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Adobe After Effects Light Saber Fight.

By Top Star Wars Toys, July 25, 2010 Star Wars Videos

 

My first real attempt at special effects animation using Adobe After Effects. Major thanks to the creators of “Ryan Vs Dorkman” for the unedited footage to practice one. The clip contains quite a number of errors and mistakes, but I doubt you will notice them as much as I do. I’m really pleased with this, and really proud… it took a LOT of trial and error but I got there in the end. Enjoy =)
Video Rating: 4 / 5

 

a special occasion speech I gave for speech class one semester, complete with lightsabers, Jedi robes, and Dark Lords of the Sith

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50 Comments - Add Yours
ElonsProductions

July 25, 2010

Choreography WIN.

byAlf

July 25, 2010

muy bueno

drago9961

July 25, 2010

shanghai made a lightsaber for only 190+ dollars :D DD

Unt0utch4ble

July 25, 2010

Awesome vid! But can you help me?
How do you have the light sabers appear behind and not in front of you? And also, when you move closer to the camera, how do you enlarge the lightsabers size for that segment? Thanks in advance!!!

Jukeboxheroswsprod

July 26, 2010

how do you do this?! freaking awsome fencing too

ToxiicKiwi

July 26, 2010

that was a good fight ;P

vJuelsv

July 26, 2010

haha wtf dude that insane i just got it and it looks complicated as hell

SgtAlec97

July 26, 2010

DAMN!

SoCSniper

July 26, 2010

Man, i have to say, that that was absoloutely OUTSTANDING! That looked so professional and like a real Star Wars fight. Just, incredible.

ThyReturner

July 26, 2010

Fantastic!

SnowConeHospitalers

July 26, 2010

jesus…it took me 2 hours for four seconds I salute you sir

Phositis

July 26, 2010

Did you do this frame by frame?

tansu87

July 26, 2010

10/10

FluffyDestroyerOfMen

July 26, 2010

Where did you get the sound effects? I’m afraid my own meagre efforts have failed to produce any sort of lead…

e36maf3

July 26, 2010

would look better with color correction but good stuff anyway

cookingwithanarchy

July 26, 2010

@DnRprodxIL Uhhhhh…. I wasn’t the one who said to make a tutorial. I wanted to see their final project.

But, to address you, the reason why someone asks other amateurs is because it’s a learning process. If someone wants to share information, why would you try to stifle that? People are excited and want to share with others.

Anyway, take care and have a good weekend.

DnRprodxIL

July 26, 2010

@cookingwithanarchy why should he make a tutorial when it clearly states that it is ryan vs. dorkman footage. Wouldn’t you think to check out their website and read THEIR tutorial instead of relying on an amateur?

ekjasdevi

July 26, 2010

wow really cool!!can u make a tutorial showing how to make this?

cookingwithanarchy

July 26, 2010

Very good job! Looks fantastic!

Did you guys make that as just a test? If so, I’d love to see if you had a final project you were working on.

Again, good job! :)

jania248C

July 26, 2010

please you can make a tutorial of that video effect?

WindowsWithUs

July 26, 2010

Very good video love the smoke nice touch

Einheit396

July 26, 2010

Awsome

riddlebizzy

July 26, 2010

MAD AS, i was gonna do it but light saber was too hard hah

Regna

July 26, 2010

Really good i love the smoke when they clash

96678799

July 26, 2010

muinto meneiro

Droideka133

July 26, 2010

What is the name of the form when you hold the lightsaber backwards like Starkiller and Ahsoka Tano?

TheMartialartsJedi

July 26, 2010

@avengedman666

form 3 was developed for blaster defence, that’s why it not so good in a duel, and just delays the invertible, but excellent for deflecting blaster bolts.

avengedman666

July 26, 2010

im a stick and sword fighter and i personaly think form 3 is useless because i have yet to have time to let my opponent “get tired” most fights are usually only a couple of moves long if its one on one fight, if its multiple opponents you might be able to have the fight last 30 seconds or longer if you actually win, so form 4 or 5 are probably the most realistic forms since they have speed and power, and never mind the spinning or aerobatics that will usually get you a date with the blade end

TwistedAperture

July 26, 2010

@kevingong It’s difficult to say, but his fighting style is close to Shien :D

AnTiHeRo562

July 26, 2010

@avengedman666 haha yeah seriously, people don’t understand star wars, and honestly i use the quotes from yoda on an everyday basis! if i were to be there when you did your lightsaber battle i would honestly think you would be the coolest person ever!

AnTiHeRo562

July 26, 2010

dude that is so awesome!!! school speech! how cool are you!

kevingong

July 26, 2010

What form does Star Killer use?

dudetinaction12

July 26, 2010

hey next time you do someting like that make sure to include the JAR-KAI form. just friendly advice.

Splinter4077

July 26, 2010

@bl4ckm4ge At least they were laughing, rather than pointing fingers and hissing right?

VampireYoshi

July 26, 2010

I think a way that might enable such people as these to take it more seriously would be to cross IC references over with the OOC, “source material” concepts they were taken from; that is to say, many of the Eastern teachings on swordsmanship, especially those of the Japanese samurai. The writers of Star Wars might put in a lot of frivolity into the tales, but when it has come to actual COMBAT forms, they’ve asked actual instructors to instruct THEM on how it should be written/shown.

14peyton

July 26, 2010

@bl4ckm4ge yeah i know. you could use real swords because these are real forms. most people don’t realize that you don’t want to use real swords. we will be cool someday when we have all the money. hahaha

RinluJedi

July 26, 2010

For middle school, for both years in each talent show, I did a lightsaber battle.

7th: I was more of the Form III user.
8th: I was a Form II, III, V and VIII user. (Even though my opponent managed to stab his lightsaber in between my eyes and whacked his blade on my right eye.)

avengedman666

July 26, 2010

when i was in teh eigth grade i did my speech on the different ships and fighters in star wars……needless to say nobody got it, then a few months later we had to re-create parts from hamlet so me and my friend did a fight scene with lightsabers and failed because hamlet didnt use a lightsaber…people just dont get star wars

johnsonjarvisjervis

July 26, 2010

@jackiechanmonro duuuuuuuuuuuuuude…. lol

darkmatter77

July 26, 2010

your my hero !

ultraprime501

July 26, 2010

@bl4ckm4ge I now, people mock me when I talk about Star Wars.

morphinzeliel

July 26, 2010

well… you win my respect !!

powertyuiop

July 26, 2010

EIGHT PPL DONT LIKE THIS ( they need to BE BANNED FROM YOUTUBE AND TOONTOWN )

Verithiell

July 26, 2010

I wonder how would people react on it in Poland… ehh thats why I would like to lvie in America.

Yeesha8679

July 26, 2010

@jackiechanmonro

Don’t be so nit-picky. Soresu-kai and Soresu-ko are just variants of Form III, while Shien and Djem So are just variants of Form V. Vaapad and Juyo refer to the same thing (although the later is most known as a Sith variant). Jar’Kai is more of a *style* than a form, referring to fighting with two blades.

Besides, lightsaber combat is a fictional martial art applied to a fictional weapon. Interpretations between users will be different.

jonathanparra123

July 26, 2010

haha you’ve got balls!! respect!

jackiechanmonro

July 26, 2010

You forgot Jar’Kai and your opening stance on Djem so was wrong! And also, the forms are 11…
1.Shii-Cho
2.Makashi
3.Soresu-kai
4.Soresu-ko
5.Ataru
6.Shien
7.Djem So
8.Niman
9.Jar’Kai
10.Juyo
11.Vaapad

TheXppx3

July 26, 2010

The people who laugh just don’t think, because lightsaber combat does have a practical use in the real world, such as Mikashi is derived from fencing

KingCaseyIXI

July 26, 2010

he knew people would laugh at him and besides i thought that was freaking epic

TheMartialartsJedi

July 26, 2010

cool 5 stars! i personaly study form II my self.

everyone who laughs are just stupid, they have no understanding.

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