Twi Lek Lightsaber test by Ratracer_ray
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Description
Trying out ways to light up a scene and get a good glowing effect...thanks for looking! Please comment & critique
Comments (9)
lyron
Veary nice scene!
Warangel
Very nice pose, very creative lighting and camera POV. The saber itself needs some work, which I am sure you knew, but a very good test.
efron_241
she looks like War great
brewgirlca
Good reflection work, subtle but very evident.
zorares
Great pose on her! Lightsaber needs that "GLOW" effect. Then there should be reflective lighting on her front from the saber.
Darklorddc
Best way to do a lightsaber glow is this: create a layer in paintshop or GIMP, create a selection around the blade, use the paintbrush to fill in the selection with a white foreground color (set the layer to screen). Then copy the layer with the erased blade twice (so you have three layers). Set gausian blur on one layer at 5 pixels, another at 10 pixels and another at 20 pixels. Then merge down those layers until there's just one extra layer. Go to color balance and set the midtone to a very strong color that you want to use (red, green or blue are obviously the easiest). Then set highlights to a similar, but much weaker, color. (for example, for a red blade you would set midtone red at max and take green and blue as far down as they go, then on highlights you'd set red to about 50). Merge the final layer and save. You can look through my photos for a few examples of how this turns out.
Biffowitz
Sweet render for sure. Fabulous character, I like the effects of gravity too. Cool blend of modern with futuristic panels, did I mention the reflection? Nice work indeed!
Ratracer_ray
Thanks for the great advice! I am working on that saber effect now.
ragouc
Great face expression.