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Join date: 30-May-2008
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Post: #320025
Topic: Rotoscoping
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320025/action/topic#320025
Time: 6-Jun-2008 8:10 AM — Edited 6-Jun-2008 8:23 AM

Thanks for the replys,

Ok I've been using Photoshop 7, luckily I've got this at work so I can practive here to.., anyway the steps I have taken ares as follows -

1.Import image and create a new layer
2.On the new layer I will either use the Polygon Lasso or the pen tool to create my saber blade.
3.On the same layer I created a Gaussian Blur and add an outer glow with the desired colour.

I took your advice and practiced on a couple of pictures -

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p185/Jamiedeeming/bruce20sikes20fencing20coachcopy2.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p185/Jamiedeeming/bruce20sikes20fencing20coachcopy.jpg

Do these look any better??

I had a look at the thread and I will most certainly try your method out tonight Johnny Ringo,

Post: #319871
Topic: Rotoscoping
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319871/action/topic#319871
Time: 4-Jun-2008 2:04 PM — Edited 4-Jun-2008 2:13 PM

Hi there,

Thanks for replying, unfortunatley my drive crashed and I lost the originals, however to give you an example I have redone Lukes Sabre in Jedi as blue instead of green, there not very good pictures as I have still alot to learn about photoshop, however when I was doing the blue blade you can see the green underneath seep through, any suggestions on how I can over come this would be great also any suggestions on making those sabres look better would also be very much appreciated.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p185/Jamiedeeming/jedi1485.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p185/Jamiedeeming/jedi1535.jpg

For some reason I have to put direct links in as for some reason the IMG tag would not show in the preview..

Post: #319457
Topic: Rotoscoping
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/319457/action/topic#319457
Time: 30-May-2008 2:43 AM — Edited 30-May-2008 2:47 AM

Hi everyone,

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?