Kdenlive -> Version History

This is the version history page for Kdenlive. You can return to the main page for this software by clicking here.

Index:

• Version 0.8.2 (Nov 1, 2011)
• Version 0.8 (Apr 27, 2011)
• Version 0.7.8 (Sep 15, 2010)
• Version 0.7.7.1 (Feb 27, 2010)
• Version 0.7.7 (Feb 24, 2010)
• Version 0.7.6 (Oct 9, 2009)
• Version 0.7.5 (Jul 3, 2009)
• Version 0.7.4 (May 30, 2009)
• Version 0.7.3 (Apr 15, 2009)
• Version 0.7.2 (Feb 2, 2009)
• Version 0.7.1 (Dec 30, 2008)
• Version 0.7 Beta 1 (Oct 7, 2008)
• Version 0.5 (Aug 12, 2007)

• Release Date: Nov 1, 2011
• 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)

• Release Date: Apr 27, 2011
• 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:

• Release Date: Sep 15, 2010
• 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

• Release Date: Feb 27, 2010
• 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

• Release Date: Feb 24, 2010
• 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)

• Release Date: Oct 9, 2009
• 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

• Release Date: Jul 3, 2009
• 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

• Release Date: May 30, 2009
• 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

• Release Date: Apr 15, 2009
• 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

• Release Date: Feb 2, 2009
• 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

• Release Date: Dec 30, 2008
• 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

• Release Date: Oct 7, 2008
• 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

• Release Date: Aug 12, 2007
• Release announcement