How to Make Lightsabers in Blender (the hard way, and the easy way)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- If you feel like supporting things like this! / ianhubert
0:21
Constructing the Lightsaber
0:51
The Hard Way - Rotoscoping the blade
2:31
Masking Foreground Objects
3:07
The Easy Way - Tracking the blade
4:17
Modeled a lightsaber in blender
5:45
The decision we all must take.
Stuff's gettin' a bit TFN2004 in here! This is mostly just me making a video for teenage me from the past.
I use an HDRI from hdrihaven.com, which is an amazing amazing resource.
Download Blender at Blender.Org
Anakin played by Michael Dopieralski 
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Ctrl + H on a selected vertex will hook constrain it to an empty object. As always extreme amount of knowledge in a short video. Well done!!!
AH! Thank you!! I should have known there was a hotkey!!
Find out how to make an interior in 1 minute.
I never even knew you could constrain a vertex to an empty in Blender. I feel like I'm not using the full potential of Blender LOL.
@Begin Transformation yes but... better
@@GeorgeMutambuka is there a limit?
For those of you who are here for more than just “memes and lulz”, this is pretty much an entire semester of VFX school in 6 minutes. Pay attention and maybe save some money lol.
Thank you, I really enjoy learning this way!
This is more true than anyone would guess
school is overrated
Sabe A LOT of money bruh.
Thanks to channels like this i spend most of my money on hardware upgrades
I came for the memez, stayed for the lulz.
I learned so much and forgot so much in only 6 minutes.
SAME
Soo true. But I enjoyed it...
Yes
This is why I save these videos to come back to every once in awhile when I need them or just for fun to help them stick in my brain
The Evangelion Reference killed me
and half of the planet
What's the Evangelion reference?
@@ayoraster2970 I DO NOT KNOW
@@ayoraster2970 wings at the end
6:00 for anyone wondering
Tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down!
Let's all just appreciate the fact that he selected an *entire* ring of faces by hand just to show us that there's an easier way xD
With all your lazy tutorials I was afraid that your longer ones wouldn't be so entertaining or useful but booy I was wrong!
You strike the perfect line of what I know and what I need to know and present it in a manner that's just plain interesting and fun!
Thanks Ob-Ian-Kenobi!
yes. these tuts are insanely well done!
No one gonna talk about the evangelion reference at 6:00
And cowboy bebop aswell
I did NOT see lightsaber-Rei coming. I'm still reeling.
I must've missed the Cowboy Bebop reference. What was it?
@@StraveTube 6:07
@@s4fwan oh man, that's there for less than a second. Well, I don't feel so bad about having missed it. Thanks!
@@StraveTube the end. See you space cowboy….
I suddenly like lytsabers™ a lot more.
*Edit:* I spelled lytsabers™ wrong so I had to fix that.
That's not how you spell it, its actually spelled "Loight saebors"
Retro Plus Nah man, it’s spelled Luightt Cibra
The correct way is löeight šcäbër
@@RetroPlus it's laser sword
Nah, it's glowing hot stick
I LOVE your humor in your tutorials
haha funny and smart youtuber!!! best VFX school ever
When I move the hooks later on the beginning frames begin to disalign and the whole animation is not aligned anymore ?
CTRL+E Extrude by normals.. man I've been looking for that for ages!
You could alternatively just hit E to extrude and then right click to escape. Then resize the new faces. CTRL+E is better though.
I usually hit E (extrude) then S (scale) then Shift + X/Y/Z (makes the scale command ignore the selected Axis).
The lightsaber on the video could work with E > S > Shift+Z.
When I move the hooks later on the beginning frames begin to disalign and the whole animation is not aligned anymore ?
i cant play vidio in image texture when i press space, any suggestion?
@@murilokleine or press alt+E and choose extrude among normals
2:25 - This, while slightly better than "going frame by frame" as suggested a bit earlier, is still a (common) mistake. The efficient way to rotoscope (or manually align things in general) is to start by placing keyframes at very large intervals (several seconds, ultimately the _whole_ clip - i.e., one at the start and one at the end) and then add a keyframe, within that interval, *on the frame with the largest error*. Keep repeating this and you'll end up with the smallest possible number of manual keyframes.
this 6 minute clip thaught me more than my 3 years at the graphicsschool
Woooooow
very c o o l
Yeah thats basically yt
It seems English class couldn’t teach you either
That's... pretty sad. Sounds like you got scammed my guy
He literally speedrunned a whole VFX school semester wtf
Heeey
I like you pfp
Also lmao true
This video just made my day! Thanks Ian
whoa! You use blender?
I thought maya!
You are truly a major selling point for blender. Your vids could be used for blender advertisements
I am a massive fan. Trying to get up to your level
I have watched all ir videos
Hi sir I whatch your every video...
This is very much the greatest tutorial for Blender on the internet.
Instructions not clear,
killed younglings, thought it was child safe.
ctrl + shift + 6 6
EDIT: sorry, forgot to clarify - has to be the 6 on the numpad
Now you are free
Undo
Wow, that was a lot to cover in a short-time. Nicely done and very entertaining. Also enjoyed the Evangelion bit near the end.
Where are the moths for realism?
Seriously the Moths where the best Joke ever :)
He already teached them how to love. Why not just add them here too?
They all burned like a moth in a lightsaber.
And the ducks , the fishes
dissapointed
wonderful visual effect tutorial. That proves how powerful blender is !
instructions unclear, accepted human instrumentality to spite those who doubted me
I understood absolutely nothing and still had a great time watching this.
This is not IanHubert guys..
IanHubert can definitely finish this under 1 minutes
This is 6.28 Ian Huberts combined to make one 6 minutes 17 seconds video.
@@ShatteringKatana 6.28 = 2×3.14=2π = 360°
Therefore Ian just 360 no scoped us with a lytsaber™
I guess he is getting older.
1 minutes. Really? That’s the most obvious mistake in the world, and you screwed THAT up? Can you even call yourself a human being?
Of course he can, just a matter of x4 play speed
Bruh! You did all the compositng in the blender!. This is what happens when you really become so good in a software.
So happy!!
IanHubert is coming with long tutorials.
Definitely it is going to be useful.😍😍
God this guys the best. teaches a lot of stuff without making u waste any time
Step 1: Delete the default cube.
Step 2: Whatever this guy says.
Ok?
He didn't delete the Default cube in this one, bud...
Instructions unclear, default cube is trying to delete me
This is the best video I’ve seen on RUclips in a while, made me excited about animation again.
i now have infinite lightsaber power
Cyranek ULTIMATE POWER
omg Cyranek with only 3 likes? lets... fix that. May the *four*th be with you!
@@zyansheep theres 22 now, still not *enough*
*31*
@@zyansheep *angry mista noises*
Extrude along edges - so been looking for that one!
6:00 God damnit, Shinji
Couple tips for newbies wanting to use the “hard way” in this video with hooked empties:
-If you don’t like the rectangular look, you can bevel the vertices (ctrl+shift+B) and hook constrain each group of vertices rather than just one vertex. Just make sure the bevel is very very tight to the corner, your key framing will also require you to adjust rotation now so be prepared for that.
-A comment below talks about efficiently masking your tube. Going frame by frame is pretty painstaking, instead find key changes in motion, start wide and refine until it looks good enough. Frame by frame can look good but not necessary
-If your video was shot on a phone, Blender may subtly change the video. This means a screenshot masked over it for the lightsaber extending may create a noticeable box of different colors. You can use the exact same video file instead, set the frames to 1 and change the offset until it’s at a frame where you can mask it. This also prevents cropping issues.
how do you select a vertice
You can get retro-reflective tape for putting on bicycles and stuff. I feel like there might be a use for that for making tracking markers in applications like this.
Maybe a LED strobe synced to the beginning and end of the shutter in two different colors then it could track all the blur deformation too (or calculate the expected deformation from surrounding frames).
I wish I could like this video at least to more times. Best birthday gift ever! Thanks Ian!
Could you please add timestamps in the description? I'll need to come back to this later when I have more time.
Edit: He did it, the absolute madman!
so this is why he put timestamps in the description. nice
Lmao he added timestamps because of your memeing. What a god.
OUR god
only cause he was taught to love . . . once
*M* *A* *D* *L* *A* *D* *!*
I think an Evangelion reference is probably the last thing I expected to see in a video like this, yet here we are.
I HAVE THE GROUND OF HIGHNESS
*shows a vial with earth and couple of joints*
God dammit ian
Alumx oh hey it’s you
Of course you'd be found here.
@Almux
Princess Celest' lightsaber duel when?
Everything about your video's are so on point, love love love them!
"BUT THAT'S WHEN YA GET EM!"
*"HA-HA!"*
I loled so hard.
Tips: Make each lightsaber for each character unique to that character as canonically, people have to make their own lightsabers rather than buy one from the market.
Also, if you add a more yellow texture (same as copper but yellow) you can put some Electrum bits on their which symbolizes wealth.
You can make a Krayt Dragon Stone lightsaber by making it brighter than normal, Trainer lightsabers are usually shorter because... well padawans are shorter because they are younger.
Make sure to add a small incline somewhere on it so you can access the crystal.
10/10 now Komm Süsser Tod is stuck in my head
If only 13 year old me had known how to do this.
All the tutorials back then were about 2 years long and cost more than the laptop I was using
When I move the hooks later on the beginning frames begin to disalign and the whole animation is not aligned anymore ?
I really want try some video effects in blender now !
I have no idea what but now i must do something with footage!!!!
I have watched this so many times and never made it to the Evangelion reference. Ian you beautiful bastard. I love you. Thanks for all you do.
wait, the video is not 1 minute long.. WHO IS THIS???
Ah yes, this is simply quite elegant work.
It's so dense, every single image has so many things going on.
Damn, was not expecting that Eva reference in there. Fantastic work. XDDD
I come back to this video sometimes, and every damn time, I am not expecting the Eva reference!
Did you make the "Komm Süsser Tod" whistle version too? That's the best part of the video ahah
There are many best parts of the video.
When I move the hooks later on the beginning frames begin to disalign and the whole animation is not aligned anymore ?
One of my favorite Blender tutorials ever!
The combination lock gag is literally the funniest thing I've seen all day & I've been awake for weeks
EDIT: Wait no the Evangelion reference clinched it
Sometimes I just like watch Ian's tutorials because they're funny
I am not even working rn
5:48 "I have the ground of highness" omggg I'm cracking
I was just looking for a tutorial... I am so happy what I got instead this was AWESOME
SUBSCRIBED!
Yes more of this, yes. YEEEEEEEES
i had some good laughs and also learnt to work for lucasfilm, you're the best ian
5:26 that was hilarous, thanks for the video once again Ian, it's an honor to learn a lot of things from you :)
omg a blender tutorial i can actually understand this is rly good
Not to sound like a repressed victorian maiden but omg a wrists reveal
(in 2050) not to sound like a repressed ticktocker but omg a P reveal
What a beast! Great video.
The "Thats when you get 'em" was so hilariously unexpected and I love it.
What did he do a 3:39 ?!
That “just use The Force” got me :))
Make a one-minute tutorial on how to make a one-minute tutorial.
Subscribed. This kind of tutorial is exactly what I need.
Komm Süsser Tod whistle version. Beautiful.
That Evangelion Reference... omg. Great stuff!
The way he put the lightsaber behind the latter hit me really hard
Could easily be composited in After Effects with masking but this was impressive and good to know
yes, but he cloned himself 6 more times
Lytsaber! Not Lightsaber
I thought it was the former.
@@M8cool yeah, but then you'd need to pay for after effects. also if you did the masking stuff in ae, it would be easier to do the entire thing there, but i actually think it could take longer/be less streamlined there
SUPER informative and quick Very nicely done dude.
why... the hell... Is my video upside down
I uh made a crappy spinning donut in like 3 days. I think this is a bit beyond me but cool to see someone who is proficient do something so cool.
it's my first time seeing someone that didn't delete default cube
And then for the force part, you animated it on blender!!! Ok, I'm gonna do this haha
Tbh, this is the one time where a shot of Moths being attracted to the Lytesabre would have made sense.
They were attracted but they all got burnt
When I move the hooks later on the beginning frames begin to disalign and the whole animation is not aligned anymore ?
Dude, your tutes rock. Your style rocks. And I'm stoked to have found your channel. I'm even going to click the bell icon, and I don't do that very often.
6:00 Star Wars Neon Genesis
The Empire Can (Not) Strike Back
5:26 this is gold
Can you make a tutorial how to use 3D tracking to merge real footage with blender CGI? I mean in regard to a more professional pipeline/workflow like using AE 3D tracking data. I still cant find any tutorials which are not base on the very limiting internal bender tracker. I dont want to re-track footage that I already have in AE.. Or maybe show us a way with voodoo tracking software?
Isn't there a way to import motion track data from AE to Blender?
something like this? ruclips.net/video/i7cgo3jj9M8/видео.html
@@ReadToasts Yes there's a plug in. AE to blender.
When I move the hooks later on the beginning frames begin to disalign and the whole animation is not aligned anymore ?
@@lebronsgrave2101 Pretty sure you've forgotten to turn on auto-keyframing
This is actually really cool and I enjoyed this
What a wonderful tutorial, I can’t believe I didn’t know you could set certain faces to different materials on the same object, that helps so much thank you
Awesome tutorial!
Instructions unclear,
Accidentally started the 3rd impact
That high ground, brilliant :D
"for I have the high ground"
**Is just weed in a jar of dirt**
ok that one made me laugh a lil too hard
spent 3 solid years in blender (animation, rigging, and poly by poly for my stupid ideas, and also modeling for 3D Printing), but then let skills atrophy for 2 years. I've seen more blender instructional videos than I can count, remember, or hope to remember. This was absolutely fabulous; so tight and punchy and clean with focus on solid foundational techniques that (like all efffing blender things) requires one tiny bit of hyper specific sophisticated knowledge to make everything work, with solid fundies wrapped into a hilarious generally solid learn-bomb. I think you should spin your approach out into a blender course and charge for it, but first, for noobs, it would be great if you just did a remix-ish of your 30 second lightsaber blade build cause that was as concise and solid of a dirt-simple overview of A LOT of most-uised modeling techniques. Well done. Many thanks. I will patreon your face!
Wtf this channel is violently underrated
Ian you’re a star
"Make star wars fan film!"
Disney: Yes, yes! Give yourself to your passion! And than, we will have your money.
Love you man! Your videos are always funny and enjoyable.(and yes informative)Thanks!!
Make a tutorial on how to make a nuke!
Btw love ur content
What an absolute legend and hilariously entertaining, well done for sharing your stuff...it’s awesome
Sir, you're the first to taught me how to do motion tracking and copying location. To the empties. Awesome tutorial. keep on making such tutorials.
Those eva ending so nice
6:00 I actually died laughing at this
Blender is freeeee? I've been living your videos lately, and I'm so glad I can join in now!
Now I understand where you get your creativity and composure from! You got some high grade Moroccan quality of ground of highness!
This is actually pretty goddamn cool, i'm really glad this popped up in my reccommended, thank you very much for this, it's very useful.
Oh god "The ground of highness" absolutely killed me.
I enjoyed everything about this video
i'm watching prospect on netflix, "Riqueza Tóxica" here in brazil. congrats dude! and thanks to your lazyness
@ianHubert I believe that you are the most talented Blender user on the internets! :)