The Best Way To Brighten a Dark Video in CaseGuard

Use Case

I need to redact a dark video in my CaseGuard but I can barely see the faces in the video. How do I increase the brightness in CaseGuard?

Follow these steps to increase the brightness of your video!

First open your dark video in CaseGuard, once the video is open select Video Tools -> effects -> Auto Brightness

Then remove the adaptive-blur filter.

Screenshot of a Video Tools panel showing the Adaptive Blur options; a plus button is highlighted to add effects, and 'Auto Brightness' is selected in the dropdown.

Apply the effect to the whole screen by dragging it against the video.

Right click and click on “copy effects to”

Screenshot of a software context menu with 'Copy Effects to...' highlighted; other options visible include Edit Effects, Delete, Stop Tracking, Labels, Disable, Lock, Bring to Front, and Send to Back.

Click next, apply to whole file, then click apply.

Dialog titled 'Copy Effects - Select where to apply effects' showing options 'Whole File' and 'Selected Range' with Back, Next, and a highlighted Apply button in the bottom-right.

Now the auto brightness effect has been applied to your whole video! However, before we begin redacting, we will need to export. From the top right of CaseGuard select the  Export button at the top right of CaseGuard.

  • Please follow the steps in this article to export your video.

Once the export finishes, apply your redactions like normal and export the file once you are done redacting.

Conclusion

Adjusting brightness before redacting can improve visibility and improve redaction accuracy.

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