Does anyone know...

ChickenSoup

ChickenSoup

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How to make lightsaber effects with GIMP? I tried and made somewhat of a lightsaber but it looks laaame... I'll keep trying though, but it'd be easier if there was an actual method to it :p
 
Within secondlife we used lots and lots of alpha layers to simulate the "glow" effect. I am guessing the right combination of blur would cause the same effect. Probably 2 layers, the inner portion of the blade, then the outer. Use a gaussian blur and you might come out with something resembling the blade.

something I threw together in a few seconds:
lightsaber_ex.png
To increase quality a little you can use the "shrink" selection utility in gimp to feather the edges to make em more round. Of course making the blade something besides a square can help also :p
 
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