Easy Way to Create a Lightsaber
This tutorial will teach you an easy way to recreate the look of a lightsaber. We will start off with a blank, black canvas and will use an image of a lightsaber handle:
Next, use the Polygonal Lasso tool, or the Rectangular Marquee tool to make a selection that will be the blade, and fill it with White (in a new layer). You can round the edges with a Brush or Select > Modify > Smooth:
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Finally, open up the Layer Styles for the blade layer and add an Inner Glow and an Outer Glow. Choose your color and make the Spread and Size of the Outer Glow pretty big (20+), and the Choke of the Inner Glow should be 0, while the Size should be around 12px. Play around with the values to get the best result, as it will depend on your image and dimensions, etc.
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As an optional, subtle effect, you can add a gradient or brush the top of the lightsaber handle to create a more atmospheric feel, because the light is so intense, it is bound to reflect off the handle. We add the reflection into its own layer, change the Blending Mode of this layer to Color, and reduced the opacity to 50%. It's a subtle change, but sometimes those are the best:
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Do you have your “Paths” drawn out on your effect layer? If so just take your “Pen Tool” then you will have to be on the layer in which your paths are drawn out, right click and choose stroke path. Your paths should now take on a brush stroke.
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What version of Photo shop are you using? I made this tutorial with CS3 and all I needed was to check “Stimulate pressure” and it works. I didn’t change any settings on my brush, I used the default 5px brush that comes with Photoshop and it works, very strange.
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Do you have your “Paths” drawn out on your effect layer? If so just take your “Pen Tool” then you will have to be on the layer in which your paths are drawn out, right click and choose stroke path.
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What version of Photo shop are you using? I made this tutorial with CS3 and all I needed was to check “Stimulate pressure” and it works. I didn’t change any settings on my brush, I used the default 5px brush that comes with Photoshop
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