Jaffa Staff Blast

[Aruna]

I did a bunch of staff blasts in the earlier seasons of SG-1. The technique is pretty straightforward. It's a bunch of paintstrokes, which are then glowed to give the impression of glowing plasma. As the staff opens, we add a crackling electricity that runs down the inside of the staff, using the same technique, a bunch of paint strokes that are adjusted to look like electricity (mostly bluish glows). Basically we create new paintstrokes on every frame since that's the easiest, and have it timed correctly so that when you play it in motion, it looks like a plasma blast is emitting out of the staff. We can finish a couple staff shots off in less than an hour.

Hope that helps!

[hoktar]

what an honor to have someone from stargate here :bowdown:
so as i am the biggest sg fan in the world :), and i also wanted to try this effect: thank you so much!!

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