Too Dark Video

This is the most common problem. As a rule, we get dark videos when shooting indoors in poor light, at night, or against the sun. Underlighted video lacks many details, the picture is almost completely black, only most bright objects (such as lamps, windows, lights) are visible.
Take a look at the image below. This is a screenshot of a video taken in a restaurant. The entire image is too dark to distinguish any details. Not only far objects aren't visible but also the close ones. The only bright spots are lamps:



We are going to brighten the video changing its contrast in order to make small details visible. To fix this video, we'll apply the Auto Contrast filter.

1. Open your file with Movavi VideoSuite by clicking

2. Drag and drop the Auto Contrast filter to the Preview area:



3. As soon as you have dropped the filter into the Preview area, it is applied to the opened file. Auto Conrast is an automatic filter which means it calculates its settings depending on the properties of the current file.

Compare the original and the enhanced videos:



You can notice that the picture got volume and perspective, and now we are able to see the interior of the room. The filter has brightened up both such close objects as napkins on the table and quite remote people at the bar.

Why this filter?
The Auto Contrast filter enhances highlights and shadows making the dark parts of the frames darker and the light ones lighter. It adjusts the entire movie using histograms of each individual frame. This filter is especially good at repairing videos with a big number of relatively small dark objects.

AN IMPORTANT TIP: every time you use the Auto Contrast filter or the Brightness/Contrast filter, don't forget to apply the Denoiser filter in the end. The Denoiser filter will greatly reduce the amount of noise that inevitably appears after brightening videos. To apply the Denoiser filter, simply double click its icon:

Make sure that this filter is located in the bottom of the Applied filters list. If it's not, move it to the bottom with the Down button. It should look like this:

Now our job is done!

See also:
Tutorial: How to fix the blurred video
Tutorial: How to repair the purple video
Tutorial: How to filter the interlaced video
Filters: Auto contrast