Does Desaturate Video upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Desaturate Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Video only. Fixed desaturate. Max 100 MB.

Should I use Grayscale Video instead of Desaturate Video?

Use Desaturate Video when you need Lower saturation to 0.25. Use Grayscale Video when you need Remove color from a clip. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.

Desaturate Video

Lower saturation to 0.25.

Sets eq saturation=0.25. Unlike Grayscale Video this keeps some color. Unlike Saturate Video this reduces, not boosts. First run downloads the engine.

What Desaturate Video does

Sets eq saturation=0.25. Unlike Grayscale Video this keeps some color. Unlike Saturate Video this reduces, not boosts. First run downloads the engine.

Desaturate Video sits in the Video group on purpose. It is not Grayscale Video (Remove color from a clip.) and not Saturate Video (Raise or lower clip saturation.). Choose this page when you need Lower saturation to 0.25. If you stretch Desaturate Video into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Desaturate Video

Stay on this Desaturate Video page (/desaturate-video). Do not switch to Grayscale Video unless you actually want Remove color from a clip..
Add the file type Desaturate Video accepts. Hint from the path: desaturate video. Lower saturation to 0.25.
Set only the options that match Desaturate Video. Neighbor Saturate Video does something else (Raise or lower clip saturation.). Tool note: Sets eq saturation=0.25. Unlike Grayscale Video this keeps some color. Unlike Saturate Video this reduces, not boosts. First run downloads the engine.
Run Desaturate Video in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Video only. Fixed desaturate. Max 100 MB.
Download or copy the result from Desaturate Video. If it is the wrong job, open Grayscale Video instead.

When not to use Desaturate Video

Skip Desaturate Video when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Grayscale Video or Saturate Video — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Sets eq saturation=0.25. Unlike Grayscale Video this keeps some color. Unlike Saturate Video this reduces, not boosts. First run downloads the engine.

Questions about Desaturate Video

What does Desaturate Video do that other Video pages on this site do not?: Sets eq saturation=0.25. Unlike Grayscale Video this keeps some color. Unlike Saturate Video this reduces, not boosts. First run downloads the engine. Short version: Lower saturation to 0.25.
Does Desaturate Video upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Desaturate Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Video only. Fixed desaturate. Max 100 MB.
Should I use Grayscale Video instead of Desaturate Video?: Use Desaturate Video when you need Lower saturation to 0.25. Use Grayscale Video when you need Remove color from a clip. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Desaturate Video?: Video only. Fixed desaturate. Max 100 MB. Also: Sets eq saturation=0.25. Unlike Grayscale Video this keeps some color. Unlike Saturate Video this reduces, not boosts. First run downloads the engine.