STAR WARS Lightsaber Tutorial | After Effects
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In this After Effects CC tutorial I run you through the most efficient and realistic way to animate a lightsaber!
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@johnshedIetsky
4 жыл бұрын
is after effects free?
@jewboyreacts
4 жыл бұрын
I’m not choosing between DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, but this is way easier in DaVinci Resolve. Have you ever heard of soft glow
@robertovega7426
3 жыл бұрын
PLEASE repent and trust alone in Christ, dont put it off until tomorrow because we arent promised one. May God bless you and your family Will!
@asmodeus3447
3 жыл бұрын
And the sound effects :/
@bullkotten3285
3 жыл бұрын
1:21 what did u say IM or what M? i dont know that shortcut
This was the easy part, now its time to make the fake light on the environment and skin
@somespoiledfanboy
4 жыл бұрын
Well you could have a glowing lightsaber and just rotoecope the saber and keep the light
@willcarmack
4 жыл бұрын
thats my next tutorial!!! it comes out in 4 days
@thehandyguy
4 жыл бұрын
@@willcarmack can't wait
@eliteente8843
4 жыл бұрын
Will Carmack Yeah, excited for that video.
@ero7381
4 жыл бұрын
Will Carmack I don't see the video
i respect the hell out of your teaching skills using editing softwares. you explain everything step by step so everyone can fully understand what to do, and what they can learn from it. respect man. keep the good work up.
@darthvader8229
4 жыл бұрын
Kylo Ren hi grandson
@phoenixeqt1044
4 жыл бұрын
i dont think i will get any1 to respond so do you know why my lightsaber disappears every time i precompose
This was actually a really easy to follow tutorial, I dont even know how to use AE at all but I could follow this, thank you
@spontaneouspengiun6179
4 жыл бұрын
On my screen there isn’t a mode section to press screen. How’d you get it
@sizzy2652
3 жыл бұрын
Though*
@jonathonchandnoit6741
3 жыл бұрын
@@sizzy2652 who are you replying too....
@shreysharma726
3 жыл бұрын
yeah ......give us some lightsaber duel .........may the force be with you !!!
Why am I watching this? I don’t even have after effects. 🤣
@masterevan1031
4 жыл бұрын
Lol same 😂 I
@sindrisnrsigursson3079
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@emonik
4 жыл бұрын
I do xD
@sicarius7482
4 жыл бұрын
lmao SAME
@shadox3079
4 жыл бұрын
guys just crack it like everyone does lol
Be honest, this is the first effect most people tried to do in after effects
@buizelmeme6288
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@ognyanstrelkov3773
3 жыл бұрын
Nicholas Smith I tried a gunshot (muzzle flash, smoke and a wound)
@kira-yw6zn
3 жыл бұрын
Now days its better to use a free plugin called "saber"
@jotenboffen
3 жыл бұрын
This is the reason I downloaded After Effects in the first place. I have some lightsaber stuff on my channel😉
@kuyajames1
3 жыл бұрын
@@jotenboffen Sounds about right! :D
Another way to do it. Use a green stick with black parts in the beginning and the end of the laser. Track the 2 points using rotation and movement tracking. Create a solid and add the VC saber plugin in it. Attach the start and end points to the tracking from earlier Change a bit the settings depending on your side. Finally add plugin shine to the lightsaber There you got it
@bluebarry8842
4 жыл бұрын
juanbp0411 hey can you guide me through this
The guy in the thumbnail is the random civilian who ran off with mace Windu's lightsaber after he fell down from the building
Holy crap, you did it without any plug in, gg man, i keep your vid in mind
Flashback to 2005 when every "VFX" channel uploads a lightsaber tutorial...
@jacobcass951
3 жыл бұрын
After 11 months i will respond
@starwarscity9568
Ай бұрын
@@jacobcass951 when?
You just helped me animate my first lightsaber in After Effects. I'm so glad!!! You helped me reach a dream I've had since I was a kid: create a lightsaber
Was waiting for this! 🙌🏻🔥
2:20 I enjoyed how he said that he made it like you were swinging it in a specific Direction, the way it looked reminded me of Tartakovsky’s clone wars, and how the savers looked in battle, unlike the straight line in Star Wars media and movies.
Best tutorial on youtube! Love it.
This was possibly the best tutorial ever made. Easy asf to follow thank you 🤝
That’s A Awesome tutorial Man Happy Holidays
Can't imagine how long this took but looks insaneeeee, hats off bro
One of the best tutorials on youtube. subed!
You're really good at this!
Amazing!!! Thanks for simplifying this tutorial😍😍😍😍😍
this the more simple and fun way I have found until now, thanks for this great tutorial mate :D
DUDE! Awesome!
Let’s goooo I’m hyped for this! I mean first Andreas hem then matti then peter uploads then you! How can this day get any better!!
I've seen someone else do this exact same thing, but your tutorial is just so much more interesting and easier to follow.
@JayeshMandloi
5 жыл бұрын
please watch my roto work on kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpV5p5mrfZbMl5c.html
This was easy AF to follow, thanks!
Loved it Man !!!!! You made it so easy for everyone
This was a very good tutorial, thank you so much man
This is great, i usually use Saber plug in myself, but when i use this technique with masks, i don't use mask feather, i use the glow effect x2, (1 tight, 1 wide) then use add mode instead. Some subtle shifts, but i like it. Nice work with the rapidly quick tutorial! Keep em coming!
Wow! This is awesome tutorial. Thank you so much!
Straight to the point!
I would just use the saber plugin by video copilot it s much easier and it looks really good the plugin in also free
Perfect thank you
Simply amazing thank you so much!
Awesome done!
I just realised you are the guy that says when there is a will there is a way! I like your outtro back in the day man!
Great video!
Thank you so much. You teach very good. It's easy to follow your step to make a good light saber.
That was epic, and this will definitely help my channel, thanks man 😁
THANKS MAN
The saber choreography was better here then in the sequels.
I tried that and it was cool! Thanks alot! 😁😁😁😁
I find this helpful!
GOD TUTORIAL THANK YOU
This is awesome 👏
Thank you!
Thanks for the tutorial !
Great tutorial!
Thanks my friend
I see that the force is strong in this guy for showing us his tutorial.
This is awesome
Thank you so much!
Thank you soo much for explaining. 👍👍🤚👌😃
This was actually really helpful
Damn! You're good man!!
Best tutorial
Very nice tutorial, thank you. You got a new Sub!
Thanks man
You are an amazing person
good job mate
You just earned a subscriber
Thank you!!!!
Thank you sir
That really helped thanks so much :)
Very helpful thx
hello, a recommendation to you is put on the light saber´s crash a flare, I think that you would can do that with optical flares or lens flare, grat tutorial. like
Eyyyyy!!! I was looking for some tutorials today and here you are uploading this, i loved that video alot💙
@JayeshMandloi
5 жыл бұрын
please watch my roto work on kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpV5p5mrfZbMl5c.html
@movieshake4945
4 жыл бұрын
Jayesh Mandloi Stfu
Very good tutorial. I’m new to Facebook editing and this is very informative
Perfect
Thank you so much this took like 30 minutes
Wow this is the first video that helped
finally got AE thanks for the tutorial!
thank you
Thanks
Thanks SO much you go in good detail everyone explains too fast.
Nice brooo
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Really easy to follow....
Will, you are awesome! I found your channel due to the reason I have followed Manfred for years. Keep doing what you are doing!
@JayeshMandloi
5 жыл бұрын
please watch my roto work on kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpV5p5mrfZbMl5c.html
@justmattika7945
4 жыл бұрын
@@JayeshMandloi no
Bro thank you so much for this tutorial, this was my first effect and I'm really happy with how it turned out, I do have a question, what do I do if I have two sabers in one frame?
@TazarZero
4 жыл бұрын
Then you'll be doing this process twice.
Thanks you so much for your tutorial (from france)
duuuude, awesome :)
new sub! great video so well explained! really really great channel...!!!!! keep it up! greetings from Ecuador!
Can you do a tutorial on how to make curves with the pen tool and how to move the curves without them looking wack so my lightsaber looks more realistic
This video helped out a lot! I’m sort of almost done with editing a video my friend sent me a little while ago with his lightsaber he got from Disney. Is there any way I could send it to you when I’m done with it so you can see how I did?
Cool video
So do you suggest doing this method or using the alternative saber plugin?
lITTERALLY BEST TUTORIAL FORL IGHTSABER EVER
Great video, but if you want to use a home made saber and have the plastic and strips how to erase those??
Brings me back to the days I learned how to do this from Ryan Weiber’s tutorials. Anyone else?
I got this to work except that when the light saber is behind me, I need to create an additional seperate set of key frames, My end version has some of my light saber woking thats infront of me but when it cuts to sections behind me it wont work. Is there a way. Im soo noob at this, this is my very 1st ae project.
Thanks for this. When I export the final, the light saber "effect" is a frame or 2 behind in my final .mp4? It looks fine when played in AE.Any ideas?
Will Carmack great video, but could you tell what specs your using on your laptop please..
Waw wonderful
This was an amaizng tutorial my lightsaber looks realistic now
@GalacticGamerYT
4 жыл бұрын
@@-TheRealCozmik- No
Hey did you know you're running out of disk space?
One question did you use stock footage for the lighsaber flash during clashes?
I almost wonder if you could do an inverted chroma key/keylight of the color of your saber? I have yet to try this
I don’t know how to pull out the mask path option with the stopwatch thing in CC 2020. Can you help?
Well the concept works in Vegas Pro 17
i dont have the blending mode please help