FX Test: Light Stick

Just a simple picture... I wanted it to look like the stick itself was glowing a certain color, but I didn't want a solid white core.

http://www.geocities.com/projectapocalypse2666/LightStick.JPG (Geocities Drill, copy and paste)

Thoughts? I have another fanfilm on the drawing board, a shorter less ambitious one than EotO, and this technique would be used in that... so it's sorta relevant

 

Well, for what you were going for, I'd say you achieved it. As for if I like it or not, it's not my bag, but whatever floats your boat!

 

It looks good, but I just think it needs some inner glow.

 

I think it would look better if you had a mask where your hand goes round the stick,so it doesn't look like you just placed your glow on top of your footage and set it's transfer mode to screen .Just a thought

 

The glow is a little dark for my tastes, but I'm a big fan of bright glows. You wanted a glowing stick, and this works!

-Matt

 

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http://www.geocities.com/projectapocalypse2666/LightStick.JPG




Geocities sucks.

 

Yeah. Tell me about it.

Inner glow: If you look, it is slightly red. I took a mask of the original picture, same mask parameters as the others (same points, and set its feather to the lowest from Ryan_W.

Wow. That was clear as mud.

Ryan_W method of lightsabers. Three mask feathers were 25, 50, and 100. I then took the original picture, put it back on top, and used the control points from the other masks. I set layer opacity to 75%, and feathered it with a value of 25. Then i took that into the next comp, screened, and changed color balance. If you saw the source pic, you'd notice the core area of the stick is redder than normal- so it doesn't look like it just glows on a 2D plane.

 

If you were looking for the glowing stick without a core, you got it. I don't, however, like the color too much. I realize red is an awsome color but it is a tad too dark for even this type of shot. Maybe a whiter, brighter red... maybe a real light blue/bright white. kinda like gandalf staff lol. anyways, thats my thoughts.

-Josh