CREATOR TOOLBOX

Tool: Kdenlive - Learn How To Create Impressive Knife Throwing Visual Effects Description: Let's pull apart how to simulate knife throwing in Kdenlive, using out of the box effects in clever ways! See how using simple effects, such as Transform, Corners, and Box Blur can create power visual effects when used together.  Review: https://youtu.be/NuSguPEbcls Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Kdenlive - Space Ship Visual Effect Description: Following in the footsteps of "traditional" visual effects, I'm working with a model and creating motion in space using camera motion and post compositing. Walk through using Kdenlive to mask out the space ship model and learn how to leverage the "Mask Apply" effect - See how to bind effects to a masked area and shortcut creating complex masks over many frames.  Review: https://youtu.be/P1gdb5ivHAg Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4

Tool: Kdenlive - New Ways to Use Dynamic Text Description: Did you know that video files have attributes (meta data) included within that describe the file? These can be used to include customized text information that can be read, stylized, even animated with Kdenlive! See how to get the most use out of the Dynamic Text effect and make it work to your advantage using other free tools to compliment the process, like VLC and Atomic Parsley! Review: https://youtu.be/Quz_exBYczk           Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Kdenlive - How to Make the Floating Text Visual Effect Description: See how to use motion tracking with AI algorithms to creation motion path keyframes in Kdenlive. It becomes very easy to reuse generated keyframes to create complex and realistic overlays, as in the example of floating text. Walk through also how to add perspective, shadow and surface blurring adaption!  Review: https://youtu.be/7PZHOnW9ONM Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Kdenlive - How to Make Smooth Rolling Credits Description: See a clever workaround to create smooth, rolling credits in Kdenlive! The built-in effect "Scroll" has some render issues (as of 23.04.03), but in using the animation properties of the Title designer, you can easily achieve a smooth roll with flexible control of speed.  Review: https://youtu.be/ESDGAWtDpc4 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Krita - How to Use Selection Masks Description: Krita tutorial explaining how to convert complex drawings into selections Review: https://youtu.be/80GV_IxKzWo Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

   Tool: Kdenlive - How to Speed Up Rendering Description: Kdenlive tutorial to create a custom render preset and speed up exporting Review: https://youtu.be/9fG3yYcHcfw Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3  

  Tool: Krita - How to Animation with Mesh Transform Description: Krita and Kdenlive tutorial showing how to animate with video and drawings using Mesh Transform Review: https://youtu.be/DnP84B86PO0 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4  

Tool: Krita - How to use Mirror and Smoothing Description: Krita tutorial to demonstrate how to use the Mirror and Smoothing tools Review: https://youtu.be/wAi7-ZFpux8 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3  

      Tool: Kdenlive - Changes to Effects Controls Description: Kdenlive tutorial to explain new effects controls Review: https://youtu.be/_wvsmYl5cRA Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3  

Tool: KDEnlive - How to make Lightswords Description: Tutorial for how to create lightwords (lightsabers) in KDEnlive Review: https://youtu.be/BY3nyZFr6Jo Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3  

  Tool: KDEnlive - Chroma Key Tutorial Description: Tutorial for mastering chroma keying in KDEnlive Review: https://youtu.be/uqge5McjO7E Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4  

   Tool: KDEnlive - How to Make YouTube Chapters Description: Tutorial for generating chapters from KDEnlive, using guides.  Review: https://youtu.be/UFW68dhQdSM Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2  

    Tool: KDEnlive - Format Video for YouTube Shorts Description: How to correctly format videos for use as YouTube shorts, using KDEnlive Review: https://youtu.be/eg4nbdYQfB8 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2  

  Tool: KDEnlive - Master Titles Description: A tutorial for working with titles and leveraging powerful features in KDEnlive Review: https://youtu.be/FuvbP4Dm9Sc Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

   Tool: Huion H610PRO V2 Drawing Tablet Description: A quick and easy look at how to remove ambient background noise in KDEnlive without altering voice quality Review: https://youtu.be/-8lDbWRVFdk Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 1

   Tool: Motion Tracking with AI Models in KDEnlive Description: KDEnlive has included newly enhanced motion tracking capabilities, leveraging AI models discriminate distinct visual elements and then translate the tracked movement to reusable keyframes.  Review: https://youtu.be/wJtGULPaTCE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

  Tool: KDEnLive Description: ​Kdenlive is an acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. Through the MLT framework, Kdenlive integrates many plugin effects for video and sound processing or creation. Platform: Linux, Windows Download: https://kdenlive.org/en/download/ Review: https://youtu.be/pAkCYRTiBaQ Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Free