Does Threshold B&W Video upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Threshold B&W Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Video only. Fixed threshold. Max 100 MB.

Should I use Grayscale Video instead of Threshold B&W Video?

Use Threshold B&W Video when you need Hard black-and-white threshold. Use Grayscale Video when you need Remove color from a clip. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.

Threshold B&W Video

Hard black-and-white threshold.

Applies lutyuv hard threshold at mid gray. Unlike Grayscale Video this is binary B&W. Unlike Edge Detect Video this thresholds luminance, not edges. First run downloads the engine.

What Threshold B&W Video does

Applies lutyuv hard threshold at mid gray. Unlike Grayscale Video this is binary B&W. Unlike Edge Detect Video this thresholds luminance, not edges. First run downloads the engine.

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

How to use Threshold B&W Video

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

When not to use Threshold B&W Video

Skip Threshold B&W Video when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Grayscale Video or Edge Detect Video — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Applies lutyuv hard threshold at mid gray. Unlike Grayscale Video this is binary B&W. Unlike Edge Detect Video this thresholds luminance, not edges. First run downloads the engine.

Questions about Threshold B&W Video

What does Threshold B&W Video do that other Video pages on this site do not?: Applies lutyuv hard threshold at mid gray. Unlike Grayscale Video this is binary B&W. Unlike Edge Detect Video this thresholds luminance, not edges. First run downloads the engine. Short version: Hard black-and-white threshold.
Does Threshold B&W Video upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Threshold B&W Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Video only. Fixed threshold. Max 100 MB.
Should I use Grayscale Video instead of Threshold B&W Video?: Use Threshold B&W Video when you need Hard black-and-white threshold. 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 Threshold B&W Video?: Video only. Fixed threshold. Max 100 MB. Also: Applies lutyuv hard threshold at mid gray. Unlike Grayscale Video this is binary B&W. Unlike Edge Detect Video this thresholds luminance, not edges. First run downloads the engine.