Character Intro Freeze effect easy Premiere Pro tutorial no plugin!

Learn how to easily create the character intro freeze effect seen in popular movies, popularized after Guy Ritchie’s film Snatch. This stylistic intro style is fun and impactful. The tutorial covers how to do it in a few minutes. First, hold the frame on the part you want to freeze. Then duplicate the layer two slots up using Alt and drag. Next, go to opacity in effects and select the pen tool to cut out the character. Keyframe the scale and position, setting ease out and ease in on the keyframes. Nest the clip, add a radial shadow on top, blur the background, add an ink splash, add text, and keyframe everything to mesh it together.