More Fun with Lightsabers in photoshop/After Effects

sethboy2

2005-07-02 11:03:55 pm

Quote from njahnke:

the super star destroyer freaking ruled. reason #23402389034 why empire strikes back is the second best in the series.

#23402389034? I'd say more like #2.

Electrometer Prime

2005-07-02 11:36:52 pm

Ok, I looked at it closer and the Tie Fighter on the bottom is a little small

nate

2005-07-03 12:09:06 am

Quote from Arkarian:

Quote from njahnke:

empire strikes back is the second best in the series.

Just curious, which do you think is the best? A New Hope?

episode ii. ;)

SABERinBLUE

2005-07-03 02:21:32 am

Cook of the Sea

That was clearly orchestrated just for that joke. Empire Strikes back will always be the best in the series.

Also my man, you need to be edumacated on the ways of the lightsaber. For blocking blaster bolts, the Jedi does not use a slashing motion. The Jedi places his lightsaber such to intercept the bolt. In blocking blaster fire, Jedi use as their basic pattern a series of positions known as The Middle Ring of Defense. Heavily emphasized in Form III of Lightsaber combat, kind that Obi-Wan Kenobi used and taught to Luke Skywalker (and thus the entire New Jedi Order) this is a defensive form that turtles and waits for an opponent to make a mistake. The Middle Ring of Defense is comprised of eight positions: horizontal high and low, vertical left and right, and the reverse postions of all of these (the hilts swapped with the points, in other words) this is how Jedi block blaster fire. To see the clearest example of this, watch the Remote Training scene in A New Hope. When Luke sucessfully blocks a series of bolts after putting on the helmet with the blast shield, this is a perfect execution of the Middle Ring of Defense. In that one shot, you've got the guy blocking the bolts like they're lightsaber blades.

That was clearly orchestrated just for that joke.  Empire Strikes back will always be the best in the series.

Also my man, you need to be edumacated on the ways of the lightsaber.  For blocking blaster bolts, the Jedi does not use a slashing motion.  The Jedi [i]places[/i] his lightsaber such to intercept the bolt.  In blocking blaster fire, Jedi use as their basic pattern a series of positions known as The Middle Ring of Defense.  Heavily emphasized in Form III of Lightsaber combat, kind that Obi-Wan Kenobi used and taught to Luke Skywalker (and thus the entire New Jedi Order) this is a defensive form that turtles and waits for an opponent to make a mistake.  The Middle Ring of Defense is comprised of eight positions:  horizontal high and low, vertical left and right, and the reverse postions of all of these (the hilts swapped with the points, in other words) this is how Jedi block blaster fire.  To see the clearest example of this, watch the Remote Training scene in A New Hope.  When Luke sucessfully blocks a series of bolts after putting on the helmet with the blast shield, this is a perfect execution of the Middle Ring of Defense.  In that one shot, you've got the guy blocking the bolts like they're lightsaber blades.

arkarian

2005-07-03 11:54:02 am

red chamber dream

Wow. All I could tell you is that they swing their 'sabers around, blocking lasers.

Yoshi348

2005-07-03 01:02:20 pm

PAGE BREAKER

Ready and willing.

I did notice that when they block blasters the don't slash, but that's really because of video games that I know that.

Jaredster

2005-07-03 07:30:18 pm

This is not mine. It was made by somebody else on SomethingAwful.

Again, not mine. I just wanted to show it because I thought it was cool.

SAL

2005-07-03 09:30:10 pm

Wow if that were real it would be a mess.

Edit: now that i looked at it the guy forgot or didn't bother to do the rest of the swords in the back ground and fore ground.

Electrometer Prime

2005-07-03 09:52:36 pm

I never knew they could do that in the past. Rolling Eyes

trh

2005-07-03 09:54:44 pm

What's up with rating a picture someone linked from a different website?

Just curious.

arkarian

2005-07-03 10:42:32 pm

red chamber dream

In the future, artwork that is not your own should probably go in the Boardwalk.
But it's some pretty nice Photoshopping.

sethboy2

2005-07-04 02:33:27 am

Saber:
That would be so, if blocking single shots. That wouldn't, however. work in this instance, concidering that the motion blur is coming from previously blocking the bolt on the far right. I think that is demenstrated in the begining of 1, but I'm not sure.

But I'll keep that in mind.

Darth Equine

2005-07-05 08:11:19 pm

It all looks really good. (exept the Centaur. Centaurs! Bah!)

I'd like to see some animations, though.

Mr. Centaur

2005-07-05 08:12:52 pm

You hurt my feelings! Crying or Very sad

sethboy2

2005-07-05 08:15:32 pm

Yeah, what's wrong with Centaurs?

Back to the topic: (mostly)

In honor of the site:

attachment:

Samus-saber.jpg

arkarian

2005-07-05 08:33:25 pm

red chamber dream

Lol, that looks pretty...unique. The Power Beam shots look kind of wonky to me - that one in the upper center looks like it doesn't belong.

sethboy2

2005-07-05 08:41:45 pm

Uh... That's because I finally got a REAL lens flare, from a light right behind my head. It was just a little cover-work.

Electrometer Prime

2005-07-05 10:13:20 pm

Pretty sweet.

tomatobob

2005-07-06 02:45:12 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

That's not half bad.

mangadood

2005-07-06 02:50:07 am

Too many fangirls to count

sethboy2

2005-07-06 11:59:57 am

I'm surprised I'm even getting

. It was rather a sloppy job, and I know I could have done better.

Also, I have a 50-frame animation made. any one have any ideas as to what to put the frames on to to play them? (right now I have to use a really fast slideshow.)

SABERinBLUE

2005-07-06 12:53:58 pm

Cook of the Sea

Quote from sethboy2:

Saber:
That would be so, if blocking single shots.

Luke blocked three shots is rapid succession in that one scene. Just sayin.

Quote:

That wouldn't, however. work in this instance, concidering that the motion blur is coming from previously blocking the bolt on the far right.

You've still got two blades that are in the process of blocking bolts, athey are also being swing at the same time, through the vertex of the bolt. This is not even possible. The bolts move too quickly.

sethboy2

2005-07-06 08:10:41 pm

OK, fine, I admit it, I made the picture with out intending to insert blaster bolts. I was bored, so I added random shots without thinking about any "real" starwars properties.

I'd make an animated example showing that understand you, but I don't know how to play it.

SABERinBLUE

2005-07-06 08:20:23 pm

Cook of the Sea

I have no idea whether Photoshop can do it, but I know that GIMP can convert layers to gif animation frames. It can also optimize the frames for you.

sethboy2

2005-07-06 10:58:38 pm

GIMP? Where would I find that?