Seeking free and simple way to brighten a dark video?

Question

The title says it all. My video is too dark. I Learned how to avoid it next time (after the horse had bolted).Is there anything I can do to lighten it up? Preferably freeware and not to complex. THe video is .AVI format[update] Windows 7 pro (and I am wondering whether brightness or contrast is the way to go (ans if some magic s/w has an "auto" feature))Thanks a 1,000,000 in advance

Answer 1

You should have Windows Live Movie Maker on you Windows 7 computer. Just load your file in, brighten it up and render a new brighter version. There are proc amp apps you can purchase and download also.