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Monitors

Kdenlive uses 2 monitor widgets to display your videos: Clip Monitor and Project Monitor. A third monitor - the Record Monitor - previews video capture. These monitors can be selected by clicking the corresponding tabs which appear at the bottom of the monitor window.

Clip Monitor

The Clip monitor displays the unedited clip that is currently selected in the Project Tree.

Widgets on the Clip Monitor

1) Set zone start button - click this to set an 'in' point.

2) Set zone end button - click this to set an 'out' point.

3) Zone duration indicator - selected by setting in and out points. Dragging the clip from the clip monitor to the timeline when there is a selected zone causes the selected zone, not the entire clip, to be copied to the timeline.

4) Position Caret - can be dragged in the clip. (In ver >=0.9.4 and with OpenGL turned on in Settings -> Configure Kdenlive -> Playback, audio will play as you drag this.)

5) Timecode widget - type a timecode here and hit Enter to go an exact location in the clip. Timecode is in the format hours:minutes:seconds:frames (where frames will correspond to the number of frames per second in your project profile).

6) Timecode arrows - can be used to change the current position of the clip in the clip monitor.

Creating Zones in Clip Monitor

Zones are defined regions of clips that are indictated by a colored section in the clip monitor's timeline - see item 3 above. The beginning of a zone is set by clicking [ (item 1 in the pic above). The end of a zone is set by clicking ] (item 2 in the pic above)

Clip Monitor Right-click menu

The clip monitor has a right-click (context menu) as described here.

Project Monitor

The Project Monitor displays your project's timeline - i.e. the edited version of your video.

Project Monitor Widgets

1) The position caret. Shows the current location in the project relative to the whole project. You can click and drag this to move the position in the project.

2) The timecode widget. You can type a timecode here and press Enter to bring the Project Monitor to an exact location.

3) Timecode widget control arrows. You can move the project monitor one frame at a time with these.

Creating Zones in Project Monitor

You can use the [ and ] buttons to create a zone in the Project Monitor the same way you make zones in the clip monitor. The zone will be indicated by a colored bar both on the timeline and underneath the Project Monitor.

You can get Kdenlive to only render the selected zone - see Rendering Using the Selected Zone Option.

Project Monitor Right-click menu

The project monitor has a right-click (context menu) as described here.

Record Monitor

There is also a Record monitor that can be used to preview capture from Firewire, Blackmagic cards or through FFmpeg / video4linux.

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-'''Kdenlive''' uses 2 monitor widgets to display your videos: '''Clip Monitor''' and '''Project Monitor'''. A third monitor - the '''Record Monitor''' - previews video capture.
+'''Kdenlive''' uses 2 monitor widgets to display your videos: '''Clip Monitor''' and '''Project Monitor'''. A third monitor - the '''Record Monitor''' - previews video capture.  These monitors can be selected by clicking the corresponding tabs which appear at the bottom of the monitor window.
 <span id="Clip Monitor">
 === Clip Monitor ===
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 ==== Widgets on the Clip Monitor ====
-<!--(-->1) is Set In Point button - click this to set an 'in' point.
+<!--(-->1) '''Set zone start''' button - click this to set an 'in' point.
-<!--(-->2) is Set Out Point button - click this to set an 'out' point.
+<!--(-->2) '''Set zone end''' button - click this to set an 'out' point.
-<!--(-->3) Green selected zone - selected by setting in and out points. Draging the clip from the clip monitor to the time line when there is a green selected zone causes the selected zone to be copied to the timeline.
+<!--(-->3) Zone duration indicator - selected by setting in and out points. Dragging the clip from the clip monitor to the timeline when there is a selected zone causes the selected zone, not the entire clip, to be copied to the timeline.
-<!--(-->4) Position Carat - can be dragged in the clip. (In ver >=0.9.4 and with Open GL turned on in [[Special:myLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Settings_Menu/Configure_Kdenlive#Playback|Settings -> Configure Kdenlive -> Playback]] audio will play as you drag this.)
+<!--(-->4) Position Caret - can be dragged in the clip. (In ver >=0.9.4 and with OpenGL turned on in [[Special:myLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Settings_Menu/Configure_Kdenlive#Playback|Settings -> Configure Kdenlive -> Playback]], audio will play as you drag this.)
-<!--(-->5) Timecode widget - type a timecode here and hit <keycap>Enter</keycap> to go an exact location in the clip.
+<!--(-->5) Timecode widget - type a timecode here and hit <keycap>Enter</keycap> to go an exact location in the clip. Timecode is in the format ''hours:minutes:seconds:frames'' (where ''frames'' will correspond to the number of frames per second in your project profile).
-<!--(-->6) Timecode arrows - can use these to change the current position of the clip in the clip monitor.
+<!--(-->6) Timecode arrows - can be used to change the current position of the clip in the clip monitor.
 ==== Creating Zones in Clip Monitor ====
-Zones are defined regions of clips that are indictated by green in the clip monitors time line - see item 3 above.  The beginning of a zone is set by clicking [  (item 1 in the pic above).  The end of a zone is set by clicking ] (item 2 in the pic above)
+Zones are defined regions of clips that are indictated by a colored section in the clip monitor's timeline - see item 3 above.  The beginning of a zone is set by clicking [  (item 1 in the pic above).  The end of a zone is set by clicking ] (item 2 in the pic above)
-==== Clip Monitor Right click menu ====
+==== Clip Monitor Right-click menu ====
-The clip monitor has a right click (context menu) as described [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors/Clip_Monitor_RightClick|here]]
+The clip monitor has a right-click (context menu) as described [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors/Clip_Monitor_RightClick|here]].
 === Project Monitor ===
-The '''Project monitor'''  displays your project's timeline - i.e. the edited version of your video.
+The '''Project Monitor'''  displays your project's timeline - i.e. the edited version of your video.
 [[File:Project monitor.png]]
 ==== Project Monitor Widgets ====
-<!--(-->1) is the position Carat and shows the current location in the project relative to the whole project. You can click and drag this to move the position in the project.
+<!--(-->1) The position caret. Shows the current location in the project relative to the whole project. You can click and drag this to move the position in the project.
-<!--(-->2) is the timecode widget. You can type a time code in this and press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to bring the project monitor to an exact location
+<!--(-->2) The timecode widget. You can type a timecode here and press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to bring the Project Monitor to an exact location.
-<!--(-->3) is the timecode widget control arrows. You can move the project monitor one frame at a time with these.
+<!--(-->3) Timecode widget control arrows. You can move the project monitor one frame at a time with these.
 <span id="Creating Zones in Project Monitor"></span>
 ====Creating Zones in Project Monitor ====
-You can use the [  and ]  buttons to create a zone in the project monitor in the same way as you do to make zones in the clip monitor.
+You can use the [  and ]  buttons to create a zone in the Project Monitor the same way you make zones in the clip monitor.
-The zone will be indicated by a green bar in both the time line and underneath the project monitor.
+The zone will be indicated by a colored bar both on the timeline and underneath the Project Monitor.
 [[File:Kdenlive Zone in project monitor.png]]
-You can get '''Kdenlive''' to only render the selected zone - see [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Project_Menu/Render#Rendering_Using_the_Selected_Zone_Option|Rendering Using the Selected Zone Option]]
+You can get '''Kdenlive''' to only render the selected zone - see [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Project_Menu/Render#Rendering_Using_the_Selected_Zone_Option|Rendering Using the Selected Zone Option]].
-==== Project Monitor Right click menu ====
+==== Project Monitor Right-click menu ====
-The project monitor has a right click (context menu) as described [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors/Project_Monitor_RightClick|here]]
+The project monitor has a right-click (context menu) as described [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Monitors/Project_Monitor_RightClick|here]].
 <span id="Record Monitor"></span>
 === Record Monitor ===
-There is also a '''Record monitor''' that can be used to preview [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Capturing|capture]] from Firewire, ''Blackmagic cards'' or through '''FFmpeg''' / '''video4linux'''
+There is also a '''Record monitor''' that can be used to preview [[Special:MyLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Capturing|capture]] from Firewire, ''Blackmagic cards'' or through '''FFmpeg''' / '''video4linux'''.
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