After Effects CS5 Tutorial: How to make the Lightsaber Effect

Watch in HD! In this tutorial i show you how to rotoscope, and more specifically, how to make the lightsaber effect seen in Star Wars. You will need Adobe After Effects (doesn't have to be CS5)

Lightsaber Sound effects:
http://boards.theforce.net/fan_films/b10015/22852131/p1/

Our Star Wars FanFilm:
http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/sw_return_sith/

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[TheNhasief]

u sound like nicholas cage, good tutorial btw. it helped me alot! :)

[acmilancrazy]

@TheNhasief haha really? ive never heard that lol thanks man glad to help

[cuntico333]

@acmilancrazy every time i try to chang the the color it doesn't work and every time i move the blade with the light saber it looks very stupid what should i do

[acmilancrazy]

@cuntico333 it sounds like ur missing steps of the process...try watching any parts you may have skipped ahead on or play the video from the beginning again and just go through the motions as in AE as i talk you through it on the vid. and when you come to a step you dont recognize, open the video back up and watch that part again (or if you have dual monitors, play it on one screen and have AE open on the other ;)

[DanielLalonde]

I'm making a Star Wars film and your tutorial helped me out greatly considering I havent used AE in years. Thanks!

[acmilancrazy]

@DanielLalonde excellent! glad to be able to help some other people starting out! my advise (not just for you, but for everyone in general) for a fan film (i made one and it took my friend and I 9 months to edit XD ), be imaginative, and try to film things that are gonna need effects you dont know how to do, and then look up tutorials and/or figure out a way to do whatever it is..its a good way to learn/refamiliarize yourself with doing stuff in after effects =] good luck!

[BRENOP111]

I seriously can not hear you.

[417active]

Perfect, just what I needed. Thanks for the tutorial, bro!

[LeonXEntertainment]

You sound so nervous and panic .. btw, Nice video ! It works !

[Ch3micalPoizon]

On a lightsaber (like from the movies) the actual lightsaber is white, the core is white, but then the GLOW is the colored part.

[Ch3micalPoizon]

@TheNhasief He does!!

[jmun88]

Great video...do you add the sound/sound effects post after effects lightsaber creation?

[lordifrit1]

ommmm ommmm ommmmm swear its ummm when your lost for words? lol

[Bobthehuntedbobcat]

nice intro

[effectsniper]

The links r bad so i cant get sounds..

[DanielLalonde]

Hey I cant post any links on here but if you type in "Hidden Camera Jedis" watch in order Episode 1, Episode 2, and Picking Up Girls In Yaletown. The other clips are taken from these three episodes.