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Lightsaber Tutorial using Motion

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Uploaded by on Mar 20, 2008

using apple's motion program to make the lightsaber effect

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  • I'm having trouble properly following my lightsaber in each frame as Motion tries to "correct the positioning" by using a snap to grid feature. Is there a way to move my points more freely?

    Thankyou!

  • @Alahkazam

    go to the "view" tab at the top of the screen, about halfway down there is the "snap" option. make sure it is not checked.

  • thats really good, i'm working on the same thing in my video production class, mine doesnt look as good as yours, i just needed to know how to make it look more like its glowing, thanks for your help! =)

  • @AGCdrummer to make it look like it is glowing more simply duplicate the mask layer by clicking on a layer and pressing command "d"

    i usually use 3-4 layers

    then adjust the gaussian blur levels

    the first on 4, the second between 4-10, the third between 30-40

    that should take care of it!

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  • @Alahkazam You can also press the apple key when moving the object.

  • Fun

  • @ResoImages indeed he is! One of the coolest guys out there concerning VFX :)

  • @Margalus89 hahaha i figured as much :P Kramer is beast haha

    

  • @ResoImages thanks but i know VCP, everyone that wants to seriously start with VFX has to know that site. Kramer's the beast :D

  • @nemisis001

    it might work if it were a super close up shot at 4k res, but as it is the prob doesn't have enough pixels for it to work effectively. And also take into consideration the amount of motion blur when swinging it around actually fighting with it - it's a nice thought, but sadly rarely possible :(

  • @Margalus89

    videocopilot . net incase you didn't know (website without the spaces wither side of the ".")

  • @ResoImages thanks dude, checking it out now!

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