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Brighten images with ease

Enhance your images and make them more eye-catching. With Canva’s intuitive photo editing tools, you can improve the overall look of your visual assets with a few simple clicks.

Get the lighting just right

Adjust the brightness of your image

Make your design easy on the eyes. Brighten any dark image by sliding the toggle on the brightness tool. Control the brightness or darkness of a specific photo, then enhance the overall look by making adjustments on the other enhancement tools.

Create a specific mood or aesthetic

Before adjusting the image brightness
After adjusting the image brightness

Got the proper exposure for your photo but still not satisfied with the look? Why not set a filter or add an overlay? Bring out the contrast, adjust saturation, or heighten up hues to match your desired color aesthetic. Experiment with these features as Canva’s editing dashboard allows you to easily undo changes onto your design.

Edit and share photos in an instant

Share your enhanced photo to Instagram

Keeping up with the proposed contents detailed in your social media plan(opens in a new tab or window)? Install the Canva app on your mobile device so you can brighten images and share your post wherever you may be. The app is available on desktop, iOS, and Android so we’ve got you covered.

How to brighten an image

How to brighten an image

Frequently Asked Questions

  • You can brighten your images taken on your phone by simply editing its exposure before exporting or sharing it. Alternatively, you can edit your photo on our editing dashboard where you can easily adjust the brightness and other settings and see directly how it looks on a layout.
  • Going overboard with increasing the brightness of a very dark image may result in image noise. Image noise is also known as grain—those miniscule white spots that you may find in dark images that have been brightened. Too much grain can lower the sharpness and overall quality of your image.
  • You can do so by adjusting all the other properties of the photo as well. Adjust its contrast and saturation along with the brightness. With our photo editing dashboard, you can play around with all the other properties of your image, including its warmth, vibrance, clarity, and fade. To ensure that your image retains its texture, try adjusting its highlights and shadows.
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