<p>It seems that some of the options for transform are not showing in the sub-window of your screenshot, probably because it is not horizontally wide enough. Try to enlarge the width of that sub-window, and then you will see the additional options appear. In a pull-down menu, select the Smooth option for keyframe interpolation rather than Linear. Then, with maybe a couple additional keyframes along the ellipse, the motion should track the ellipse pretty well.</p>

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<p>It's been a week since I ventured into learning video editing.  I preferred to use KDEnlive because it is open surce software.</p>
<p>My question is the following.  How to make the letter &quot;b&quot; move smoothly from the position x=900 and y=465 to the position x=1680 and y=465 following the blue trace in the picture below?</p>
<p>Comments. The blue line is the upper part of an ellipse with extremities at
x=900 / y=465 and x=1680 / y=465.</p>
<p>I was able to make the letter &quot;b&quot; move from x=900 / y=465 to x=1680 / y=465 in three rectilinear movements.  Red trace of the figure.</p>
<p>[<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/AB8KD.png" alt="enter image description here" />]</p>

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# How do I move a picture along a curved path in KDEnlive?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-15)

It's been a week since I ventured into learning video editing. I preferred to use KDEnlive because it is open surce software.

My question is the following. How to make the letter "b" move smoothly from the position x=900 and y=465 to the position x=1680 and y=465 following the blue trace in the picture below?

Comments. The blue line is the upper part of an ellipse with extremities at
x=900 / y=465 and x=1680 / y=465.

I was able to make the letter "b" move from x=900 / y=465 to x=1680 / y=465 in three rectilinear movements. Red trace of the figure.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/AB8KD.png)]

**Tags:** kdenlive, motion-graphics


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-11-13. Score: 0

It seems that some of the options for transform are not showing in the sub-window of your screenshot, probably because it is not horizontally wide enough. Try to enlarge the width of that sub-window, and then you will see the additional options appear. In a pull-down menu, select the Smooth option for keyframe interpolation rather than Linear. Then, with maybe a couple additional keyframes along the ellipse, the motion should track the ellipse pretty well.


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