Light Saber FX Demo - May 2001

Just a fan-boy back yard light saber duel I made back in the spring of 2001. This one never got finished. Put some Rob Zombie music to it because I never got around to adding light saber sound FX to this short unfinished clip.

Hey - what self-respecting sci-fi geek hasn't made some kind of light saber video? :-P

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• unfinished
• star
• wars
• light
• saber
• fx
• demo
• geek
• nerd
• fan
• boy
• the
• force

[GoGoGadgetBeer]

Great job. You've got some talent, dude!

[TheReelTodd]

Thanks, GoGoGadgetBeer! :-D Sometimes the Force is strong with me.

[BerenTheOneHanded]

My first sabers I did were single frame using Photoshop. I actually found some light saber actions that sped the process up. Now, I use After Effects. Videocopilot dot net has a great After Effects plugin for doing sabers. Very nice!

[TheReelTodd]

I agree that AE is much better for rendering light saber effects - far more efficient and offers more options. Unfortunately I didn't have it at the time and still don't. :-( I do the best I can with what I've got... even if I end up spending more time to do so. :-)

[superdude1452]

dude thats awsome how did ya do it?

[TheReelTodd]

I did it in PhotoShop by exporting a "filmstrip" from Premiere and drawing the sabers with their glow effects on all the frames, then imported the filmstrip back to Premiere. If I were to do it again today (using the same software), I'd probably export the video as single frames, apply the effects, then import back to Premiere as an "animation". Probably the best way to do it is in AfterEffects, there are many ways to pull it off. :-)

[cuntico333]

@TheReelTodd watt program did u use

[BerenTheOneHanded]

Well, keep at it. You did a good job for a photoshop job! All my early stuff was done that way!

[Hiramthedude]

i think yea, when if George Lucas would do it!

[TheReelTodd]

Your use of English is very good, Hiramthedude. :-) I was just being silly in my last comment. Yeah - it would be really cool if light sabers were real. I've wanted one since 1977! I suppose they'd clean up the streets of thugs and gang members most efficiently too, wouldn't they? ;-)