Photoshopping A Lightsaber (AE)
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(253 votes) Published: Sep 17, 2006 4:04 p.m. In 17 Favorites Lists Viewed 2569 times |
Everybody loves lightsabers, but those toy lightsabers look pretty gay in a picture, just look at this guy:
But, I’m about to teach you how to turn that $5 lightsaber from 1999 into a real lightsaber, using the magic of photoshop.
First, open up the picture of you holding the toy lightsaber, we all have one in our attic somewhere, using Photoshop, I’ll be using cs1, but CS2 will work as well.
If you don’t have photoshop, you can get it from http://thesaltinez.com
Now, use the line tool (its the one selected in the previous picture), and give it a weight of about 5 pixels (weight is on the toolbar)
Make sure the foreground color is white (the one on the left, thats overlapping the one on the right), and draw a line from the bottom center of the light end of the saber, all the way to the top center of it.
Now go to Layer>Layer Style>Outer Glow
Click the color box under the word "Noise", and change it to whatever the color of the toy lightsaber is, if it’s a white one, any color will work.
Change "Spread" to 11, and "Size" to 15, then click "OK"
You’re done! Just save it as a .jpeg image, and don’t worry, the lines around the white area will go away when you save it.
The Finished Product:
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 | Sep 17, 2006 4:05 pm - lol
5 |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:10 pm - hahah hes such a geek, anyway 5* |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:13 pm - this is gay 1 star |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:13 pm - lol this is a good egg. i will give it 5 stars |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:13 pm - You can increase the line size for bigger pictures, I used 7 pixels on this one. |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:16 pm - lol |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:33 pm - LOL....gave it five for having the cajones to say" we all have one somewhere"....not here...lol |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:37 pm - 5* for the one and only AE |

 | Sep 17, 2006 4:47 pm - I learned how to make them a couple of days ago, nice tut though.5 |

 | Sep 17, 2006 5:09 pm - uve been hit by da 5***** pixie |

 | Sep 17, 2006 5:13 pm - me likey, 5* |

 | Sep 17, 2006 5:35 pm - the method on the saltinez sucks for photo shop,i have to wait an hour just download one part |

 | Sep 17, 2006 5:46 pm - As opposed to paying $800 dollars for it. I’d say a little time downloading it for free is a good deal. |

 | Sep 17, 2006 5:56 pm - or you can reset your modem and renew your ip adress. |

 | Sep 17, 2006 6:43 pm - Garlock - your’s pwns
5* AE |

 | Sep 17, 2006 7:05 pm - definately a 5* |

 | Sep 17, 2006 8:48 pm - you get 0 stars. this was rubbish! |

 | Sep 18, 2006 5:22 am - coolish 5* |

 | Sep 18, 2006 8:02 am - nice tut
5***** |

 | Sep 18, 2006 9:20 am - 5* coz it got lightsabers |

 | Sep 18, 2006 9:27 am - You need to round off the end ;)
Anyway, 5, but I knew this :D |

 | Sep 18, 2006 10:05 am - splendid 5***** |

 | Sep 18, 2006 10:44 am - 4* cos i dnt realy care bout lightsabers but its good neway |

 | Sep 18, 2006 10:54 am - Koala make up your fukin mind! 5* Photoshop kicks ass. |

 | Sep 18, 2006 11:04 am - Yep...You know what I said..about vending machines in Japan..and panties...and what am I talking about? 5* |

 | Sep 18, 2006 12:12 pm - COOL! 5* |

 | Sep 18, 2006 5:34 pm - Star wars is gay as fuck, but you do show something 4* |

 | Sep 18, 2006 9:00 pm - FAT The man is fat...4’s |

 | Sep 19, 2006 12:54 am - I didn’t read shit but 5* cuz I like Star Wars. Crystals don’t come in that shade of purple though... |

 | Sep 19, 2006 4:09 am - I think Samuel L Jackson’s lightsaber looked like that. |

 | Sep 19, 2006 5:48 am - urs is the best on re 5 stars |

 | Sep 19, 2006 12:42 pm - Thats pretty cool! Im gonna go try it . |

 | Sep 20, 2006 6:19 pm - paint iz still tha shit |

 | Sep 23, 2006 6:00 am - he hats cool,3 |

 | Sep 26, 2006 7:49 am - Pretty cool |

 | Dec 11, 2006 1:58 pm - Just one of the many things photoshop can do.....5* |

 | Dec 22, 2006 7:56 pm - 4* just cuz its a lightsaber lmao |

 | Feb 19, 2007 3:43 pm - 0* your a disgrace to the human race. lightsaber = teh faggz0rz.... 3y3 h8 $tarwarz OMFG 17$ $0000 64yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! l_lr $l_l |

 | Jun 27, 2007 9:59 am - And AE does it again......5*! |

 | Ju 20, 2007 7:13 pm - i think this is c/p.....i seen it some where else a long time ago....ill give it a 3* because im not sure if you made it or not... |

 | Jul 20, 2008 6:20 pm - Star Wars FTW | |
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