can i use adobe after effects to make a movie look like “sin city”?

[Kevin Camp]

ae’s leave color effect will desaturate all colors except a selected color.

however since red is common component of skin tones, it may be a bit difficult to isolate it. you could try using a different color, like a good chroma green, then key those elements and colorize them red and composite them bock onto the desaturated footage.

note, that the tint effect can often produce a better black and white effect from color footage than just removing saturation from it.

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Todd Kopriva]

I’d say that since After Effects was used on that film to do exactly that, then the answer is certainly “yes”.

Here’s a pair of tutorials that show some of the basics:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/swanson_grant/sin_city1.php
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/swanson_grant/sin_city2.php

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