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

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

Should I use Fade Out Video instead of Vignette Video?

Use Vignette Video when you need Darken corners, keep audio. Use Fade Out Video when you need Fade video to black at the end. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.

Vignette Video

Darken corners, keep audio.

Applies ffmpeg vignette (PI/4), keeps audio. Unlike Fade Out Video this darkens edges, not the timeline end. Unlike Blur Video this is vignette, not boxblur. First run downloads the engine.

What Vignette Video does

Applies ffmpeg vignette (PI/4), keeps audio. Unlike Fade Out Video this darkens edges, not the timeline end. Unlike Blur Video this is vignette, not boxblur. First run downloads the engine.

Vignette Video sits in the Video group on purpose. It is not Fade Out Video (Fade video to black at the end.) and not Sepia Video (Tint a clip with a sepia matrix.). Choose this page when you need Darken corners, keep audio. If you stretch Vignette Video into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Vignette Video

Stay on this Vignette Video page (/vignette-video). Do not switch to Fade Out Video unless you actually want Fade video to black at the end..
Add the file type Vignette Video accepts. Hint from the path: vignette video. Darken corners, keep audio.
Set only the options that match Vignette Video. Neighbor Sepia Video does something else (Tint a clip with a sepia matrix.). Tool note: Applies ffmpeg vignette (PI/4), keeps audio. Unlike Fade Out Video this darkens edges, not the timeline end. Unlike Blur Video this is vignette, not boxblur. First run downloads the engine.
Run Vignette Video in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Video only. Fixed vignette. Max 100 MB.
Download or copy the result from Vignette Video. If it is the wrong job, open Fade Out Video instead.

When not to use Vignette Video

Skip Vignette Video when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Fade Out Video or Sepia Video — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Applies ffmpeg vignette (PI/4), keeps audio. Unlike Fade Out Video this darkens edges, not the timeline end. Unlike Blur Video this is vignette, not boxblur. First run downloads the engine.

Questions about Vignette Video

What does Vignette Video do that other Video pages on this site do not?: Applies ffmpeg vignette (PI/4), keeps audio. Unlike Fade Out Video this darkens edges, not the timeline end. Unlike Blur Video this is vignette, not boxblur. First run downloads the engine. Short version: Darken corners, keep audio.
Does Vignette Video upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Vignette Video runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Video only. Fixed vignette. Max 100 MB.
Should I use Fade Out Video instead of Vignette Video?: Use Vignette Video when you need Darken corners, keep audio. Use Fade Out Video when you need Fade video to black at the end. They share a category (Video) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Vignette Video?: Video only. Fixed vignette. Max 100 MB. Also: Applies ffmpeg vignette (PI/4), keeps audio. Unlike Fade Out Video this darkens edges, not the timeline end. Unlike Blur Video this is vignette, not boxblur. First run downloads the engine.