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Subject: Lightersaber pieces.

tajshan opened this issue on May 28, 2002 ยท 9 posts
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tajshan ( ) posted Tue, 28 May 2002 at 12:21 AM ยท edited Wed, 07 August 2024 at 9:21 PM

Anybody know where I can find the lightsaber Luke made for himself in Return Of The Jedi? Thanxs. I remember there was only the handle so I will make a blade myself.

Little_Dragon ( ) posted Tue, 28 May 2002 at 3:12 AM

ChrisGFX has Luke's RotJ saber-hilt at PropsGuild.

If you have need of others, _dodger has Poser props (with working blades) of almost every lightsaber from the Star Wars saga (Obi-Wan's, Yoda's, Anakin's, Darth Maul's, Count Dooku's, etc.) in the Free Stuff at 3D Commune.


Chris ( ) posted Tue, 28 May 2002 at 11:58 AM

Attached Link: http://www.grafxcreations.com

thanks for the tip Little Dragon ;) ... on my site there will be a "Look like Lightsaber" the next week ... with working blade. Chris aka ChrisGFX

"It Is Useless To Resist!" - Darth Vader

Little_Dragon ( ) posted Tue, 28 May 2002 at 5:19 PM

I wondered what username you were going by, here. :)

Looking forward to it. I've been playing around with lightsaber animation effects in Poser lately, and can always use good hilts for closeups.

Test #1 (MPEG format, 195KB)
Test #2 (MPEG format, 221KB)


Chris ( ) posted Tue, 28 May 2002 at 11:59 PM

looks really cool ... how have you made that saber effect?

"It Is Useless To Resist!" - Darth Vader

Little_Dragon ( ) posted Wed, 29 May 2002 at 12:09 AM

I did two separate renders in Poser; one of Sabrina with the saber, the other with the saber-blade alone. I applied postprocessing filters (blur, noise, alpha glow, etc.) on the saber-blade video in Adobe Premiere, then composited the two clips together using an Additive Dissolve transition. Too much noise, though. It looks more like a flame effect than a proper lightsaber. I'll keep working on it. It's a good technique for detailed close-ups, but for distance shots I'll probably just use a blade-prop with transmaps, maximum Ambient values, and minimal postwork.


bikermouse ( ) posted Wed, 29 May 2002 at 4:05 AM

Have you tried making a rod from a cylinder and in render:material set transparency: min to 100 max to 0 falloff to taste ?

Little_Dragon ( ) posted Wed, 29 May 2002 at 5:57 AM

file_10254.jpg

Yes, but as usual I can't leave things as simple as that. I have to make it needlessly complicated with nested cylinders.

Here's my idea of a transparent blade prop (see image above). 100% Poser, no postwork, discount lightsaber hilt by JFStan.


bikermouse ( ) posted Wed, 29 May 2002 at 11:37 AM

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