What is the difference between color correction and grading?

Color correction balances exposure, white balance and color so the footage looks natural. Color grading adds a deliberate mood or style. Start with correction, then use curves, wheels or a LUT to build the look. These are manual color adjustments, not AI scene generation or automatic shot matching.

What do curves, color wheels and scopes do?

The master and RGB curves shape contrast and individual color channels. Color wheels tint overlapping shadows, midtones and highlights. The waveform and RGB parade help you inspect brightness and channel levels in the edited preview. These scopes sample SDR display levels; they are not HDR mastering instruments. The grade applies across the clip, without tracked masks or automatic shot matching.

Can I import my own LUT?

Yes. Import a supported .cube file and adjust its strength. Use a creative LUT intended for SDR input and check it on your footage. This tool does not convert HDR or camera Log footage to SDR. A LUT made for a different input color space can produce an unexpected result.

What is the difference between bloom and halation?

Bloom creates a soft spread of light around highlights. Halation adds a warmer glow around bright boundaries, inspired by light scattering in photographic film. Use bloom for softer lamps, reflections or sunlit windows, and halation for a subtle warm edge. Both change the look of existing pixels; neither recovers highlight detail that was clipped in the source.

How should I add film grain to a video?

Start with a low amount and check both playback and a paused frame. Grain that looks subtle in a small preview may become obvious at a larger size, while video compression can soften or break up fine texture. Compare faces, shadows and flat skies rather than judging one patch alone. The grain changes with the clip’s timeline, so it reads as moving texture rather than a fixed overlay.

Which videos and browsers can I use?

Open one SDR MP4, MOV or WebM up to 60 seconds and 200 MiB. Your browser must support the file’s codecs, WebGL 2 graphics acceleration and WebCodecs. Available exports are H.264 MP4 or VP9/VP8 WebM at up to 1080p or 720p, without enlarging the source. HDR, camera Log, wide-gamut and transparent footage are outside this tool’s scope.

Will my video keep its sound?

Keep audio includes compatible source tracks or converts them when the browser supports it. If audio cannot be preserved, the tool reports the limitation instead of silently removing it; try another format or explicitly choose Remove audio. The preview’s mute button only changes what you hear while editing. Always play the downloaded result to check sound and synchronization.

Is local editing free, and is my video uploaded?

Opening a local file, applying color grading and effects, and downloading the result are free and require no account or AI generation credits. Processing happens on your device. If you choose an existing YouArt asset while signed in, it is fetched to your device. The finished video downloads locally; saving it to your YouArt assets is not available here.

Will the export look exactly like the preview?

Preview and export use the same color grading and effect settings. The preview may be smaller, and video encoding can slightly change color, gradients, grain and edges. Export is not lossless. Check a downloaded clip at its intended viewing size; your screen and player can also affect how it looks.

Can I reset or remove video effects?

Reset all returns this editing session to the original look without overwriting your source file. You can then build a different combination of effects. It cannot reliably reverse filters, grain, blur or color changes already baked into a video before you opened it. For that, return to the original unprocessed footage whenever possible.

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Balance color, shape a cinematic grade and add glow or film texture in one editor. Start with a look, then fine-tune it while you compare.

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Video effects and color grading in action

Compare color grades and finishing effects on short clips, then try a look in the editor.

Coast
Soften sunset highlights with a subtle glow.
Portrait
Explore restrained film grain and a soft vignette.
Luminous streets
Explore luminous highlights and rich golden-hour color.
Studio
Explore a monochrome study of light, shape and contrast.

Video color grading in action

Compare four grades on the same source clips, then try the footage in the editor.

Coast

Shape a sunset coastline with cinematic contrast.

Warm portrait

Give a window-lit portrait a warmer tone.

City in daylight

Bring more vivid color to a daylight street scene.

Studio in black & white

Explore shape and contrast in a monochrome studio scene.

Video effects and color grading guide

Light & color

Balance brightness, contrast and color before styling.

Bloom & halation

Diffuse bright highlights or add a warm light halo.

Blur & detail

Soften the frame or define existing edges.

Grain & vignette

Add moving film texture and gently shape the edges.

Shape the curves

Control contrast and individual RGB channels.

Grade with color wheels

Tint shadows, midtones and highlights separately.

Apply a LUT

Import a .cube look and set its strength.

A convincing finish starts with the footage you have. Balance the light and color first, then add diffusion or texture in small amounts. Compare several moments in the clip: a setting that suits one bright frame may be too strong when the subject moves into shadow.

Exposure changes overall brightness, while contrast separates lighter and darker tones. Temperature and tint help balance a warm, cool, green or magenta cast. Saturation adjusts color intensity. Check skin, neutral objects and skies while you work. Strong corrections can reveal compression or clip tones; they cannot restore detail already missing from the recording.

Bloom spreads light outward from brighter parts of the frame. Start with a small amount, then adjust the threshold and spread so lamps, reflections or sunlight soften without washing out the whole shot. Halation adds a warmer halo around bright boundaries for a film-inspired effect. It is a stylized simulation, not a reconstruction of a particular film stock or lens.

Gaussian blur softens the entire frame; it does not track a face or conceal a selected object. Sharpening increases local edge contrast and can make existing texture clearer, but high values may create halos or emphasize compression. It is not AI detail recovery. Neither effect recreates camera motion blur, stabilizes shaky footage or synthesizes intermediate frames.

Film grain adds a changing texture to the image. Judge its strength during playback as well as on a paused frame, especially in shadows and flat backgrounds. A vignette changes brightness toward the edges to guide attention toward the subject. Keep it restrained when a subject moves through the corners. Added grain is a creative effect, not noise removal or a way to repair damaged video.

The master curve shapes all three color channels together; red, green and blue curves adjust each channel separately. Start with small changes. Use the waveform to inspect displayed brightness across the frame and the RGB parade to compare channel levels. These scopes sample the SDR preview; they are not HDR mastering instruments.

Use the three wheels to shift color in overlapping tonal ranges. Try cooler shadows with warmer highlights, then adjust luminance to keep the balance. A tonal range affects matching pixels throughout the frame; it is not a tracked face or object mask.

Choose a LUT made for the SDR footage you are editing. Balance the source first and reduce LUT strength if the look becomes too strong. A LUT maps colors; it does not add moving grain, rebuild missing detail or automatically normalize camera Log footage.

How to color grade and add video effects

Open your clip
Choose a video from your device or try one of the sample clips. Start with an SDR clip and keep the original file for future edits.
Grade, add effects and compare
Balance exposure and white balance, shape color with curves, wheels or a LUT, then add finishing effects. Play and compare several moments in your clip.
Export your video
Choose MP4 or WebM, an available resolution and whether to keep audio. Wait for export to finish, then check the downloaded video and sound before sharing.

Video effects and color grading: common questions

Yes. Exposure, white balance, curves, color wheels and a LUT can be combined with bloom, halation, blur, sharpening, grain and vignette in one editor. Start with a preset or adjust the controls yourself. Balance the footage first, then add finishing effects gradually and compare with the original. Strong blur, glow and grain can hide useful detail.