Kdenlive 0.8.2.1

Kdenlive Video Editor 0.8.2.1 - http://kdenlive.org

Changelog
* Fix title text oultine transparency not working
* Make titler window fit on smaller resolutions (1024x768)
* Fix corruption when undoing and redoing a transition add + move
* Fix possible crash in thumbnails
* Fix possible crashes in clip transcoding and improve feedback when failing
* Various small optimizations (unnecessary clip reloads)
* Fix timecode widget hard to edit and sometimes giving random values
* Workaround locale issue ahappening when system C locale and Qt's locale did not give the same numeric separator
* Fix audio thumbnail concurrency issue
* Fix various video thumbnails issues (don't load several times the same thumb, load all of them, ...)
* Fix crash when opening a file dialog on KDE < 4.5
* Fix various proxy issues (missing extension, concurrency, disabling broken proxy, ...)
* Fix startup crash caused by invalid parsing of v4l data
* Fix project tree disabled after loading some projects / creating new one
* Fix corrupted timeline / monitor timecode
* Fix search path for Luma files when missing


0.8.2

* Load zone thumbnails from disk if available.
* Optimise document loading.
* In case of missing or invalid clips, open only one dialog box instead of one for each clip.
* Display proxy creation progress in project tree.
* Improve way of picking an average color of an area.
* Make audio bitrate in render dialog selectable.
* Add support for handling different versions of filters and add rules to convert between them.
* Move all cached data in one operation, so that user does not get one dialog box for each file in case of duplicates. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2297)
* Show filter version in filter info box.
* When multiple clips are selected do not allow resizing, but moving only. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2257)
* Add remux with MKV transcode preset.
* Make audio only render profiles faster by telling ffmpeg to skip video.
* Open documents using a locale different to the system as read only.
* Replace locale-dependent comma with slash in geometry value.
* Add Kdenlive manual converted from UserBase QuickStart page.
* Improve handling of missing luma files. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2216)
* Remove the "avformat-novalidate" trick for faster loading, caused crash. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2205)
* Allow to assign a shortcut to usage of proxies in project.
* Use separate thread for generation of timeline thumbnails when zoom is at frame level to keep UI responsive.
* Allow to use JScript in render profile parameter values. Values that need evalutation need to be indicated by '%'.
* Check for missing proxies on document opening.
* Check document for invalid (overlapping) transitions.
* Check for duration mismatch in clip producers when opening a document (can cause corruption).
* Automatically create backups of the project file; they can be restored in a recovery dialog.
* Allow to manually edit video4linux capture profile.
* Allow to store presets for proxy creation parameters.
* Enable proxies for playlist clips (*.mlt, *.kdenlive).
* Directly encode capture from Decklink card to make it usable in Kdenlive.
* Allow to use bitrate different from presets in render dialog.
* Whole projects (including all necessary files) can be archieved into a directory or file.
* Allow use of different ffmpeg preset for 1st and 2nd render pass.
* Notes widget: context menu now allows to insert clickable timecode to make easy reference to some place in the project.

* Fix encoding of dvd vob menu file.
* Fix possible crash when doing fast start/stop.
* Fix multiple concurrency crashes related to thumbnail and proxy creation.
* Fix name of dvgrab captured file. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2344)
* Fix issues with simultaneous 2-pass rendering (x264). (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2338)
* Fix rendering progress not shown if multiple copies of Kdenlive are open. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=1265)
* Fix DVD chapters discarded when opening from render dialog. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2335)
* Fix possible corruption caused by vertical offset of transitions in timeline.
* Fix aspect ratio of thumbnails to correctly use the project's arpect ratio.
* Fix bitrate broken when editing render profile or making it a favorite. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2321)
* Fix audio issues in rendered file when using a recent ffmpeg version by replacing 'b' with 'vb' (ffmpeg bitrate parameter). (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2318)
* Fix rendering to Flash could be broken by setting the number of encoder threads. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2312)
* Fix DVD wizard losing chapters data when switching to menu page.
* Fix previewing of affine transitions with transparent png.
* Fix timeline corruption when using 'Remove space' tool (transitions could overlap).
* Fix 'adjust to original size' and 'fit to width/height' for title and color clips in geometry widget (pan and zoom, composite, affine).
* Fix vorbis rendering by setting the audio quality (aq).
* Rotoscoping: do not allow to add keyframes until initial spline is created to avoid corruptions.
* Fix possible crash in DVD wizard chapters. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2264)
* Do not duplicate effect stack after split audio but move audio effects only.
* Fix issues related to the usage of comma as numeric separator in some locales.
* Fix build on GNU/kFreeBSD.
* Fix cursor not visible in title widget. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2231)
* Fix aspect ratio in title widget background image. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2225)
* Fix layout in save profile dialog. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2224)
* Fix timeline corruption because resizing a clip end could overlap another clip in some cases.
* Fix last keyframe for composite transition (and other geometry effects) inserted one frame after the end of the transition.
* Prevent crash when deleting a clip while playing. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2200)
* Disable save action if we are in the same state as last save.
* Fix pan and zoom keyframes lost after clip resize. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2210)
* Fix mouse wheel in slider section of (effect) parameters with a large range (> 1000).
* Fix GUI setup issues with some list parameters (for effects).
* Fix timecode widget not communicating changes upon focus leave.
* Fix list of effects in effect stack taking up to much space by default.
* Fix transition track not correctly saved. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2187)
* Fix "save zone" saving proxy instead of real clip. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2184)
* Fix freeze when saving while timeline is at maximum zoom. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2174)
* Fix crash when deleting a track and having an audio clip on last track. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2168)
* Do not allow to create overlapping transitions that could corrupt timeline. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=1901)
* Fix sometimes effects were missing. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2152)
* Fix crash in histogram scope.
* Fix multiple possible timeline corruptions. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2157)
* Do not allow rendering to a frame rate different than current project's profile. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2138)
* Fix DVD menu entries hidden under some circumstances.
* Fix channels in audio thumbnails being displaced by one frame. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=1976)
* Fix possible crash caused by audio thumbnails. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2147)
* Fix possible freeze and error on project opening. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2144)
* Fix progress bar running twice on 2pass render.
* Fix proxy file path issue on system installation.
* Use luma as default channel for levels effect.
* Fix handling of proxies when duration != duration of original clip.
* Fix filename encoding problem in renderer. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2110)
* Fix user specified CFLAGS ignored. (http://kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=2108)


Kdenlive 0.8

New features:
* Audio monitoring (spectrogram,...)
* Stop motion assistant
* Customized layouts can be saved
* Improved interface for some effects that can be adjusted live on the monitor
* New effects (using latest MLT and Frei0r), like Light Graffiti (light painting) and Rotoscoping (create custom masks on your video)
* You can add comments to your project using a new "Notes" widget
* Initial support for HDMI output and input using BlackMagic Decklink cards
* Proxy clips, Kdenlive can automatically create proxy clips (low resolution copy of your clips) so that you can work fast, and the original hi res clips will be used for final rendering
* And several small improvements everywhere. A more complete list can be seen here:

http://kdenlive.org/discover/0.8


Kdenlive 0.7.8

New features:
* Track effects
* On monitor of the position for transition & effects
* Color scopes to monitor the colors of your clips
* Animated slideshows
* Improved support for color themes
* Initial support for title sharing through kdenlive.org


Kdenlive 0.7.7.1 fixes some important issues discovered in Kdenlive 0.7.7:

* Bug in composite transition seek to position feature: http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=1452
* Transition corruption with non english locales: http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=1450


Kdenlive 0.7.7 was released on the 17th of february 2010.
This release contains many bugfixes, including a compatibility issue with Qt 4.6

Beside the bugfixes, the following new features were added:

User selectable color schemes
Improved keyboard navigation
Timeline editing mode (normal, overwrite)
Improved titler (now supports font outline)
Editing properties for several clips at once (for example aspect ratio)

A complete list of bug fixes can be found at:
http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/changelog_page.php?version_id=12


Kdenlive 0.7.6 released
Thu, 10/08/2009 - 20:30 by j-b-m

We are glad to announce the release of Kdenlive 0.7.6, 3 months after the 0.7.5 version.

Many crashes related to effects, transitions, and timeline corruption issues were fixed, and the latest MLT version (0.4.6) that is used for this Kdenlive release also provides an improved stability, so we encourage all our users to upgrade.

The list of fixed issues can be found on our bugtracker: http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/changelog_page.php?version_id=11

The new features are:

* Title module: rewrite, now allows for basic animation (title zoom & scroll)
* Track rename: users can now rename tracks
* Composite transition: keyframes can now be moved
* Clip management: image and audio clips are automatically monitored and updated in the timeline whenever they change on disk
* User interface cleanup: cleaner look for timeline


Kdenlive 0.7.5 was released on the 1st of july 2009.

This page lists some of the new features you will find in Kdenlive 0.7.5

For this release, we mostly focused on bug fixes and stability issues to improve the user experience. Previous versions of the 0.7.x releases had frequent timeline corruption issues and hopefully those should be fixed now.

You can see a full changelog of the fixed bugs on our bugtracker

A new release of MLT (version 0.4.4) was also released today and we encourage all users to upgrade.
Main changes

* Timeline vertical zoom (make tracks smaller or larger in one click)
* Stability improvement (fix issues with clip and group move / delete)
* Non realtime playing in monitors, allows to see your editing frame by frame
* Keyframe editor for effects
* Template text clips
* Improved titler (allow for right / bottom alignment of objects), allow unicode characters
* New dialog reporting missing clips when opening a project
* Save a copy of the Project Profile in Kdenlive document to make it easier to work on another computer
* Save last used Rendering Profile in document so it appears by default when reopening
* Rewrote and improved the thumbnail creator (that creates preview thumbs for your project file for KDE's file managers)
* And of course a lot of other bug fixes


Kdenlive 0.7.4 released
Sat, 05/30/2009 - 12:07 by j-b-m

Kdenlive 0.7.4 is now released.
Main changes

* Compatibility with the new 0.4.x versions of MLT
* Rendering jobs now start one after another instead of all together
* Rewritten DVD wizard, allowing for chapters, several buttons in menu and easy preview
* Start of a transcoding feature, allowing to easily convert a clip in another format
* New icon for Kdenlive by Alberto Villa
* Lots of bug fixes (see full list) and small other improvements


Kdenlive 0.7.3 released
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 10:40 by j-b-m

We are glad to announce the release of Kdenlive 0.7.3

Lots of bugs were fixed in this release, including some crashes triggered in Qt 4.5 and a lot of cleanup was done in the code.
The new features are:

* Clip grouping
* Creation of rendering scripts for delayed rendering
* Double pass encoding for rendering (just add "pass=2" to your profile)
* Track locking
* Configurable monitor background color for better previewing
* Web updates: you can now download new rendering profiles from Kdenlive's web site
* Split audio, allows you to separate a clip in it's audio and video parts
* Improved compatibility with Kdenlive 0.5 project files


Kdenlive 0.7.2 released
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 22:01 by j-b-m

We are glad to announce the release of Kdenlive 0.7.2. This release focuses mostly on stability and usability issues. Several bugs were found in previous Kdenlive versions that could corrupt your project files, so we strongly encourage all users to upgrade to the 0.7.2 version.

New features:

* Dvd Wizard
Lets you create a simple dvd iso image in a few mouse clicks
* Job tracking
All running rendering jobs can now be monitored from the Kdenlive rendering window.
* Rendering
Several improvements: allow rescale, export only video (no audio), hide formats unsupported on your system...



Main bugfixes:

* Playlist corruption
Fixed several problems that could corrupt your project when moving several clips or when saving / reloading a project.
* Effects / Transitions


Kdenlive 0.7.1 released
Mon, 12/29/2008 - 14:27 by j-b-m

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:

* New spacer tool
* Possibility to select on which track a transition should apply
* Cache audio and video thumbnails
* Fixes to clip move and effects
* Fix audio effects
* Several new translations
* And a lot of stability and other small bug fixes


Kdenlive 0.7 released
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 18:48 — admin

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



Kdenlive 0.7beta1 released
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 19:25 — admin

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


11 august 07

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