SUMMARY When you go into the Effects panel and click on "Download New Kdenlive Effect Template", the effect you download end up in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\kdenlive\effect-templates instead of C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\kdenlive\effects (as detailed here: https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Effects/Custom) STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a new project 2. Go to Effects Panel 3. Click on "Download New Kdenlive Effect Template" 4. Download one of the effects OBSERVED RESULT The file doesn't appear in the Custom Effects tab EXPECTED RESULT Finding the newly downloaded effect in the Custom Effects tab SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: 10
This is still present in 23.08.5. I haven't checked on 24.02.0 yet but I'm guessing it's still there. If you download effects on Windows, they are not usable and most who are not familiar with windows will not be able to use them.
I just tested with 24.05.2, and it works well.
Wint 24.12.1 it is not working, efects are downloaded to the AppData\Local\kdenlive\effect-templates not to correct location: AppData\Roaming\kdenlive\effects fast correction of the problem is to use mklink /j effects effect-templates and copy paste to AppData\Roaming\kdenlive\
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Git commit d45050ecc160f5abc3a638266c7be3a0b4ff8452 by Jean-Baptiste Mardelle. Committed on 15/07/2025 at 08:29. Pushed by mardelle into branch 'release/25.08'. On Windows, also check the AppData/local folder for downloaded stuff M +3 -0 src/assets/view/widgets/urllistparamwidget.cpp M +4 -0 src/effects/effectlist/model/effecttreemodel.cpp M +4 -0 src/effects/effectsrepository.cpp M +4 -0 src/mltconnection.cpp M +11 -0 src/renderpresets/renderpresetrepository.cpp M +4 -0 src/titler/titlewidget.cpp https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/commit/d45050ecc160f5abc3a638266c7be3a0b4ff8452
This is fixed in 25.08.0. We now also check the AppData/Local folder for downloaded effects on Windows.