Lightsaber effect - please help!

Hello, and please help me
I am trying to create a star wars parody movie, and of course, I need to create a glowing lightsaber. Some tutorials recommended inserting a picture of a lightsaber, keying it, and then using keyframes to move it around. There has got to be a better way with FInal Cut Express!
Please help - I don't know if you can attach a picture above a movie and make it follow a specific color - green but please help me if you can.
Thank you so much
J

Jack.Smith90 wrote:
.. Some tutorials recommended inserting a picture of a lightsaber, keying it, and then using keyframes to move it around. There has got to be a better way with FInal Cut Express!..
that is exactly, how I did that in FCE.. my lil' son had a stab in his hands, which was my 'reference', and I keyframed a Photoshop painting of a glowing lightsaber ... painstaking but effective. (one of my tests )
there're two 3rd party apps, which allow a simpler process:
http://fxhome.com/effectslab/pro
http://www.creaceed.com/magnet/index.html
there was a free tool called CrimsonFX, which isn't available anymore.. the no-support of Flash in QTvers7 'killed' that nice app, and the programmer didn't make a newer, compatible one..

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