After posting a groovy Star Wars Fan Film, I began poking around YouTube digging up a lot of videos of lightsaber effect tests…most done by young teenagers and done well. Envy and jealousy set in and I wanted to learn how to do Lightsaber Rotoscoping too. The hunt began a couple days ago…I found and purchased EffectsLab Pro; filmed myself swinging my wooden ninja sword around in my barn boots; then spent 6+ hours learning to rotoscope frame by frame (before I realized I could do keyframes every 2-5 frames or so).
While the saber movements suck as this was a mere test, I’m pleased with he quality of the saber. Makes me want to do a fan film. :)
A fine film. Impressive!
This is all of your childhood dreams come true… I’m so happy for you.
Cool! Now wheres the raw footage so we can make you the next Star Wars kid?
Wow – I can’t wait for the sequal! I loved the landscape in the background – you are awesome and funny (and soooo cute)!
Very cool but way too long . . . by the middle of the movie I knew how it was going to end.
Very sweet movie!
Kind of like a Star Wars meets Mickey Mantle. Hmmm… Lightsaber baseball!