When i try to find reviews or people talking about Kdenlive on places like YouTube, I mostly find things that are 2-5 years old at this point and just seem relatively outdated. Does it have an active community of users? Is it worth using in 2025? I think it seems really promising but i haven’t given it a shot yet.
Edit: up to this point I’ve been a user of premier pro and more recently DaVinci resolve
Another edit for further context: I wouldn’t say I’m a “professional editor” but I’m not just making simple cuts either. I make video essays on YouTube and my style is pretty edit heavy. Lots of text, sometimes I’ll have like 10 things on screen at once, etc
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I’m not a professional video editor, I only use it for basic stuff, seems pretty good and solid to me.
this channel has great tutorials. they’re up-to-date, too.
It’s fantastic. I use it professionally. A lot of comments say it’s just for basic editing and I think they haven’t scratched the surface.
There are a lot of advanced effects like grading, time remapping, and motion tracking that simply are not basic effects. If you want basic, try out OpenShot. Kdenlive is a fucking gem. It’s replaced premiere for me.
Do you have any like work samples you could share?
No most of my work is company IP and internal so I wouldn’t be able to provide a link.
Ah dang, well thanks anyway
It’s good, but not comparable to Premiere or Resolve. I’d compare it to Vegas maybe.
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I’m not very knowledgeable as far as editing goes, but I know from experience a good artist working with a familiar yet basic tool can be surprisingly proficient.
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I use it to produce video content for my company, so pretty good I’d say.
For context, I would not claim to be a “professional video editor”, but I do have to edit videos in a professional context which is the same thing, technically speaking, but definitely not practically speaking. Anyways, for my purposes I’ve had no serious issues. Some crashes - save often - but no difficulty producing good looking results that my bosses have been happy with.
I’ve used it for many of my videos and it’s quite good. It’s amazing for simple edits and can handle more advanced stuff, but from my experience it bogs down with many effects. For complicated projects I recommend Resolve, but for simple to medium complexity video edits I fully recommend Kdenlive, as it’s better and more crash resistant than all the other FOSS video editors.
It works about a well as video editing capabilities from the start of the movie making era from the 1920s onwards. You can make a simple basic straight forward production that can be shared online. It makes great documentaries or just simple straight forward film production that doesn’t require any special effects.
They were able to make full featured films in the 1930s and 40s with far less editing capability. The only limitation is your ability to capture great images and content with your camera and video equipment.
I switched from Kdenlive to revolver because it’s rendering way faster. Maybe I could do the same in Kdenlive but it seems I’m to dumb. I would recommend both, Kdenlive and Revolver. Depending on the things You want to do.
I use it for my microbe videos. I really just do basic editing and color grading. I like it a lot. You can look at my post history if ya wanna see the videos.
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I’m also not a professional but I think it should be perfect for a YouTube-style video. You can easily overlay things, add text, etc.
I used it for a while, but switched to Olive for the little editing I need.
KDEnlive is improving, however Resolve is still more powerful and mature. That said, DaVinci’s business model seems precarious. It feels like they could, at any moment, enshittify Resolve and force users into a subscription just to maintain access to old edits. I think for that reason KDEnlive is better for almost all users. If you are a professional filmmaker then the color and vfx workflows of Resolve are probably worth paying for, but in that case it’s probably a FinalCut vs Resolve question anyway.
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It’s pretty darn capable in my opinion. I’ve been using it to make a few different types of videos, and as you might say, the *shit just works"!One thing I’ve done with it is create 5+ hour compilation videos. It handles very large projects with ease.
