Kdenlive

Using Kdenlive to edit videos is increasingly getting more simple and realiable. These tutorials teach you how to do most things.

Increasing the Sound of Clips in Kdenlive

Tutorial on how to increase volume on clips in Kdenlive. Adding a gain effect to the audio clip and adjusting the slider will control the sound. Gaining sound clips may be necessary if the audio volume is to weak, or if you need it to match other audio.
Adding Text Titles to Videos in Kdenlive

Adding text in Kdenlive may prove a challenge to some people, especially when you also need it to fade in, starting from fully transparrent. This tutorial shows how to do both.
How to fade in and out in Kdenlive

How to create an alpha fade in kdenlive for logos and watermarks, and even for video.
Editing Video With Free Software in Ubuntu

Choosing the best NLE for video editing in Linux.

About Kdenlive

Kdenlive is a free, and Open Source video editor which can be used to edit videos in Linux and Windows. While it may be hard to use in the beginning, people who have experience with other editors should be able to learn to use Kdenlive quickly.

Some things are a bit more complicated and inconvenient to do in Kdenlive, than it is in most mainstream video editors. However, overall it is a really good editor, especially in Linux where it can otherwise be difficult to do video editing.

Since the editor sometimes crashes randomly, it is recommended that you save often. Also, try not to do too advanced stuff, as it might trigger crashes and cause you to loose work (unless you have saved your project).

Adding fade effects is a bit inconvenient in Kdenlive. You can add standard "fade-to-blacks" by clicking the corners of clips. However, if you want to fade-to-alpha, you will strangely need to add an "affine" affect and use keyframes. This is mostly just inconvenient, as it slows down your editing process a little bit. But, when you get used to it, this is not going to affect you much.

About Kdenlive

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