What is the best tutorial to photoshoping a lightsaber blade

[elrond.406]

Links pleaz

[xwingband]

Trace the blade in white on a new layer.
Create 3 or more new layers.
Change the color of those to the blade color you want.
Change each of the dulplicate colored layers to a "multiply" setting.
Gaussian blur each colored layer to varied degrees. Start at say 15, then 10, and finally 5.
Rearrange the layers and blur the white layer if it needs it.

[Mi Gin Gonn]

also, check out:

http://www.ryan-w.com/ryan-w/index.html

he's one of the best. Xwingband broke it down for ya, but if you need the nitpicky details, Ryan Weiber lays it all out for ya.

[jedi tom]

ryan-w does other effects too like lightning he also does after effects aswell.

[elrond.406]

Cool, thanks