Star Wars Special Effects: Create a Lightsaber星球大战特殊效果：创造一个光剑

In honor of Episode 3 being released on cable this week (as if I needed a reason), let’s spend some time using Toon Boom Studio to recreate some of the most interesting special effects from the Star Wars saga.在荣誉的第三辑被释放电缆本星期（截至如果我需要一个理由） ，让我们花一些时间用香椿景气工作室重现一些最有趣的特殊效果从星球大战传奇。 Of course, you can’t talk about Star Wars special effects without starting with the lightsaber.当然，你不能谈论星球大战特殊效果没有开始的光剑。

Basic Premise基本前提

The steps we’ll use to create the lightsaber are as follows:这些步骤我们会使用创造光剑如下：

1. Create lightsaber drawing创建光剑绘图
2. Animate lightsaber动画光剑
3. Add signature distortions新增签字扭曲
4. Add sound effects添加声音效果

Create Lightsaber Drawing创建光剑绘图

To make the feathering step easier we’re going to draw the lightsaber handle and blade on separate layers.为了使羽一步容易我们要提请光剑处理和刀片在不同的层次。 Since the handle would normally be obscured by a hand or two it’s best to not worry too much about detailing.由于处理通常会被遮蔽了手或双手，最好不要过于担心，详细说明。

For the blade choose your favorite lightsaber color.刀片选择您最喜爱的光剑的颜色。 Be sure to pick a color from the center of the blade when using the eyedropper tool.一定要选择一个颜色的中心时，刀片使用滴管工具。 Create a new layer and use the pen utility to create a straight line.创建一个新层，使用钢笔工具创建一条直线。 Using the default pen 1 for this (minimum of 5, maximum of 20) works well for this step.使用默认的钢笔1本（最低5 ，最高20 ）行之有效的这一步。

Once the blade has been drawn, right click on it and select “Convert Lines to Brush”.一旦刀片已经绘就，右键点击它并选择“转换线，以画笔” 。 It’s necessary to do this step since the feathering utility does not work on lines, only on brush strokes.因此有必要做这一步，因为羽实用工具不工作的方针，不仅对笔触。 You should notice that the brush version of the line becomes a little bit wider, which is just fine.你应该注意到，刷版的线变得有点广泛，这仅仅是罚款。

Now select the blade drawing and go to the feathering tool (”F” by default).现在选择的刀片绘画和去羽工具（ “ F ”类的默认） 。 Leave the width of each step at the default of 5 but enter 3 into the number of steps box.离开的宽度每一步默认为5 ，但进入第3到一些步骤方块。 You’ll see the lightsaber blade shape blur a bit, which is what we’re after.您将会看到光剑刀片形状有点模糊，这是我们所后。

Select the innermost shape of the blade and give it a slightly lighter color.选择内心形状的刀片和给它一个稍微轻松的颜色。 This will give the blade more definition and make it appear less like a blurry blob.这将使更多的刀片定义并使它看起来像一个不太模糊的斑点。

The final bits of setup are all organizational.最后位的设置是所有组织。 Make sure the blade is a child of the lightsaber handle by dragging the blade element onto the handle element.请务必刀片是一个孩子的光剑处理拖曳刀片元到处理的因素。 On the handle layer, use the rotation tool (”8″ by default) to move the pivot point to the top of the hilt.在处理层，使用旋转工具（ “ 8 ”默认情况下）移动支点顶端的剑柄。

Animate the Lightsaber动画的光剑

At this point you can go as crazy as you like animating the handle layer with the transform tool (”7″ by default).在这一点上你可以去为你疯狂喜欢动画层的处理与变换工具（ “ 7 ” ，默认情况下） 。 Since you’ve assigned the blade as a child layer it will properly follow the motions of the lightsaber handle as you animate it.既然你已经分配的刀片作为一个儿童层，将适当的后续动议的光剑处理你动画它。 Be warned that you will find yourself making lightsaber noises in your mind as you complete this step.被警告说，你会发现自己决策光剑噪声您的想法您完成此步骤。

Add Lightsaber Distortions新增光剑扭曲

To give it the proper lightsaber feel it’s necessary to add a distortion layer above the animated blade element.给予适当的光剑觉得有必要增加一个失真层以上的动画刀片的因素。 The idea is to effectively bleed the blade from one frame to the next, mostly on quick movements.这样做是为了有效地流血刀片从一个框架下，主要是快速运动。 Turn on “Show Previous” so that you can draw an accurate arcing distortion frame.打开“显示上一页” ，这样您可以利用准确的电弧失真框架。 This should be hand-drawn with the brush tool for maximum effect.这应该是手绘的画笔工具，发挥最大的效用。 Adding feathering to each frame of the distortion will also give the lightsaber a nice touch, although it’s not entirely necessary since the movement happens so quickly.添加羽，以每帧的失真也将光剑很好接触，但它并不完全必要的，因为运动发生的如此之快。 Only one distortion is needed for each movement, spread out over several frames, as it will happen fast enough that drawing many distorted frames is not worth the effort.只有一个失真，需要为每个运动，分散在几个帧，因为它会发生速度不够快画许多扭曲的框架是不值得的努力。

Here’s the animation before distortion:这是在歪曲动画：

…and after distortion: ...后失真：

Lightsaber Sound Effects光剑音效

It’s time to add some lightsaber sound effects.现在是时候加入一些光剑声音效果。 Here’sa zip file full of下面zip格式的 lightsaber sound effects光剑音效 for you to download and add to your animation.为您下载并添加到您的动画。

Final Version最终版本

Click anywhere to play the final animation with sound, click again to stop it.点击任何地方发挥最后的动画与声音，再次点击制止。

Now you can add a lightsaber to any (or all) of your Toon Boom animations!现在您可以添加一个光剑任何（或全部）的卡通动画繁荣！ If you post them to a video hosting site feel free to embed the animations below, we’d all love to see them.如果您张贴他们的视频托管网站随时嵌入动画下面，我们都爱看到这些。

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