Photorealistic Lightsabers: the Way They SHOULD be Done!

Star Wars Man · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:11 am Post subject:

GOD i cant get photos up here

Datameister · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:02 am Post subject:

Try using www.imageshack.us. I use their image hosting service, and it's ridiculously easy and quick to use. I love it. Best of all, it's free, and you have unlimited storage space! Big Grin

Star Wars Man · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/2641/beforeflattening0fc.jpg

that is before flatteing

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/4784/afterflattening1yc.jpg

that is after flattening

idk wtf is up and yes i have tryied photshop 7,8, and 9 the pics are of 9.

Datameister · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject:

What's the problem with the flattening?

Star Wars Man · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:53 am Post subject:

what do u is the orblem witht the falttening?!?!?!

i have a nice blue lyaer in there somewhere....

and i have the other layers.

all those alyaers combined makes a lighsaber

and when i comine them it makes white,

i see noo blue do you?

ls maker · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: i'm new here

hi,i've been trying to create lightsaber effects for a while,and this was the best result i got. i wanted to do it brighter but i couldn't succeed. i didn't do this according to the tutorial written by data meister.. i used just the "fade gaussian blur" command at the end of the work. as i told , i couldn't adjust the brightness.
and one more thing: although i tried to execute data meister's tutorial i didn't get the same results with him. where may i have failed?

Gallo_Pinto · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject:

to make the lightsabers appear brighter, you need to increase that saturation.

Star Wars Man · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:24 am Post subject:

so waitt... ls maker when u flattened it id didnt do anything?

Datameister · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:46 am Post subject:

Flattening should have no effect on the appearance of an image. When you go Layers>Flatten, Photoshop takes all visible layers and combines them into one, while deleting any hidden layers. The image itself will look exactly the same.

I think I've figured out your problem, Star Wars Man. I think you need to either use much higher Guassian Blur values or downsize the image a lot. I finally noticed that you're viewing the image at 30.1%. That means the image is pretty big, so you'll want to use values for Guassian Blur that are roughly three times what I've posted. Or downsize the image, like I said.

Another thing, Star Wars Man. Now, I understand that you're having some trouble with this, and that you're frustrated--that's all perfectly reasonable. However, I'd like to ask that you be a little more polite toward me. No need to say "what do u is the orblem witht the falttening?!?!?!" All I want to do is help. If we're both respectful of each other, I'm sure the process will be much quicker--not to mention, more enjoyable for both of us. No hard feelings.

Lookin' good, Is maker. As Gallo_Pinto suggested, increasing the saturation will help. Also, I'd use a somewhat lower Hue value (a little closer to green). Little details like oversaturated blade edges and glow on the face will go a long ways. Here's my attempt. I've roughly followed my tutorial, but I've made adjustments and changes as necessary. As I've said, every picture is different.

ls maker · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject:

hi everyone
data meister,i followed your tutorial again step by step and this time i succeeded it

i had made a mistake just at the beginning of the job.now i'm using your methode. thank you so much for your help.

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