Rickenbacker Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Hello, all I want to make the blade of this sword glow. I'd also like to make it glow a color besides white. How would I do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 You could do this: Also, there is a plugin called Glow/Fast FX, which can be found here. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickenbacker Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Ty, Pixey! I hate to say it, but I tried both but still fumbled figuring it out. How'd you select the knife? I used the Magic Wand feature but that wasn't it. I downloaded the Fast FX, but wasn't sure how to get a different color with it. This blue sword is an ex. of what I'm trying to achieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHaveNoName Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 The main problem is the background. Doing anything specifically to the blade area of the sword is made much more difficult because of the black background. You need it to be against a transparent background and once the effect is to your satisfaction you can add the background in a layer below it. But as it is anything like glow or soft outlining of some sort can not be applied without the background also being affected. So the first job is to cut the sword image out from the background and do a much cleaner job than appears to have been done already. It looks like the sword has been cut and pasted from somewhere else. There must be better source photos or images of Viking type long swords than the one used. Try finding a suitable example that already has a transparent background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickenbacker Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 58 minutes ago, IHaveNoName said: There must be better source photos or images of Viking type long swords than the one used. Try finding a suitable example that already has a transparent background. Oh, yeah! Def'! That one was just the first to catch my eye in Google images. I can easily find or make one with a transparent background. But that's the look I'm shooting for. That or like the kind of glow a lightsabre sheds= where you can't make out the metal of the blade. Just it's shape emiting light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 11 hours ago, Rickenbacker said: Oh, yeah! Def'! That one was just the first to catch my eye in Google images. I can easily find or make one with a transparent background. But that's the look I'm shooting for. That or like the kind of glow a lightsabre sheds= where you can't make out the metal of the blade. Just it's shape emiting light. Hi @Rickenbacker I made a quick video for you: 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickenbacker Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 10 hours ago, Pixey said: Hi @Rickenbacker I made a quick video for you: Thanks so much for your time, Pixey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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