Project Monitor

Project Monitor elements

The Project Monitor displays your project’s timeline - i.e. the edited version of your video. It has the same functions and options as the Clip Monitor except for the icon which switches Edit Mode on or off.

For more details about the icons in the monitor toolbar refer to this section of the manual.

Project Monitor Controls

1. The position caret. Shows the current location in the project relative to the whole project. You can click and drag this to move the position in the project.

2. The timecode control. You can type a timecode here and press Enter to bring the playhead to an exact location.

3. Timecode control arrows. You can move the Project Monitor one frame at a time with these. Alternatively, you can use left and right (keyboard arrow keys).

Hamburger Menu

Project Monitor options

• Volume - Set the Project Monitor playback volume. This does not affect the master volume setting.

• Go to Guide - If guides are defined the list of guides is displayed and selecting one positions the playhead at the guide’s timecode.

• Force Monitor Size - You can force the Project Monitor to display the video at 100% (original size), 50% or adjust it to the Project Monitor widget’s size.

• Set current image as thumbnail - Takes the a snapshot of the current frame and uses that as the thumbnail for the clip.

• Audio Scrubbing - If enabled plays the audio track while scrubbing through the timeline. You may want to turn this off to improve scrubbing performance or if the noise is distracting.

• Show Audio Levels - If enabled shows the frequency curve of the master audio in the Project Monitor.

Creating Zones

Project Monitor zone

You can use the I and O keys or the and icons to create a zone in the Project Monitor the same way you make zones in the Clip Monitor with the notable exception that the zone defined in the Project Monitor also sets the zone in the Timeline. The zone will be indicated by a colored bar both on the timeline and underneath the Project Monitor.

You can have Kdenlive only render the selected zone - see Selected Zone.

Right-click Menu

Project Monitor right-click menu options

These are the menu items that are available when you right-click in the Project Monitor. These actions affect the clip that is currently selected in the Zeitleiste. Similar menu items are available from a right-click menu in the Clip Monitor. However, the clip monitor menu items affect the currently selected clip in the project bin.

Item	Shortcut	Description
Play	Space or click into the monitor	Plays the clip currently selected in the project bin. (Disable play on click in the settings)
Play Zone	Ctrl+Space	Plays the current zone and stops
Loop Zone	Ctrl+Shift+Space	Plays the current zone in a continuous loop
Play Zone From Cursor		Plays the current zone from cursor to the end of the zone
Loop Selected Clip		Plays the currently selected clip in a continuous loop
Go to Project Start	Ctrl+Home	Goes to the beginning of the clip
Go to Previous Guide	Ctrl+Left	Goes to the previous guide
Go to Previous Snap Point	Alt+Left	Moves the playhead to the previous snap point
Go to Zone Start	Shift+I	Goes to the start of the zone
Go to Clip Start	Home	Moves the clip playhead to the beginning of the clip
Go to Clip End	End	Moves the clip playhead to the end of the clip
Go to Zone End	Shift+O	Goes to the end of the zone
Go to Next Snap Point	Alt+Right	Moves the playhead to the next snap point
Go to Next Guide	Ctrl+Right	Goes to the next guide
Go to Project End	Ctrl+End	Goes the end of the clip
Go to Guide…		The menu item pops out a list of existing guides to select from. When one is selected the playhead moves to that guide.
Extract Frame		Opens the Save Image dialog window to save the current frame as an image file (default is .png) to your file system
Extract Frame to Project		Same as Extract Frame but in addition the image file is brought into the project bin

Save Image dialog for extracting frames

Add Project Note		Opens the Project Notes widget and adds a hyperlink to the current frame in the clip. You can enter more text to describe the scene.
Set Zone In	I	Sets the in-point for the zone
Set Zone Out	O	Sets the out-point for the zone
Set current image as thumbnail		Uses the current frame as the thumbnail for the clip in the project bin
Multitrack View	F12	Switches the project monitor area to the Multitrack View. All active tracks will be displayed. For more details about how to use this in Editing refer to the Multicam Tool chapter.
Current Monitor Overlay		Opens a fly-out for the various available monitor overlays
Monitor Info Overlay		Switches all monitor overlays on or off
Monitor Overlay Timecode		Switches the display of the timecode on or off
Monitor Overlay Playback FPS		Switches the display of the frame-per-seconds (fps) on or off
Monitor Overlay Markers		Switches the display of the marker lines and thumbnails on or off

Multitrack View

Selecting this allows you to view all the video tracks at once in a split screen in the project monitor. Kdenlive starts with video track #1 in the top left corner and displays the other tracks sequentially. Hidden tracks are not displayed.

For more details about how to use this in Editing refer to the Multicam Tool chapter.