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  Creating Red Dead Redemption silhouette effect in after effects

  Posted by Robert Swithenbank on June 6, 2011 at 12:04 pm

  Hello.
  I’m soon to be making a short western and would like to create a Similar effect to that found in Red Dead Redemption, where in the game is paused and the scene freezes and is washed over with a silhouette effect.
  
  the screen would pause then this would wash over the frame.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD_JfhZVSUs&feature=related
  you get a sense of what i’m aiming for in the first few seconds of this video.

  Thanks guys and any help would be appreciated

  Amanda Smith replied 15 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Cuevas

  June 6, 2011 at 2:43 pm

  An easy way would be to just add an adjustment layer. Add a levels effet and crush your blacks a bit. Then add a Tritone effect and change the midtones to a deep red. When you want to “pause” just change the opacity of your adjustment layer from 0% to 100%.

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  Amanda Smith

  June 6, 2011 at 9:24 pm

  I would say make an adjustment layer, and crush the blacks with levels. Then, ad an additional effect on that layer using tint, which you would select a deep red. You could also use colorama if you tweak the settings right. Hope this helps.

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