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Post by Pau - Sol - Eittoh on Dec 30, 2003 21:05:49 GMT -5
primrodo ,
Can you do rotoscoping for me?
An'Joh Zaji ,
Can you do LIA for me?
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Post by An’Joh Zaji on Dec 30, 2003 22:12:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I can do it, Primrodo offered his help with the new site and doing rotoscoping, so I'm sure either one of us would be happy to assist you.
email me your picture(s) (preferably zipped) and what color you want to: webmaster@thejediassembly.com
Peace be with you,
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Post by Primrodo on Dec 30, 2003 22:51:23 GMT -5
Yup I can Sent to An'Joh and he can get them to me....or you can send to justinmonk2000@yahoo.ca
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Post by xavier on Jan 11, 2004 20:52:15 GMT -5
One method I love Kai is this: Because teh sabers in the movies screen (you can see it in teh Yoda fight, in TPM when the sabers are ignited and a few other areas) the way I do it is to start with a layer of black, change teh mode to screen, and now you see through. Then I draw a solid white over the blade. I duplicate the layer 3 times (Ctrl+J) On the 2nd layer I gaussian blur 10 On the 3rd, 20 4th- 30 On teh first anywhere from .5-2, depends on how close or far. Those three numbers are interchangeable, 5, 10, 15...20, 40, 60 etc. Then merge the 4 layers. So now you have pretty well a White saber... Hit Ctrl+B for colour balance and go to town. Pump the mid tone colour of your choice to 100 and the highlight of it to 50. Thats the basic tutorial, and whereas it seems complicated, the results are amazing! Give it a try Kai It may seem like alot of steps, but its well worth it This is the exact same way i do it, but i use the line tool, with anti-aliasing, and i blur the 4th layer the same as the line width, 3rd and 2nd layer doubled. Merge 4th to 3rd, to 2nd, to 1st, then change colour balance and fool around. I like that method.
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Post by Roize on May 9, 2004 8:33:34 GMT -5
Greetings My Freind, If you can't afford Adobe Photo Shop, try to go to this site ... VCW VicMan's Photo Editor. Or you can simply type Vicman's Photo Editor. You can get this photo editor for " FREE " and you can come up with pictures like this...see them here: community.webshots.com/user/roize1968It's what I used to make my saber glow. PS. It is better to construct your saber with a detatchable blade so when you want to edit your photos, you would have a guide to how long and how thick the light saber blade would be... Hope this would help. May the force be with you... Jedi Knight Roize.
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Post by Aayla on Dec 11, 2004 15:17:25 GMT -5
ok i want to do it myself but i got confused by the layer system im very new to photoshop and dont really know what im doing HELP!!!!!
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Dec 12, 2004 19:06:34 GMT -5
Primrodo gives good dirctions in this thread. I do it pretty much the same way, but I start with a colored line tool, and finish off with white on top. Sometimes I taper the blade, by creating a shape and filling it with color before the blur, depending on the angle or foreshortening of the blade being finished.
I really like the way his blades look in that pic above, I might try it that way next time using white lines and then adjusting the hue... there are a few different ways to do it, you just have to play around.
As I said, I can email you a psd if you want.
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Post by Aayla on Dec 19, 2004 3:12:03 GMT -5
ok i have done eveything right i think and go the right effect it looks good except that it doesnt have the partially see through colour glow aroung the blade
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Dec 19, 2004 23:04:33 GMT -5
Try making another layer, draw a colored line on it, and gaussian blur it until you get the glow. Oh, and remember to drag the layer to the level it needs to be, that is, in front of the original picture and behind the rest of the saber blade.
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Post by JadenKorr on Jan 29, 2005 14:52:00 GMT -5
Then I draw a solid white over the blade. I duplicate the layer 3 times (Ctrl+J) On the 2nd layer I gaussian blur 10 On the 3rd, 20 4th- 30 On teh first anywhere from .5-2, depends on how close or far. Those three numbers are interchangeable, 5, 10, 15...20, 40, 60 etc. Then merge the 4 layers. So now you have pretty well a White saber... Hit Ctrl+B for colour balance and go to town. Pump the mid tone colour of your choice to 100 and the highlight of it to 50. Thats the basic tutorial, and whereas it seems complicated, the results are amazing! Give it a try Kai It may seem like alot of steps, but its well worth it I use a different versain where I start with te colour, then do what you did, Then use find Edges to make the core white, then blur it a bit.
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Post by Primrodo on Jan 29, 2005 16:14:02 GMT -5
The problem with that is that you get the white core but then a pretty solid border, so it looks less like light...
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 8, 2005 19:45:06 GMT -5
... the way I do it is to start with a layer of black, change teh mode to screen, and now you see through. Then I draw a solid white over the blade. I duplicate the layer 3 times (Ctrl+J) On the 2nd layer I gaussian blur 10 On the 3rd, 20 4th- 30 On teh first anywhere from .5-2, depends on how close or far. Those three numbers are interchangeable, 5, 10, 15...20, 40, 60 etc. Then merge the 4 layers. So now you have pretty well a White saber... Hit Ctrl+B for colour balance and go to town. Pump the mid tone colour of your choice to 100 and the highlight of it to 50. Thats the basic tutorial, and whereas it seems complicated, the results are amazing! It may seem like alot of steps, but its well worth it Well I tried your method Justin, and I really love the way it came out. I still have to play around with the blurring and the line weight (I used different numbers for each of the sabers in this pic, just to experiment). My pic was originally quite large so I had to adjust the numbers to scale. I also added a bit of Cyan in with the pure blue hue. But the black screen totally makes all the difference. The blades are alive! Thanks for the tutorial!
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 8, 2005 19:47:54 GMT -5
Compare that with another method... what a difference!
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on May 12, 2005 17:02:00 GMT -5
I do something fairly similar with PhotoPaint. I haven't done much rotoscoping, but it's the multiple layers that make it look nice. And using a couple of different shades of your base color (red, blue, green) work well, too. But I still use a base layer with the white blade (I've just done it for a blue saber).
www.thejediassembly.com/members/pics/Ani-Chay Pinn-JediTJA_ARD.jpg[/img] Hmmmm, I still need more practice. [/size]
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Post by kivaanzion on Jun 4, 2005 18:16:12 GMT -5
This is my most basic attempt at rotoscoping: I use old Corel Photohouse- Basically I outline the saber glow first with a brush that is diffused with a bright center and misty edge. I then add the white core with a brush about 1/4 the size of the first brush, with more or less the same diffusion properties. Like I said it's as basic as it gets, but I think it's passable.
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