Photorealistic Lightsabers: the Way They SHOULD be Done!

Datameister · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject:

Glad to hear it! Have fun.

Star Wars Man · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:41 pm Post subject:

dude i am sooooo srry i was being rude. i didnt know. i could have a snmaller picture or i could amek the guassian blur bigger. alright what size should that pic be? 640 by 480? would that work? cuz normally i have my camera on large but 640 by 480 is the small setting, so should i do that make my camera on the small setting?

srry again for me rude i didnt know.

and in the paragraph i jus wrote it sounded like i was kinda rude but i didnt mean anythingg like that. Big Grin

Datameister · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:20 pm Post subject:

Don't worry about it, dude. The tough thing about the Internet is that we can't see each other's faces and hear each other's voices, so it becomes much harder to guess how other people are feeling. I misinterpreted your response. It's all cool.

You can work with whatever size you want. It's fine to work with images at the size you're currently using. Just use bigger values for Gaussian Blur. Or use Image>Image Size to make the image smaller. 640x480 is fine. Any size you want is fine. Just make sure that you use bigger blur values for bigger images. That should clear up the problem.

If you're seeing the glow, but it looks too faint, try using Image>Adjustments>Levels to brighten up the glow layer. I often have to do that.

Star Wars Man · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

thanx dog.

i will try it when i get home cuz i am at a freinds house helping him set up his new comp. so... ill tell u what happens

Datameister · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:59 am Post subject:

Great! Good luck, and have fun with it.

Star Wars Man · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:06 am Post subject:

no didnt work

i dont think i will guassian blue that one 17.9 tolike 50 i think i will keep it at 17.9

and also i saw the smallest blue around the edges. i think it was the blue for the core though.

if i sent u an image of a stick could you do the lghtsaber effect to it? i would like to see what i am striving for, i would like a yellow beam...but if you can't blue is totally fine.

the pic is at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=318KVK2O

i know it is dumb but i cant put a pic of me on the web my mom doesnt allow me and we fight all the time about it Argue

ha ha

i know it is a lame handle but live with it. i used paint to do it cuz i dont have photoshop on the comp i am on.

thanx

JonnyBravo · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject: Saber distance

That is really cool, I really like that glow effect on the face and even more on the eyes. Thats what i want to work on. Oh about the saber base one distance...Im not really sure what to do. Heres kinda what i came up with. I prolly made the core to fat but I was thinking it would be larger up close but looking at your anakin lightsabre image i guess not.

Gracias, JB

Datameister · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks! Glad you like it. I kind of cheated to make the glow--I mean, I didn't brush it in. I was using the Channel palette for something when I accidentally clicked the Blue channel. The grayscale channel appeared, and everything was very dark except the side of Anakin's face and eyes, plus the lightsaber itself. This happened because the rest of the image had very little blue in it. It gave me an automatic selection for reflections. So I created a new black layer set to Color Dodge or Linear Dodge, and filled in that channel's contents with blue. A little tweaking, and voila--perfect reflections! Unfortunately, that technique usually won't work.

Star Wars Man, here's your photo with both yellow and blue saber effects added. I didn't add flicker, since it usually makes still pictures look worse. And listen to your mom--that's a good policy, not broadcasting your photos over the Internet. There are sickos out there...

Star Wars Man · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:06 am Post subject:

ugh i stil cant get this i will try again though

Star Wars Man · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:09 am Post subject:

and dude when u did that thing to the lightsaber with the suck camra taht i put up...that yellow is mother of god awesome

how would one do the yellow?

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