In Google Photos, you can edit your videos with special effects, filters, and more from your mobile device.
What you need
Download and install the Google Photos app.
- Some video editing features like crop, straighten, and filters are only available on Android devices with at least 2GB of RAM that run on Android 6.0 and up.
- Other video editing features like trim and rotate are still available on Android devices with at least 512MB of RAM.
Edit your video
Trim, Mute, Stabilize, or Export a still from your video
- Open the video you want to edit.
- Tap Edit
.
- To trim the video to a different length: Tap and Drag the Trim Handles to select the portion of your video you want to keep.
- To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the bottom right, tap Save copy.
- To mute your video: Tap
.
- To Stabilize your video: Tap
.
- To Export a frame from your video: Tap Export frame.
- To trim the video to a different length: Tap and Drag the Trim Handles to select the portion of your video you want to keep.
Crop or rotate
- Open the video you want to edit.
- Tap Edit
Crop.
- To crop the video to a different aspect ratio, like a square: Tap Aspect ratio
.
- To change the video’s perspective:
- Tap Transform
.
- Drag the dots to the edges of your video or tap Auto.
- Tap Transform
- To rotate a video 90 degrees, tap Rotate
.
- To make minor adjustments to straighten the video, use the dial above Rotate
.
- To make minor adjustments to straighten the video, use the dial above Rotate
- To automatically straighten the video, tap Auto.
- Tip: Auto straighten availability depends on the video.
- To crop the video to a different aspect ratio, like a square: Tap Aspect ratio
- To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the bottom right, tap Save copy.
Adjust an effect
- Open the video you want to edit.
- Tap Edit
Adjust.
- Select the type of effect you want to apply to your video and move the dial to make changes.
- When you’re finished, tap Done.
- To undo an effect, deselect the option or tap Cancel.
Effects you can adjust in your video
- Tap Brightness
to adjust the exposure.
- Tap Contrast
to adjust the difference in tones.
- Tap White point
to adjust the brightest value.
- Tap Highlights
to adjust the detail in the brightest areas.
- Tap Shadows
to adjust the detail in the darkest areas.
- Tap Black point
to adjust the darkest value.
- Tap Saturation
to adjust the intensity of colors.
- Tap Warmth
adjust the color temperature.
- Tap Tint
to adjust the hue.
- Tap Skin tone
to adjust the saturation of the skin-colored tones.
- Tap Blue tone
to adjust the saturation of the blue tones, like sky or water.
- Tap Vignette
to reduce the brightness around the edges of the video.
Add a filter
In the color filters section, you can apply the usual filters, like Palma or Metro, to your video.
- Open the video you want to edit.
- Tap Edit
Filters.
- Select a filter.
- To change the strength of the filter on the video, tap the filter again and move the dial.
- To undo a filter, select None.
Draw on or highlight a video
- Open the video you want to edit.
- Tap Edit
Markup.
- To draw, tap Pen
.
- To add highlights, tap Highlighter
.
- To draw, tap Pen
- When you’re finished, tap Done.
- To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the bottom right, tap Save copy.