Video Effects (Beta)

Reverse a video, speed it up or slow it down, make a boomerang, loop, rotate or flip it, remove the sound, or change its colours.

Opens: MP4, M4V, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, F4V, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG, VOB, TS, M2TS, MTS, OGV, DV, MXF, RM, RMVB, Y4M
Saves: MP4, M4V, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, 3GP, 3G2, MPG, TS, M2TS, OGV

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    MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, FLV, 3GP, MPEG, TS/MTS and more; up to 2 GB. Effects re-encode the video, up to about 25 minutes of 1080p (longer for smaller videos); removing the sound copies it, for videos up to 3 hours.

    Options

    Kept in step with the picture and at its normal pitch (no chipmunk voices).

    0 leaves it unchanged; positive values brighten, negative values darken.

    100 leaves it unchanged.

    100 leaves it unchanged; 0 is black and white, 150 gives stronger colours.

    From black at the start; the sound fades in with it. 0 = no fade.

    To black at the end; the sound fades out with it. 0 = no fade.

    Your files are deleted after processing.

    Apply one effect to a whole video: play it backwards, change its speed, make a boomerang or a loop, turn or mirror it, remove the sound, or change how it looks.

    The effects

    • Reverse: the video plays backwards, with the sound reversed too or removed. Long videos work: the video is reversed in short pieces that are put back together, so length is limited only by processing time.
    • Change the speed: 0.25× to 4×. The sound keeps its pitch and stays in step with the picture, or can be removed. Speeding up drops frames and slowing down repeats them, so the frame rate stays steady.
    • Boomerang: forwards, then backwards, ready to loop smoothly; for clips up to 60 seconds, without sound.
    • Loop: the whole video 2 to 10 times in a row.
    • Rotate: 90° either way or 180°, for videos filmed sideways or upside down.
    • Flip: mirror left and right (for example front-camera recordings), top and bottom, or both.
    • Remove the sound: the video itself is copied unchanged, so there is no quality loss.
    • Black and white, Sepia and Vintage film look (faded colours and a vignette).
    • Brightness, contrast and saturation, as percentages.
    • Blur and Sharpen, light, medium or strong.
    • Fade in and out from and to black, with the sound fading along.

    Quality and format

    Every effect except removing the sound re-encodes the video at high quality: H.264 for MP4, MOV and MKV, VP9 for WebM; other formats become MP4. Upright phone videos are turned upright first, so rotating and flipping work on the picture as you see it, and non-square pixels are made square. The main sound track is kept, unchanged where possible (colour effects, rotating, flipping).

    Limits

    Uploads can be up to 2 GB. Effects that re-encode handle about 25 minutes of 1080p video at 30 frames per second (6 minutes of 4K), counted on the result: a video slowed to half speed is twice as long. Reversing needs a little more time per minute. Removing the sound works on videos up to 3 hours.

    Frequently asked questions

    Can I reverse a long video?

    Yes. The video is reversed in short pieces, so length is limited only by the processing time: up to about 20 minutes of 1080p video (longer for smaller videos). The sound can be reversed too, or removed.

    Does the sound stay in step when I change the speed?

    Yes. The sound is sped up or slowed down with the picture but keeps its pitch, so voices don't sound high or low. You can also remove it. Speeds from 0.25× to 4× are possible.

    Why does slow motion look jerky?

    Slowing a video down shows each frame for longer. For smooth slow motion with new frames calculated between the existing ones, use the Frame Rate Converter's slow-motion mode.

    Is the picture quality reduced?

    Removing the sound copies the video unchanged (except DV and RealMedia files, which are re-encoded as MP4). Every other effect re-encodes the video at high quality, in the same format for MP4, MOV, MKV and WebM, and as MP4 for other formats.

    Are phone videos rotated correctly?

    Yes. Phones often store upright videos sideways with a rotation flag; it is applied first, so rotating and flipping work on the video as you see it.

    Is my video kept?

    No. The upload is deleted as soon as the effect is applied, and the result is deleted automatically after 30 minutes.