a quick lightsaber BATTLE i made

JeDiBoYTJ · 12:35 AM

welp, here it is... a quick lightsaber duel that I made. I just simply grabbed my mom and brother, gave my mom the Sony PD-150, and told her to point it at us, hehe.

This particallar 15 second clip took me over 3 HOURS to complete!

The sound effects only took like, a minute to piece together

I did the lightsaber retroscoping in Adobe After Effects. then exported QuickTime DV file to import into FCP for final sound mixing, and then running through compressor for optimal web compression

well, enjoy the video, hope you like

(god I love this computer)

http://www.va-films.com/lightsaberduel-test2.mov

(BTW, thats me in the cheesy darth vader costume, lol)

killuminati · Jun 4, 2005, 12:48 AM

I also recently did two clips like that. Your sound is very well done though. Where did you get it?

Espnetboy3 · Jun 4, 2005, 01:27 AM

Looks pretty cool. Im doing a major star wars short this summer. Practicing some basic rotoscoping right now , when its done i will upload it. How can I upload a video, its not like posting a picture through macrumors right?

yoda13 · Jun 4, 2005, 02:19 AM

that was pretty cool, of course I love just about anything star wars

andiwm2003 · Jun 4, 2005, 05:42 AM

cool clip.

could it be that the force is stronger in your brother and that Vader lost?

damn, i always was on the side of the sith.....

but it looks really good. keep on working an provide us with more footage!

Jaffa Cake · Jun 4, 2005, 05:59 AM

Vader in white socks? Does his evil know no bounds?!

Nice work – keep it up!

redeye be · Jun 4, 2005, 10:41 AM

Nice!
Next time you should think of/make a really cool choreography.

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Originally Posted by Espnetboy3

How can I upload a video, its not like posting a picture through macrumors right?

You will have to upload it to whatever serverspace you can get (not MacRumors) and post a link in your thread.

Good luck, both!

rosalindavenue · Jun 4, 2005, 11:00 AM

Excellent work. I have a bunch of quicktime video of my kids fighting with lightsabres-- maybe its time to get FCP

JeDiBoYTJ · 11:08 AM

Quote:

I also recently did two clips like that. Your sound is very well done though. Where did you get it?

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Acamemy for Mac. the sound files were located in the first pk3 file, so I extracted that using StuffIt, then located the saber sounds folder. then simply pieced them together in FCP

Quote:

Originally Posted by andiwm2003

cool clip.

could it be that the force is stronger in your brother and that Vader lost?

damn, i always was on the side of the sith.....

but it looks really good. keep on working an provide us with more footage!

I couldn't see very well in that helmet, so he was able to quickly hit me, lol.

Quote:

Nice!
Next time you should think of/make a really cool choreography.

yeah, this was just random, completely unchoreographed. when I film the actual short, its going to have good choreography (hopefully, lol)

virus1 · Jun 4, 2005, 12:11 PM

i am not framiliar with ae, but in shake at least, you can put trackers on each end of each saber, and you can connect up the rotoscopes to them. that should cut your work time in half. good luck on your short.

JeDiBoYTJ · Jun 4, 2005, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by virus1

i am not framiliar with ae, but in shake at least, you can put trackers on each end of each saber, and you can connect up the rotoscopes to them. that should cut your work time in half. good luck on your short.

hmm... I have a friend who has Shake, i might just give it a try...thx for the tip!

Espnetboy3 · Jun 4, 2005, 06:26 PM

Shake is also about 3500 bucks lol, you better be able to do something like that.

JesseJames · Jun 4, 2005, 06:39 PM

Very nice work. But for God sake, you guys need to seriously work on your swordsmanship skills.
Looked like two old men clashing their walking canes together.

Just giving you a critique. Great job with the sound.
Check out what these guys did:
www.crewoftwo.com

biohazard6969 · Jun 4, 2005, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JesseJames

Very nice work. But for God sake, you guys need to seriously work on your swordsmanship skills.
Looked like two old men clashing their walking canes together.

Just giving you a critique. Great job with the sound.
Check out what these guys did:
www.crewoftwo.com

wow that is really amazing!!!! that must have taken like YEARS!!! who has that kind of spare time, and if they do, i envy them

andypress · 11:06 PM

Speaking of star wars, I'll have to post the fight scene from my AP american history video.

Here it is. Right click and save as on starwarsfight.mp4. For some reason OS 9's weberver is tempermental with some files. http://andy2.117online.com:8081/PNF:byName:/starwars/

gangst · Jun 5, 2005, 11:12 AM

Really well done. How did you create the glow effect when the two light sabres collided?

jimsowden · Jun 5, 2005, 12:02 PM

You know what would be cool? If you could turn this into lighsabers.

gangst · Jun 5, 2005, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jimsowden

You know what would be cool? If you could turn this into lighsabers.

how can i play this in safari, is it an avi file??

killuminati · 12:32 PM

Save the file to your HD then open it up in quicktime (if you have divx, or avi support) or you can use VLC or MPlayer

That was a good video, I really liked the soundtrack. I think that maybe there should have been some fighting sound effects instead of the little clanks that the swords make.

jared_kipe · Jun 5, 2005, 12:51 PM

The truely best fighting on here was from duality, but not all of it. They really show off better when using a single saber. The kids fighting with swords and, worse yet, their hands was not particularly good. Neither of them seemed all that into it, and it was obviously choreographed. Friends of mine fight with shinai all the time back home. The beauty of that is that every battle looks different and very very real because we are actually trying to beat each other up. Like I always have to remind people "aim for the body, not the sword." Whenever people do these types of fight sequences the biggest problem is that they try to attack each other's swords, not the other person.

LastLine · Sep 19, 2005, 04:51 PM

Sorry to bump up an old thread, but what sorts of video can I import into After Effects? I've got a composition ready but can't import an AVI or MOV into it, should it accept these formats (MOV from iMovie particuarly). Any thoughts what I'm doing wrong? Is it because I have the pixel size for the composition wrong, and if so how do I check how many pixels the original video is.

Jun 4, 2005, 12:33 AM	#1
JeDiBoYTJ macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL	a quick lightsaber BATTLE i made welp, here it is... a quick lightsaber duel that I made. I just simply grabbed my mom and brother, gave my mom the Sony PD-150, and told her to point it at us, hehe. This particallar 15 second clip took me over 3 HOURS to complete! The sound effects only took like, a minute to piece together I did the lightsaber retroscoping in Adobe After Effects. then exported QuickTime DV file to import into FCP for final sound mixing, and then running through compressor for optimal web compression well, enjoy the video, hope you like (god I love this computer) http://www.va-films.com/lightsaberduel-test2.mov (BTW, thats me in the cheesy darth vader costume, lol) __________________ Hardware: Rev. C 15in PowerBook G4 1.5ghz - 1GB RAM - 80GB HD - ATi Radeon 9700 64MB VRAM Switcher Since August 28th 2004... and not looking back www.va-films.com Last edited by JeDiBoYTJ; Jun 4, 2005 at 12:35 AM.
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Jun 4, 2005, 12:48 AM	#2
killuminati macrumors 68020 Join Date: Dec 2004	I also recently did two clips like that. Your sound is very well done though. Where did you get it? __________________ Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
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Jun 4, 2005, 02:19 AM	#4
yoda13 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Texas	that was pretty cool, of course I love just about anything star wars __________________ For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire.
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Jun 4, 2005, 05:59 AM	#6
Jaffa Cake macrumors Core Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hull, Englandshire	Vader in white socks? Does his evil know no bounds?! Nice work – keep it up! __________________ It's written in the DNA of this club to do it the hard way.
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Jun 4, 2005, 11:00 AM	#8
rosalindavenue macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia, USA	Excellent work. I have a bunch of quicktime video of my kids fighting with lightsabres-- maybe its time to get FCP __________________ “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” -- Upton Sinclair.
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Jun 4, 2005, 01:27 AM	#3
Espnetboy3 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2003	Looks pretty cool. Im doing a major star wars short this summer. Practicing some basic rotoscoping right now , when its done i will upload it. How can I upload a video, its not like posting a picture through macrumors right?
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Jun 4, 2005, 05:42 AM	#5
andiwm2003 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Boston, MA	cool clip. could it be that the force is stronger in your brother and that Vader lost? damn, i always was on the side of the sith..... but it looks really good. keep on working an provide us with more footage!
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Jun 4, 2005, 12:11 PM	#10
virus1 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: LOST	i am not framiliar with ae, but in shake at least, you can put trackers on each end of each saber, and you can connect up the rotoscopes to them. that should cut your work time in half. good luck on your short. __________________ No, really. I completely understand you. (Pay no attention to my 'tar)
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Jun 4, 2005, 06:26 PM	#12
Espnetboy3 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2003	Shake is also about 3500 bucks lol, you better be able to do something like that.
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Jun 4, 2005, 06:39 PM	#13
JesseJames macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: How'd I get here? How can I leave?	Very nice work. But for God sake, you guys need to seriously work on your swordsmanship skills. Looked like two old men clashing their walking canes together. Just giving you a critique. Great job with the sound. Check out what these guys did: www.crewoftwo.com __________________ You fools. What have you done?! 933Mghz G4, 1.25GB RAM OS 10.3.9
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Jun 4, 2005, 09:52 PM	#15
andypress macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Buffalo, NY	Speaking of star wars, I'll have to post the fight scene from my AP american history video. Here it is. Right click and save as on starwarsfight.mp4. For some reason OS 9's weberver is tempermental with some files. http://andy2.117online.com:8081/PNF:byName:/starwars/ __________________ MP 8x2.8, 4 74 raptor's in raid 0, 4tb esata, 10gb ram Blackbook 1.0 2 Dual 1ghz Xserve 3x750gb G5 2x1.8 Apple WGS 6150 w/ 256mb ram, 250mhz g3 Last edited by andypress; Jun 4, 2005 at 11:06 PM.
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Jun 5, 2005, 11:12 AM	#16
gangst macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	Really well done. How did you create the glow effect when the two light sabres collided?
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Jun 5, 2005, 12:02 PM	#17
jimsowden macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: PA	You know what would be cool? If you could turn this into lighsabers. __________________ King Donko of Punchstania
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Jun 5, 2005, 12:28 PM	#19
killuminati macrumors 68020 Join Date: Dec 2004	Save the file to your HD then open it up in quicktime (if you have divx, or avi support) or you can use VLC or MPlayer That was a good video, I really liked the soundtrack. I think that maybe there should have been some fighting sound effects instead of the little clanks that the swords make. __________________ Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. Last edited by killuminati; Jun 5, 2005 at 12:32 PM.
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Jun 5, 2005, 12:51 PM	#20
jared_kipe macrumors 68030 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Seattle	The truely best fighting on here was from duality, but not all of it. They really show off better when using a single saber. The kids fighting with swords and, worse yet, their hands was not particularly good. Neither of them seemed all that into it, and it was obviously choreographed. Friends of mine fight with shinai all the time back home. The beauty of that is that every battle looks different and very very real because we are actually trying to beat each other up. Like I always have to remind people "aim for the body, not the sword." Whenever people do these types of fight sequences the biggest problem is that they try to attack each other's swords, not the other person.
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Sep 19, 2005, 04:51 PM	#21
LastLine macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2005	Sorry to bump up an old thread, but what sorts of video can I import into After Effects? I've got a composition ready but can't import an AVI or MOV into it, should it accept these formats (MOV from iMovie particuarly). Any thoughts what I'm doing wrong? Is it because I have the pixel size for the composition wrong, and if so how do I check how many pixels the original video is.
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