Hey, I just posted a new super easy Zach King tutorial on how to create an infinite amount of toilet paper (or any object) Watch it after this tutorial! ua-cam.com/video/o9aQNGzym6M/v-deo.html
i respect the hell out of your teaching skills using editing softwares. you explain everything step by step so everyone can fully understand what to do, and what they can learn from it. respect man. keep the good work up.
Another way to do it. Use a green stick with black parts in the beginning and the end of the laser. Track the 2 points using rotation and movement tracking. Create a solid and add the VC saber plugin in it. Attach the start and end points to the tracking from earlier Change a bit the settings depending on your side. Finally add plugin shine to the lightsaber There you got it
You just helped me animate my first lightsaber in After Effects. I'm so glad!!! You helped me reach a dream I've had since I was a kid: create a lightsaber
2:20 I enjoyed how he said that he made it like you were swinging it in a specific Direction, the way it looked reminded me of Tartakovsky’s clone wars, and how the savers looked in battle, unlike the straight line in Star Wars media and movies.
This is great, i usually use Saber plug in myself, but when i use this technique with masks, i don't use mask feather, i use the glow effect x2, (1 tight, 1 wide) then use add mode instead. Some subtle shifts, but i like it. Nice work with the rapidly quick tutorial! Keep em coming!
Yo man, great vid, Just some advice, always go back after kayframing and make sure that you masked every layer, there was a frame at 5:15 that wasnt masked and it realy stood out to me. I know that this vid was just a tutorial but its just to help anyone else and prevent this mistake from happening to an important video ☺ Dont mean to hate at all tho
Hey guys I just took this lightsaber effect and brought it ti Galaxy's Edge in Disney World. So watch me show Rey and Chewbacca my true jedi powers!! Here's the link - I know you'll love it! ua-cam.com/video/8QXgiQzWSWQ/v-deo.html
Bro thank you so much for this tutorial, this was my first effect and I'm really happy with how it turned out, I do have a question, what do I do if I have two sabers in one frame?
hello, a recommendation to you is put on the light saber´s crash a flare, I think that you would can do that with optical flares or lens flare, grat tutorial. like
Guys guys... If you wanna do the most easier lightsaber effect way.. You should head on to videocopilot and learn the "SABER" tutorial. Everything is being done for you. Is just that you need to trace them out frame by frame. go check it out. its been released like 5 years now lol.. But hey.. For starters I do highly recommend that you should learn this tutorial first as its the basics and a good start.
I have just downloaded the after effects and Idk how to use it but I did it. Thanks dude! Note: Which button did you hit called "em" or "im" at 1:22 ? English isn't my native language so that I didn't understand.
I got this to work except that when the light saber is behind me, I need to create an additional seperate set of key frames, My end version has some of my light saber woking thats infront of me but when it cuts to sections behind me it wont work. Is there a way. Im soo noob at this, this is my very 1st ae project.
question regarding the lightsabers you use for your vids. seems like your really beating each others blades. Do you destroy the plastic blade when you do these or do you have special sabers that can handle it?
I can't move each vertices of the mask individually while the mask path is keyframed. It only moves the entirety of the mask. Really getting on my nerves please help
When I make the white solid visible again, instead of just the white bar I get the whole screen white again. Is there any way to make it so that it's only white for the saber?
but the lightsaber is blue... so shouldn't you just be able to key it out? i mean the window would interfere but you can just make another mask, one that doesn't need as much precision. oh and to add the effect, cant you just track the handle in your hand?
Hey, I just posted a new super easy Zach King tutorial on how to create an infinite amount of toilet paper (or any object) Watch it after this tutorial!
ua-cam.com/video/o9aQNGzym6M/v-deo.html
is after effects free?
I’m not choosing between DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, but this is way easier in DaVinci Resolve. Have you ever heard of soft glow
PLEASE repent and trust alone in Christ, dont put it off until tomorrow because we arent promised one. May God bless you and your family Will!
And the sound effects :/
1:21 what did u say IM or what M?
i dont know that shortcut
This was the easy part, now its time to make the fake light on the environment and skin
Well you could have a glowing lightsaber and just rotoecope the saber and keep the light
thats my next tutorial!!! it comes out in 4 days
@@willcarmack can't wait
Will Carmack Yeah, excited for that video.
Will Carmack I don't see the video
i respect the hell out of your teaching skills using editing softwares. you explain everything step by step so everyone can fully understand what to do, and what they can learn from it. respect man. keep the good work up.
Kylo Ren hi grandson
i dont think i will get any1 to respond so do you know why my lightsaber disappears every time i precompose
Why am I watching this? I don’t even have after effects. 🤣
Lol same 😂 I
Same
I do xD
lmao SAME
guys just crack it like everyone does lol
This was actually a really easy to follow tutorial, I dont even know how to use AE at all but I could follow this, thank you
On my screen there isn’t a mode section to press screen. How’d you get it
Though*
@@sizzy2652 who are you replying too....
yeah ......give us some lightsaber duel .........may the force be with you !!!
Be honest, this is the first effect most people tried to do in after effects
🤣🤣🤣
Nicholas Smith I tried a gunshot (muzzle flash, smoke and a wound)
Now days its better to use a free plugin called "saber"
This is the reason I downloaded After Effects in the first place. I have some lightsaber stuff on my channel😉
@@jotenboffen Sounds about right! :D
Another way to do it.
Use a green stick with black parts in the beginning and the end of the laser.
Track the 2 points using rotation and movement tracking.
Create a solid and add the VC saber plugin in it.
Attach the start and end points to the tracking from earlier
Change a bit the settings depending on your side.
Finally add plugin shine to the lightsaber
There you got it
juanbp0411 hey can you guide me through this
Holy crap, you did it without any plug in, gg man, i keep your vid in mind
You just helped me animate my first lightsaber in After Effects. I'm so glad!!! You helped me reach a dream I've had since I was a kid: create a lightsaber
Can't imagine how long this took but looks insaneeeee, hats off bro
The guy in the thumbnail is the random civilian who ran off with mace Windu's lightsaber after he fell down from the building
Flashback to 2005 when every "VFX" channel uploads a lightsaber tutorial...
After 11 months i will respond
@@jacobcass951 when?
One of the best tutorials on youtube. subed!
2:20 I enjoyed how he said that he made it like you were swinging it in a specific Direction, the way it looked reminded me of Tartakovsky’s clone wars, and how the savers looked in battle, unlike the straight line in Star Wars media and movies.
That’s A Awesome tutorial Man Happy Holidays
I just realised you are the guy that says when there is a will there is a way! I like your outtro back in the day man!
I've seen someone else do this exact same thing, but your tutorial is just so much more interesting and easier to follow.
please watch my roto work on ua-cam.com/video/4aEE7rM3fg4/v-deo.html
Best tutorial on youtube! Love it.
This was possibly the best tutorial ever made. Easy asf to follow thank you 🤝
this the more simple and fun way I have found until now, thanks for this great tutorial mate :D
This is great, i usually use Saber plug in myself, but when i use this technique with masks, i don't use mask feather, i use the glow effect x2, (1 tight, 1 wide) then use add mode instead. Some subtle shifts, but i like it. Nice work with the rapidly quick tutorial! Keep em coming!
This was a very good tutorial, thank you so much man
Let’s goooo I’m hyped for this! I mean first Andreas hem then matti then peter uploads then you! How can this day get any better!!
You just earned a subscriber
Thank you so much. You teach very good. It's easy to follow your step to make a good light saber.
I would just use the saber plugin by video copilot it s much easier and it looks really good the plugin in also free
This was easy AF to follow, thanks!
I see that the force is strong in this guy for showing us his tutorial.
I tried that and it was cool! Thanks alot! 😁😁😁😁
The saber choreography was better here then in the sequels.
Loved it Man !!!!! You made it so easy for everyone
Straight to the point!
You're really good at this!
Amazing!!! Thanks for simplifying this tutorial😍😍😍😍😍
Will, you are awesome! I found your channel due to the reason I have followed Manfred for years. Keep doing what you are doing!
please watch my roto work on ua-cam.com/video/4aEE7rM3fg4/v-deo.html
@@JayeshMandloi no
Yo man, great vid, Just some advice, always go back after kayframing and make sure that you masked every layer, there was a frame at 5:15 that wasnt masked and it realy stood out to me.
I know that this vid was just a tutorial but its just to help anyone else and prevent this mistake from happening to an important video ☺
Dont mean to hate at all tho
@TrueRangaBoi Hey it's my job to see things other people dont!😁
Best tutorial
This was actually really helpful
That was epic, and this will definitely help my channel, thanks man 😁
Brings me back to the days I learned how to do this from Ryan Weiber’s tutorials. Anyone else?
Wow! This is awesome tutorial. Thank you so much!
Very nice tutorial, thank you. You got a new Sub!
Wow this is the first video that helped
Hey guys I just took this lightsaber effect and brought it ti Galaxy's Edge in Disney World. So watch me show Rey and Chewbacca my true jedi powers!! Here's the link - I know you'll love it!
ua-cam.com/video/8QXgiQzWSWQ/v-deo.html
Dude, how do you summon a light saber to your hand and make it turn on?
@@DELOREAN_STUFF Film it backwards (Wave it around, 'turn it on' and throw it away) and reverse it.
Eyyyyy!!! I was looking for some tutorials today and here you are uploading this, i loved that video alot💙
please watch my roto work on ua-cam.com/video/4aEE7rM3fg4/v-deo.html
Jayesh Mandloi
Stfu
GOD TUTORIAL THANK YOU
Bro thank you so much for this tutorial, this was my first effect and I'm really happy with how it turned out, I do have a question, what do I do if I have two sabers in one frame?
Then you'll be doing this process twice.
DUDE! Awesome!
lITTERALLY BEST TUTORIAL FORL IGHTSABER EVER
THANKS MAN
Was waiting for this! 🙌🏻🔥
Thank you soo much for explaining. 👍👍🤚👌😃
So do you suggest doing this method or using the alternative saber plugin?
hello, a recommendation to you is put on the light saber´s crash a flare, I think that you would can do that with optical flares or lens flare, grat tutorial. like
Thank you so much this took like 30 minutes
Very good tutorial. I’m new to Facebook editing and this is very informative
Question: How would I mask the saber if it goes behind my back?
Frame by frame.... are you serious!?! 😱
this would be much easier if there was a physical blade that can be motion tracked, but otherwise you gotta do this frame by frame.
Damn! You're good man!!
Guys guys... If you wanna do the most easier lightsaber effect way.. You should head on to videocopilot and learn the "SABER" tutorial. Everything is being done for you. Is just that you need to trace them out frame by frame. go check it out. its been released like 5 years now lol.. But hey.. For starters I do highly recommend that you should learn this tutorial first as its the basics and a good start.
great tutorial but Saber is a great plug in, and it's free, saves a lot of time on roto and you get a crap load of customisation
Jordi Pring yes
Also has accurate motion blur
Exactly, he has done it the way it was done in 2008. Ten times the work. lol
Falfieri the blur didn’t work for me
Legends say that you still haven’t updated your Apple ID settings
You are an amazing person
Will it work for LEGO stop motion? I’m making an Anakin vs Obi wan.
Thanks my friend
Do u need to click the stopwatch and M or is that optinail and if u didn’t would rewen ur projec
Palmer Lupien you have to hit the stop watch
Alright I understand this, *time to get after effects*
20$ a month
sureiwill Oof
Or 60$ if you want to export videoy
sureiwill my god!
Aaaand 400$ a month if you want to use it on more than one pc. i currently pay 700
Great video!
Great tutorial!
Perfect thank you
I find this helpful!
Hey did you know you're running out of disk space?
I have just downloaded the after effects and Idk how to use it but I did it. Thanks dude!
Note: Which button did you hit called "em" or "im" at 1:22 ? English isn't my native language so that I didn't understand.
It's the 'M' key on the keyboard
@@JBroadbent Oh God, i feel stupid right now. For a moment I thought i was someting different. Thanks btw.
tripple like!!!
I got this to work except that when the light saber is behind me, I need to create an additional seperate set of key frames, My end version has some of my light saber woking thats infront of me but when it cuts to sections behind me it wont work. Is there a way. Im soo noob at this, this is my very 1st ae project.
Thanks you so much for your tutorial (from france)
Well the concept works in Vegas Pro 17
Simply amazing thank you so much!
Thanks for this. When I export the final, the light saber "effect" is a frame or 2 behind in my final .mp4? It looks fine when played in AE.Any ideas?
That really helped thanks so much :)
When I click screen on the pre-comp, the light from the saber does not come through, it is just the normal footage without the pre comp
did you ever resolve this issue?
Awesome done!
Nice, but do you know about Saber plugin? :) It's easier and better... ;)
please watch my roto work on ua-cam.com/video/4aEE7rM3fg4/v-deo.html
so much better
Saber does not look better
good job mate
Why not just use the beam effect and track the motion? Add motion blur and you’re gold. Right? Am I missing something?
I don’t know how to pull out the mask path option with the stopwatch thing in CC 2020. Can you help?
question regarding the lightsabers you use for your vids. seems like your really beating each others blades. Do you destroy the plastic blade when you do these or do you have special sabers that can handle it?
Great video, but if you want to use a home made saber and have the plastic and strips how to erase those??
Why don't you use video copilot saber plug in and track it on top of the saber? Purely curious on the difference
Maybe I missed it but I’m trying to make the lightsaber look rounded and not so straight at the tip. How can I do this?
Will Carmack great video, but could you tell what specs your using on your laptop please..
This is awesome 👏
I can't move each vertices of the mask individually while the mask path is keyframed. It only moves the entirety of the mask. Really getting on my nerves please help
When I make the white solid visible again, instead of just the white bar I get the whole screen white again. Is there any way to make it so that it's only white for the saber?
Let's respect the fact that he didn't even use a mouse to rotoscope the lightsaber frame by frame
Nice brooo
Thanks for the tutorial !
but the lightsaber is blue... so shouldn't you just be able to key it out?
i mean the window would interfere but you can just make another mask, one that doesn't need as much precision.
oh and to add the effect, cant you just track the handle in your hand?
What computer do u use? Great video btw easy to understand
Thanks. But can you put a link to that specific software you`re using please?