PhotoShop - Lightsaber
Create your own lightsaber in photoshop.
1) Open a file 800x600 with a transparent background.
2) Add any color except white and black as your
background, i used gray. Make a new
layer and using the square marque tool select
a thin rectangle.
3) Pick two colors. I used blue and white. You
must use white and it must be in the
forground.
4) Now select the gradiant tool. Make sure you
select the Reflective Gradiant.
Fill in the rectange that we made in step 2. It
should look like mine.
When filling in the rectangle start at the center
of the rectangel and go to
the right, then let go when u get to the edge
of the rectangle.
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The 4th Icon is the Reflective Gradiant |
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Make a copy of this layer. On the original
layer go to FILTER > BLUR > GUASSIAN
BLUR and set it between 6-7. Then pick the
new layer and do the same thing except set
it to 3. With the new layer still picked,
set it to color dodge. You should have something
like this now. |
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Now on to the handle. Make a new layer and
using the square marque tool make a selection
that is about the size of a handle. |
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Again using the gradiant tool, except this
time we are going to use the 1st icon(pic
in step 4). The 2 colors we are going to use
are dark gray and white. Make something similar
to this, making one site dark and the other
very lite gray. |
8) With go to FILTER > RENDER > LIGHTING
EFFECTS. Heres what i did.
9) Now go to LAYER > LAYER STYLE > BEVEL
AND EMBOSS. Use these settings.
Add DROP SHADOW to the handle.
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Now make a copy of the 2nd layer that you
used to make the saber. The layer that you
set to color dodge in step 5. Move the layer
so thats its on top of the handle. your handle
should now look like the handle on the right. |
| NOTE : I rotated my lightsaber to give
it a more perspective look. If you do the
same some of the above and below settings
will have to be changed. |
11) Make a new layer and make a thin white line
across your saber handle. No go to
LAYER > LAYER STYLE > INNER SHADOW
Use these settings.
I made a copy of this layer so my saber has
2 lines going a cross.
12) You now have a basic lightsaber. I did a
little more work, basically using the techniques
from the above steps to add some more stuff to
my handle. Here is my final saber.
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