Have you ever wanted to adjust the brightness of a video on your iPhone? While there are plenty of third-party video editing apps for iPhone, the easiest and most convenient way of changing a video’s brightness is through the Photos app.
In this guide, we have shared easy-to-follow steps that will allow you to increase or decrease a video’s brightness on your iPhone without using any third-party app.
Adjust video brightness on iPhone 17
Follow these steps to adjust video brightness on your iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Pro.
- Unlock your iPhone and launch the Photos app.
- Find and open the video that you want to edit.
- From the bottom of the screen, tap on the Edit button. It’s located next to the ‘i’ button.
- Next, tap on the Adjust button and then scroll through the list of tools to select ‘Brightness’.
- Now drag the slider towards the right side to decrease the video’s brightness and move it towards the left to increase it.
- Once you’re satisfied, tap on the Done button at the top.
You can also slide on the tools bar to adjust other video settings like Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, and more.
That’s it, this is how you can adjust video brightness on your iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Pro using the built-in video editing tools.

