How To Do the Front Flash on TikTok?

TikTok has become one of the most-loved social media apps, thanks to its entertaining short videos, excellent filters and effects, dance challenges, and viral clips. You can use the front or back camera to take beautiful videos and images. Unfortunately, the front camera feature doesn’t have a flash to light up your videos in low light.

You’ve probably seen TikTokers posting videos in low light and wondered how the videos appear lit with some darkness in the background. These users use the front flash trick to achieve this effect.

So how do you do the front flash on TikTok?

We prepared this video to show you how to do front flash on TikTok.

Overview of the Front Flash on TikTok

Recording TikTok videos at night or in low light is a struggle because the TikTok front camera feature doesn’t have a flash. The front camera differs from the back camera, which has a flash. But you have seen people’s TikTok videos in low light that seem illuminated by a flash, right?

You are not alone if you wonder how these TikTok users achieve this. It is a simple trick that involves tweaking your phone’s display settings to get a color inversion. This trick is achievable in both iOS and Android mobile devices.

Let’s see how to do a front flash on TikTok on both iOS and Android phones.

How To Do Front Flash on TikTok on an iPhone

Follow these steps:

1. Launch the Settings app.
2. Select “Accessibility.”
3. Tap “Display & Text Size.”
4. Scroll down the menu to “Classic Invert” and move the toggle to the right.
5. Adjust your phone’s screen brightness to the maximum.
6. Open the TikTok app.
7. Tap the “+” icon to start creating videos. You’ll notice an unusual color and display, but this is part of the process.
8. Record your video with your front camera.
9. Go back to Settings, follow the same steps as before, and disable “Classic Invert.”
10. Go back to TikTok and preview your video.
11. You’ll notice that your video is bright and looks like you took it with a flash.

How To Do the Front Flash on TikTok With an Android Phone

Follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll down the menu and select “Accessibility.”
3. Scroll down the Accessibility menu to locate “Color inversion.”
4. Move the Color inversion toggle to the right to enable it.
5. Adjust the screen brightness of your phone to the maximum.
6. Open the TikTok app.
7. Tap the “+” to start recording videos.
8. Record your video.
9. Go back to Settings and follow the same steps to disable “Color inversion.”
10. Go back to TikTok and preview the video.
11. You’ll notice the video appears as if you shot it with a front flash.

Summary

The TikTok front camera doesn’t have a flash to illuminate the object in low light. However, you can use a trick to get a flash-like illumination when you take videos or images. To do a front flash on TikTok, enable classic invert or color inversion settings and adjust the screen brightness to the maximum.

Go to TikTok and record the video, then go back to settings and disable the color inversion. When you go back to TikTok to preview the video, you’ll notice the video looks like you shot it with a front flash.

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