This is a comprehensive tutorial on the topic of rigging, rotoscoping, rendering and compositing stable and unstable lightsaber blades from the viewport and video sequence editor.
Index:
Examples: 0:00
Introductory Remarks: 0:49
Mask Modeling & Controls: 2:09
Materials and Textures: 15:27
Rotoscoping Principles, Rendering & Composting: 40:04