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Brightness

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Brightness is a Colour effect.

The frame before Brightness is appliedThe same frame with Brightness applied
Drag the handle. Brightness applied on the right, the original frame on the left.

Adds or subtracts light to every pixel.

ParameterControlRangeDefaultUnit
BrightnessSlider-100 to 100; any value by typing0Per cent
ContrastSlider-100 to 100; higher0Per cent
MixSlider0 to 100100Per cent
BlendDropdownNormal · Darken · Multiply · Colour burn · Linear burn · Darker colour · Add · Lighten · Screen · Colour dodge · Lighter colour · Overlay · Soft light · Hard light · Linear light · Vivid light · Pin light · Hard mix · Difference · Exclusion · Subtract · Divide · Hue · Saturation · Colour · LuminosityNormal-
MatteLayerAny layer in the compositionNone-
InvertCheckboxOn or offOff-
ChannelDropdownLuminance · Alpha · Red · Green · BlueLuminance-

In the Effect Controls panel:

  • Matte pulls Brightness toward 0 and Contrast toward 0 per pixel: white applies both in full, black neither. Invert reads that matte inverted.
  • Brightness is the light added to every channel.
  • Contrast is the spread about mid-grey.
  • Mix: how much of the result replaces the original.
  • Matte and Invert drive the brightness amount from another layer’s brightness; see Effects.