Edit your videos

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 1 GB of RAM that run on Android version 6.0 or later.

Edit your video

With our updated video editor, you can now have a refreshed editing experience with a streamlined layout and new and improved tools on the scrollable action bar.

Tip: Learn how to edit a highlight video.

Enhance or stabilise your video

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Auto.
   • To improve the colour and lighting in your video: Tap Enhance.
   • To stabilise your video: Tap Stabilise.
4. To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the top, tap Save.

Export or trim a still from your video

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
   • To trim the video to a different length: touch and hold, then drag the trim handles to select the portion of your video that you want to keep.
     • To save a copy of the video with your edits: at the top, tap Save.
   • To export a frame from your video: tap Export frame .

Crop or rotate

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Crop.
   • To crop the video to a different aspect ratio, like a square: tap Aspect ratio .
   • To rotate a video 90 degrees: tap 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 mirror the photos and videos horizontally: tap Mirror .
4. To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the top, tap Save.

Adjust your video

Important: Your device must have at least 3 GB RAM and Android 8.0 or up.

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Adjust.
4. Select the type of effect that you want to apply to your video and move the dial to make changes.
5. When you've finished, tap Done.
6. To undo an adjustment, deselect the option or tap Cancel.

Video adjustments

• To adjust the exposure, tap Brightness .
• To adjust the difference in tones, tap Contrast .
• To adjust the brightest value, tap White point .
• To adjust the detail in the brightest areas, tap Highlights .
• To adjust the detail in the darkest areas, tap Shadows .
• To adjust the darkest value, tap Black point .
• To adjust the intensity of colours, tap Saturation .
• To adjust the colour temperature, tap Warmth .
• To adjust the hue, tap Tint .
• To adjust the saturation of the skin-coloured tones, tap Skin tone .
• To adjust the saturation of the blue tones, like sky or water, tap Blue tone .
• To reduce the brightness around the edges of the video, tap Vignette .
• To enhance brightness and contrast across the video, tap HDR effect .

Add an effect or filter

Important: Your device must have at least 3 GB RAM and Android 8.0 or up.

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Filters.
   • To add a filter:
     1. Tap Filter .
     2. Select a filter.
        • To change the strength of the filter on the video: Move the dial.
        • To undo a filter: Tap None.
   • To add an effect:
     1. Tap Effect .
     2. Select an effect.
        • A live preview of the selected effects appears on your video.
        • To undo an effect: Tap None.
4. Tap Save.

Tip: Types of effects include:

• B&W film
• Light leak
• Lomo
• Dust mix
• Chromatic
• Paper tear
• Framed
• Layouts
• Poster

Add text

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Text .
   • To type on your video: Tap Edit text .
   • To adjust the font: Tap Fonts .
   • To change the colour of your text: Tap Colour .
4. When you're done, tap Done .
   • To add a new text to your video: Tap Text .
   • To edit the text that you've added in the video: Tap an existing text box.
     • To remove the text, delete everything in the text box.
   • To delete the text box: Tap Delete .
5. To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the top, tap Save.

Change the audio of your video

Important: This feature is only for Pixel 8+ devices.

1. On your Pixel device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Audio.
   • To mute your video: Tap Mute.
   • To delete the audio of your video: Tap Audio Eraser.
4. To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the top, tap Save.

Mute your video

Important: This feature is only for non-Pixel devices.

1. On your non-Pixel device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Mute.

Change the speed of your video

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. Tap Speed.
4. To select a portion of your video to change the speed, touch and hold, then drag the trim handles.
   • To speed up your video: Tap 2x or 4x.
   • To slow down your video: Tap ¼x or ½x.
5. To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the top, tap Save.

Tip: To change your video's playback speed without the need to edit it:

1. At the top right, tap More Playback speed.
2. Choose your desired speed. The speed will be adjusted.
3. To go back to the video, dismiss the sheet.

Add music to your video

Important: To add downloaded music to your video, allow music and audio access for the Google Photos app in settings.

1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Open the video that you want to edit.
3. To add music to a single video, tap Audio Add music .
   • Alternatively, if you scroll beyond the fold, tap Music .
4. To upload a song from your device and choose the song that you want to add, tap On device.
5. Choose the section of the song that you want to use for your video.
   • To find the section of the song that you want to use for your video, touch and hold, then drag the segment right or left.
6. Tap Done .
7. To edit the song that you've added, tap Music .
   • To change the section of the song that you want to use: Tap Section .
   • To change the volume of 'Video audio' and 'Soundtrack':
     1. Tap Volume .
     2. Touch and hold, then drag the trim handles.
     3. Tap Done .
   • To change the song that you want to use: Tap Change .
   • To remove the song from your video: Tap Remove Remove.
8. To save a copy of the video with your edits, at the top, tap Save.

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