I have been looking all over for tutorials in how to use the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulator Project) to do lightsabre blades. The GIMP has a Hollywood cousin called Cinepaint. Both are F/OSS and run on just about any and every platform capable of doing the job. (PC+Win32, PC+Linux, Mac OS X)
I'm putting the links down here and putting down for the night but I want to play with this and show you what comes of it. I have the perfect pic to do a test with (my most recent sabre creation in its full-length pictorial debut) and it should be a piece of cake to get rid of the tell tale shadow that says "no, that isn't a real lightsabre."
Here's the GIMP tutorial for stills...
and here's the Cinepaint tutorial for video rotoscoping.
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How do you make a lightsabre? It's easier than you think.
About this blog...
This is inspired by a workshop run by Shawn Crosby and David Milano at Anime Los Angeles 2, 2006. I am indebted to them and others in the Star Wars fandom in So Cal for their generosity and willingness to teach us willing padawans.
This also has absolutely ZIP ZILCH NADA to do with Lucasfilm, or 20th Century Fox.
Lucas trademarks used under Fair Use and with attribution. No money is charged for this information. No Tauntauns (R) were harmed in the making of this blog.
My Lightsabre Tutorial
Unofficial Fandom Sites
SW Propmaking
- The Big Yellow Box of lightsabres. Metal shop sabres.
- Graflica Project: Did you get an A in metal shop? You might want to go here to learn the ways of lightsabre-craft.
- Jedi Lightsaber
- The Lightsaber, by Luuke. Lots of lightsabre lore, and inspirational pix.
- Padawan's Guide lightsabre page
- The Parts of Star Wars: Very instructive.
- PVC Lightsabres
- The Sabresmith. Lightsabres, clothing, philosophy.