About this tool
Video Filters changes the colour and mood of a video and saves a new copy. Pick one of 16 looks, such as Cinematic (teal shadows, warm highlights), Vintage, Faded, Black & white or Invert, or load your own 3D LUT (.cube file) from an editing app, set how strong it is, then fine-tune with twelve sliders: exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, vibrance, warmth, tint, sharpness, vignette and grain.
You see every change on the video itself while it plays, not on a frozen thumbnail. The preview runs on your graphics chip (WebGL), and a Before / after divider lets you drag between the untouched clip and your grade. Each look button shows a small preview made from your own footage.
When you press Apply filter, every frame goes through the same graphics code and is encoded again by your browser’s built-in video encoder. The sound is copied across byte for byte whenever the chosen format can hold it, so your audio never loses quality. Nothing is uploaded: the video stays on your device the whole time, with no account, no watermark and no queue.
How to use Video Filters
- Tap “Choose a video” or drop one on the box. It opens in the player with its length, size and format above it.
- In the Looks tab, tap a look and set Look strength, or press “Load a .cube file” for your own LUT. Press play to see it move.
- Open the Adjust tab to change exposure, contrast, warmth, grain and the rest. Double-click a slider to put it back to 0.
- Turn on “Before / after” and drag the divider to compare with the original.
- Choose MP4 or WebM and a quality, press “Apply filter”, then play the result and press “Download video”.
A dull 40-second holiday clip filmed on an overcast day: choose Warm at 70%, add +15 contrast and a little vignette, then compare with Before / after. Apply filter keeps the original AAC sound untouched and saves an MP4 about the same size as the original.
Features
- 16 looks made for moving pictures, including Cinematic, Vintage, Film, Black & white, Noir, Sepia, Pastel and Invert, each with a strength slider.
- Your own 3D LUT from a .cube file (up to 128 points a side), blended smoothly on the graphics chip, with its own strength slider.
- Twelve adjustments: exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, vibrance, warmth, tint, sharpness, vignette and grain.
- Live preview on the playing video, drawn by the graphics chip, with a draggable before-and-after split.
- Look buttons show previews made from a frame of your own video.
- Grain changes every frame, like real film grain, instead of a frozen pattern.
- Sound copied without re-encoding when the format allows; the result tells you whether it was kept as is.
- Saves MP4 (H.264) or WebM (VP9, or VP8 where VP9 isn’t available), with three quality levels based on the original’s bitrate.
- Background processing with a progress bar, time left and a Stop button.
Tips and good to know
- Small amounts look most natural on video: try a look at 50–70% before going all the way.
- Grain and sharpening add fine detail, which makes the file bigger. Pick “Higher” quality if you use a lot of either.
- Very dark night footage gets noisy when you raise exposure. Lift Shadows a little instead.
- Black & white plus a touch of vignette and grain gives an old-film feel without a sepia cast.
- Want the clip shorter too? Trim it first, so there are fewer frames to filter and it finishes sooner.
Frequently asked questions
Is my video uploaded anywhere?
No. The preview and the saving both happen in your browser on your own device, using its graphics chip and video encoder. The file never leaves your computer or phone.
Is it free, and is there a length or size limit?
It is free, with no sign-up and no watermark. There is no fixed limit; long or 4K videos depend on your device’s memory and take longer, so a computer copes best with big files.
Does it work on a phone, and offline?
Yes in up-to-date Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone or iPad with iOS 16.4 or later. The page needs the internet to open, but the filtering itself runs on your device.
Will the sound change?
Usually not at all. If the format you save in can hold the original sound, it is copied exactly. Otherwise, for example AAC sound going into a WebM, it is converted once, and the page tells you before you start.
Why did I get a WebM instead of an MP4?
Some browsers can’t write MP4 (H.264) video here. The Save as choice only offers what your browser can make. WebM plays in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Android and recent Safari.
Does the preview look exactly like the saved file?
The same colour code draws both, so the look matches. The preview may be scaled down to keep playback smooth; the saved video keeps its full resolution.
Which LUT files work?
3D LUTs saved as .cube, the format DaVinci Resolve, Premiere and most LUT packs use, including ones with a custom DOMAIN_MIN and DOMAIN_MAX. 1D LUTs and other formats such as .3dl are not supported, and the page says so if a file won’t load.
Can I filter only part of the video?
The filter covers the whole clip. To grade one part, cut that part out first with Trim Video, filter it, then use it on its own.
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