The Lightsaber Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create the lightsaber effect. This works with Photoshop CS3,4,5 and all Photoshop Elements. This is being done on a MacBook Pro so wherever there is a Command function, hit Control if you are using a Windows computer.

Step 1 Preparing the Picture

First open up Photoshop. I'm using CS5 but everything can be done on all else. Set colors to normal by hitting the "D" key. Then hit the "X" key to switch the foreground color with the background color. The foreground color should then be white.

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[Blue Mist]

Another way of coloring the light saber afterward is to make another new layer and just paint over the top of the Saber then make change the Blending mode to overlay.