Create Nice Lightsaber Effect with Photoshop

Never say that you are a real Jedi if you don't know how to create your lightsaber. Now, It's time to create a lightsaber using Photoshop! With this software, you don't have to worry about finding the right crystal for your lightsaber.

Let's start:

1. You need an image to edit, in this example, I used two Jedi wannabe warriors photo.
   
2. Now create an New Layer, then use Polygonal Lasso Tool or Pen Tool to create a blade. Make sure that you fill it with white colour.
   
3. Select Layer > Layer Style > Outer Glow. Select a colour to be your lighsaber colour, set the Opacity to 75%, Size to around 20px (depends on your image size), and Spread around 13%.
   
   
4. Now, it's time to retouch the saber. Click Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur... then set the Radius around 1.2 to 1.7 depending your preference.
   
   
5. Now you've trained a Sith adept! Do this trick again and suit your taste to create an opposing Jedi knight. The finished photo should be like this:
   

I'll return with other photo editing tricks next time!