Exporting in Kdenlive means Rendering, or vice versa. Rendering turns the project's timeline with all the edited clips into the final product: a single complete video file.
Kdenlive uses Presets or Rendering Profiles to control or determine the output. You can create your own presets and profiles.
Hit Ctrl+Return to open the rendering dialog or use the :menuselection:`Menu --> Project --> Render` and click on the render button |media-record|.
Rendering dialog window
- Select the :guilabel:`Output file` location
- Select the desired :guilabel:`Presets`. MP4-H264/AAC works nearly everywhere.
- Click on :guilabel:`Render to File` button.
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Once the video is rendered you can double-click the blue banner with the file name to start playback.
Window after rendering is complete
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Or right-click on the file name to either :guilabel:`Add to current project` or :guilabel:`Open contained folder` where the video is saved.
.. toctree:: :hidden: :glob: exporting/render