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How To: Render an After Effects project on multiple machines

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to Render a project on several computers at once (render farm), without the use of the After Effects render Engine. This may not be the most exciting video ever, but it's essential information when you need to render your really cool stuff quickly! Render an After Effects project on multiple machines.

How To: Make elements grow in After Effects

Jayse Hansen demonstrates how to create graphic elements that will grow in After Effects. Now we have a step by step tutorial. More experienced users are welcome to skip around using the included menu. Using simple masking techniques doesn't always do the trick, this in depth tutorial gives you some better techniques. Make elements grow in After Effects.

How To: Hit a crosscourt backhand

You can learn how to hit a crosscourt backhand and you should prepare by turning your hips and shoulders perpendicular to the net. Swing from low to high, bend your knees, keep your arm straight, and keep your elbow and wrist locked through contact. Hit a crosscourt backhand.

How To: Install Windows XP on a PSP

Do much more with your PSP than just play games. This video will show how to load Windows Vista onto your PSP from your home computer. This will enable you to surf the net from your hand held device. Install Windows XP on a PSP.

How To: Hit a forehand volley in tennis

Fabian Nunez Seixa explains that to hit a forehand volley, you should use the correct grip and be in the correct position which is three steps away from the net. When the tennis ball is approaching, you need to move the racquet toward the ball, keep your arm straight, and step diagonally forward. Hit a forehand volley in tennis.

How To: Master the drop shot

Tennis professional Francis Ribeiro explains that to master the drop shot, you should be close to the net. You should bring your racket back farther than you would for a volley and step forwards as you chop down on the ball. This is an advanced shot that can wreck havoc on your opponents game. Master the drop shot.

How To: Enable the web server for your Mac Mini server

How to Use Your Mac as a Server: Turn your Mac Mini into a server! Yes, that's right, with a little know-how and a little spunk, you can turn an inexpensive Mac Mini computer into a server to provide services over you network. You won't even need the Mac OS X Server, just the Mac OS X Client, so there is no extra software to buy, just the Mac Mini and it's operating system.

News: Dropbox Releases Two New Apps to Help Corral Your Emails & Pictures

Dropbox, the cloud backup tool that is a mainstay on many of our devices, has added two companion apps to its service. Earlier today, we showed you a glimpse into a new testing version of the Gmail app, with features like pinning and snoozing to keep your inbox in check. Now, Dropbox has released Mailbox for Android, about a year after they purchased the company and its iOS app, with a simple goal: taming your inbox.

How To: Install Minecraft Texture Packs

Hello everyone, I am Brandon Hopkins from TechHut and I am going to be showing you how to install Minecraft Texture Packs on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I will also link you to one of the best Texture Pack I have used and a website where you can download 100+ different texture packs.

How To Live Underwater: A Nevada Family's Bubble Fort

Would you rather live far up in the trees? Or deep underwater? A Nevada family of scuba divers have built the ultimate childhood getaway: the Needham family's "Bubble Room" is an underwater fort that sits at the bottom of a lake in the Sierras. The room is an air-filled pocket, made with vinyl and anchored down by an octagonal framework of metal pipe.

How To: Use micro-misters for drip irrigation systems

Micro misters allow for low volume of water over a wide area. They give good moisture coverage. Systems can be pulled up, changed and made into what you need it to be. Keep potted plants separate from other plants. They should have their own system. There is a system to encourage growth of root systems of various plants. Shrubs get two emitters in case one clogs up, the plant still has moisture. Having the water at the base of the plant limits weed growth. There is a temporary system to get t...

Math Craft Monday: Community Submissions (Plus Polyhedral Stellation)

It's another Monday, which means it's once again time to highlight some of the recent community submissions posted to the Math Craft corkboard. Additionally, I thought we'd take a look at the process of stellation and make some stellated polyhedra out of paper.Rachel Mansur of Giveaway Tuesdays posted a video from animator Cyriak Harris, which zooms into fractal hands, where each fingertip also has a hand and fingers. A few more details can be found here, as well as some other really cool pic...

How To: Do a cohesive personal statement

In this tutorial, we learn how to do a cohesive personal statement. If you are a student and need to write your personal statement, get started on it early so you have a while to work on it! Start out by working backwards, which means to start with your life now and then building up to how you plan to achieve further goals. You need to make sure this is short and you also need to make sure you don't brag about yourself. If you are wanting to travel abroad, make yourself stand out from other p...

How To: Throw multiple pitches in baseball

In this video, we learn how to throw multiple pitches in baseball. When you hold the ball, you should have your middle and pointer finger next to each other on the laces. The thumb should be sitting on the grip and your hand should be tight, which will achieve the curve ball. For the slider, you will grip the ball with your pointer and middle finger spread apart in a 'v' shape and your thumb on the laces. Use these pointers to help you throw the baseball while you are playing a game. Practice...

How To: Create a natural soft and smooth blowout with a hairdryer

Experts tell us that in order to maintain healthy hair we must avoid blowdrying it as much as possible. But let's be honest with each other here, ladies: The blowdryer is our best friend. Without it, we'd be either staying up until 1 AM at night waiting for our darned locks to dry or waking up at 5 AM so everything dries and sets before we head off to work.

How To: Apply Maybelline Smooth Mousse foundation evenly

Applying foundation is one of the most basic and most important makeup skills a girl needs to know, yet for many women this is the hardest step. Problems with application, such as not matching the foundation color with your skin color, not choosing the right formulation, and not applying correctly result in foundation that looks fake and caked on.

How To: Achieve stronger, more lustrous hair in five steps

Have you ever wanted Pantene commercial hair? You know, those glamorous shampoo and conditioner ads showcasing beautiful women with beautiful hair so devoid of common hair woes like split ends, raggedy texture, and frizz that it almost looks fake? We've always lusted for hair that brilliant, but thought up until now that such perfection was only achievable through having a hairstylist on call 24/7. But not anymore.

How To: Make tomato ketchup spaghetti with subtitles

In this video, you learn how to make napolitan (tomato ketchup spaghetti). This fun and delicious, and of course economical meal is a great dish for anyone in a hurry, or on a budget. This video, of "Cooking with Dog" you'll learn everything you need and what to do to achieve this delicious quick meal.

How To: Make chainmail quickly

Like A Flint demonstrates how to quickly make chainmail. First, find heavy gauge wire at a construction site or a craft store. Then, wrap the wire around a dowel or a tube until it forms a coiled spring. Remove the coiled spring from the tube and clip the spring into rings with a pair of wire cutters. Using two pairs of pliers, open up the ring and thread four rings inside of it. Close up the ring. Keep adding rings on top of rings until you achieve a chainmail like design. The process of mak...

How To: Calculate NPV & IRR with a TI BAII Plus calculator

The video shows you how to calculate capital budgeting with a Texas Instruments BA2+ financial calculator. Capital budgeting will help you determine cash flows for given investments for a certain number of years in the future, thus helping you determine if the investment is worthwhile. The buttons you will use are the CF (cashflows) button, the NPV (net present value) button, and the IRR (internal rate of return) button. The video uses the example of a $10,000 investment that will return $5,0...

How To: Tweak eye color in Photoshop CS3 with the masking tool

hotarrows223 demonstrates how to manipulate the eye color in a photograph using the masking tool. First, you must open the image with the eyes you intend to work on with Photoshop CS3. Next.], you must zoom in on an eye. You should be at the point where the iris fills up more than half of your screen. After that, you must select the iris, outlining it with the selection tool. Then, select image>adjustments>Hue/Saturation. Make sure all the boxes are checked, then adjust the hue or color bar t...

How To: Use your left arm properly in a golf swing

This is a Sports category video tutorial where you will learn how to use your left arm properly in a golf swing. The video tutorial is from Golf Link and is presented by Jim Ballard. Keep the left elbow always pointed down to the ground. The club face is controlled by the left elbow. When the left elbow rotates, it also changes your radius and the arch. This can be achieved by connecting the left arm to the shoulder, feeling that you are holding a handkerchief under the left shoulder. Always...

How to Walkthrough Civiballs: Xmas Levels - Outdoors 1-10

Tass has compiled a video showing players a walk through of Civiballs, Christmas Edition, Outdoors. Players are shown how to 'cut' certain strings in order to achieve maximum points and divert the balls and objects into areas at specific timing for the best results. The balls are supposed to land into gift boxes that Santa can then deliver on Christmas. Maneuvering objects in the game such as swings, cannons, slopes, balls, Mr. Yeti and other various obstacles allows the player to customize w...

How to Hack Crush the Castle: Players Pack with CE (09/25/09)

With the game Crush the Castle, it is now possible to hack the game and get a high score. By following a few simple steps shown in the video, it is entirely possible to achieve a gold medal in the game quite easily. As simple as entering a sequence of number codes into a line will make it possible to do one shot and still win gold, as well as completely crush the castle. Just by putting in the code, you are able to start the game, and, with one shot from the catapult, you are able to complete...