Black and white video

Files up to 100 MB. This tool re-encodes the picture, so it takes videos up to 5 minutes long.

Your file is deleted from our server as soon as the result is made, and the result 15 minutes later.

Result

Preview before you download

Add your file to begin. The result shows here.

Styling a talk or an interview?

Studio adds captions and on-screen cards in your brand color, then hands back the finished video.

Edit a full recording free

00:20How it works

How to make a video black and white

Add your videoThe preview switches to the look you choose.
Pick the lookBlack and white, high contrast, or sepia.
Convert and downloadThe sound is unchanged.

00:30The details

What goes in and what comes out

Accepts: MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, AVI, M4V, TS, MTS, M2TS, FLV, WMV, MPG, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, GIF
Returns: MP4 (H.264, AAC)
Limits: Files up to 100 MB. This tool re-encodes the picture, so it takes videos up to 5 minutes long.
Privacy: Your file is uploaded to our processing server over an encrypted connection, worked on, and deleted. The uploaded file is removed as soon as the result is ready; the result is removed 15 minutes later. Nobody looks at it and it is never used for anything else.
Cost: Free. No account, no watermark, no trial that runs out.

00:35Worth knowing

Getting a good result

Three looks

Black and white removes the color and keeps the brightness of each part of the picture. High contrast also deepens the darks, which suits faces, interviews and moody footage. Sepia gives the warm brown of an old photograph.

What works in monochrome

Without color, the picture is carried by light and shape. Side light on a face, strong shadows and simple backgrounds look better than before. Scenes that relied on color to separate things, such as a red product on a green table, can turn into similar greys.

00:40Questions