The lightsaber animation takes time to create. You can make this effect two ways but I'm going to be showing the the faster and easier way. I got raw footage of my friend and I having a lightsaber battle with no light up at all.
I imported the video copilot preset to After Effects and made a solid. Then I dragged the preset on to a solid. The preset gives you two points to move.
I moved the two pionts every frame by pressing the page down button. Every time the points are moved it creates a key frame.
There are a lot of key frames in the solid's effects tab. I changed the thickness and color to my liking but you can make whatever you want to. When it's all said and done you get this.
This is a great informational article! Maybe you could go a little more in depth?
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with Abby. Going more in depth with the article would be awesome. The pictures are great but I would really love more about the process you use.
DeleteI liked the article. After Effects has a soft spot in my heart. It looks like AE kinda wigged out though. Re-exporting in a different format could help. Just something to think about.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading it! I did after effects in Animation so I feel for you. I think you did a good job on explaining the process you went through. I just think if you check over t make sure your videos are all good then you should be good! :)
ReplyDeleteThis article is really informative, but a little sparse. Include a few more details.
ReplyDeleteI like the pictures in this blog. I think its informative. The background is original and a lot of people have it. The lightsaber animation is really good. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeletei think that you really got your point across and did alot of research and thought about this thoroughly
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