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

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

Should I use Grayscale Video instead of Edge Detect Video?

Use Edge Detect Video when you need Colormix edge detect, keep audio. Use Grayscale Video when you need Remove color from a clip. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.

Edge Detect Video

Colormix edge detect, keep audio.

Applies edgedetect mode=colormix. Unlike Grayscale Video this finds edges. Unlike Threshold B&W Video this is edgedetect, not a hard threshold. First run downloads the engine.

What Edge Detect Video does

Applies edgedetect mode=colormix. Unlike Grayscale Video this finds edges. Unlike Threshold B&W Video this is edgedetect, not a hard threshold. First run downloads the engine.

Edge Detect Video sits in the Video group on purpose. It is not Grayscale Video (Remove color from a clip.) and not Invert Video (Negate every video frame.). Choose this page when you need Colormix edge detect, keep audio. If you stretch Edge Detect Video into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Edge Detect Video

Stay on this Edge Detect Video page (/edgedetect-video). Do not switch to Grayscale Video unless you actually want Remove color from a clip..
Add the file type Edge Detect Video accepts. Hint from the path: edgedetect video. Colormix edge detect, keep audio.
Set only the options that match Edge Detect Video. Neighbor Invert Video does something else (Negate every video frame.). Tool note: Applies edgedetect mode=colormix. Unlike Grayscale Video this finds edges. Unlike Threshold B&W Video this is edgedetect, not a hard threshold. First run downloads the engine.
Run Edge Detect Video in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Video only. Fixed edgedetect. Max 100 MB.
Download or copy the result from Edge Detect Video. If it is the wrong job, open Grayscale Video instead.

When not to use Edge Detect Video

Skip Edge Detect Video when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Grayscale Video or Invert Video — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Applies edgedetect mode=colormix. Unlike Grayscale Video this finds edges. Unlike Threshold B&W Video this is edgedetect, not a hard threshold. First run downloads the engine.

Questions about Edge Detect Video

What does Edge Detect Video do that other Video pages on this site do not?: Applies edgedetect mode=colormix. Unlike Grayscale Video this finds edges. Unlike Threshold B&W Video this is edgedetect, not a hard threshold. First run downloads the engine. Short version: Colormix edge detect, keep audio.
Does Edge Detect Video upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Edge Detect Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Video only. Fixed edgedetect. Max 100 MB.
Should I use Grayscale Video instead of Edge Detect Video?: Use Edge Detect Video when you need Colormix edge detect, keep audio. 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 Edge Detect Video?: Video only. Fixed edgedetect. Max 100 MB. Also: Applies edgedetect mode=colormix. Unlike Grayscale Video this finds edges. Unlike Threshold B&W Video this is edgedetect, not a hard threshold. First run downloads the engine.