FX Lightsaber Effect

October 5th, 2006 by Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Special Effects

The Lightsaber

The weapon of all weapons!!! Personally, I’m not a fan of weapons, but you can’t hate this lasersword. “The weapon of a Jedi-Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster!” Learn in a few simple steps how to make your own saber!

Learn how to create the best weapon in the world!

• Step 1 Create a new image with a Saberhilt ready to be turned on;

  Note:YOU CAN SEARCH GOOGLE FOR ONE OR USE AN IMAGE OF YOUR OWN, BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR JUST THE HILT, MasterReplicas.com IS REALLY GOOD!

  

• Step 2 With the Retangular Marquee-tool make an object like the one below;

  

• Step 3 Turn it THAT way, it looks the same as below = Right ON TOP of the hilt;

  

• Step 4 Make the edges smoother and more round;

  

• Step 5 Duplicate the layer so that you have 2 saber-layers;
  Give the original saber-layer a Gaussian Blur of 2-3 pixels;

  

• Step 6 And give the upper saber-layer a Gaussian Blur of 1-2 pixels;

  

• Step 7 Add these Outer Glows to BOTH saber-layers;

  

  

• Step 8 Add these Outer Glows to BOTH saber-layers;