On the covers of the GTA games and in the loading screens, characters from the game series are depicted in a specific design. In just a few simple steps you can add an effect to your own photo and convert it into a GTA-style shot.
With an app you can put a GTA filter on a photo of yourself. Animations of this kind are particularly common on TikTok. The whole thing works with Capcut (Download for iOS | Download for Android). The app itself is free. When using it, be careful not to select an option that would allow you to take out a subscription. The GTA filter can be used for free.
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GTA filter effect for your own photos: With this app it works
This is how you convert a photo of yourself with the GTA filter:
Installs the app Capcut on your Android smartphone or iPhone. You can see it at the top of the homepage Search field. Enter “GTA” here. Some search suggestions will appear. Take for example “gta character filters“ to see corresponding results. You will then see some options that match. Take a template that you like, for example this “GTA Filter” by “Rusdi Al-Buqari”. Once selected, the Effect in a preview shown again. Tap on “Use template“. Allow the app to Access to your photos. The gallery opens. Look for each other a picture to be converted into a GTA-style mini-clip. After a quick edit you can see this Result directly on the smartphone screen. You can watch the video with the corresponding option share on TikTok. Alternatively, select the “Share” option to choose another app. Do you want the GTA animation with your own Save photo to smartphone, sends you the result in a message to yourself via a messenger such as Telegram or WhatsApp. You can then download the video in the messenger apps.
In the video you can see how the effect works and what the result could look like:
If you want a single image and not a photo, simply play the result back to the back and then create a screenshot of the recording with the GTA filter applied.
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GTA filter effect for TikTok, Instagram and Co.: This is what you should pay attention to
Capcut is an app from Bytedance. It is the same company that runs TikTok. For editing with the filters contained there, your Photo uploaded to the company’s servers. The operator states that the image only temporarily is saved for the period of revision. But you have Privacy concerns, you should avoid Capcut (and TikTok). But this is not a specific problem for these applications, as Facebook, Instagram and Co. also use a similar approach.
If you don’t want to upload your pictures to third-party servers, you can create your GTA photo yourself in an image editing program like Photoshop. However, this is quite complex and requires experience in working with such tools. You can find instructions for the GTA photo effect in Photoshop in English on this page. This involves working with several levels where you can make changes in the shading, Sharpness, lighting conditions and need to do more. You can also find a how-to in this video.