Kdenlive is a free and opensource video editing software, it is built on Qt and KDE Framework libraries, and MLT Framework is used for video processing in Kdenlive and this is part of the official KDE project.
Kdenlive released a new major version 20.04 with new features and major performance improvements due to Preview scaling feature.
This tutorial will be useful for beginners to install Kdenlive 20.04 in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 19.10, LinuxMint and Elementary OS
Changes in Kdenlive 20.04
- Preview resolution
- Project Bin
- Multicam editing
- Pitch shift
- Motion tracking
- zoom bar
- Effects groups
- Added Opentimeline IO import/export
How to Install Kdenlive 20.04 in Ubuntu 20.04 / LinuxMint /Elementary OS
Kdenlive could be installed on Ubuntu / LinuxMint via 2 methods
- appimage
- official kdenlive PPA
Method 1: via appimage
One of the easiest methods to install and start working on the app is by appimage method, download the appimage and execute it and it will work on most of the Linux distro’s
Step 1: Download the app image
Download it from the official download page or use the below command in terminal to download
wget https://files.kde.org/kdenlive/release/kdenlive-20.04.0-x86_64.appimage
Step 2: Change the permissions
sudo chmod 755 kdenlive-20.04.0-x86_64.appimage
Step 3: Execute the Kdenlive appimage
sudo ./kdenlive-20.04.0-x86_64.appimage
Method 2: Via Official PPA
This official PPA available for ubuntu 19.10 versions and above
Step 1: Add the official PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kdenlive/kdenlive-stable
Step 2: Update the apt repository
sudo apt update
Step 3: Install Kdenlive 20.04
sudo apt install kdenlive
