I've been very interested in doing a Star Wars fan edit for a while, before I step into the thick of things I thought I would have a go at rotoscoping lightsabers, I managed to copy the Vader vs Ben scene using DVD decrypter and and then import to Premiere, from there I saved as an flm file and imported the flm file into photoshop 6 I think it is and for a laugh changed Vaders Saber to green so I can get the hang of things.
Now I managed to google some good tutorials for lightsaber rotoscoping, I followed them down to the last word and then rendered my still images back into a film.
However....upon playback I noticed that the original red glow of Vaders saber was showing through my work. How do I solve this?? is there a way of removing the original saber from the film footage? would it involve painstakingly painting it out or is there another method with freeware I can use?