Originally posted by Darth Subjekt
Damn I bet that takes weeks to do a single fight. No wonder the releases are stretched so far apart, lol.
Hahaha. I am sure that has something to do with it. I believe in the PT movies (maybe not TPM) they had something different where as they tracked the blades using software similar to Adobe After Effects. Rather than doing airbrushing on say...90 frames, they can do the first and last between a gap that has similar motion and the computer fills in the gaps. Basically that saves a lot of time and looks smoother than rotoscoping.
Excluding ANH, I believe they actually did every frame individually...with transparent overlays they would basically paint or airbrush in the effects. I also believe they used some kind of light for a better glow effect in post production also.
My methods are the same as the original in principal, one frame at a time, but is sort of a hybrid method between the two trilogies becuase I use a computer and software.