Brighten up program

[PTsniper]

Hello everyone!

My question now is: is there any program that allows me to brighten up a video I have, the movie is a little bit darker and in some parts I can't see anything.

Thanks in advance.

[Barnabas]

You will have to re-encode to brighten it. VirtualDub, AVISynth can brighten it, so can some encoders such as TMPGEnc.

[redwudz]

You would have to tell us what format the video is. In general, for AVIs such as Xvid, you can use VirtualDub. For MPEG, you could use TMPGEnc encoder. With either program you would have to re-encode the video.

If you are only viewing it on your computer, it usually shows darker than on a TV. If your are able to lighten it, you may see more noise in the dark parts. It may also 'muddy up' your video, reducing contrast and shifting colors.

There are other options, but again, what format is it?

[PTsniper]

I've TMPGeng, i gess I'll use it.

And the vid is in AVI format.

Ad thanks for so fast responses.

[Scorpion King]

If the original video is AVI then using Tmpgenc will force you to encode to MPG. To retain the AVI format you can use VirtualDub if you like. To adjust Brightness/Contrast in VirtualDub simply add the brightness/contrast filter and adjust as you desire.

Good luck.

[CogoSWSDS]

AVISynth can increase the brightness as well. I had a particularly dark DV clip (the room lights weren't on very bright) and the folks on here helped me lighten it quite a bit. Lightening it as much as I needed increased the noise level, but at least the clip was still somewhat watchable.

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=309634&highlight=cogoswsds can give you some guidance on how to do it with AVISynth.

CogoSWSDS

[PTsniper]

Well

thanks scorpion King and CogoSWSDS.

Some of his will work certanly.

Thanks to all.