Kdenlive Part 1: Introduction to Kdenlive

Written By
SK
Seth Kenlon
Nov 17, 2011

“GNU/Linux has infamously been wanting for a good, solid,
professional-level free video editor for years. There have been
glimpses of hope here and there, but mostly the editors that have
the look and feel of a professional application are prone to
blockbuster-worthy crashes, and those that have been stable have
mostly been stable because they don’t actually do anything beyond
very basic editing. Kdenlive changes all of that.

At the film production facility at which I work, Kdenlive is the
Linux editor in production use, and it performs (and frequently
out-performs) the Mac boxes in cost, upkeep, flexibility, speed,
and stability.

Complete
Story

SK

Seth Kenlon

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