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Light saber effects in photoshop

Light saber effects in photoshop
Well being a big star wars fan, one of the first thing I tried in photoshop had to be the light saber, so I tried the simplest method I could think of then which i will be explaining to u below. There is another method that is NOT MINE, but was in the form of a tutorial on _www.ryan-w.com_, which I would be explaining as well. Before this lets keep some points in mind-

1) There are a gazillion more tutorials but none on instructables so here i am

2) I am discribing only the method to add the light saber effect in a picture, (videos are too cumbersome)

 
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Step 1GET UR PIC!!!!!

GET UR PIC!!!!!
Simple get a pic of yourself or anyone holding a stick or a saber. (im using a random pic i found)
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Jan 18, 2011. 7:16 PMAlternateLives says:
For videos, there are a few methods. the most expensive, but best, way to do it is Adobe AfterEffects. This will allow you to track the points on the lightsaber and create a glow on it. method number two is Motion. this program comes with the Final Cut Studio Suite, and is very similar to AfterEffects, except it does not use Keyframes. Finally, Anime Studio will let you tract the motion on a video clip and allow you to drop a lightsaber effect onto the points.
Sep 23, 2010. 8:17 PMdark sith lord9 says:
i don't really know
Feb 2, 2010. 4:59 PMblahblah86 says:
found layer styles and i'm trying to get into style settings, but it won't let me.  how do i get into it?
Jan 21, 2010. 5:38 AMiori57 says:
 I tried LS maker before and its much more complicated than photoshop itself... and its not flexible.

I manage to create the light saber in 19 seconds using the above technique :) check it out: www.youtube.com/watch
Sep 23, 2009. 12:46 AMttikmai says:
the best way to get the saber point is to use the pen tool, it also help when you have a weird angle where the blade width will et larger or smaller in propotrion to other things in the image.
Jul 4, 2009. 6:14 PMGalgarith says:
Help! I have Photoshop 4.0, and it won't let me choose Outer Glow in the Layers menu. No matter what I try, I can't manually set outer glow around the white line. What do I do? Is 4.0 too old for this tutorial?
Sep 2, 2009. 4:46 PMsadben says:
yo your really behinde the times get cs4 of torrents, blaze69 in mininova is pretty good.
Aug 13, 2009. 9:38 PMalbylovesscience says:
i got photo shop 5.0
May 5, 2009. 6:34 PMUberGalacticEmpire says:
Can you use the Paint.net program?
Jan 19, 2009. 10:13 AMwenpherd says:
can you do this with gimp?
Apr 4, 2009. 5:53 AMKilometer says:
You can do the same thing with gimp, but instead of using layer styles like in Photoshop, draw another line (the color you want your blade to be) and then Gaussian blur it to the desired length.
Jan 12, 2008. 4:35 PMjoehadac says:
I got photoshop elements 4.0 and it has every thing ur talkin about except i cant choose the outglow color only blue and it dosent really look like urs
Jan 20, 2008. 1:58 PMadamthiede says:
I got 4.0 for the mac. It's like 400 dollars less than CS 2 or the much-coveted CS 3. It has great FX and is really all i need. ill have to try it out!
Mar 22, 2008. 1:35 PMlocofocos says:
you wouldn't believe how much i didn't pay for photoshop XD
Mar 28, 2009. 1:01 AMwaffleman says:
you wanna hook me up with a website please? I've been looking for one everywhere....if you can message me or just comment me back that would be sweet....
Mar 28, 2009. 9:15 AMwaffleman says:
Oh I was talking to locofocos......
Nov 17, 2007. 4:05 AMjessyratfink says:
I think I'll have to start adding this to every picture I take. :D Cat with lightsaber! Plant with lightsaber! Boyfriend sleeping with lightsaber!
Mar 28, 2009. 1:02 AMwaffleman says:
Ewwww he's sleeping with a saber? Just kidding.....
Jan 16, 2009. 7:59 AMLoneWolf says:
That's AWESOME. I've read a lot of other ways to do this and they were all time consuming or insanely tough. But yours is the fastest,quickest,easiest way I'v found yet!
Dec 29, 2008. 7:07 PMiknowirule3 says:
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 20, 2007. 10:31 PMsteven.exe says:
sweet, and simple!
Dec 3, 2008. 1:06 PMJaraldo says:
u could just use LS maker
Mar 1, 2008. 2:56 PMWhiteTigerTails says:
I have photoshop 5.5, so I don't really hace the same functions... Anyone have a solution, wihtout me spending any money?
Oct 22, 2008. 2:24 PMspasysheep says:
Google search for GIMP. Completely free and with more features than photoshop.
Mar 12, 2008. 7:24 PMGeoffrito says:
i've gotten some good effects in elements with stylised 'neon' lines and by liberally using gaussian blur. It's pretty simple if you know what you're looking for- just play around a bit =)
Mar 10, 2008. 4:38 PMlocofocos says:
download photoshop? :P
Jan 16, 2009. 7:32 AMLoneWolf says:
nice pic. locofocos- you ever play that game "N"
Apr 22, 2008. 6:09 PMlotrsam11 says:
hey, you know those lightsabers on the first page, how in the world did you make those, because ive been wanting to make one since i was like 6
Oct 13, 2008. 1:08 PMevanwehrer says:
Thinkgeek.com has some really nice ones
May 6, 2008. 8:10 PMlotrsam11 says:
k. thnx buddy!
Dec 24, 2007. 10:58 AMgunmaster222 says:
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Apr 17, 2008. 10:14 AMItsTheHobbs says:
but the blades are butt ugly.
Dec 3, 2007. 6:10 PMgibsonlp96 says:
is photo booth only for iMac?
Jan 20, 2008. 6:00 PMItsTheHobbs says:
yes
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