Star Wars Hologram Filter

[PhantomFury]

I have seen multiple tutorials on how to create this effect, but given that Paint.NET have no up to date pattern plugin that works, can somebody make a SW hologram filter? If not, a link to the most up-to-date and version 4.0 capable pattern plugin?

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Example image?

[Maximilian]

Maybe something like this:

 

Edited March 17, 2020 by toe_head2001
Fixed broken Postimg image

[Ego Eram Reputo]

@ReMake just posted a tutorial on a new plugin he has created http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/107483-codelab-first-steps-color-sketch/

 

Reckon the technique that created the second image would make a close approximation of that spaceship. So try this...

 

 

Invert Colors effect (Adjustments -> Invert Colors or apply a combination of keys Ctrl+Shift+I).

[Cc4FuzzyHuggles]

This is kind of a cool tutorial : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/28305-mini-tuts/#entry408858

 

You could also try placing the hologram object on it's own layer, then apply an effect to it, and then lower that layer's opacity.
(how to use layers?)

Here are some plugins you might like, that you could apply to your object to make it look like a hologram:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/30276-glitch-effect-plugin-polyglitch-v14b/

 

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/4681-jitter/

 

Or you could add a new layer above your object's layer, and render some lines. Then lower the opacity of both your object layer and the lines layer.

Here are some nice line plugins:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/5972-simple-lines-plugin/

 

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/30417-parallel-lines-and-patterns/

 

If you want to make some light rays for your hologram, here is a plugin and tutorial that you might find helpful:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/4495-light-rays-ymd100714/

 

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/25488-adding-realistic-light-rays-to-a-photo/

Edited February 18, 2016 by Cc4FuzzyHuggles

[MJW]

I assume you're after something kind of like this:

 

To get the lines, I used Ed Harvey's Stylize>Halftone plugin with the Shape set the Line Centered, the Size set to 4, the Angle set to 0, and the Contrast and Brightness adjusted to get a relative clear, detailed image. I then applied a Gaussian Blur with a radius of 1. I followed this with a Photo>Glow.

 

The color's overly blue, but I'll explain the basic idea anyway. After erasing the photo's background, I duplicated the image. On the top layer, I used the Halftone and Gaussian Blur method just described, with the Secondary color set to bluish. The lower layer was disabled. I then set the top layer's blend mode to multiply and enabled the lower layer. I adjusted the lower layer's saturation to get a bluish cast with some color (I could have used more color). I merged the layers, then applied the Glow.

 

EDIT: After looking at some Google images, I found the Star Wars holograms were usually bluish, not green, so I recolored the image. I'm not sure it's better, though. Maybe I'll try to improve it later on.

Edited February 18, 2016 by MJW

[dipstick]

It would probably look better flickering.

 

[david.atwell]

It would probably look better flickering.

 

Gonna give people a seizure like that! Maybe try a 4-frame animation: 100%, 75%, 50%, 75% transparency.  Much easier on the eyes.

[dipstick]

That was just a proof of concept that I made in 30 seconds, it's not meant as a final product. Obviously one would tweak it to their needs. Something like this one I made in 3 minutes, maybe?

 

[Maximilian]

Looking nice and quite close to the holograms in the movies, I think!

 

Perhaps the hologram may be a little more transparent so that you can see more of the background through the hologram, if I correctly remember the see-through features of holograms in the Star Wars movies, but all in all looking nice for a quickie.

[dipstick]

OK, I reduced the opacity and added a glow. I think the star wars hologram had a glow to it, if I remember correctly. This is the end of my input here, if anyone has a better idea go for it.

 

[Maximilian]

This last one looks closer to the movies, I believe. I'll see if I can have a go at it myself (would be the first time I make a hologram).