Greetings visual effects Padawans
In my always continued selfless efforts to help as many people as I can in life.
I have put up a series of Star wars visual effects tutorials
the first 3 are for Photoshop images
and the last is full blown lightsaber video effects (rotoscoping) in Adobe after effects
I'm sure everyone that has the desire to learn Star wars visual effects will love this series of tutorials.
So here is the roster of tutorials I have uploaded ..
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The first is Making lightsabers in photoshop .
It will give you a uber cool blade outer glow.
Here is the link to the tutorial video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhcVbpVCY8
This video have been a featured video at tutorialvid.com for a few weeks now
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg138.imageshack.us%2Fimg138%2F9633%2Ftutvidoz2.jpg&hash=038a8dfdd3ab6a0e64b6238d8f313b7d1c51cc60)
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The second tutorial I build on the first and show you advance photoshop features like cloning things out and some other uber cool tricks and tips..
I basically turn a non star wars pic into a Star wars pic..
Here is the link to the tutorial video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRouJsv7btM
I will show you how to turn this image
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg478.imageshack.us%2Fimg478%2F4089%2Feragonxw9.png&hash=66b8410d3a1a3e32c58326b6ec9b883ef2690aea)
Into this image
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh33%2FTBuckfan2008%2Fhr3rh8.jpg&hash=4c186a9e709f4a6ea84c2271dc15ec7408dc421c)
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The third and final photoshop lightsaber tutorial shows you how to create a uber cool animated lightsaber pulse in photoscop in conjunction with Imageready(all
photoshop versions come with image ready)
Here is the link to the tutorial video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJWDzSuKzg
I will show you how to turn this image
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh33%2FTBuckfan2008%2F250px-Vos.jpg&hash=7bef848c14bdf4d51bf28b2f24d0727bd42529d4)
Into this image
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg264.imageshack.us%2Fimg264%2F2848%2Fvoss1iy3.gif&hash=35dbd138a62e01935fc77b9a053a3ec94e91bef3)
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This last tutorial with cover how to do video rotoscoping of a lightsaber in Adobe After effects.
It is done one frame at a time,and this is basically how all the PT Star wars lightsaber effects where done in the movies
Here is the link to the tutorial video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3353535936401013744&hl=en
(https://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app=vss&contentid=b7c34fd9e5f85e&offsetms=330000&itag=w160&lang=en&sigh=ctejOkIVAekEJYR_pL3nMGU_qP8)
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Well I hope I have expanded you minds and giving you the same passion I have for Star wars visual effets..
For help contact me anytime
MTFBWY
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