Our first project of the year in my Game Design class was to work with and learn about the saber plugin in Adobe After Effects. The saber plugin lets you adjust the glow and brightness, the sizing and so much more. Something really cool that the plugin lets you do are that you’re not limited to just making a lightsaber, you can make words flow, make a sphere, and more. For this project, we filmed a video with a partner of us sword fighting with sticks. We then put that footage into After Effects and put the lightsabers onto those sticks. In my video, I learned how to keyframe the sabers frame by frame, make multiple masks and keyframe those, and I learned how to customize my own lightsabers. I really liked working with this plugin because you have so much freedom and when you want to do something, there is most likely a way to make it happen. I feel that it was a lot of work to move the lightsaber for EVERY frame. I really wish there was a way to lock it down to something that way whenever it moved the lightsaber would move with it. I did have some obstacles with learning how to make and keyframe the masks when I needed and when I needed them to not be there, but I think it turned out okay in the end. Overall I thought this project was really fun and a great way to start off the year!
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