Video Editing Software for Linux: Kdenlive

Linux has some great software built for it and the video editing arena is no different. The videos that I create tend to be fraps based out of games, but they still require some editing. I was interested in finding some software that wasn’t hard to use and would allow me to produce quality videos.

Enter Kdenlive. Kdenlive is a non-linear video editing tool that provides nearly everything that an amateur like me would want. And, having seen Adobe Premiere Pro, I’d imagine it’s what professionals want as well.

The software itself is laid out really well. My focus and attention is always on the video itself. And, since the second area where I do most of my detail work is with the tracks, it only makes sense that it be very large as well. The project tree, left of the video, can be toggled for other things as well. You can view the effects and the transitions lists in this pane. Then, should you want to add something you can drag it in place.

I have checked out some other software before too but it was incredibly buggy and way too crashtastic. The one I tried the most to use was OpenShotVideo and it just isn’t there yet. It seems like it could be a great tool in the future. For now, this novice is sticking with Kdenlive.

At any rate, I’m not great at “reviewing” video software since I do so little of it. I just wanted to throw out a post mentioning the capabilities here in case others of you who do the same thing I do with video were interested in it. I hope that this is helpful to someone.