Introduction

• Step 1: Open the Color Correction window
• Step 2: Set the necessary correction settings
• Step 3: Playback the file to make sure the desired result is achieved
  

It might happen that after shooting your home video indoors, in bad light or against the sun, it appears to be too dark or blacked out. You can easily lighten up the resulting video image using the AVS Video Editor program.

Please read the How to start working with AVS Video Editor guide to learn how to download and install the application, import your video and add it to the timeline.

After the video you want to edit is put on the timeline, please follow the steps below to make necessary adjustments thus improving your too dark video.

Step 1: Open the Color Correction window

If you added several video clips to the timeline, you should highlight the video needed to be edited by left-clicking it. Then hit the Color button located above the Timeline to open the Color Correction window.

Step 2: Set the necessary correction settings

After clicking the Color button, the Correct Color window will be opened, where you can adjust color settings. On the right hand there are six parameters available for changing, but you need only three of them, namely:

• Brightness - is used to customize the overall lightness or darkness of your video image. This setting lets you make simple adjustments to the tonal range of your video.

• Contrast - is used to change the difference in color and brightness in different parts of the video image.

• Gamma - is used to to correct gray intensities in the video. Black keeps black and white keeps white. It measures the brightness of midtone values and modifies the pixel values in the video image. A higher gamma value yields an overall lighter image.

You can adjust the color correction settings by directing your mouse cursor to the indicator, left-clicking it and moving it to the left or right along the slider. After releasing the left mouse button, the respective value will be set. You can immediately see the result in the Preview Area.

If you don't like the result, you can always click the appropriate button to reset any setting to its original value. Or press the Reset All button at the bottom of the window to discard all the changes made to the colors in your video. It's also possible to use the Redo and Undo buttons for this purpose.

Step 3: Playback the file to make sure the desired result is achieved

As soon as everything is done in order to correct color in your video, you can preview the edited file to make sure you got the necessary result. Please, press the button within the Preview Area of the same window to start playback.

OK, Congratulations! You have done that! Just go on learning How to restore blurred video using AVS Video Editor.