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Datameister

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oooh, don't do the frames as individual files. Then you have to apply the glow effects to every single frame individually. Not fun at all.

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Clashes can be done a number of ways. Most of the effective methods involve heavily modified lens flares. You can use Radial Blur to get rid of the yucky artifacts (the circular and polygonal shapes). Levels can be used to change the brightness; Hue and Saturation can be used to give it a golden color. Just experiment around a lot. If you own Star Wars DVDs, freeze-frame some clashes to study the appearance of the flash.

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Star Wars Man

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well the frame by frame, how else am i gonna do it.

man there should like be something so easy that would work
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I meant that you should stick with FLMs, not invididual images.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ye well if i dont find a way to get the lightsabers not to go into the other frames, ill have to go with idvidual
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I explained it; you just fill those areas with black. I know it's not the quickest solution, but it's not that time-consuming. It would take WAY longer to add the glow effect to every single frame in your movie.
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Star Wars Man

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i still kinda dont get what ya mean.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, you've got your glow layer or layers. They have black backgrounds and they're set to Screen or Color Dodge, right? Here's all you have to do to get the unwanted glow to disappear.

Hit M to choose the marquee tool. Make sure it's the rectangular one; hit shift-M if it's the elliptical one. Now press D and then X. Now draw a rectangle around an unwanted glow, making sure that you go all the way to the glow's edges. Now press ctrl-backspace. This will fill your selection with black, causing the unwanted glow to vanish. Now make a new selection over another unwanted glow and press ctrl-backspace again. Keep doing this for every frame with unwanted glow. Click, drag, ctrl-backspace. Click, drag, ctrl-backspace. Boring, I know. But it goes by pretty quickly once you fall into the rhythm of it.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well here is my suckish try

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not bad at all. I personally would go for a brighter glow on the blue one, but it's looking good.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

well that pic was from a while ago, and look at the blue, it like goes into the yellow or vice versa, o wait u cant see it lemme see if i have a copy



ya look the blue merges with the yellow, i kinda like it.

i think like the color dodge did something...
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