Sabers in After Affects 6.5 Pro

Does anyone out there know how to make lightsaber blades in Adobe After Affects 6.5 Pro.

 

Did you check the big ol' HOW TO MAKE LIGHTSABERS thread at the top of the page?

 

I dont know, i mean i heard a rumor that someone did..

maybe it was...

o nevermind, go try www.LOTR.com <--- they know

 

I looked in that thread and didnt see anything.

 

k 3 second lightaber tut

make new solid
mask it and timeframe the mask
with arrow pointer change mask over saber in every frame
when done make new comp
drag mask layer to new comp
copy three times
make gaussian blur on layers such as 10 30 1
make new black layer
put masked layer in comp 2 over black layer
drag comp 2 to comp 1
but comp 2 on screen
effects adjust color balance


THERE YA GO

 

Given the fact that looking and reading are technically different, I'd suggest looking again and reading this time. The first post has links to many different saber tutorials.

 

Ooorrr... you can go here:

Ryans Lightsaber Tutorial

 

Or you can go here:
Lightsaber Tutorials by Ryan Wieber and Steve AKA link64PD

 

I looked in that thread and didnt see anything.

...Are you serious? Did you even read it? The entire front page is dedicated to different ways of making lightsabers in different programs. Any tutorial that works in any version of AE will work.

 

It's worth noting that the links are broken in the HOW TO MAKE LIGHTSABERS sticky thread. The links to the tutorials on TFN point to the old .html and .shtml pages instead of to the .asp pages that TFN is now using. Perhaps one of the mods can fix this.

Justin

 

Really? I retract my statement, then.

 

My point exactly, nothing works. And I did read. I did not see anythinf for the 6.5 Pro version.

 

Its the same as the other AE just use any AE tutorial

 

You seem to be under the impression that 6.5 is somehow different. The methods are the same as any other version of AE. I've been using the same method for my lightsabers since version 4.

 

I did not know that. I thank you for informing me. I will lock this thread.

EDIT: Or maybe it wont let me lock it for some reason. Oh, well. Could a mod lock this please?

 

haha


for a second i thought he was an 05'er but, low and behold, 04


or, look at my tutorial, its a different method. Http://www.michaelfrisk.com and look at the projects section