ArenaMaster Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I just downloades Paint.net and I want to know if you can create a lightsabe effect in it. Edited by Rick: Cut down on the number of exclamation marks ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aatwo Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 go here, read it and instal the glow plugin. http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewt ... 24&start=0 when that's done.... - Open paint.net - Hold control and press A and then let go and press delete. This will delete all the white parts of the canvas. - Select the rounded rectangle tool and choose a nice bright colour. - Draw the shape of a lightsaber on the screen like this... - Duplicate the layer twice. - On on the bottom duplicated layers, do a gaussian blur by about 20 units. - On the top duplicated layer use the glow plugin with the following approximate settings... 1) Glow Radius = 6 2) Glow Brightness = 44 3) Glow Contrast = 25 - Now flatten the image and violá. A cool looking light saber effect. Play with the values and you can find something to suit you. If you dont understand something just ask. Quote Deviant Art Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born2killx Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 it's voila not viola (i think a viola is a kind of flower) pretty cool, can you use the hue/saturation thing to change the color too? Quote I built my first computer at age 11! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aatwo Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 yeh if you use the hue effect it actually makes some of them (especially the blue one) look a lot nicer. Quote Deviant Art Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaMaster Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 Thanks for your help! Using this as a guide I came up with my own method, without the glow plugin, which I will post in the tutorials section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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