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How good is kdenlive these days? (self.opensource)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by bpt11 to c/[email protected]

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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Kdenlive on places like YouTube, I mostly find things that are 2-5 years old at this point and just seem relatively outdated.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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I’ve been a resolve (and premier and FCPX in past l lives lol) user for quite some time now and I just don’t think that’s in their interest. Resolve is not BMD’s main business, it’s and anchor point to get you into their ecosystem. They make their money with switchers, encoders, and cameras to an extent. They then make all their devices talk to resolve and go through their pipeline seamlessly.

Always be skeptical but as it stands I think the $300 price tag for studio is here to stay for some time. Especially since their cloud system already has license rentals for post houses so they already get some of that subscription-like money from folks willing to pay it. Plus their server/cloud storage is all subscription based and it prints.