Cant find it... It could be cool to try 
Lightsabers
Created 18 years ago2005-11-12 08:34:06 UTC by
ZeG
Created 18 years ago2005-11-12 08:34:06 UTC by
ZeG
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 08:34:06 UTC
Post #146770
Do someone know witch program they used to get the glowing in thier movies?? Cant find it... It could be cool to try
Cant find it... It could be cool to try 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 08:48:14 UTC
Post #146772
it could be absolutely anything!? you could do it with adobe - but they obviously used some high-tech special effects program
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 09:00:22 UTC
Post #146773
I think its an sefl made program...
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 09:50:34 UTC
Post #146778
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 09:54:02 UTC
Post #146779
Photo shop.
You can do anything with photoshop!
You can do anything with photoshop!
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 10:07:55 UTC
Post #146783
There you go: http://fxhome.com/effectslab/
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 17:26:06 UTC
Post #146840
Those are just colorfull sticks afterward they add that glow!
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 17:31:23 UTC
Post #146843
Adobe After Effects and Discreet Combustion
I havent tried it with after effects, but it's fairly easy to do the effect in Combustion. The problem is that the method of "rotoscopy" forces you to modify the saber in EACH frame.
So if you have a 3 minute video, you have 180 seconds. If it has 20 frames per second... do the math. That's a lot of frames to edit. It's hard work, I assure you.
I havent tried it with after effects, but it's fairly easy to do the effect in Combustion. The problem is that the method of "rotoscopy" forces you to modify the saber in EACH frame.
So if you have a 3 minute video, you have 180 seconds. If it has 20 frames per second... do the math. That's a lot of frames to edit. It's hard work, I assure you.
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 17:32:51 UTC
Post #146845
NTSC is 27.99 FPS, if I remember correctly. That's over five thousand frames of editing. Not practical :|.
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-12 17:36:40 UTC
Post #146846
I have done a 9 second video of the sword fight in Animatrix, transforming the swords into lightsabers. It took me AGES. And the Combustion demo added a red cross over the rendered AVI 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 10:06:36 UTC
Post #146934
They probebly used a diffrent editing program...
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 10:09:47 UTC
Post #146935
This can be easily made with phsp.. 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 10:40:02 UTC
Post #146944
Nope,if you have thousands of frames it's not easy! 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 13:38:49 UTC
Post #146969
The ones the pros use are real expensive. They cost ?5,000 I think and they probably get it right. I don't think tgime would have been an issue for them. Its a lot harder to get lightsabers glowing in movies than it is in pictures I think....... 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 13:42:10 UTC
Post #146970
just use strip lights!
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 13:56:38 UTC
Post #146972
You can buy toy ones off this gizmo site, they havevideo previews by the customers who bought them.
The funny one is when this guy puts on a Darth Vader mask and randomly attacks people with the lightsaber.
The funny one is when this guy puts on a Darth Vader mask and randomly attacks people with the lightsaber.
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 14:08:29 UTC
Post #146974
The ones the pros use are real expensiveThe full version of After Affects is US$999.00
And Discreet Combustion (now called Autodesk Combustion) costs $995.000
IMO those are already expensive.
Getting lightsabers to glow in movies is getting them to glow in thousands of pictures, with the added dificulty that sometimes you need to apply mask frames if, for example, part of your body prevents you from seeing part of the saber.
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 14:52:39 UTC
Post #146975
Alex, striplights looks like solid metirial that glows a bit but the light saber doesn't look solid at all. So what they do is add blur colorfull sticks and add a glow around them.
The only good and expensive movie editing program I know is adobe primire but I don't think you do it with that program. Anyway what does this program do?
P.S: Alex, I know you where joking but it's still puzzling how they made it...
So what they do is add blur colorfull sticks and add a glow around them.The only good and expensive movie editing program I know is adobe primire but I don't think you do it with that program. Anyway what does this program do?
P.S: Alex, I know you where joking but it's still puzzling how they made it...
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 14:57:53 UTC
Post #146976
The lightsabers itself where metal bars, they aded the glows in with the effect programs from discreet. They set up a path to track through the frames, then they overlay the effect as a new layer.
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 15:06:06 UTC
Post #146980
I heard of this discreet but never knew what it was! 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 15:21:22 UTC
Post #146985
Try manually editting all the frames i wonder how long would it take you to edit just few seconds
i wonder how long would it take you to edit just few seconds 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 20:58:58 UTC
Post #147019
I think I spent three or four hours on a 9 second video with two lightsabers.
This is what it looked like. Well, the final AVI had the horrible demo stamp...
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 21:04:05 UTC
Post #147020
@kasperg let us dl let us dl!!!! 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 21:11:49 UTC
Post #147022
I'll try to extract the frames and recombine them with virtualdub or something. And then I'll have to upload it somewhere... any suggestions?
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-13 21:55:11 UTC
Post #147030
I might be able to host it for a while, but I only have about 20MB to spare, though.
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-14 03:44:22 UTC
Post #147059
I can host it.
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-14 04:45:36 UTC
Post #147061
or maby,, one ASP host?
www.1asphost.com
www.1asphost.com
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-14 05:02:45 UTC
Post #147062
Do it in photoshop! OMG you lazy dudes...
I made a 10min film using only MSPAINT and video match, and yes, all the frames was made in paint...
and yes, it was ugly as hell, but also funny, and man i was proud
I made a 10min film using only MSPAINT and video match, and yes, all the frames was made in paint...
and yes, it was ugly as hell, but also funny, and man i was proud
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-14 05:48:52 UTC
Post #147066
Try doing that in 100,000,000 frames!
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-14 05:54:22 UTC
Post #147067
Just give me a lot of time and a huge amount of money ;D
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-14 06:02:55 UTC
Post #147070
lets say a whole week of continuios work! 
Posted 18 years ago2005-11-14 18:34:14 UTC
Post #147153
More than a week dude
Unless u work 24/7 then it would be easier to use striplights like alex suggested.
Unless u work 24/7 then it would be easier to use striplights like alex suggested.
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