The features, the manuals, the tutorials
The official Cinelerra CV manual
Attention:
The Manual is available in HTML, PDF and TXT format below.
The english manual is the most recent version.
The PDF and TXT versions of the Manual can be viewed online or downloaded from our the Google Drive archive.
—> THE ONLINE HTML VERSION OF THE OFFICIAL CINELERRA-CV MANUAL (in English).
ROOT-DIRECTORY - PDF/TXT
- English: HTML | PDF (6 Mb) | TXT (500 Kb)
- Español: PDF (6 Mb) | TXT (500 Kb)
- Euskara (Basque): PDF (5 Mb) | TXT (500 Kb)
- Français: PDF (6 Mb) | TXT (500 Kb)
- Português do Brasil: PDF (6 Mb) | TXT (500 Kb)
- An incomplete Italian translation of the official Cin-CV manual
is available online HERE (HTML).
Manuals for Cinelerra CV
- The manual "Cinelerra: Quick Start" for Beginners (in English).
- Flossmanual: Cinelerra-CV — French FLOSS user manual for Cinelerra CV (in French).
- Editor Cinelerra for TODOS — Cinelerra manual (in Spanish), by Javier Rodriguez Navarro aka pinguytaz (PDF in the CinCV G. drive archive)
Workaround: H.264 rendering with YUV4MPEG in Cinelerra CV
Cinelerra video tutorials
Some video tutorials (talk and screencast) are available on the Internet.
For more information about the ones see HERE
Tutorials for Cinelerra
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Basic HOWTOs for very beginners, by Raffaella Traniello. |
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Cinelerra basics, for Grandma, by Raffaella Traniello. |
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Cinelerra basics, for Grandma (in Italian), by Raffaella Traniello. |
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Features for Bézier Automation, by Ichthyostega, August 2006. |
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by Rob Fisher. |
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A tutorial for both CV and HV versions, by Joseph Miller |
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Introduction to Cinelerra, for beginners, by Paolo Rampino and Dennis Kent. |
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Introduction to Cinelerra, for beginners, by PCQ Bureau, Sept. 17, 2003 |
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Intro to Cinelerra, for beginners, by Dave Kline for linux.com, 2005 |
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Intro to Cinelerra, for beginners, by The Linux Foundation for linux.com, 2007 |
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by Eli Billauer. |
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by dquinton |
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Cinelerra basic howto for beginners, by duganchen |
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An old tutorial for Broadcast2000 |
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Introduction to the program, by linuxidc.com (in Chinese) |
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Introduction to the program, by blog.naver.com (in Korean) |
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Introduction to the program, by Vojtěch Kozák (in Czech) |
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Introduction to the program, by Radek Jahoda (in Czech) |
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by Stephan Lamprecht, PC-WELT 1.3.2023 |
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by Peter Kreussel, Linux-Magazin 05/2015 |
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by Christian Grugel, PC Magazin 1/2008 |
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by Peter Kreussel, LinuxUser 4/2006 |
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by Tim Schürmann, LinuxUser 08/2003 |
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by mikiwiki.org |
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Introduction to Cinelerra, for beginners, by wiki.ubuntu-nl.org (in Dutch) |
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Introduction to Cinelerra, for beginners, by Paolo Rampino. |
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Cinelerra basics, for Grandma (in Italian), by Raffaella Traniello. |
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Cinelerra for beginners, by Michele Armani. |
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from DV files to DVD through Cinelerra, by Stefano "Senbee" Droghetti. |
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Video editing with Cinelerra in GNU/Linux. |
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Cinelerra: Basic tutorial (text and video), by Juan Luis Fernández Gallo |
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by Gustavo Iñiguez Goya. |
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Basic intro, by Ministerio de Educación (Buenos Aires) (Download pdf from biblioteca-digital.bue.edu.ar). |
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An advanced tutorial (text and video), by Rafa Mar |
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French FLOSS user manual for Cinelerra CV (examples of use). |
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by funix.org |
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Tutorial for beginners on Cinelerra HV, by Laurent Bellegarde. |
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Basic tutorial by Linux Pratique 44 |
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Introduction to Cinelerra, by Éric Seigne. |
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Introduction to Cinelerra, by RenZO |
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Cinelerra basic tutorial, by estudiolivre.org (in Portuguese). In web.archive |
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Cinelerra Beginners' Guide, by estudiolivre.org (in Portuguese). |
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Tracks, patchbay in Cinelerra, by estudiolivre.org. |
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Exporting video from Cinelerra, by estudiolivre.org. In web.archive |
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Cinelerra basic tutorial, by forumeja.org.br (in Portuguese)] |
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by Rafael Diniz. |
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Introduction to Cinelerra, for beginners, by Medve Zoltán (in Hungarian). |
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Introduction to Cin-GG, for beginners, by magyarlinux_admin (in Hungarian). |
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Cinelerra-GG: effects, keyframes, by magyarlinux_admin (in Hungarian). |
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Introduction to the interface of Cin-GG, by magyarlinux_admin (in Hungarian). |
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Introduction to the Interface, by Peter Semiletov for wiki.linuxformat.ru (PDF) |
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Basic tutorials, by Peter Semiletov for wiki.linuxformat.ru (PDF) |
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Introduction to Cinelerra (mpeg3toc), by Peter Semiletov for 'CHIP LINUX' 02.2005 (PDF) |
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''Introduction to Cinelerra, by Peter Semiletov for "OpenSource:№49-50, 2009" (PDF) |
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''About Adam Williams", by Peter Semiletov for "OpenSource:№98, 2011" (PDF) |
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Cinecutie (Cinelerra) - QuickStart by Lego for 'PuppyRus Richy' |
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QuickStartRus.pdf - Учебник для начинающих, by www.assistcg.com |
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A blog about Cinelerra (in Russian). Блог на русском о Cinelerra. |
How-to guides
Some how-to guides for specific needs are available on the Internet:
- Camera | Projector
- Mask
- Sequences | Animation
- Chroma Key
- Tracking and Stabilization
- Titles
- Slow Motion | DiffKey
- Effects
- Audio
- Rendering
- Render Farm
- Common
- Mix
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by Roland C |
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A simple way to combine multiple video’s on one screen with Cinelerra, by Peter for osvideo.constantvzw.org |
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How to create a picture in picture effect in Cinelerra, by Doug Bonnell |
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How to create a picture in picture effect in Cinelerra, How to create overlays in Cinelerra, How to change theme, by Simeon Volkel |
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by crazedmuleproduction |
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DV SD (720×576) -> HD 1080, by lprod wiki |
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Using Cinelerra's virtual cameras, by lprod wiki |
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Camera, Projector, Mask, Overlay modes in Cinelerra, by Peter Semiletov |
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by Igor_VLD (in Russian) |
How to build from source







Various links
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An easy introduction to Interlacing for beginners. |
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in depth description of interlacing. |
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FAQ |
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HDV related |
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with plenty of ffmpeg commands for format conversion. |
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Secrets of the world of digital video. |
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Luma, chroma, and different colour models in detail. |
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by Joseph Miller (calcmaster) |
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by Joseph Miller (calcmaster) |
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A free set of calibration patterns for high definition (HD) video players. |
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About DVD structure. |
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An excellent high level overview of DVD authoring in general on Linux. |
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by osvideo.constantvzw.org |
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Compression of films for back-up & storage vs. compression for download & viewing, by ictnle.com |
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A collection of favourite settings (flags/options) used when encoding (compressing) a video file, by ictnle.com |
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A French Wiki full of resources for Open Source video editing, especially for Cinelerra, by Laurent Bellegarde |
The first Cinelerra-CV wiki
The first Cinelerra-CV wiki was set up by Alex Ferrer. It is available only through the Internet Archive]. It contains Cinelerra documentation, users' tips and other useful resources for your project. Most of its content is now in the Cinelerra CV manual. It has been translated to Slovenian, Spanish, Italian (partially) and French.

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