#Lightroom 4 graduated filter tutorial how to#
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Make sure that the foreground is set to white and the background to black.

Make sure White (Full Opacity) is selected from the pop up dialogue box and click Add.ДЇrom the tool box on the right, you will see the foreground and background colors, again very similar to Photoshop. You can also right click on the duplicate layer to do this. Make sure your duplicate layer is still selected and from the menu select Layer вЂ“ Mask вЂ“ Add Layer Mask. Next we are going to use another technique that Photoshop users may be familiar with, adding a layer mask. Using curves to get the sky as we want it Click OK once you are happy with your curve. For example, adding a deeper blue to a blue sky. By using the individual RGB curves you can theme your graduated filter to more or less any color. Curving the blue channel down in the mid tone regions adds a subtle yellow feel to the image and curving the red very slightly up has added a touch of warmth. To give the image an end of day, sunset feel, I have also put a slight curve into the blue and red channels. As you can see from the image, I have created a luminance curve to darken both the darkest parts of the clouds but also to add definition to the god rays breaking through the clouds. The curves tool is preferable here as it gives you a whole lot more control. To do this you can use either the levels or curves tool that we learned about in the previous tutorial. Now with the duplicated layer selected, we are going to darken the sky to get the effect of a graduated filter. In this case we will call it Graduated Sky. Unlike Photoshop, in Gimp you do not get the option to rename a layer when creating it, however, you can double click on the layer in the palette to rename it. We will now see our duplicate layer appear above the original in the layers palette. To do this, we go to the main menu and select Layer вЂ“ Duplicate Layer. With the image open in Gimp, check that you can see the layers palette to the right and make sure the layers tab is selected.ДЇirst thing we need to do is create a duplicate of our original image.

#Lightroom 4 graduated filter tutorial download#

Click here to download the image to work along. The image I am using in this tutorial has a potentially interesting sky that needs livening up.

#Lightroom 4 graduated filter tutorial how to#

For the first tutorial in the series, check out the postВ on how to make your images sparkle using levels and curves. Today we are going to take a look at one of those features, layers and as before, the best way to do this is by doing something constructive, in this case adding a graduated filter to an image with a dull sky. As we have said before Gimp has evolved into an extremely powerful tool for photographers, having many of the features contained in itвЂ™s payware cousin, Photoshop.

#Lightroom 4 graduated filter tutorial series#

Welcome to the second of our tutorial series on Gimp.