Project Menu

The Project Menu is for adding assets (audio, video, images, other clips) to and managing various aspects of your project.

Kdenlive Project Menu

Most of the function of the Project Menu are also available from within the Project Bin widget.

Use the navigation to the left to go to the various items.

Add Clip or Folder

This function allows you to add video, audio and (single) image files from your file system. It is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin or by right-click or double-click on empty space in the Project Bin.

Adding a clip or entire folder

A more detailed explanation of this function is available in the clips section of this documentation.

Vytvořit klip barvy

This function allows you to create a clip with a single color.

Adding a Color Clip

It is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-clicking on empty space in the Project Bin.

For more details refer to the Color Clips section of this documentation.

Přidat obrázkovou sekvenci

This function adds a series of still images as one clip to the Project Bin.

Adding an Image Sequence

It is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-click on empty space in the Project Bin.

For more details refer to the Image Sequence section of this documentation.

Vytvořit titulky

This function adds a Title Clip to the Project Bin. First, it opens the title editor in a separate window where you create the Title Clip. Once saved it shows up in the Project Bin.

A more detailed documentation of the title editor is available in the Klipy titulků section of the documentation.

This function is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-click on empty space in the Project Bin.

Přidat titulky dle šablony

This function creates a Title Clip based on a Template Title.

Adding a Template Title

You build the template in the Titler application like a normal Title Clip. The key is the placeholder %s. It will be replaced by the text you enter here.

This function is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-click on empty space in the Project Bin.

Please refer to the Názvy šablon section of this documentation for more details about Titles and Templates.

Vytvořit animaci

This function creates an animation clip in the Project Bin and calls Glaxnimate, the application to actually create the animation.

Creating an animation

Glaxnimate has to be installed on your computer and the path to it must be set in Settings ‣ Configure Kdenlive ‣ Environment ‣ Default Apps.

This function is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-click on empty space in the Project Bin.

Přidat posloupnost

This function creates a new Sequence in the Project Bin.

Add a new Sequence

Sequences were introduced with version 23.04 and are needed for nested timelines where you can edit clips separately and independently.

This function is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-click on empty space in the Project Bin.

Please refer to the Posloupnost section of this documentation for more details.

Vytvořit složku

This function creates a new folder in the Project Bin.

The folder is a virtual folder and very useful to keep your assets organized. You can also create separate bins from each folder (see the Multiple Bins section)

This function is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-click on empty space in the Project Bin.

More details are available in the Create Folder section of this documentation.

Tip

A good way to keep your Project Bin neat and tidy is to have bin folders or separate bins for your footage (main video), B-roll, audio, still images, SFX and VFX, titles and so on.

Generátory

This function allows to create generated clips in your Project Bin for

• Počitadlo

• Color Bars (old TV test display)

• White Noise

This function is also available from the menu bar of the Project Bin and by right-click on empty space in the Project Bin. See the clips section in this documentation for more details.

Titulky

This function opens a flyout to switch the Subtitle Editor on or off and to offer additional options for dealing with subtitles.

Adding subtitles

Please refer to the Titulky section of this documentation.

Režim zobrazení

This function allows to switch between the various views available for the Project Bin:

• Tree View - When enabled shows the Project Bin items as a hierarchy. Each item in the list can have several subitems (shown individually indented).

• Icon View - When enabled shows the Project Bin items in a flat grid of items shown by their thumbnails with captions

Vyčistit projekt

This function can be used to remove any unused clips from the Project Bin.

Clean up the project

You can undo this action with Edit ‣ Undo, through the Historie činností or with the default keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Z.

Poznámka

This is different from the Project Settings dialog button Delete Files in the Project Files tab which deletes files not used by the project from the hard drive.

Renderovat

This function opens the Rendering Dialog with which you can create your video clip. Please refer to the Rendering section of this documentation for more details.

Přizpůsobit profil vybranému klipu

This function offers up a suggested Project Profile that would be most suitable for the currently selected clip in the Project Bin.

Adjusting the project profile to the clip properties

Archivovat projekt

This function allows you to copy all files required by the project to a specific folder of your choice.

Archiving a project

Please refer to the archiving section of this documentation for more details.

Otevřít záložní soubor

This function opens the list of automatic backups of the project Kdenlive creates.

Restore a backup file

From here you can select the restore point you want to go back to. More details are available in the backup section of this documentation.

Nastavení projektu

This function opens the Project Settings dialog where you can set all basic properties of the project.

Project Settings window

More details about the various parameters and tabs are available in the project_settings section of the documentation.

Výstraha

Certain things cannot be changed once assets have been added to the project or put on the timeline. Changing certain properties of the project may lead to unwanted results. It is highly recommended to create a copy of the project file before changing project settings.

Poznámka

Changing the project folder location does not work properly. In most cases the files are not moved.