​Hi,

I am a Linux newbie (several days only) I installed Mint Qiana Cinnamon and ​and today I have installed Kdenlive. Video editing is not my profession but I edit quite a lot for my personal use ( trip movies, family stuff, small movies for my work and more)

On Windows 7 I use Adobe Premiere but since I installed Mint several days ago I find myself using Mint 90% of my time and I would like to stay in Mint to edit videos with Kdenlive and not to logout and then login to Win 7 just to edit on Premiere

My problem with Kdenlive is the color of the interface: it is too bright and is very distracting at least for me. I am used to work with the dark interface of Premiere which help to concentrate on what I am editing. This is not a deal breaker but I would like a dark interface for my video editor.

In Kdenlive under "Settings" there is a "Themes" option but there is only one theme available , the default theme. I have seen many screenshots of Kednlive with a dark theme. Do you know how it is possible to install such dark theme for Kdenlive in Mint?

I am not only a Linux/Mint and Kdenlive newbie but also not tech-savvy at all so please use simple step by step explanations.

Thanks

The themes that Kdenlive uses is governed by your desktop installation options. If you're using the KDE desktop go to SystemSettings->ApplicationAppearance->Colors and take a look at the installed 'Schemes'. There's a button to 'Get New Schemes' from the internet. There's a similar feature in Gnome if you happen to be using that.

Hi Steve,

I am using Mint Qiana Cinnamon which not KDE desktotp

Thanks

jwegier wrote:Hi Steve,

I am using Mint Qiana Cinnamon which not KDE desktotp

Thanks

In that case you'll have to explore Cinnamon's desktop theme/color options. Kdenlive will still rely upon the desktop manager for thematic support - even for Mint Cinnamon.

Thank you very much for helping

i also found that when I installed Krita (nice KDE painting/illustration application) on my ubuntu setup it came with various colour themes installed, and then in Kdenlive I had the option under Settings>Themes to choose the grey 'Krita-blender' theme which, although not super beautiful, is a big improvement on the standard white theme.