14 DAY TRIAL // Just a few moments ago, the development team behind the open-source Kdenlive video editor software for GNU/Linux operating systems proudly announced the release of Kdenlive 16.08.1.
Kdenlive 16.08.1 comes as part of today's KDE Applications 16.08.1 software suite for the KDE Plasma 5.7 desktop environment, which brought numerous improvements to various popular KDE apps, including KDE PIM, Konsole, Umbrello, Kate, Marble, Kopete, and Kajongg.
But the Kdenlive devs wanted to make a separate announcement to present the new features they had been working on for the last few months, since the Kdenlive 16.04 release. Therefore, Kdenlive 16.08.1 ships with improved workflow by implementing persistent directories and a responsive cursor.
While the persistent directories feature lets Kdenlive remember which was the last open or saved project, the responsive cursor functionality refers to the fact that the cursor in the timeline will no automatically go to the end of a video clip when it is inserted in the timeline, thus making the workflow more efficient.
"We are happy to announce a new dot release with some improvements and various fixes. We also celebrate some code contribution from Harald Albrecht (TheDive0) hoping to see more devs joining our team," says Farid Abdelnour in today's release announcement.
Interface improvements, many bug fixes
The graphical interface of Kdenlive has been improved as well in today's 16.08.1 release, and users will now find a new option to make the clip corners rounded, as well as support for 50fps and 60fps transcoding profiles for their projects. Lastly, a total of 39 bugs, which includes memory leaks, crashes, and other issues, have been resolved.
Below, we've attached the full changelog in case you want to see what exactly has been fixed since Kdenlive 16.04, and you can now download the Kdenlive 16.08.1 sources via our website, as it will take a few days until this version arrives in the main software repositories of your GNU/Linux operating system (actually, it's already in Arch Linux and Solus).