Night dive video color correction
At night your torch is the sun: full-spectrum light at a metre's distance, so colour is mostly there. What goes wrong is the balance between the torch's warm centre and the blue, noisy edge of the beam. The tool treats night footage as a close-up and corrects with a light hand.
What the tool does on night footage
- Detects the scene as Close-up (low blueness, high contrast) and uses the matching preset: modest red compensation, protected highlights, no heavy stretch.
- Balances the torch's colour temperature so white sand reads white instead of yellow.
- Leaves the black water black – the percentile stretch ignores the darkest one percent, so noise is not amplified.
Getting the most out of it
- Use a wide, even video light rather than a narrow torch; hot spots are harder to balance than a flat beam.
- Shoot close. Nudibranchs, shrimps and sleeping fish are what night dives are for, and the correction is cleanest at short range.
- If a clip comes out too warm, set Strength to 60 %; if the edges stay blue, pick the Reef scene manually.
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Start the app →Frequently asked
Should I use a red filter at night?
No. The torch already provides red; a filter only costs light.
Why is the scene detected as Close-up and not Night?
Close-up is the preset: it is tuned for torch-lit subjects at short range, which is exactly what night footage is. The label describes the correction, not the time of day.
Can it reduce noise?
No, it is a colour tool. Shoot at the lowest ISO your light allows and let the correction handle the balance.
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