Star Wars Effects! Lightsabers and Force Lightning! (Udemy.com)

Use Adobe After effects to create professional special effects as seen in the Star Wars Films!

( 3 Reviews )

Created by: Robert Turrell

Produced in 2016

What you will learn

Create professional lightsabers and force lightning

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Course Description

In this class we will be discussing how to use Adobe After Effects to create special effects like those you have seen in the Star Wars film. This might be seem like a daunting task, but if you have the adobe creative cloud package and some patience and can imitate what I show you in the videos it should be fairly simple to create the effect. Seeing myself holding a lightsaber like what I saw in the films was always sort of childhood fantasy for me and now I can actually get pretty close to what we see in movies.
By watching these videos you will understand how After Effects uses masks, built in effects and colors, along with the process of adjusting videos frame by frame. For me as I was learning these things I started to understand the process of after effects and how the same tools are used for different visual effects. Once I created a simple 3 second video of a lightsaber I was motivated and stimulated to keep making different movies with these effects. My goal is that this information is digestable and you can begin to see the potential of the program combined with your own vision and creativity.Who this course is for:

Those interested in DIY special fx for fun home movies

Time: 42m

Instructor Details

Robert Turrell

4.7 Rating
3 Reviews

Rob Turrell is an award winning guitarist, singer, and songwriter from southern California who has been playing professionally for 21 years.
In 2012 Rob was awarded the Sunlight of the Spirit Award' for an original composition he wrote from ASCAP president Paul Williams in New York and shared the stage with Jason Mraz for the ceremony.
In 2014 he was the winner of BLK Burgrz Annual Guitar Riff Off Jam' among a field of 50 other guitarists.
In 1998 he recorded original music in Nashville, TN with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox from The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Rob's guitar style is a powerful blend of Rock and Blues that has garnered attention from music enthusiasts across the country and he writes and performs for his own original band "Lime Street" based in Southern California. He has recorded and performed with members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Sublime, Paul Williams, Jimmy Webb, and many others.
In addition to a role as Pete Townshend in two different tribute bands to The Who', Rob has launched an exciting new band paying tribute to the guitar heroes Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimi Hendrix.
I am a 2015 graduate with honors from California State University Long Beach with my Bachelors Degree in Film and Electronic Arts specializing in the realm of postproduction. I have also studied aspects of cinematography, writing

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By R S

My 8 year old just finished the whole course and he LOVED IT!!! None of our family members knew how to use those Adobe software, but our son followed each direction and in about a week he successfully made a short video with all the effects! I'm sure this experience gave him a lot of confidence. Thank you so much for the amazing course!

By Rick King

I leave this rating because I love Star Wars and I wanted to learn how to do special effects for the lightsaber and lightning. And this was a good explanation. Great job! -- Nathan, 9yrs.

By Tiffany Hsieh

It's a cool step by step process on how the instructor animates a light saber and lightning, and how to adds it to a video. I wish there was a little bit more detail into some of the choices - e.g. Why do you need to make sure luminosity is checked? What happens if you don't?

But, if you're looking for a quick step by step guide, and aren't that interested in learning all the full mechanics of Adobe After Effects, then the course is great!