VIDEO COLOR CORRECTOR

Adjust, correct, and manage your video colors

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Complete control of your video colors

Get the right look without reshoots

Fix exposure, lighting, and color issues from the start

Poor white balance, low exposure, and flat lighting can distract viewers and weaken the core message of your video. Kapwing’s Video Color Correction tool lets you repair those issues in one click. Adjust contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks with precision to restore natural lighting and color. It's a quick and effective way to make content more engaging, whether sharpening badly recorded or fine-polishing videos.


The online color fixer eliminates the need for time-consuming re-recording. Isolate specific color issues, like boosting brightness in dark interviews or neutralizing oversaturation in outdoor footage, all within one browser-based interface. Supported on Mac, Windows and mobile devices, you can apply precise color management without bulky downloads or workflows.

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Fix exposure, lighting, and color issues from the start

Change the mood and style with custom color control

Video Color Correction doesn't have to be just functional — it can be creative, too. With Kapwing’s video color changer you can transform the look and feel of your content with tools that go beyond basic adjustments. Change the emotional tone by adjusting warmth, tint, and saturation, or experiment with hue saturation value, opacity, and blur to add stylistic depth.


Whether you're converting to black and white or applying invert video color for a surreal effect, color becomes a storytelling tool. This level of color management is especially useful for creators repurposing content across platforms, needing distinct looks for Instagram, TikTok, or ads. With support for hex to hue saturation brightness and real-time previews, Kapwing makes it simple to explore creative directions without leaving the browser.

Get Creative
Change the mood and style with custom color control

Unlimited color customization options

Creators trust Kapwing with their color palette

Vloggers & Influencers

Vloggers & Influencers

Color management allows vloggers and influencers to experiment with hue saturation value, setting a consistent brand mood across platforms

Advertising & Marketing

Advertising & Marketing

Advertising and marketing teams use Video Color Correction to tweak the blur effect and highlight text or product details in promo clips

Social Media Managers

Social Media Managers

Social media managers make eye-catching thumbnails on YouTube and other podcast hosting tools using Kapwing's color fixer

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Using an online video color changer helps entrepreneurs make older footage feel fresh with modern contrast and light adjustments

Translation Teams

Translation Teams

Translation teams repurposing global content apply distinct color styles to differentiate content between regions

Educators

Educators

Educators rely on color grading to reduce shadows or fine-tune exposure correction for clarity in lecture recordings

Podcasters

Podcasters

Podcasters create attention-grabbing episode teasers by inverting video color or applying dramatic tint adjustments

Real Estate Agents

Real Estate Agents

Realtors correct lighting and color balance in walk-through videos to make interiors appear brighter and more accurate to real-life conditions

Journalists

Journalists

Journalists apply monochrome or desaturation effects to distinguish B-roll footage from interviews or live reporting segments using a video color changer

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Online video editing for free

Color correction is just the start inside Kapwing's editing studio


Our video color editor is fully online, free, and requires no downloads, offering access to professional-grade adjustments with zero installations. Use it to fine-tune lighting, isolate tones, or apply exposure correction with accuracy. And since it’s cloud-based, teams can collaborate in real time — especially helpful for customer success teams, small business owners, and support teams.


If you're refining branded clips, building onboarding materials, or polishing tutorials, Kapwing’s complete editing studio helps streamline the process. Beyond color grading and tonal tweaks, you can trim, crop, add subtitles, generate transcripts, or remove backgrounds, all in one workspace.


Tools like Video Resizer and Safe Zones make it easy to adapt your content for different platforms without losing consistency. Every feature is designed for control and clarity, giving you production-level results without switching platforms.

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Understand your adjustments

How each setting shapes your video’s look and feel

  • Warmth adjusts the temperature of your video, shifting tones between cool (blue) and warm (orange) to match the mood or lighting conditions.
  • Tint fine-tunes the green-to-magenta balance, helping correct unnatural color casts from indoor or mixed lighting.
  • Saturation controls the intensity of colors, letting you make visuals more vibrant or dial them back for a muted, cinematic look.
  • Exposure changes the overall brightness of your video, useful for fixing footage that’s too dark or overly lit.
  • Contrast affects the difference between light and dark areas, adding depth or flattening the image depending on your goal.
  • Highlights target the brightest parts of the video, which you can reduce to recover detail or boost to add pop.
  • Shadows adjust the darkest areas, either lifting them to reveal hidden detail or deepening them for a moodier tone.
  • Whites control the brightest whites in the video, helping balance scenes that are washed out or overly sharp.
  • Blacks refine the darkest tones, giving you control over depth and richness in the image.
  • Opacity changes how transparent a layer is, useful for overlays, titles, or ghosted visuals.
  • Blur softens parts of the video to draw attention elsewhere, hide sensitive info, or add stylistic depth.

How to Color Correct a Video

How to Color Correct a Video
  1. Open Kapwing

    Open the Kapwing.com and upload your content or start a project

  2. Adjust video color

    Select your video or image, then open the “Adjust” tab in the right-hand toolbar to fine-tune color settings using intuitive sliders

  3. Export and share

    Add any other additional edits from within the Video Editing Suite. Once finalized, click "Export" in the top right-hand corner.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Can I use Video Color Correction for free?

Yes, Kapwing’s video color editor is completely free to use. You can adjust color settings like warmth, exposure, and saturation without downloading any software or starting a paid plan.

Is there a Kapwing watermark on exports?

If you are using Kapwing on a Free account then all exports will contain a watermark. Once you upgrade to a Pro account the watermark will be completely removed from your creations.

What’s the difference between color correction and color grading?

Color correction is the process of fixing technical issues in your footage, such as correcting white balance, adjusting exposure, or balancing shadows and highlights, to ensure your video looks natural and consistent. Color grading comes after correction and is more stylistic, used to give your video a specific mood or visual tone (like a cinematic or vintage look).

How can I improve video color quality?

Using Kapwing, you can improve video color quality by adjusting key settings such as exposure, contrast, saturation, warmth, and tint. Start by correcting any lighting issues, like underexposure or color casts, using tools like white balance and hue/saturation controls. Then, you can enhance the overall look with color grading to match your brand or storytelling style.


Kapwing's color fixer gives you control over a wide range of settings: warmth, tint, saturation, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, opacity, and blur.

Is color correction necessary in video editing?

Yes, in most cases color correction is necessary, even high-quality footage often needs slight adjustments. Correcting color ensures that your video looks clear, polished, and consistent across scenes or devices. It also improves viewer experience by making the visuals more balanced and professional. Whether you're editing interviews, tutorials, or social content, color correction is a key part of creating high-quality video.

Can I apply color correction to images as well as videos?

Yes, the adjust tool works for both videos and images. You can drag and drop content and start editing immediately.

Will color correction affect my video's quality?

No, Kapwing processes your video using high-quality export settings. Your original resolution is preserved unless you choose to resize or compress it manually.

What if I want to make more edits after color correction?

Then go ahead! Kapwing includes a full video editing studio alongside color management, where you can trim, crop, add subtitles, remove backgrounds, resize, and more.

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Edit your videos with our fast, powerful video editor. Accessible for beginners, feature-rich for pros. Available on any device.
Magic subtitles
Add word-by-word captions to any video with Kapwing's subtitle generator. Change colors, fonts, and add animations or transitions.
Generative AI
Text to video is here. Create videos with a simple text prompt that include stock clips, music, subtitles, and transitions.
Collaborative editing
Organize footage and files with a shared workspace. Quickly review and share feedback with your team using real-time comments.
Edit video with text
Edit a video just by editing text. Trim videos or clip sections by removing text from the video's auto-generated transcript.
Automatic resize
Crop, flip, or resize videos to fit any platform. Built-in social media Safe Zones ensure your content always fits correctly.
Instant transcripts
Transcribe video to text with a single click. Repurpose audio or video content into articles and text posts, or convert to subtitles.
Translation & dubbing
Reach a global audience and translate videos in 70+ languages. Accurate translation for video subtitles and voice overs.
Enhance audio quality
Clean audio in seconds, remove background noise from videos, add music and effects, and split or merge audio with our built-in audio editor.
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