05/13/2013

when i download the project floder i dont see it in after effects. im running cs6

05/07/2013

I need help with this. See my video have individual parts that need to have the obscures in it and I can only put one track matte on the first obscure. Does there happen to be a way to trim the solid on the comp window or a way to add more obscures to the light saber effect?

05/03/2013

soooooooooo, niceeeeeee__D

03/28/2013

Hey mike he means After Effects 7 not after effects CS7 After Effects 7 is the old version of after Effects.
Great Video Andrew you have transformed my skills in After Effects And I love your products aswell you are the best.

03/14/2013

what do you mean after effects cs 7

03/13/2013

hey Andrew sir i am not be able to download this preset please help me out there..............

02/01/2013

what website]?

10/19/2012

ah, yes, now I'm using this with the new element 3d and boy are those fruits gettin' sliced!±!!!!! wait, I'm not done: !!!!!!

I'm playing ketchup, not with newly sliced tomatoes, but cramming all these tuts to catch up with everybody else!!!
asante sana, ndugu wangu

10/13/2012

It's so good!

09/28/2012

me and my dad want to have the element 3d but it says we need a Adobe After Effect and was woundering do u know a plase that sells any of the programs for pretty cheap. like $100-$300 dollors if you do please tell us. Thank you.

07/31/2012

you can do it a plug-in and make it for cs4,cs5,cs5.5 and cs6 thanks

09/09/2012

is light sabers are in after effects cs5.5? if yes how to open

07/22/2012

it is very good, my son ( std-7th) & my self very happy to see this tutorial

I will buy it if possible,

Regards

07/07/2012

Hi! Your tutorials are amazing! I have completed many tutorials (lynda.com) and now I'm watching all of your tutorials! My name is also andrew :) I know I'm not your level, but wouldn't it be easier to track the first and end point of the saber and give those positions in your preset?

06/29/2012

I knew you would do a LS tutorial at some point. As Brandon from Freddiew said, everyone VFX person plays with LS at some point in their life, same with VFX people who do tutorials. haha.

I'm glad i know how to do it without the preset so i dont feel like im cheating myself when i use it. lol

Keep up the good work im learning so much from you and hope to some day be to your level and maybe work along side you on a project.

06/21/2012

i have to one question to you how to we step the plug-in in the after effect .(trapcode)

06/21/2012

YAY IM GOING TO EXPLODE

05/12/2012

i'm learning so many thing from this site,,
love all ur's tut...they are great...

04/13/2012

I think the file I downloaded is screwed up. I downloaded vc_presets.zip, and then put all the folders into c:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects CS5/Support Files/Presets/AndrewKramer/VFX. Then, I opened up AE and tried to test this. It's basically screwed up, because it shows pretty much none of the new features, and when I select it, it states:
After Effects warning: Class 'Effect' has no property or method named 'Perspective'
Expression disabled.

Error occurred at line 3.
Comp: 'goo! lightsaber'
Layer:1 ('White Solid 3')
Property: 'Starting Thickness'

07/07/2012

Like Andrew Kramer said, this preset works only on old versions of after effects (6.5 and 7). After effects CS5 is after effects 10. That's why it's not working

06/29/2012

i got the answer for this prob:
had the same problem....you just have to use another language thats all.
in the projectfolder are different versions for the plugin..so try all out one should work fine (testes with AE CS4)

04/20/2012

hey...! try extracting it directly from the zip file to the preset folder...

04/03/2012

I love Andrew! In a very heterosexual way! "Bromance"? yesss thank you

03/22/2012

i discovered that something that goes well with this is a lense flare

02/14/2012

Thanks, now my school project gonna look EPIC!

01/09/2012

where can I download that file?

12/08/2011

when a copy the preset, AE says that's an error, and don't even open it, please fix the preset :(

11/30/2011

please AND. what have i not done right, am useing CS4 but when i copied the light saber to my preset folder it does not apper on the preset window, what should i do?

02/15/2012

i had the same problem as you when i first used this preset
try zooming out of your comp and when you start the light saber preset you should notice that it has spawned itself out side of the frame, to fix just drag it back into the frame

hope this helped

11/26/2011

Great tutorial, I disloiked nothing about it, have I ever been lying? I mean when I'm encouraging, I wish I made this tutorial, it is just so awesome, but anyways, see ya!

10/18/2011

What am I doing wrong? when I download the presets, my mac version of AE CS5 cant read any of them. Adobe Bridge doesn't even register that the folder or any of it's content exists.

10/17/2011

when i drag the preset says: no saber controls, and then when i try to move the saber there´s no blur.

09/29/2011

superbb tutorials.......
just need to tell u...when tutorial video gets finished,the total bufferring memory get lost and i need to buffer the whole video again to watched the desired part from the video....please suggest any solution.thank you

09/27/2011

"Missing : Saber Controls"
I get the "missing" comment in the effects controls panel.
I've installed installing in both Presets and Plugins and same result. See a couple on this thread have had a similar issue. Using CS4. Any advice appreciated! Thanks.

08/26/2011

Nice tutorial. Look like you can put your thumbs up for any kind of VFX challenge.you are great

dude do more tutorials focused on Film VFX. please. cause I am a 3D animation & film vfx guy and working "visual mirror",Bangladesh.

08/22/2011

I love you Andrew~Thanks for your tutorial.

08/21/2011

To do wnload the preset simple go to http://videocopilot.net/presets

08/18/2011

is there anyway to get one light saber to go behind the other

08/03/2011

pleeaseee put the footage as well on your tutorials!

08/03/2011

how can i dod this

06/25/2011

plz send me a blueprint if u can ill be waiting

06/24/2011

THANKS YOU ANDREW KRAMER ;) im impressioned my brothers with light sabrer (i dont speak good in eglish because im french )

06/24/2011

cant find download

06/20/2011

i cant do the translation whit the blur turning on :( please help, or make a more good tutorial ;)

06/09/2011

Download the presets from WHAT website? Please answer!

07/22/2011

click the project files and it will auto download

07/01/2011

project files

06/20/2011

This website. It says project files in a gray box up above. You just then copy it into your presets file in After Effects. which would be: " C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS4\Support Files\Presets ". On After Effects you would then go to the presets and in the "English" folder (which you copied into there) click on "video Copilot" and click on the "light saber V2.1" (second from the bottom) then use the same named file.

06/18/2011

can dont be so rude?juz download the project file...

06/07/2011

I'm still getting the rounded edges with version 2. I'm on CS5.5. Did something change or am I doing it wrong?

01/08/2012

gosh, I rofled so hard xDD

06/07/2011

God I'm a noob. Didn't have motion blur toggled on.

06/01/2011

I really like this website. And I'm new with Adobe After Effects. I have a mac, and I have CS5, and the motion blur is not working. For the Light saber. Did anyone else face this? If so, please reply saying the resolution.
I'm also having problems with importing sound when I import video, and the quicktime that I imported had sound, please respond.

08/26/2011

you guy make sure that you enabled Motion blur for the Light saber layer in the timeline and also turn on motion blur for global(it's located on the top of the timeline panel. just click it). works fine, proved.

06/07/2011

Make sure you have motion blur turned on for the composition AND for the light saber layer. Still working on audio myself.

05/24/2011

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03/13/2011

It also works with CS5... just do what "Butterz" describes 2 comments under me

03/05/2011

Great tutorial. Only additional thing I would do is extend the saber down into the hilt a little bit, then mask it out at the top of the hilt or blade guard (looks a little more realistic).

02/28/2011

Yes, this DOES work in CS3 & CS4. I am doing a video as a school project using CS4. So when someone says it is not supported with that version, chances are they're doing something wrong. Just Cut the "Light_Saber_v2.1" folder (from the "Project Files" link on this site) and Paste it in " C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS4\Support Files\Presets " Open AE CS4 and it's there. If AE is already open, close the program and re-open it. Hope this helps.

02/27/2011

You can also do a tutorial with a visible force from star wars,as in star wars the fores unleashed 2

03/08/2011

That Should be pretty easy, ive made it myself. I took some pictures of light through water, colored it blue, added some turbulent displace to it and animated it. Done!

02/26/2011

i downloaded the file and when i try to open using bridge after effects says "After Effects: Cant import file usopported filetype or extension" please help i love this website i use all the time btw

02/23/2011

Hey Andrew,

Working on this preset with CS5 and i'm getting this error:
After Effects Warning: Class 'Effect' has no has no property or method named 'Soften': Expression disabled.
Error occurred at line 2.
Comp: 'Lightsaber Duel'
Layer: 1 ('Blue Saber')
Property: 'Blurriness'

SO yeah when i bring up the preset i end up getting this really bent and warped cone instead of the sleek saber it normally is.
I can't even put it back into normal shape.

Anyways nice tutorials and thanks for any help!
~Tay

02/20/2011

i made it there was a thew mistakes but i got it and its pretty sweet this is an awesome tutorial but sometimes you forget to say what did you click

02/20/2011

I LIKE STAR WARS ALOT OH CAN I HAVE YOUR LIGHTSABER I WILL PAY YOU 100 BUCKS IF YOU GIVE THE LIGHTSABER PLEASE I AM YOU BIGGEST FAN FOREVER TELL ME WHERE LIVE I WILL COME BACK TOMMOROW

02/17/2011

it says mising controls and it makes probloms

02/12/2011

I like it!
It's very Good!
The man is very funny!

02/11/2011

what program does this go to

01/31/2011

Hi! I made all in the tutorial and it works. But in my video, the saber passes behind me two times in the same scen. I can't cover it the same way twice. It just wont cover the saber again. And if I switch position of the layers I may cover the saber again, but the other cover is gone. Please help.

01/28/2011

sorry for a double comment but i ran into another problem after fixing the other, how do I make the blue obscure appear twice (my lightsaber goes behind me, then in front, then behind again). Im a little new so i need the answer to be very understandable

03/28/2011

You can use Mask Expansion and Opacity settings to kinda make the mask appear and disappear again. Hope this helps! ;)

01/28/2011

i cant move the points on the blue obscure, i can only move the whole thing

01/23/2011

Hey there Andrew, if your reading this, i downloaded the whole presets package and i tried doing to the light saber effect on a project and the preset,Light_Saber_V2, will not let me move it around freely.

01/07/2011

Excellent preset.

Personally I add a glow effect. They look more realistic to me.


http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9582/sanstitrekl.jpg


More tutorials to star wars fans :)

12/28/2010

im very confused, were do i get the lightsaber download and is it free

01/14/2011

go to AE Presets and there it says Free Presets. =D

01/10/2011

click on project files.

01/08/2011

in the tutorial page, click on "project files" and download

12/25/2010

Thank you very much for this perfect tutorial ! I'm beginner and it is really easy to understand ! :)

12/23/2010

Whenever I drag in the solid layer it doesn't show the color ( go over ) the video. Then when I drag the preset it doesn't show the video behind it. Instead of the video, it's a black background with the lightsaber on it.

06/20/2011

where do you make a glowing lightsaber?

12/23/2010

is their a free download for this

12/11/2010

Cool Tutorials :D
I thought Sony vegas was the best , before i saw After effects HAHA

04/23/2011

Sony Vegas is a video editing program. AE is a visual effecs program. They are in the same family but not the same thing.

11/26/2010

I have some problem with version two of the lightsaber plugin. When I create a new layer and drags Light_saber_v2 into my movie it comes up. This favorite contains 4 reference to missing effects. Please install the following effects to restore these refences. ("Alpha Levels", "Simple Choker")

Do i have to import those plugins into AFX to make my light saber work correctly. The lightsaber comes up but the shutter speed dont working. I have adobe after effect 7.0

03/01/2011

I know the problem... I've got the same... The reason in my case was that I had the standard edition of After Effects 7.0... You need the professional edition..

12/12/2010

u gotta drag it in ur plugins

11/26/2010

hello sir, i am a student, i became a fan of urs after seeing ur works. truelly, the way u explain the tutorials are awesome. thanks for ur help

11/15/2010

I know your getting this a lot right now, but I downloaded the project and saved the file in my presets and CS5 says that it's not encrypted. What is going on? I tried V1 and it didn't do that but it's not reading that either. please help.

11/15/2010

Any chance we can get these great presets ported to work with AE 6.5?

11/12/2010

hello guys. i have the cs4. it works but i have one problem with the composition settings. i am changing the shutter angle but nothing happens. did anyone have the same problem. do you know a solution?

11/10/2010

Any hope for an update to use with CS5? I know that you are limited on time as I am sure you are in great demand for your skill.

Thank You

Mike T

06/20/2011

how do you do that because this my first time.

12/29/2010

It works fine under Cs5 on win 7.

11/04/2010

Guys please help.
whenever i go to use the pen tool for the obscure layer (08:38 in the tutorial timeline)After effects Automatically makes a 'Shape layer' how do i turn this off??

10/10/2010

help me i downloaded it 5 times and it want wor somebody help me please

09/30/2010

Hey I was just wondering how to do an awesome title effect for final cut pro 7! or do u have any tutorials that would be similar to using final cut?

09/27/2010

hi im trying to do this tutorial but im using cs4 do you have plugin for cs4? or how we can fix this?

09/13/2010

hi! i was wondering but will the project if i download it, work perfectly on adobe after effects cs4???

or will i need cs5???

cheers

09/13/2010

Anyone can give me the link with this plugin for AE cs3 plz i cant find it

Thank you

09/10/2010

Thanks a lot. Works heaps better than the old one. Even if your after the white solid look. I managed to apply motion tracking to it and it followed it very smoothly, thanks.

08/28/2010

Is there a way to lock the lenght of the lightsaber?
I never seem to get it just right :(
thanks in advance

08/07/2010

Can you do a lightsaber throw tutorial? Please?

07/29/2010

THE BLADE OF A SAVER

07/21/2010

Hi. I have this issue with the lightsaber glow right.
So i have figured out how to move it on the prop, to make multiple obscure layers, etc.
However, when i make an obscurity layer of where i want, the glow isn't over the layer, but is everywhere where it should be outside of the layer.
When i drag the lightsaber_glow preset onto my composition, it jsut colours the invisible obscurity solid and doesn't cover it in glow. I ahve tried putting it on the actual footage, different composition in the workflow.
Any help please?

07/11/2010

I had trouble with this one, i couldnt seem to be alble to get the sabre to pass behind more than once. I discoverd you had too add them into a new composition Ha ha.

05/25/2010

Great Effect, but what to do when crossing the blades?

Some tutorials???

Thanxxx!!!

Greetz
Thomas

05/23/2010

Ok, for you who don't know where / how to get the lightsaber preset, download the project and extract whatever language you speak into After Effects' Program Files, under Presets.

05/23/2010

Will these presets work if I have CS5...If so i'm having a little trouble getting them into adobe.

05/22/2010

thanks andrew. i just don't know where to download this

05/18/2010

How do I install this preset on Adobe After Effects because whenever I download it and try to extract the files and open it it says "windows cannot open these files." What do I do?

05/17/2010

Muito obrigado por esse belo material de graça !
Você realmente merece os parabéns! Deve ter muito trabalho para disponibilizar esse ótimo material de graça!

Obrigado mesmo e parabéns, bom trabalho!

05/04/2010

How do you make the saber stick to the prop?

05/04/2010

Cool and nice plugin
but when I try to use it , it's not working
when I drag/drop the plugin into the white solid it shows nothing only a red frame , what should I ??
thanks

05/04/2010

Well, i looked at the prices of After Effects... it's a thousand bucks for the cheap version. Any other way to accomplish this without breaking the bank?

05/04/2010

Hello Mr. Kramer. I have been watching your video tutorials and your showers for quite some time now. And I've learned quite a bit of valuble information about filmmaking. First off, I must ask how you managed to reach that far into Sam. Me and my good friend David Harmin can never seem to get the length just right. My attendance at south effingham high school has left me very stressful, and I just can't seem to make my lightsaber glow as much as it used to, it seems to be faulty and quite floppy. I really like how red you made Sam's lightsaber, and I would like to have the same effect in my own films. Soon I am going to be making a adult film with Justin Kieth, and it is going to be about a lone jedi named Master Bate and his death star. Wish me luck. I'm Josh Brown, and I'm cool.

05/04/2010

Listen andrew kramer i seriously loved your video..now if you can shiow me how to do this to porn itd help me out alot seeing that i am a porn producer...we could use special effects and make thm very steamy...i live in effingham,ga..give me a call

04/29/2010

what program is he using?

04/23/2010

Love this effect preset and the tutorial makes a difficult task easy. but why isn't there a function to limit the start and endpoint distance, so ones lightsaber reference can be shorter but still easily provide a foolproof way to not get a changing blade size. May just be me being inexperianced;).

-frank

04/05/2010

hi, i have tried this out and it works but when i want it to go behind something more than once i can't. making a new solid wont work because you can alpha invert it any help?

03/29/2010

do i buy the program or some thing cuz i can't download it. i've benn looking for this type of program for months now. please respond with an e-mail to my adress please!!!!!

03/23/2010

Yeah working on cs3 but blur doesn't working no blur effects on the moves i mean.

can you publish new version ?

03/20/2010

it seems to work mostly fine with AE cs4 but on the saber glow it says Missing:saber glow? but it still works but not all the time? a way around this? also im on a mac

02/23/2010

Why on my project werite : Missing Saber_Controls??
Help, i don't know what to do...