Youtube Video Effects

Realtime Video Effects for YouTube

Overview

Youtube Video Effects is a free Chrome extension that allows you to apply real-time video filters directly on YouTube. Seamlessly integrated into your browsing experience, the extension adds an FX button next to the three dots menu for easy access to a variety of visual effects.

Key Features

Fullscreen support ensures effects work perfectly in any viewing mode.
Adjustable parameters with range sliders for precise control over effects.
Interactive effects like swirl and bulge respond to your cursor movements.
Does not interfere with YouTube annotations or subtitles.
Completely free and contains no advertisements.

Available Effects

Includes brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, vibrance, denoise, unsharp mask, noise, sepia, vignette, zoom blur, triangle blur, lens blur, swirl, bulge/pinch, ink, edge work, hexagonal pixelate, dot screen, and color halftone.

Powered by WebGL and the glfx.js library, Youtube Video Effects offers an engaging and customizable way to enhance your YouTube viewing experience without interrupting your workflow.

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Users:: 1,000+
Rating:: 3.00
(21)
Version:: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2019-08-11)
Creation date:: 2019-08-11
Risk:: Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Size:: 43.94K
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 23,690 ▲ 367

Other rankings

#11937 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1 #6 in effect keyword 30 #117 in video keyword 75 ▲ 21

User reviews

Multiple users report that the 'Youtube Video Effects' Chrome extension used to work well before YouTube's UI update, offering video effect controls via a small FX button. However, after UI changes and apparent abandonment by the developer, the extension no longer functions properly; the FX button is missing or disabled, rendering the features unusable. While a few users still managed to find and use the button, most find it broken and ineffective, leading to widespread dissatisfaction.

Pros

The extension used to work effectively before the YouTube UI update.
When functional, it provides useful video effects through the FX button.
Some users managed to find and use the small FX button successfully.

Cons

The extension no longer works with the new YouTube UI.
The FX button is missing or greyed out, making the controls inaccessible.
The author appears to have abandoned the extension, leading to lack of updates or support.
Users frequently report it as non-functional or broken.
Some users mistakenly encountered a rickroll instead of the expected features.

Recent reviews

This extension used to work before but before the YouTube New UI and author abandoning the extension will makes the fx buttons doesn't appear anymore...

The Cmedia Canada, Inc., 2025-01-22

I installed the extension. But when trying to use it, it is greyed out. Doesn't show any controls. Any help would be appreciated. Will change the rating to 5 stars. Thanks. :)

Bhaaskar Desai, 2024-07-21

yep

Илья Тришин, 2023-09-09

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Youtube Video Effects requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Youtube Video Effects is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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