I have a list of bullet points that I'd like to hide and then display one after another with a 1 second delay between each.

Is a simple way to do this in Kdenlive? The only way I can see is to create a separate title clip for each point, carefully align the text in each clip, and then set a transparency effect for each clip, but that's a ton of work for a relatively simple visual.

maybe using rotoscoping?
https://youtu.be/k5uBPpwOwlQ

see at time: 2.54

If you have a solid background you can use a color clip like a mask. I don't know if is more easy for you but it is an another alternative.
Look this project:

http://www.makinars.com/database/others ... e-list.jpg

Result:



when your done, change the color of the mask to background's color, you have this:



It's easy to do, but if you have a problem I can send the project to you
If you don't have a solid background, the rotoscopy is the beast way.

you have an example of what you want to do? (on youtube something similar?)