How to Add the Cinematic Bloom Effect on Your Videos Using Shotcut

[jonray]

@bentacular

the next part of “old-school film” is “Halation.”

Had to look that up Looks quite similar to the Bloom effect?

[jonray]

@MusicalBox

as a bonus, animated fog and titles.

Th animated fog is great. Did you use a fog overlay - like one of these?

[MusicalBox]

@jonray

Did you use a fog overlay - like one of these?

No, I used a Fog brush in photoshop to create a 2500x1080 PNG and imported it in Shotcut between the text track (titles) and the background track

[bentacular]

Yes. Many times people misinterpret bloom for halation. They do tend to occur together, but halation is more a reddish or orange glow around the edges. So maybe I need to add another Color Grading filter then just raise the orange/red highlights, then blend it.

[MusicalBox]

That looks nice. Can’t wait to see the tutorial

[jonray]

@MusicalBox

I used a Fog brush in photoshop to create a 2500x1080 PNG and imported it in Shotcut between the text track (titles) and the background track

That’s brilliant, @musicalbox, and thanks for the tutorials. I don’t have Photoshop, but I understand that brushes downloaded in .abr format can be used in GIMP, so later I’ll try creating a similar effect i GIMP. I’ve found some freely downloadable fog brushes online - I’m just trying to find which GIMP folder to put them in…

[jonray]

@bentacular

halation is more a reddish or orange glow around the edges.

Ah, OK. Interesting @bentacular.Could be good for creating Neon text, I think?

[jonray]

@jonray

I’m just trying to find which GIMP folder to put them in…

Found it. Had to start the “run” command (Win+R) and type “appdata”, then the GIMP folder. Along the line of folders, there’s a “Brushes” folder.