Fix a Laser Cutter with a Light Saber

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:33:00 +0000

My new laser cutter didn’t seem to work. I tried all of the usual troubleshooting steps. Then, I got the idea to use a special kind of tool.

Behind the scenes

All of the sound effects you hear are ones that I added: “in post.” The footsteps, the laser cutter, and (obviously) the lightsaber were all recorded separately.

I used the Adobe After Effects plugin Saber from Video Copilots to do the glow. If you watch carefully, you’ll see that it even reflects off my glasses and laser cutter!

Short-Film on AddOhms by Bald Engineer

Fix a Laser Cutter with a Light Saber

Behind the scenes