Lightsaber Tutorial

[Nadim13344]

where do you get the pic and btw every time i jmerge the layers together, go to color balance and nothing changes

[sheavsey]

Ryan is a legend. It's five years later, that mac he's on probably doesn't even exist anymore, and this is still the best tutorial I've looked at.

[spy85able]

Lol it was so hard back then now days it is so so easy. While you edited this movie (if you were editing for the movie actually) you had no idea how famous these movies would get.

[jaber2341]

and how to do a light bieber

[phantomtrucks56]

I actually guessed 40, not 30

[FireBallFilms1]

ur the ryan how did rvd

[papajino]

ryan weiber? that's the guy in ryan vs dorkman right? man they're good

[Lerinsom]

new generation are crayzy!! do more & luck, thanks!

[sonne2]

I like your sarcastic humor =D

[fer360x180]

gracias, gracias, aunque ya tiene su par de años, pero me sirve para unas fotos de un HBD de Star Wars.

Thanks.

[poojar007]

or just us light saber maker its free

[pivotskater95]

awesome man thanx a lot

[otterstudios]

How old is your computer?

[SpikerCZ]

bieber? :D

[fernandoarizona1996]

whats this application called? is it for the mac?

[delvalle50]

hi great tutorial!!. Ok i have done everything you have said but still the lightsaber doesnt show up on my picture. The layer i created is in 'Screen'. Im not sure whats wrong

[ChromaTutsVEVO]

cs1?

[M4TTH3R0CK3R]

@ChromaTutsVEVO probably photoshop 7

[bokuroker]

I didn't guessed it, I thought it was 40 :(

[SeanHateWorld]

Great tutorial, but how would one do this same effect for video?

[AnthonyRF1996]

@SeanHateWorld take the video, and put it into after effects program, and break it into frames, and photoshop it frame by frame.

[nairad100]

@SeanHateWorld go frame by frame by frame. ( In Ryan vs Dorkman he had to do this about 50000 time minimum.)

[imagoner24]

Thanks dude

[gelmir4eva]

You sound like a Droid.

[tomaszwwa]

Can you tell me why I cant change color of this shit? I even done little experiment and whole picture change color but that f.... white line dont

[tomaszwwa]

@tomaszwwa I mean I draw line on the same layer and everything change color but this line

[akidshuffle]

@tomaszwwa go to color balance.

[tomaszwwa]

I just cant change the color of this shit

[Zevan12]

this video is OOOOOLD

[Thomas99Anderson]

What do you do if you don't have the "Preserve Luminosity" option? 'Casue when I slect my color adjustment, I get this huge colored aura around my blade that is way bigger than the initial Guasian Blur radius.

I use Photo Shop Elements 6 for PC, btw.

[chrisalex2413]

@fender4me61 i know this isn't you, but do you know what version of photoshop this is? Just wondering.

[lorrblade]

I didn't know it was this easy!! Thanx for uploading this 'fender'. Also thanx to Ryan Wieber for this tutorial and all his cool fan films. May the Force remains with you...always!!

[liam0connor]

why cant i seem to paint the saber

[hotwheels770]

when i am making the lightsaber core it goes very well exept for 1 thing, the core does not show up on the video in some parts. i tried exporting to the computer and it is still disipearing in some parts of the vid. someone pleeeeeeeeeeese help me

Thanx

[hmmg98]

can you do this with videos to???

[imzeinternet]

Good job! 

[anakinistheman]

What program is that?

[saltysuicide]

@anakinistheman he says in the video its adobe photoshop

[CookieMonstahRoooar]

@anakinistheman It's photoshop,you idiot -.-

[anakinistheman]

@CookieMonstahRoooar ;no shit sherlock

[CookieMonstahRoooar]

@anakinistheman You stupid or something?

[Jaymac91]

How do make the line tool already perfectly angled as a rectangle so that it fits over the lightsaber? When i select the line tool it just stays as a thin straight line.

[EduKage]

does the word thrwice even exist?

[jakeywakey27]

@EduKage Yes... its Thrice.

[thewii552]

wow...old compy...

[CoyoteOO7]

(m) apple = epic fail ^^

[InteractiveBUD]

+like

[n00oob]

You realize this video was prolly made in 2005-2006 when PS was still used in OS9 mode..

[LordBifford]

@n00oob I notice the Apple logo in the corner is the old rainbow version. When did Apple drop that logo?

[n00oob]

@LordBifford Hrm. True, maybe it was PS 7... So maybe OS 9.1 or 9.0. Who knows. /shrug

[TheRedStone]

great job ryan....

[Nadim13344]

i'll sub because it really helps thx

[Nadim13344]

i have cs is it good

[TheTinMonkey]

"not once, not twice but thrice" - You sir, are a tit.

[essyayen]

how old is ur mac jeeze

[SebSk]

@essyayen Did he put the video out to show off his Mac? "Jeeze"..

[doggendoo]

Does it work in photoshop elements?

[sisisspore]

?? dont work ??¿¿??

[Snowyluc]

@sisisspore Is it set to screen?

[frederiktiptop]

that whas a great tutorial i'll gonna try it......... but i am 11 years old so i don't think i can do it by my self....:( .... ALSO TUTORIAL!!!!:))

[Steve10578]

@frederiktiptop - Do or Do Not, there is no try.

[jakeinaround]

@Steve10578 amen brotha amen!

[frederiktiptop]

@Steve10578 oh you are talking as a jedi right?

[Steve10578]

@frederiktiptop - Quote from Yoda in Empire

[BobaFett980]

@Steve10578 (Star Wars Real Text) yoda-Do or do not,there is no try

Luke-Who said so?

yoda-i did

luke-oh common,you are 900 years old stupid little badass!

[jetterman17]

isnt ryan weiber the one who was in Ryan Vs Dorkman? great tutorial by the way i will have to try this out myself.

[joexer1]

wth did he use

[EpilepsyHazard]

@joexer1

Adobe Photoshop, version less that 10, or it has anouther style

[ChiefDen4]

Nice tut

[mitchellvanvliet]

imagine doing all this on every shot in a movie... madness.. great tutor

[kiernanjacob]

on the pc when i do the line tool its just a line not like yours and its thin

[thecamlayton]

mmmm chicken fried thrice...

[saveadrum777]

That's some ooolldddd schoollll PS.

[samonmighty]

qui gon was immense why did he have to die =(

[NytCreeture]

@samonmighty He died BECAUSE he was awesome :P

[Browneyedklutz]

Thanks so much for this tutorial!  This was fantastic!

[Animutant666]

this is exactly the same method as in the GIMP2

[CtrlAltDaLEET]

to further make this more realistic, you should put a shine of green on the clothes as the lightsabre is a light source

[PREZILLA2009]

This thing is fun to draw stuff with and we can color our charecters fast to.

butt I dont like it when we have to go through so much instructions.

[SithLord908]

i ment good light saber

[SithLord908]

jood lightsaber

[camobo30]

how can i get adobe photoshop

[luigidesigns]

You could have typed that same question in Google. People have Internet and yet some still don't know how to use it!!!

[KILLAMIDG3T]

to blurry

[EpilepsyHazard]

Thank for this tutorial, now with uour help I finaly can draw lightsaber beam in few seconds

[Director84]

You could have done that using an "Outer glow" Layer style (click on that icon with an "f" in a circle beneath the layer window) on only one layer with a white line painted over the prop. Would have been much simpler and quicker...

[eaglescoutnerd]

he has an old version and it might now have outer glow. look at the date.

[23Ian1]

Thanks!

[MXdetty]

where can i downloadthe photoshop please tell me !!!!!

[A4D3A2M]

nice tutorial, and a sweet lookin lightsaber

good work

[bLaCkRaNgEr6]

how can i do it on a apple labtop

[crazeskull69]

*cooooooooooooooough* !!!!!!!!

sorry...

[goranification]

where did u get that image whitout edit?

[Cga1987]

Nice tutorial. To bad you didn't show us how to make the tip of the saber however.

[DegitoC]

You sound like Leonardo DiCaprio.

[MySympathize]

Hey! Qui-Gon got a blue light sabor >.>

[allhopeisgone217]

no he doesnt

[eboyzki]

idiot. that's luke, anakin and obi wan.

[MySympathize]

you idiot luke also got a green one later ;)

[eboyzki]

oh yeah. didn't watch 4, 5 and 6 properly. HAHAHA.

[viperior]

thrice (thrs)

adv.

1. Three times.

2. In a threefold quantity or degree.

So how do you apply this to a prop in a recorded video. Do you have to go frame by frame and edit?

[ApaKhabar758]

Yes, unless you use Adobe Premiere.

[00adurnabrisingr00]

Dude this rocks. I am going to go add lightsabers to all my pictures now with the GIMP, which is basically free Photoshop. I think I can do all the things that this tutorial can do and it helped me so much!

[Riotmaker888]

Ok, now it won't let me change colors... WTF?!!

[Riotmaker888]

Oh... Wow, I'm a retard... Ok, I figured it out... Never mind!

[Riotmaker888]

Ok... What the hell??? I tried using this method, but for some reason, it won't work with my computer...

[Riotmaker888]

Thank you SO much!!! That helps a lot!

[zack02o]

Use gimp its free and is the same thing

[SunfireGTX25]

Ryan freakin' rocks! I can't wait till RvD 3:D

[pulseyoutoo]

i used to use this in space light glows works wonders

[dabeel]

man i so wish i could do this the only way i could do this is dipping into my college fund i want to do this so bad but i cant curse you adobe people who make the prices!!!!!

[DzedajMilosina]

Damn it man, if you want it that bad just download it from some torrents:P

[urmomsmom]

ive used this tutorial hundreds of times and it works GREAT!!!!! Mac or PC it doesnt even matter

any version SHOULD work to as llong as its made after this one was

[siriusgamer]

how old is that mac and what version of photoshop is that?

[Siditego]

you really don't have to have photoshop you can also use GIMP which is a free version for photoshop

[tallmanmoon]

im on pc, but i cant find the line tool

[TheTutorials100]

check out my tutorial videos. Will be making more :) this video rocks :)

[AmalucaandCo]

Fantastic!!!

I just did one of me ;-)

[madcatmk6]

im using photoshop elements 7 and theres no "preserve luminosity" button.

HELP!!!

[mute754]

thrise lol

[jeffhardyman654]

yeah how do you do it when its not a picture, like when you are swinging it

[Solax10]

you'd have to take a picture for every frame your using the glow once you've done that follow this tutorial then place each picture in order on the storyboard or what ever you place it on and then if you can with effects speed each pic up to maximum speed if you need more help PM me

[H3ncc47]

Not once, Not twice, but... Thice?

[kanyehater99]

He said thrice actually. Means 3, but not sure if it's an actual word.

[TehKGBeast]

It is a word. You know how you have "once" and "twice", it's kind of like that. "Once, Twice, Thrice."

[Snowyluc]

Thanks! Just did Vader's :)

[MikeAndMitchStudios]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

[boobmikesmith]

Ahh it looks so ugly!(Mac)

[nefe]

the old mac interface kicks ass!

[magicsuperman13]

any one know how to get photo shop not from adobe cuz they want $666 kinda creepy

[jedispy]

Get the program GIMP. It's free and does all this same stuff.

[Snowyluc]

How do you do movies? Because that tutorial was AMAZING!

[XxsunkistbabexX]

Cool, I opened up photoshop with a pic while doing this (with CS4) and was able to follow along perfectly!! Thanks for posting! This is a great tutorial!!

[bockigoth]

He sounds like Microsoft Sam

[TehKGBeast]

Heh, yeah... Microsoft Sam doing a tutorial on a Mac...

[thire10]

aw man it has to suck editing the lightsabers for the movies.

[Lfc4life67]

\☻/ |  salotape bob back together! ( great tutorial btw :P)

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[tonyuk73]

nice tut.

[doubletricker]

That will never get rid of him.Here's my plan:

Close down you and Bob fans.

[DarkEmperor00]

thanx for the tutorial , its really useful to me , keep it up ^_^

[doubletricker]

Ohhhh....BOB!Get away from here!

[KCkento]

everything worked until the color adjustment

i dont know what i did wrong

[2Litershigh]

look so moden

[Whitechocolate7040]

AMAZING good job

[WE51DE]

He is using mac OS 9 it looks so old school to today's standards.

[JayBounty]

this was made 3 years ago lol

[WE51DE]

Looks like photoshop 5.0, circa 1998 :)

[QuiGonFan]

what version of photoshop is this?

[iwantsnatch]

how do i do this without a computer? reply pl0x3rs

[hakariri]

It doesn't look like the other lightsabers

[cooolguy232]

sweet!!! do you know how to do that in a video?

[pieman12345678900]

its basicly the same you just do that frame by frame which is realy boreing

[crackfe]

omg have you ever thought about getting a newer ps???

[Minasval]

"Not once, not twice, but thrice" :D

[FSOAT]

vary well done i like how you took your time and explained how to do it all and showed how it looked more real then other programs

[sm00thassasin]

i cant get it to work for me the blur doesnt work

[VdFExarKun]

the tutorial that tought me to do a lightsaber in photoshop a long time ago. cool to see it here again =D

[hvahpystrwrstrail]

wat are you using and wat is gimp (said by tinners246)

[Lapeth1]

Google it, and it's the first result you get

[tinners246]

use gimp its free and the effects are better

[HelicopterProduction]

lulz, I <3 Gimp

[Jaimequin]

Amateur claims

[trickyfeet]

thank you so much!

[TheMacrohardCorp]

I am using gay pc

[bravechampion2]

how would i make a curved tip becuase it doesn't look as well with pictures?

[familyguyfan74]

Is this only for still photos, or can a similar method be used for videos (I would assume that requires much more effect expertise)?

[TulleceSama]

It can, well if you wanna do it for every single video frame. >__>

[cptDhivae]

Well done.

[TheImpersinators]

i got photoshop cs4 but i cant draw a line on the screen layer it comes as adiffirent layer by itself

[StarWarsQuality]

Dude, that does look better than my GIMP. I do the same gaussian blur method.

[corndogDC]

COOL! dud that is sweet.you are good at what you do.

[ssomarpp]

what program you use ?