In this opportunity we will talk about GIMP and how to create a professional cinematographic effect in this accessible and easy-to-use editor.
What is GIMP?
GIMP is a program that allows the manipulation of digital images that gives you access to editing drawings and photographs with it, as well as gimp rotation to rotate images
GIMP is just the acronym in English for “GNU Image Manipulation Program” is a free software program and free to the public.
Part of the purpose of the developers of this editing program is the aforementioned, which encourages them to provide high quality to their users.
Any creation that crosses your mind, from something basic like putting a transparent background to an image to everything you create deserves an improvement or adjustment, you can do it with this editor, whether it’s creating something new and original that demonstrates your art or your agility in the edit. A point in favor of this software is that it is multiplatform, since it is possible to access it from more than one operating system.
Its platform is fully multilingual making this editing program very accessible at an international level, it includes basic languages such as Spanish and English. And as if that were not enough, you can transform your interface into that of Photoshop
In addition, this editing program adds Catalan, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Korean, French, among others, to its list of available languages.
The tools that you will find in this editor are made up of those used for retouching images and editing them. You will be able to make the best photomontages with your tools.
You will be able to create drawings from your work table, adjust the images to your liking whether you make them bigger or smaller, even convert an image to a pencil drawing. As if that were not enough, this program with the help of a plugin makes it easy for you to create images in GIF format or MPEG format.
How to create a professional cinematic effect in Gimp?
Using this editor will be easier than you think, rest assured that with a little help you’ll be able to master the tools it includes.
There are many things that you can do with this program, but this time we will show you how to create the professional cinematographic effect in it.
Step 1
Choose among your images the one to which you will apply the effect. Then you must go to the toolbar located on the right side and select the corresponding tool to make a duplicate on the layer. Then what you should go to the “Opacity” tool to generate a reduction in the values that the image has.
Step 2
Now, go to the “Colors” section and inside you will look for the “Desaturate” tool, this will allow you to give gray tones to the duplicate layer. Among the tool options select “Luminosity” and then click “OK”.
Step 3
From the layer that contains the last adjustment you must create a layer from the toolbar that bears its name. Select it and in the pop-up menu click on “New from visible” to work with the first two layers.
Step 4
Later, you will have to go to the “Colors” section again, but this time you will look for the “Curve” tool. This tool includes the “Channel” option in it we will select the red, green and blue colors to modify them by pressing the left mouse button.
In the case of the red color, the modification that you must make will be a subtle movement in two points of the curve. For the green color, the process will be similar, but in an inverse way, locate yourself on the curve and the modification of the values will be two points of the same.
Finally, the blue color will be modified at four different points on the curve. It should be noted that each change will be made with the appropriate values for the image in mind.
step 5
Within the “Channel” option, select “Value”, the modification will be made at two points that intersect with the main line of the curve. Save the modifications made and make a final change to the curve of just one point.
Step 6
In the “Colors” section and then select “Hue and saturation” where you must subtract saturation from the image. Then select “Brightness and contrast” where to increase the contrast.
Done, you will have created an image with a professional cinematographic effect, you will only have to export the image and save it on your computer.