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

No. Grayscale Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: hue=s=0. Audio copied. ffmpeg.wasm first load ~25 MB. Max 100 MB.

Should I use Grayscale Image instead of Grayscale Video?

Use Grayscale Video when you need Remove color from a clip. Use Grayscale Image when you need Convert a photo to black and white. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.

Grayscale Video

Remove color from a clip.

ffmpeg.wasm hue=s=0, audio copied. Unlike Grayscale Image this is video. Unlike Mute this keeps sound. First run downloads the engine. Max 100 MB.

What Grayscale Video does

ffmpeg.wasm hue=s=0, audio copied. Unlike Grayscale Image this is video. Unlike Mute this keeps sound. First run downloads the engine. Max 100 MB.

The interactive controls for Grayscale Video load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /grayscale-video is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Grayscale Video.

How to use Grayscale Video

Stay on this Grayscale Video page (/grayscale-video). Do not switch to Grayscale Image unless you actually want Convert a photo to black and white..
Add the file type Grayscale Video accepts. Hint from the path: grayscale video. Remove color from a clip.
Set only the options that match Grayscale Video. Neighbor Flip Video does something else (Mirror a clip horizontally or vertically.). Tool note: ffmpeg.wasm hue=s=0, audio copied. Unlike Grayscale Image this is video. Unlike Mute this keeps sound. First run downloads the engine. Max 100 MB.
Run Grayscale Video in this tab. Browser memory still applies: hue=s=0. Audio copied. ffmpeg.wasm first load ~25 MB. Max 100 MB.
Download or copy the result from Grayscale Video. If it is the wrong job, open Grayscale Image instead.

When not to use Grayscale Video

Skip Grayscale Video when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Grayscale Image or Flip Video — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: ffmpeg.wasm hue=s=0, audio copied. Unlike Grayscale Image this is video. Unlike Mute this keeps sound. First run downloads the engine. Max 100 MB.

Questions about Grayscale Video

What does Grayscale Video do that other Video pages on this site do not?: ffmpeg.wasm hue=s=0, audio copied. Unlike Grayscale Image this is video. Unlike Mute this keeps sound. First run downloads the engine. Max 100 MB. Short version: Remove color from a clip.
Does Grayscale Video upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Grayscale Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: hue=s=0. Audio copied. ffmpeg.wasm first load ~25 MB. Max 100 MB.
Should I use Grayscale Image instead of Grayscale Video?: Use Grayscale Video when you need Remove color from a clip. Use Grayscale Image when you need Convert a photo to black and white. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Grayscale Video?: hue=s=0. Audio copied. ffmpeg.wasm first load ~25 MB. Max 100 MB. Also: ffmpeg.wasm hue=s=0, audio copied. Unlike Grayscale Image this is video. Unlike Mute this keeps sound. First run downloads the engine. Max 100 MB.