Software Update: Kdenlive 21.08.1

Version 21.08.1 of Kdenlive has been released. Kdenlive, short for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor, is an advanced non-linear video editing program designed primarily for Linux, but also has versions for Windows, BSD, and macOS, although the latter is no longer actively developed. It uses several other open source projects, such as FFmpeg and the MLT video framework. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Kdenlive 21.08.1 is out

The first maintenance release of the 21.08 series is out fixing regressions to Fade transition and Position and Zoom effect (when applied to bin clips) also, on Windows, Text to Speech is working again. This version adds the ability to import motion tracked data to the Alpha Shapes and Alpha Shapes (mask) effects.

log:

• Compile MLT with GCC 9 – fixes brightness effect corruption. commit.
• Fix mix crossfade sometimes using wrong order (starting at 100% and ending at 0%) instead of reverse. commit.
• Upgrade document version and fix custom affine effects for MLT 7 when. commit.
• Make it possible to import mlt rect keyframes to frei0r.alphaspot. commit.

Outlook for the next major release

In other news work on the 21.12 release has started with some very exciting features coming, such as the initial implementation of the new multicam editing tool.