Kdenlive/Manual/Effects

Effects

Effects in Kdenlive can be used to modify the audio and video properties of the source material.

You add effects to clips by choosing them from the Effects List and draging them onto a clip in the timeline. For more detail see Kdenlive/Manual/QuickStart#Effects

The effects that are in play on a given clip can be viewed and edited via the effect stack that displays when the clip in question is selected in the timeline.

Effect List

Make the Effects List visible from the View menu (View > Effect List)

To have a brief description of the effect display at the bottom of the list - click the i button as highlighted in figure 1.

To add an effect to a clip simply drag it from the Effect List to the Clip

Effect Stack

Figure 2 shows the effect stack for a clip.

Effects Demos

You can find screen shots describing 33 of the video effects here

The following three youtube videos display the effects of a number of the video effects available in Kdenlive (Spanish captioning)

Another Youtube video (English Captions)

Effects Categories

see also Kdenlive/Manual/Effects_And_Transitions for an alphabetical list of effects and transitions.

You can find screen shots describing 33 of the video effects here

The effects are divided into the following categories

The available effects are defined by .xml files found in $KDEDIR/share/kde4/apps/kdenlive/effects. (eg. /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdenlive/effects )

FAQ:

Q: How to duplicate an effect to use similar settings somewhere else

A: Select your effect in the timeline, in effects stack widget choose "save", you get it available in "effects list" "custom" section

A: other solution: select a strip containing the effect, "Copy", then where you want to apply it again right-click and select "Paste effect" instead of "paste"

Q: How to apply an effect on several clips (all) at the same time?

A: You can select multiple clips with Shift+drag (left mouse button) around them. Then right click and group clips (or Ctrl+G)