This is a tutorial on how to make a lightsaber using Sony Vegas (I will be using Sony Vegas 6.0 in this tutorial but any version should work). Microsoft Paint will also be used to draw a white line for the saber blade base (almost any drawing/photo-editing software can be used). Please comment, rate, and subscribe.

Step 1: Step 1 - MS Paint

First step is to open MS Paint and make the background black. Then take the rectangle tool and make a white rectangle that is thin and long like in the picture. Then save it.

Step 2: Step 2 - Sony Vegas Studio

First open Sony Vegas Studio. Then open up the file that you just made in step 1 into the Vegas timeline, we will call this layer1. Then go to Media Generators>Solid Colors>Black and set that onto a sepperate timeline, we will call this layer2. Then chroma key out the black in layer1. Continued on next step.

Step 3: Step 3 - Sony Vegas Studio

Picture1 - Select the Track Motion button on the layer1 timeline.
Picture2 - In the Track Motion box there should be a tick box that says something like 2d glow, so click on that.
Picture3 - Change the color to what you want your lightsaber to be (in my case orange). Set the blur to 8.00% and the intensity to 60.00%.

Step 4: Step 4 - Finished

Now all you have to do is save it (this can only be saved as an .avi so it is not for photo's but it is for movies). And here is what it will look like with orange.