After you add your stylization effects, simply turn your transfer mode to Screen and adjust any of your effects as needed.
The Fast Blur effect makes your lightsaber seem a little more organic, while the Glow effect adds color to the white layer if you’ve set the Glow Colors to A&B Colors. The two that I use every time are Fast Blur and Glow. Now it’s time to add a few quick stylization effects. Precompose both your alpha mask and your lightsaber layer. This will automatically hide your masking layer in your timeline and create a hole where your subject should be. Position your masking layer above your lightsaber layer and change the track matte to Alpha Inverted. Quick Tip: Make sure to trim your mask layer so that it doesn’t accidentally cover up your lightsaber in any other parts of your composition.Īfter you mask and keyframe your alpha mask, it’s time to set your track matte. To do this, create a new solid and mask out the areas where your lightsaber should be behind your subject. Our example above is fairly easy we’ll just have to mask out our subject’s head. Next, create a mask so your lightsaber will not cross in front of your subject if it’s actually supposed to be behind your subject. By using four mask points, you can keep the exact same points at the top and bottom throughout the entire animation. If you use more than four, you might begin to get confused about which part is supposed to be at the base of the lightsaber and which part is supposed to be at the top of the lightsaber.
Try to keep your mask to only four points. Next, mask and keyframe the solid so that it surrounds the motion blur of the lightsaber from your reference footage. The label I chose for my solid: Purple Lightsaber. Once you’ve imported your footage into a new After Effects composition, create a new white solid. In this tutorial I’m using a clip from Shutterstock. The first thing you need in order to create a lightsaber effect is some great footage. (Subtly waves hand.) This is the tutorial you’re looking for. Let’s take a look at how to create your very own lightsaber in After Effects using 100% native plugins. If you’ve used After Effects for any amount of time, chances are you’ve wanted to create a Star Wars effect at least once or twice. Image above from Star Wars: The Force Awakens Unleash your inner Jedi (or Sith) with this quick guide to creating a lightsaber in After Effects.
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