Josh Lloyd

HI SCRATCH...

I am using Final Cut Studio 6.0.4. I did the 3D graphics in MOTION by applying a replicator tool to the text I worked up in PHOTOSHOP CS3.

I started to use my AfterFX but then decided against it due to time restraint. Working within that software can be a beast when it comes time to render.

I also didn't want to spend a whole lot of time rendering a really awesome light saber. For what its worth, the one I built works just fine. Its just a frame by frame animation. I built the saber in photoshop then dropped a glow effect on it in FCP. Its two layers, one white underneath to give it more tone & one red or whichever color u would want to use layered on top.

I hope this helps. Where RU located? We should collaborate on a project if your near by.

Later,

Josh@altasky