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Author Topic: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
drewjmore  665 posts
Registered: Aug '07
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Date Posted: 6/1 10:11am Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread - Date Edited: 6/1 11:38am (1 edits total) Edited By: drewjmore
http://www.vimeo.com/4946231

DV footage was deartifacted by Spiff's method (I think...not totally sure I implemented the blurs correctly) this output was then pre-rendered back to 25i uncompressed.

25i footage interpreted with "preserve edges" on.

50 fps composition used to separate fields
frame blending set to "pixel motion"
time stretched to 800%

new comp created at 25fps, 50fps comp inserted and time-stretched 200% to retain all frames.
h.264 compressed and uploaded.

Link to download direct from Vimeo

 

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Vidina  2986 posts
Registered: Jan '06
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Date Posted: 6/1 1:59pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
That's pretty rad.

There are some errors on the sabers though, but it's digital art.

 

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drewjmore  665 posts
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Date Posted: 6/1 6:25pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
Thanks. The PC did most of the work. whistling

The fastest moving objects throw the algorithm off,
and fanning looks really weird...there's some faster action that I deliberately left out...

I just thought I'd try something with the footage I had around.
NTSC footage has 10 more images per second,
and can probably be pushed a little further.

I also wonder if I've done the optimal de-artifacting.
Spiff's instructions in the "everything" thread
are good for NTSC, but not entirely clear on PAL.

Anyway, I figure the blades are being painted out and flash effects could hide some of the other flaws.
So this might be workable with the right footage.

 

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drewjmore  665 posts
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Date Posted: 6/4 12:04pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread


http://www.vimeo.com/5004140


cool

 

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VaporTrail  9951 posts
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Date Posted: 6/4 12:40pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
Okay, that's a LOT cooler than I would've done the contact flares.

 

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drewjmore  665 posts
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Date Posted: 6/4 1:31pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
I agree, Vapes, on the cool factor, which is why I tossed it up here.

I was originally going for brighter, but the source video of those plasma arcs (yes: real live plasma arcs, of all things!) was so nice I just overlayed 6 or 8 of them and smudged that with the saber aura technique. Cannonical flashes are what, one frame maybe two? That's more than a second when "shot" at 400 fps and played back at 25. I figured I had some time to really over-do the effect.

Are there any in-universe descriptions of what produces the flash, or what the physics might or should be? The foley is mostly electrical noises, so home-made lightning (the device is called a "Jacob's Ladder") seemed like a good first thing to try. Then again, it looks a bit dangerous and thus not entirely 'right' to me.

 

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Ryan_W  3447 posts
Title: Fan Films: Emmy-Winning Lightsaber Geek
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Date Posted: 6/4 5:01pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread

 

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drewjmore  665 posts
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Date Posted: 6/5 9:34am Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
Ryan_W posted:


That blade is very present in the room.
Teh grain match is a nice touch.
Is the IL practical or digital?

 

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Vidina  2986 posts
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Date Posted: 6/5 9:56am Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
Looks like a ForceFX Saber to me. I'm more eager towards the burnmarks, but other than that, I don't get it.

 

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VaporTrail  9951 posts
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Date Posted: 6/5 10:20am Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
The light's practical. Look at the bits of green on the shelf and chair. Either Ryan's gotten REALLY good, or this is a picture of an FX saber. The uber-bright halo around the core suggests it's so, though I'm not 100% he didn't tweak it.

 

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Evil-Henchman  2379 posts
Registered: Jul '04
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Date Posted: 6/5 12:04pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
From what I can make out of the hilt, It's a custom saber, not Force FX. I still think the lighting is practical though... with some possible tweakage.

 

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Ricky_Calrissian  197 posts
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Date Posted: 6/5 12:24pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread - Date Edited: 6/5 12:25pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Ricky_Calrissian
VaporTrail posted:
Either Ryan's gotten REALLY good


I'm gonna go with that. Playing devil's advocate, it looks like the light could be post work... It kind of seems like the light would be spilling a lot more than that, but that could just be me.

 

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SilentBat  1544 posts
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Date Posted: 6/5 12:26pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
Ryan_W posted:


That's Corey, ain't it?

 

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Vidina  2986 posts
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Date Posted: 6/5 12:41pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
SilentBat posted:
Ryan_W posted:


That's Corey, ain't it?


Ya think?

"http://www.ryan-w.com/misc/corey.jpg"

 

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SilentBat  1544 posts
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Date Posted: 6/5 1:10pm Subject: The Lightsaber Effects Thread
Har har tongue

 

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