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Awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2i764rMDfM

hehehe

well I couldnt get it to load for some reason but the poster definetly is a breast luver..lol..runlfrun lotsa those vids by him

That video was funny except the lightsaber effects were very bad. They should had had me do them.

gonna have to try again to d/l

Sweersa would have done a beter job for sure.

Originally posted by queeq
Sweersa would have done a beter job for sure.

Thanks :-)

Maybe I should contact the creator of that video and re-do or "George Lucas" better effects in. Hahaha.

lol That is great

hehehe

I should do it without the original maker not knowing and send it to him. lol

Funny

You can do rotoscoping?

And yea, that was pretty funny.

Originally posted by Darth Subjekt
You can do rotoscoping?

And yea, that was pretty funny.

Yes, I have done lightsabers and such, and a few other things. Nothing too extravagant. It takes a lot of time.

I imagine. I tried lightsabers with photoshop and lets just say I'm still learning.

Originally posted by Darth Subjekt
I imagine. I tried lightsabers with photoshop and lets just say I'm still learning.

It takes time to get right. I was never always 100% happy with the effects I achieved but I guess they were good, not as good as the movies though, but close.

People can do amazing lightsaber effects using Adobe After Effects, I have never tried this. It looks way too technical and complex and would take time to get right. But the ends results are beautiful.

I just basically traced the green plastic in the raw footage (the lightsaber blade) with a large glow of the desired color. It was frame by frame, just like how they did it in the OT, except with no computers. Then I layered pure white blade base over the glow creating a nice lightsaber effect. It was frame by frame, true rotoscoping.

If you feel you can't get the effects right with Photoshop, Download a 30-day free demo of Corel Painter 9 (I believe 9 is the best version) and I can make a quick video on how to make the lightsaber effects.

If you want to use Painter after the 30 days and don't want to spend the 200-400 on buying the full version send me a PM. Hehehe.

I wish my youtube account wasn't deleted by youtube (I was naughty and had several copyright claims on my videos) Because I had good examples of some saber rotoscoping I have done.

Post them here... if copyright free.

Originally posted by queeq
Post them here... if copyright free.

A video of an example of my lighsaber work?

Originally posted by sweersa
A video of an example of my lighsaber work?

I would enjoy seeing that, sweersa.

Originally posted by Ahsoka Tano
I would enjoy seeing that, sweersa.

Okay, I will model a 3D lightsaber hilt and rotoscope a blade on it. It will be a short clip as rotoscoping takes a long time. (30 frames per second.)

Please give me a few days.

Two?

Originally posted by queeq
Two?

Yes...two or so...I am not going to use youtube to upload it for personal reasons, so I will have to fine better means of showing it to everybody.

Ah...

Originally posted by queeq
Ah...

lol I take my previous post back, I finished the rotoscoping, about 90 frames so roughly three seconds of lightsaber. You wont believe how long 3 seconds takes to do. Each of 90 frames has to be individually worked on. In the end it is all worth it an a lot of fun.

The avi video file of this is almost 50 MB. Any idea on how to share it with all of you? (without quality loss if possible)

Okay everybody! It is upload by Rapid share.

It is almost 50 mega bytes so it will take some time depending on your internet speed.

Sorry dial up users. And to anybody who pays their ISP based on time and bandwidth used. :-P Hehehehe.

http://rapidshare.com/files/135043744/lightsaber_rotoscoping_sweersa.AVI.html

Enjoy!

well this sux in order to download this I have to pay $200 a month or pay $3,500 to install underground cables cause Im in the boonies!..somebody give me the short version 2.5 meg or so..lol

Originally posted by Jack Daniels
well this sux in order to download this I have to pay $200 a month or pay $3,500 to install underground cables cause Im in the boonies!..somebody give me the short version 2.5 meg or so..lol

Sorry mate. What if you let it go overnight?

mmmm... remind me before I say nite to the bar..lol...dont know when that will be though..lol

I went to church once. I sneezed. The "Bless You" seemed redundant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?emb=0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideosearch%3Fq%3Dknightfall&v=3W2JYYYCB2o
This is something i made quite a bit back. I did the camera work, and all of the effects...

Funny.

Nice...did you rotoscope the blades?

Lsmaker. What it is is a 2d pic of a lightsaber and a blade like the attached image, and when you put it at the four corners of where you want the render, it stretches to fit them.

Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
Lsmaker. What it is is a 2d pic of a lightsaber and a blade like the attached image, and when you put it at the four corners of where you want the render, it stretches to fit them.

Ahh, I see. Interesting.

its pretty simple too. you just click in the 4 places you want the corners to be in once per frame....

That's not the first time you've posted that, is it?

no... I did it forever ago so pretty much anyone online who i consider my friends has seen it. before i knew about the milk bar, I posted it somewhere in EU.

Sweers's is of a higher quality then mine, mainly because his is 3d, you will notice that mine looks 2d if the blade is to close to the camera and pointing towards it.

I never saw it before, so many thnaks for posting.

Guess you have to do this more often to get it right. It's not something for me. I remember colleagues of mine working on a tv show at a production company I worked for. When the show was edited there was a problem with all the brand marks in shops and on items they had filmed, since it was a sponsored show. The editor had to wipe all competitive brands out of focus. Since it was all handheld, they had to do it frame by frame... Oh the horror... I'm so happy I didn't direct that show. hehehe

Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
Sweers's is of a higher quality then mine, mainly because his is 3d, you will notice that mine looks 2d if the blade is to close to the camera and pointing towards it.

Actually, technically my blades are 2d. I just sort of change the sizes and lengths according to the location of the dummy blade in the raw footage.

Aha...

well, they look better....

Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
well, they look better....

Thanks man, you should give rotoscoping a shot, all you need is a little patience and the right software.

Master Sweersa will teach you.

Originally posted by queeq
Master Sweersa will teach you.

Oh yes.

don't have any money for the right software. I'm literally living off of student aid.

Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
I'm literally living off of student aid.

Lucky us.

Originally posted by queeq
Master Sweersa will teach you.

I already understand the art of masturbation.

Thank you though.

Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
don't have any money for the right software. I'm literally living off of student aid.

You can download a 30 day demo free from Corel's website.


Originally posted by Ahsoka Tano
Lucky us.



I already understand the art of masturbation.

Thank you though.

Hahaha! I am not sure if I should take offense to that, but it actually made me LOL. Nice one.

Originally posted by Ahsoka Tano
I already understand the art of masturbation.


Teach me then.

Originally posted by queeq
Teach me then.

He be he would love to give you 'hands on' training.

Hahaha.

I bet he does.

0.o stop with the strange fantasies! come back to the light and straight side. Stop being so queer.

Who's queer? Does talking about such things make you nervous?? Eh??

Originally posted by queeq
Who's queer? Does talking about such things make you nervous?? Eh??
well when a bunch of guys are sitting around talking about masturbating instead of babes cant blame him for getting a bit nervous.. real life thats the time to run..lol

Originally posted by Jack Daniels
well when a bunch of guys are sitting around talking about masturbating instead of babes cant blame him for getting a bit nervous.. real life thats the time to run..lol

Don't knock masturbation, it is sex with someone you love right?

Are you a schizo?

Originally posted by queeq
Are you a schizo?

No no, they don't make any medication for what I have.

Hahaha.

Keep guessing.

Originally posted by sweersa
No no, they don't make any medication for what I have.

Hahaha.

Keep guessing.

Better just leave it alone or he will figure it out...lol

Good point. *leaves it alone*

haha

Nothing to smile about really.

hey your glad to see me right thats something to smile about?..lol

Originally posted by queeq
Nothing to smile about really.

That could be part of my chemical imbalance.

Hahaha.

That's a way to say it.