Video Ambient Light
Video Ambient Light
Video Ambient Light adds a soft, color-matched glow around your videos for a more immersive full-page experience.
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What is Video Ambient Light?
Video Ambient Light is a free Chrome and Firefox extension that brings ambient light beyond the edges of the player on YouTube, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Facebook Reels.
As the video plays, the glow pulls colors from the current scene and blends them smoothly as you move through content. The original video stays sharp, while the surrounding page becomes a moving background that works for both landscape videos and tall, portrait clips.
Use the extension’s controls to fine-tune the atmosphere, including glow intensity, softness, spread, saturation, and page ambience. You can also adjust UI transparency for a more subtle or more vivid effect, and switch the feature on or off per supported platform.
Video Ambient Light FAQ
Which platforms and video types does Video Ambient Light support?
It supports ambient light on YouTube (including watch pages and livestreams), YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Facebook Reels.
Does the glow change as the video changes?
Yes. The background colors update with the playing video and blend smoothly from one scene to the next for continuous ambient motion.
Will the extension work with portrait (vertical) videos and Shorts?
Yes. It extends the ambient effect across the page for both portrait and landscape formats, so color can fill the space around the visible video.
Can I adjust how strong or subtle the effect is?
Yes. You can control glow intensity, softness, spread, saturation, and page ambience, and also adjust UI transparency to keep the light subtle or make it more vivid.
Does Video Ambient Light record or upload my video activity?
No. It runs on your device with local rendering of video frames and stores settings in browser storage, with no recording, analytics, or account.