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brender
03-26-2008, 07:49 PM
i have created a lightsaber in blender using halos does anyone know how i would animate it to ignite?
mitm2002
03-30-2008, 08:44 AM
Hi Brender, I'm not sure how to animate light sabers in Blender, but I've had lots of success just using After Effects. Of course, I've rotoscoped and masked real objects which I put the effect on top of. Anyway, if you decide to go the After Effects route, you can keyframe the mask's path - giving you complete control over the timing of a light saber ignition. Here's one of the best tutorials (if not the best) on making light sabers in After Effects.

http://rhys-works.com/tutorials/lightsaber/

It doesn't talk about the ignition, but I think you'll pick it up quickly if you don't already know - which you probably already do - so I'll shut up now - ha ha.

Cheers,
MITM2002
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