Lightsaber

[Nerve]

Can anyone reccomend me any applications which can be used to create the lightsaber effect in video?

 

[puckhead193]

i remember someone doing it on here doing it a while ago... try searching

 

[Nerve]

Will do.

 

[Savings]

Adobe AfterEffects could probably do it with motion tracking.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I would like to see that effect possible with the next version of iLife.

 

[Nerve]

I found this tutorial which looks simple and really cool!

http://www.alienryderflex.com/rotoscope/

 

[Island Dog]

Crimson FX did it, and did a fine job at it. However QT 7 broke it, and the author hasn't updated it.

http://www.lamarchefamily.net/nakedsoft/