I would not use time stretch. Use time remap instead. Precompose your footage as ellipsis suggested. Open your Precomp and then "enable time remapping". You can lengthen the comp for as long as you need to and keyframe your timeline. You have much more control using time remap than you...
You can place the start point and end point of the lightning. It's very easy. Try looking at the manual or experimenting with the settings. That is the best way to learn a piece of software like after effects.
I have never heard of Premier After Effects, but Premier and After Effects are two seperate programs. Yes, you can use blue-screen or green screen footage and use a keyer or rotosplines to get rid of the green or blue. Composite Wizard is a terrific third-party plugin set for After effects that...
Use the Path Text Plugin to create the text. If you don't have the Path Text Plugin, go to the adobe site and download it for free. With this plugin you can move your text all over the page with paths, or you can kern animate it, type it on, and also put a nice stroke around your text. Check out...
There are BOATLOADS of third party plug-ins available for After Effects. Two of the packages, Atomic Power Evolution and Cult Effects, are going to be included in AE 5. Check out the AE FreeMart http://www.aefreemart.com and look in the plug-ins section. There are links to over 50 third party...
Check out the After Effects FreeMart http://www.aefreemart.com.
There are a couple of different tutorials on creating the lightsaber effect. I think one may even have a project you can download.
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