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===Working with the application===
===Working with the application===
When you start to working with any multimedia files (videos, images, animation) The first step is creating a new (empty) folder for our new project. This will help to find your all project files. Create a folder anywhere under your hoe folder.
Open Kdenlive from applications → sound and video → Kdenlive.
====Export and publishing files====
Create new project to start your video editing. Creating/Saving a project file to your computer is similar to saving a file in any other Office program.
If we have created a project that we want to share or to save to be revised at a later time, there are two things that we need to do. The first is to save our project for revise your work later and the second is to export the project to a video file for previewing or sharing. These are two similar but separate processes.
==== Adding clips ====
Now that the project is ready, let’s start adding some clips into your project. Click on the “Add Clip” icon, directly it opens the file dialogue, start browsing your local video clips, audio clips, images to start your edit.
==== Arranging files in tracks ====
Now that the project is ready, let’s start adding some clips into your project. Click on the “Add Clip” icon, directly it opens the file dialogue, start browsing your local video clips, audio clips, images to start your edit.
==== Arranging files in tracks ====
After you have imported files, the next step is to adding files into the timeline and arranging it for editing. Timeline is the place where the media clips will be edited. There are two different types of tracks, Video and Audio. Video tracks can contain any kind of clip, audio tracks as well – but when dropping a video file to the audio track, only the audio will be used.
To add clips into tracks, select file from the project files section and drag and drop it in the tracks where your files are suited. Any time by pressing “space” button(or click on the “Play” button in the project monitor) to see the preview of edited work.
Once a clip is dropped on a track, it can be moved (drag and drop it) to another place on the same track or onto another track.
==== Cutting, moving and deleting clips ====
# To cut a clip into two parts, select '''Razor''' from edit toolbar. The mouse cursor will change to a dotted line & razor icon. Click on a clip at the point you want to cut / slice it. And also if you want to remove one part of this clip, just right click on the clip and '''remove clip'''.
# After you cut a clip, now it will be two part. Click on '''cursor icon(Select Mode)''', click on a clip which you want to move. Then,drag the clip to a new position on the timeline, and drop it. OR
# To cut a clip, the easiest way is to place the timeline cursor where you want to cut the clip, then select the clip (left click in it) and use the menu Timeline -> Current Clip -> Cut Clip (default shortcut: Shift + R).
==== Resizing a clip ====
A clip can be resized from its start or end by dragging its left or right edge.
If you want a more precise resize, you can place the timeline cursor wherever you want the resize to end and use the menu Timeline→ Resize Item Start or Timeline→ Resize Item End.
==== Removing Space Between Clips ====
Right click in the space between the clips and choose Remove Space.
Be aware however that if you have clips on multiple tracks in the timeline and they are not grouped, then removing space may disturb the alignment of the clips between the different tracks — the space is only removed from the timeline where you clicked.
==== Adding titles/subtitles ====
Titles are text elements that can be added to the timeline and appear over the top of other clips. Titles are created in the Project Tree and then dragged to the timeline like other video clips.
To create a title, choose “Add Title Clip” from the Project toolbar. Below is the title create window.
Here just start adding your title and do the formatting using different tools in it and finally click on “OK”. Oncle click on the OK, your title file will add to you project tree. Drag drop it on your track for adding into your video.
If you want titles to overlay other footage, you put title clips on video track 1 and have the other footage on video track 2. You also need to retain the affine transition that is automatically added to the title clips if you want the footage visible underneath.
==== Adding fade in fade out effect ====
By adding fade-in and fade-out for the clips, it will smoothly changing the slides from one to next.
====Advanced features====
====Advanced features====
