phyton and vosk, downloaded the speechmodels (Windows 10). But I always get an error message, saying that the speech script could not be found! It also seems like, a lot of other wondows user seem to get the same error messages, not matter what they try! The Log says, that speech to text seems to be fixes, but I think there is still the bug on that!

    • Vosk Author
      Vosk Author on August 25, 2021 at 1:32 AM

      What is the error you see exactly? You’d better ask on Vosk github.

  14. Mels
    Mels on August 21, 2021 at 12:47 PM

    On opensuse thumbleweed I get a error, then kdenlive is closed!
    Could not create the video preview window.
    There is something wrong with your Kdenlive install or your driver settings, please fix it.

    New install didn’t help, what to fix?

    • Farid Abdelnour
      Farid Abdelnour on August 22, 2021 at 4:31 PM

      Which version of MLT do you have installed?

    • Sylvain
      Sylvain on August 22, 2021 at 5:32 PM

      Me too I’m on Tumbleweed with MLT 7.0.1-2.1 and I got the exact same error.

      • Kage
        Kage on August 23, 2021 at 7:51 AM

        I can confirm that. Same problem on tumbleweed here

  15. James Roberts
    James Roberts on August 22, 2021 at 4:33 AM

    Fade In/Out is somewhat broken in the linux repo. It behaves as if the Fade to/from Black option is checked in the Project Monitor when previewing, but renders just fine.

  16. konatafan
    konatafan on August 23, 2021 at 8:37 AM

    Ok. Not sure if this was a bug in the older version too, but 21.08 doesn’t like having two text clips with the “typewriter” effect next to each other. Whenever I place two text clips that have that effect close to each other (e.g. usecase: pseudo subtitle for 2 characters talking), the second text clip flashes a few frames of green.

  17. petmix
    petmix on August 23, 2021 at 9:22 PM

    First, and foremost: thank you for this new release! I really can feel the boost on the background engine, the overall experience is more fluid than ever. Great job! However, I also have found, that on every project opening some kind of background work starts, which one can see as pending job in the project bin (in previous versions this only happened once, when you have added a clip to the project). During which the UI is mostly unusable (although the improvement can be felt here). If I open a project with 100+ clip, it really takes ~10-20 minutes to become usable. Can this be somehow Improved? And also, if I select other method than KCF in the Motion Tracking effect, it will cause a crash. I’m on Windows 10, standalone version.Thank you again!

    • Dostin
      Dostin on August 27, 2021 at 7:46 PM

      Hi, I would like to thank you and say that this new version 21.08 is fantastic, for sure you are very much loved!, so thank you very much.
      I just want to point out, if I may, that when I select another option other than KCF in motion tracking kdenlive simply closes, aborts and exits. I’m a fan of the kdenlive motion tool, but being able to work only with the KCF algorithm is too bad.
      I wanted to ask from my heart that you would look at this and, as far as possible, fix it. I use Kdenlive on Windows 10 Home

  18. Sylvain
    Sylvain on August 24, 2021 at 2:55 PM

    FYI – Fade In/Fade Out video effects have become fully functional again on the last Daily builds (Build #1006, Aug 24) Appimage.

    If you can’t wait for the next stable version, obviously 🙂

    One word : YES!!!

    Thank you very much Kdenlive team!

    • Sylvain
      Sylvain on August 24, 2021 at 9:56 PM

      … and meanwhile 21.08.0a is born, lol 🙂

  19. Александр
    Александр on August 26, 2021 at 9:10 AM

    Hello! The program is good, but there is a lack of modern transitions.

  20. Sylvain
    Sylvain on August 27, 2021 at 6:20 PM

    What do you mean by “modern” transitions? Transitions are mostly stocked in “Wipe Method”. If you want to add more, click on the rightmost icon to Wipe Method; this will open the Kdenlive Add-On Installer.

    The most beautiful are the simplest in my opinion. And according to Peter McKinnon, the most beautiful transitions are those you make yourself.

  21. Dostin
    Dostin on August 27, 2021 at 7:47 PM

    Hi, I would like to thank you and say that this new version 21.08 is fantastic, for sure you are very much loved!, so thank you very much.
    I just want to point out, if I may, that when I select another option other than KCF in motion tracking kdenlive simply closes, aborts and exits. I’m a fan of the kdenlive motion tool, but being able to work only with the KCF algorithm is too bad.
    I wanted to ask from my heart that you would look at this and, as far as possible, fix it. I use Kdenlive on Windows 10 Home

    • dostin
      dostin on August 27, 2021 at 7:49 PM

      And I know 4 more people that the same is happening, all on the Windows 10 platform

      • Merlimau
        Merlimau on September 1, 2021 at 1:20 PM

        Thank you for reporting. Yes, we know this crash. Use KCF in motion tracking until we find a fix.

  22. Jonatan
    Jonatan on August 27, 2021 at 10:27 PM

    I was sad, with the new version 21.08 motion tracking stopped working… it doesn’t give an error, but it simply doesn’t analyze when you send it to analyze. It presents 1 Job but does nothing, it is not analyzing the video. I was left without a feature that I used so much, I and some people reported to me that it is no longer working with them. We are all using it on Windows 10.
    sad, i was sad

  23. Coffee Lover
    Coffee Lover on August 28, 2021 at 3:43 AM

    Hi, this version 21.08 is fantastic, thanks for all the wonderful work you guys do.
    I wanted to register that motion tracking stopped working in this version, for me and for 12 other people who reported that it also happened to them. We all use it on Windows 10
    What happens is that it doesn’t analyze the video, it doesn’t give an error message, but it doesn’t do anything, it doesn’t analyze the video, you just click to analyze it and nothing happens… If you try to change the analysis algorithm, the program crashes.
    I’m sad, I use motion a lot and was dying to experiment with the changes they’ve made to motion, but now it doesn’t work for me and these people anymore.
    I hope it gets back up and running as soon as possible… Thanks again for Kdenlive, for the wonderful job you guys do.

    • Merlimau
      Merlimau on August 28, 2021 at 5:52 PM

      I tested on Win10 20H2 and 21H1 and the motion tracker is working. Which version of Win10 do you have?

      • Coffee Lover
        Coffee Lover on August 28, 2021 at 7:45 PM

        Hi, thanks for the help!
        I use version 21H1, I always keep the OS up to date… The funny thing is that it always worked and I love kdenlive’s motion tracking, although whenever I tried to change the algorithm it would abruptly abort, closing, it always happened to try to change the algorithm (I saw some people commenting that too, about changing the algorithm). As I use it a lot, some people came to ask me about it because the same thing was happening to them… As I always recommend and promote Kdenlive to friends, relatives and other people, a lot of people use kdenlive too and come to looking for me to find out if this was happening to me. I hadn’t tested it yet, I had seen the changes, I was dying to test it, but I still hadn’t had the opportunity. There were about 12 people, but today 3 more came to me for the same reason.
        So I ran to test it and it’s happening to me too. It doesn’t give an error, it doesn’t crash, it just doesn’t analyze the video, it doesn’t create the keyframes, you click the analyze button, it reacts normally, a 1 Job message flashes fast in the upper left corner and that’s it. I use it a lot and some of the people I mentioned also use this tool a lot. I was very sad, not so much because I really use and need it, but because I really like kdenlive motion tracking, I’m a fan of this tool, you guys had the courage to create, develop and keep improving this tool and it does a great job. I’m very sad, but needing to do the tracking manually, I just wanted to see this tool always perfect, because really you did and are making this tool even better. Ahh yes, everyone else also uses Windows 10 version 21H1.
        Thanks for trying to help!

        • Coffee Lover
          Coffee Lover on August 28, 2021 at 7:48 PM

          I downloaded a build last night but haven’t installed it yet. Do you think you can solve the problem if I install this build?

          • Coffee Lover
            Coffee Lover on August 29, 2021 at 1:19 AM

            I installed build 867 but unfortunately both problems remain. Motion tracking does nothing and does not generate the data and if you change the algorithm kdenlive aborts

              • Coffee Lover
                Coffee Lover on August 29, 2021 at 4:38 PM

                Hello my friend!
                Yes, the video drivers are up to date, I even have the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant installed and I’ve never had any problems with motion tracking other than changing the algorithm. I was reading in the repository that this problem was already known among the developers, I just couldn’t identify if they had already fixed it or not, I know that the bug of aborting kdenlive when trying to change the algorithm still persisted, it was reported on 21.08
                Unfortunately my friend, resetting didn’t work here for me, two people already told me it didn’t work for them either, I’m waiting for other people to tell me if it worked or not for them. Thank you so much for trying to help.

                • Merlimau
                  Merlimau on September 1, 2021 at 1:25 PM

                  Download the standalone version to see if happens as well.

  24. Junior
    Junior on August 29, 2021 at 11:19 PM

    Hi, my problem is that quite often my program crashes. I cannot add any more clips and music. Even reinstallation doesn’t help

    • Farid Abdelnour
      Farid Abdelnour on August 29, 2021 at 11:33 PM

      Give more details like which OS, AppImage, Flatpak, distro package, .exe? What are you doing when this happens?

  25. Junior
    Junior on August 30, 2021 at 12:52 AM

    I have the windows version of kdenlive 21.08.0.exe
    I open the program, add files to the library and sometimes no music, picture or video files can be dragged onto the axis. Sometimes it helps to turn off the program and you can work, but then after some time you cannot add more parts again

    • Merlimau
      Merlimau on September 1, 2021 at 1:24 PM

      Difficult to help. I guess you are working on Win10. Download the standalone version to see if happens as well.

  26. Indo
    Indo on August 30, 2021 at 6:05 AM

    why when I want to suppress the rendering process, it doesn’t show the estimated time when it will finish?

  27. Alexandr
    Alexandr on August 30, 2021 at 11:02 PM

    kdenlive-21.08.0a-x86_64.appimage
    Setup wizard show “missing package «Frei0r effects» (frei0r-plugins)”. Is this an appimage problem, or do I need to deal with my system?

    • Merlimau
      Merlimau on September 1, 2021 at 1:33 PM

      Thank you for reporting. Yes, the Frei0r effects are missing. This issue should be solved with the upcoming version 21.08.1.

  28. D E V
    D E V on September 3, 2021 at 6:40 AM

    Corner effect is missing in the appimage.

  29. jcc3dxz
    jcc3dxz on September 3, 2021 at 4:18 PM

    I love so much this software! powerful, well designed and easy to use and so lightweight, I haven’t installed it yet on Linux, will run even faster, thank you!

  30. Nate
    Nate on September 4, 2021 at 4:54 PM

    SO glad to see this feature! I was testing it out and noticed that there seems to be an issue on Windows 10 with Rendering. I’ve been using MP4, but keep seeing weird interpolation when the time remapping effect is applied. Hoping this can be fixed because I would love to use this!

  31. petmix
    petmix on September 12, 2021 at 4:59 PM

    Hi, I’m using the stabilization feature extensively, but it is (and was eversince) very tricky to use effectively: although I have a proxy file for a clip, if I stablize it, it will use the original clip for the process, and the resultant .mlt will also use the original file, which means when dragged on timeline, it will play very slowly. So as a workaround, I have to stabilize the original clip in a dedicated timeline, render it out, and use the rendered clip in the intended project. Could you please make the stabilization to use the proxy, if it is enabled on a clip? Than at export the stabilizition .trf file can be used on the original clip. Could you please make this change in a future version?

  32. Michael Andersen
    Michael Andersen on September 20, 2021 at 8:05 AM

    Any way of adding 18fps, need it to convert old 18fps movie films.

    • Farid Abdelnour
      Farid Abdelnour on September 24, 2021 at 7:08 PM

      When you add a clip to Kdenlive for the first time it will ask you to adapt the project to the clip’s fps and resolution. Otherwise you can just go to menu Project -> Project Settings and there you can create a new profile. (See if you can find it.)

  33. Edson
    Edson on October 1, 2021 at 4:16 PM

    Bom dia. Já tenho o Kdenlive instalado. Dessa nova versão 21.04.2, eu apago a antiga e instalo a nova? Ou atualizo, e como

    • Farid Abdelnour
      Farid Abdelnour on October 5, 2021 at 12:25 AM

      Se for Windows, sim.