Body: <p>I have tried using both VSDC and VideoPad for editing videos, and both of them randomly darken the videos I put into them. Is this a common issue? If not, what information do you need me to give to solve this problem?</p>
  
  <p>This is a problem I have had on multiple computers now.</p>
  
  <p>Here are some side-by-side comparisons, with each pair being first the input video and then second the output video.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/qG0oP.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/qG0oP.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Uj9i2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Uj9i2.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>You can see that this second image is darker.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/jjIWA.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jjIWA.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/XghPb.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/XghPb.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>You can see that this second image is darker also.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> I tried editing the video with FFmpeg, and it did the same thing.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit 2:</strong> Here are the outputs of <code>ffmpeg -i [videofile]</code>:</p>
  
  <p>Original video:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavf58.12.100
  Duration: 00:01:32.75, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1012233 kb/s
      Stream #0:0: Video: huffyuv (HFYU / 0x55594648), bgr0, 1920x1080, 1012406 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 60 tbn, 60 tbc
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edited video:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Duration: 00:01:36.98, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 514031 kb/s
      Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg (MJPG / 0x47504A4D), yuvj422p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 1920x1080, 512695 kb/s, 59.99 fps, 59.99 tbr, 59.99 tbn, 59.99 tbc
      Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 1411 kb/s
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Edit 3:</strong> The original video was compiled from a series of <code>.png</code> files. Here is the command I used to do so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ffmpeg -framerate 60 -i %05d.png -c:v huffyuv -pix_fmt rgb24 output.avi
  </code></pre>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Comments.Text: Share the console output of `ffmpeg -i videofile`
Comments.UserDisplayName: Gyan
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Comments.Text: @Gyan I added part of the console outputs. Are they what you were looking for? If not, should I post the full output? All I removed was all of the `--enable` arguments and the versions of FFmpeg's various libraries.
Comments.UserDisplayName: NetherGranite
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Comments.Text: How were the source videos generated/captured - which app and settings?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Gyan
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Comments.Text: @Gyan It was a series of `.png` files compiled as frames into a video using FFmpeg. I added the command I used to my question.
Comments.UserDisplayName: NetherGranite
Tags: <software><lighting><export>
Title: Why do I keep getting videos darker than the frames from which they were made regardless of the software I use?
UserDisplayName: NetherGranite
ThreadText: # Why do I keep getting videos darker than the frames from which they were made regardless of the software I use?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-26)
  
  I have tried using both VSDC and VideoPad for editing videos, and both of them randomly darken the videos I put into them. Is this a common issue? If not, what information do you need me to give to solve this problem?
  
  This is a problem I have had on multiple computers now.
  
  Here are some side-by-side comparisons, with each pair being first the input video and then second the output video.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/qG0oP.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/qG0oP.png)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Uj9i2.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Uj9i2.png)
  
  You can see that this second image is darker.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/jjIWA.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/jjIWA.png)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/XghPb.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/XghPb.png)
  
  You can see that this second image is darker also.
  
  **Edit:** I tried editing the video with FFmpeg, and it did the same thing.
  
  **Edit 2:** Here are the outputs of `ffmpeg -i [videofile]`:
  
  Original video:
  
  ```
  Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavf58.12.100
  Duration: 00:01:32.75, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1012233 kb/s
      Stream #0:0: Video: huffyuv (HFYU / 0x55594648), bgr0, 1920x1080, 1012406 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 60 tbn, 60 tbc
  
  ```
  
  Edited video:
  
  ```
  Duration: 00:01:36.98, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 514031 kb/s
      Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg (MJPG / 0x47504A4D), yuvj422p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 1920x1080, 512695 kb/s, 59.99 fps, 59.99 tbr, 59.99 tbn, 59.99 tbc
      Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 1411 kb/s
  
  ```
  
  **Edit 3:** The original video was compiled from a series of `.png` files. Here is the command I used to do so:
  
  ```
  ffmpeg -framerate 60 -i %05d.png -c:v huffyuv -pix_fmt rgb24 output.avi
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** software, lighting, export
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Share the console output of `ffmpeg -i videofile`  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 I added part of the console outputs. Are they what you were looking for? If not, should I post the full output? All I removed was all of the `--enable` arguments and the versions of FFmpeg's various libraries.  
  > **username_1**: How were the source videos generated/captured - which app and settings?  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 It was a series of `.png` files compiled as frames into a video using FFmpeg. I added the command I used to my question.  
  
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