I just always used the pen tool to make a line and then add blending affects (outer glow) to it. That's a much easier way, and it looks almost just as good as doing it your way.
Yeah. I've seen tutorials on this that were good but involved a lot more steps. One of the good things about photoshop is that there is always an easier way doing things. Problem is most people don't like to share those secrets with us. I'm glad this guy did.
When I merge down to have layer 1 and background, i can see only the first layer, the lightsaber and the rest is black. I cant see the man. how do i fix that?
Its actually to pieces of music that i put together. At about 1:30 you can see i changed to a different song. The first one is battle of heroes and the second is the ending credits for star wars episode 3. You can find these on the Star Wars episode 3 soundtrack.
@JamesLucasTech except this is better?
afropunkx 1 year ago
I just always used the pen tool to make a line and then add blending affects (outer glow) to it. That's a much easier way, and it looks almost just as good as doing it your way.
LegionOf3 1 year ago
hey good job, this worked. you cold of explained how to merge down better but whatever, i figured it out.
lordofkronos 1 year ago
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iori57 2 years ago
tere is a easier way to do all this that you can do with any photoshop!
v9andrei 2 years ago
Awesome. Thanks man for the help.
Lyscko 2 years ago
this video has totally saved my ass over and over.... i always forget how to do the gaussian thing for images and this video is perfect for it
thanks
LordCorinth 2 years ago 2
Excelent tutorial
MrBrickfilms 2 years ago 2
thanks so much, finally a simple tutorial!! worked for me and im crap at this sort of stuff lol
forStBernadette 2 years ago
Yeah. I've seen tutorials on this that were good but involved a lot more steps. One of the good things about photoshop is that there is always an easier way doing things. Problem is most people don't like to share those secrets with us. I'm glad this guy did.
xpander2k 2 years ago
super tutorial
93Kevinn 2 years ago
there's no adjust...
wait im on elements 7.0
mrsneji 2 years ago
ooo elements...thats a problem. You need at least Photoshop 7.0 I think
dhLord64 2 years ago
accually, i managed to do this on Phoshop 5.0 Limited edition (on one of my computers, my 2 other computers have CS3)
RAVENCRYDARKSTAR 2 years ago
Thank you so much! it worked! I'll subscribe
mrsneji 2 years ago
IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME
J1MB08 2 years ago
That means you haven't done it right, 'cause it works for most of us.
Snowyluc 2 years ago
oh yeah i worked it out ages ago. i didnt have the layers set to screen
J1MB08 2 years ago
some things arent working to well
tls369 3 years ago
i can finally become a sith lord with these lightsaber effects! :)
Spaceman621 3 years ago 2
When I merge down to have layer 1 and background, i can see only the first layer, the lightsaber and the rest is black. I cant see the man. how do i fix that?
Jiraiyasama2008 3 years ago
im not exactly sure but retry it following the tutorial exactly like it says. If the problem persists I will try to figure it out
dhLord64 3 years ago
also make sure that you didnt do anything to the background layer
dhLord64 3 years ago
make sure the layer is on screen mode
kogrisso 2 years ago
thx i have it now
saufsidefestival 3 years ago
Nice video and very nice muscic.
Can you tell me the name of this pretty beautiful song pls!
saufsidefestival 3 years ago
Its actually to pieces of music that i put together. At about 1:30 you can see i changed to a different song. The first one is battle of heroes and the second is the ending credits for star wars episode 3. You can find these on the Star Wars episode 3 soundtrack.
dhLord64 3 years ago