Update from March 26, 2020: In the meantime, the Youtuber has published more videos that show the effect based on other regions of Red Dead Redemption 2. We have added to them below in the news and updated the message.
Youtuber Red Dead Online Guides has changed the perspective on the game world of Red Dead Redemption 2 with the help of mods. The Western Open World looks like a tiny miniature version in the style of a toy train. We embed the result for you above the news.
You can admire Saint Denis, Blackwater, Valentine, New Austin and Annesburg, and even Guarma as a mini version. To achieve the effect, the channel uses the so-called Tilt shift effect
What is a tilt shift effect?
In reality, this effect is created using a tilt-and-shift lens. In simple terms, the lens and image plane can be moved and swiveled independently of one another. This can be used to evenly focus an entire photo, but it also allows artificially to achieve a miniature model effect by broadening the perspective.
This is how the mini version of Red Dead 2 was created
Red Dead Online Guides explains how this effect was created in the game via Reddit. Since Red Dead 2 does not currently have a Rockstar Editor in the style of GTA 5, the Youtuber had to use the Open camera mod and a trainer
He hides the character via the mods and zooms far out of the picture in order to then create the desired effect via zoom and perspective. He then edited the material in Adobe Premiere to further enhance the toy effect through higher color saturation.
In addition, he added depth of field afterwards because this was not possible in the game without the right tools and adjusted the speed and frame rate so that the video is more reminiscent of Cities: Skylines. Thanks to the new perspective, Red Dead 2 also loses a lot in its dark and rough mood.
more on the subject
The best mods for Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC
The various Tilft-Shift videos at a glance
West Elizabeth
Annesburg & Van Horn
Saint Denis & Rhodes
Guarma
West Elizabeth
By the way, the Youtuber Red Dead Online Guide took a closer look at the Western game about Outlaw Arthur Morgan: That's how he counts in one of his videos interesting details about the wildlife of Red Dead Redemption 2 on – for example, that pigs even eat corpses.
If you don't want to see the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 as a miniature, but in 4K and almost photo-realistic graphics, we recommend you take a look at our article on the subject. Alternatively, you can find out more about the time traveler who connects GTA 5 with Red Dead Redemption 2.
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