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Uploaded by on May 27, 2009

Yep. Could of made it longer, but that was about the best cut of the whole recording, so... yeah.

And yeah, the sound effects suck, but the emphasis is on Motion's effects!

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  • nice!

  • @jamaicanhobos14 The effect is pretty straightforward, you mask a white shape over every frame of your saber, then duplicate the layer a few times with the bottom ones being recolored to whatever color you choose, then have the colored layers use a blur like Gaussian blur (which most fx programs will have).

    I now use Ryan Wieber's style in after effects, but the technique can cross over to other applications like apple's motion. You can see Ryan's tutorial on his site ryan-w.com.

  • @swetrich Yes, between the time saber A and saber B goes from A on top to B on top the first layer of A actually ends and a new layer begins at the same moment on the timeline with the new layer underneath B, with the two layers of course being the same effect.

  • @DragonwareStudios Thanks! I've come a long way since this video and use more professional programs for effects, but yeah, everyone has different preferences for their sabers, I like the way these looked :P

  • @TheFIlmGuyOne I have a flash video file that basically consists of 3 frames of a growing flash that I drop right where the sabers meet and usually use some blend mode like add, whatever looks best.

    I got the flash file from Ryan Wieber's tutorials on his site ryan-w.com.

  • can u make a tutorial

  • Hey one question how did you add in those flashes when the sabers hit? Please respond. Thanks, and nice job

  • Nice effects :) If it were me I'd make the glows a leeetle bit more diffuse, but they look pretty good anyhow.

  • so how did you get them to go behind one another? did you just move it below?

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