How To: Adjust a rear derailleur when mountain biking
This video tech tip shows you how to adjust the rear derailleur in order to achieve proper shifting for your bike.
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How To: Create a sunburst effect in Sony Vegas
Here is a quick example of how to make a sunburst effect (solar rings) in Vegas Video.
How To: Create a split screen effect in Sony Vegas
This tutorial gives you a brief idea of some of the various ways you can do a picture in picture or split-screen type effect with Vegas Video.
How To: Create an authentic lomographic effect in Photoshop
This tutorial is a guide to creating authentic looking lomographic effects on your images in Photoshop. Remember, it's artistic so you'll need to experiment and find the right vintage look for yourself. Photoshop CS3 is used in the video, but it should be almost exactly the same since version 7 (with the exception of the Shadow/Highlight tool, but that's an optional step).
How To: Create ghostly special effects for video
John demonstrates an easy way of creating an out-of-body special effect.
How To: Use the green screen effect with your editing software
Brandon gives a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the Chroma Key effect in Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro.
How To: Create a split-screen effect in your video
Issac talks about the split-screen effect: what it is and how it works. There is also a quick demo on how to perform a split screen edit in Final Cut Pro.
How To: Soft colorize black and white photos with Photoshop
This is the effect you sometimes see on black and white posters of children with that slight touch of color. Learn how to create this effect in Adobe Photoshop
How To: Create a chrome & diamond bling text in Photoshop
Want to see your name all lit up in lights on Broadway? Well, until you sing and act your way to such fame, there is Photoshop. Specifically, if you would like to bling up your name for a pamphlet, website, or just because, you can use Photoshop to create either a chrome or a diamond bling effect.
How To: Airbrush the water drop effect
Watch this video to learn how to airbrush the water drop effect.
How To: Create a Glass Effect in Photoshop
This is a Photoshop tutorial on how to create a glass effect.
How To: Color your mix with effects loops in Logic
Put an effect on multiple tracks in Logic and make your mix your own with an assortment of cool sounds and layers.
How To: Create an image inside text effect with Fireworks
In the following tutorial you will create an image inside of text effect and learn how to use text as a mask for both vector and bitmap graphics in several different ways.
How To: Make cheap vomit effects
Ben and Paul of Zero Budget studio Blunt Productions demonstrate their way to do vomit effects on the cheap in the first of a many part series.
How To: Rotoscope
Videomaker magazine shows you how to create rotoscoping effects (the same animation effect seen in their videos) for your videos.
How To: Do the sword stabbing effect with a harness
Have you wanted a cool stabbing effect without doing the cheesy "hold-the-sword-in-your-arm" routine? Well, thanks to Langaman26, who submitted this awesome tutorial, you now have one!!! Build this awesome harness from things found around your house.
How To: Create dramatic lighting effects
Matt, the Shirtless Apprentice, demonstrates how to create dramatic lighting effects on a budget. This episode will help you to develop control of your audiences attention.
How To: Create Sin City effect using Photoshop
In this video tutorial you will learn to create the Sin City effect where one portion of the image is in color while the rest is in black and white. Learn how to use layer masks to do the job. You could have as many layer masks as you want as you add in more colors to your images.
How To: Create a motion blur effect in images using Photoshop
In this video tutorial you will learn to create a motion blur effect in your images using Photoshop. It's a cool trick to enhance the feeling of motion in an image. Like any other tool in Photoshop, don't overuse it!
How To: Create a really cheap blood splatter effect
Keir MacDonald shows you a cheap technique for making a practical blood-splattering effect for gunshots and other special fx in your films.
How To: Create 3D objects in After Effects
This movie shows you how to create actual 3D objects in After Effects without expressions or 3rd party software. This example uses the shatter tool and some text, but you don't have to stick just to text.
How To: Create striking effects with polymer clay
Corinne Bradd shows how to create simple, yet striking effects with polymer clay, creating spotted patterns in various bright colors.
How To: Use the Time Remapping video effect in Premiere CS3
Jeff Schell introduces you to the ins and outs of the Time Remapping video effect that is new to Premiere Pro CS3. Jeff shows you how to use the Time Remapping controls in the Timeline panel to change the speed of a clip.
How To: Copy effects to multiple clips at once in Premiere CS3
This Premiere Pro CS3 tutorial walks you through a few of the quickest and easiest methods for copying motion properties and video effects from one clip in a sequence to other clips.
How To: Use the write-on video effect in Premiere Pro CS3
In this tutorial you will learn how to use the "write on" effect in Premiere Pro CS3. Specifically you will learn how to create an animated line that goes across a map to show the route taken.
How To: Collect data in CINEMA 4D if you know After Effects
This tutorial covers gathering up all of your data. In AE: Collect Files. You can do the same in CINEMA 4D. If you're not familiar with collecting files in After Effects, the video hits the rough outline.
How To: Use loops in CINEMA 4D if you know After Effects
This tutorial covers looping techniques. Even intermediate After Effects users know about looping basics, but how to get the same in CINEMA 4D? If you're new to AE, the tutorial first covers a little looping in Adobe AE then moves on to show you how to do the same in CINEMA 4D.
How To: Copy masks & paste them as keyframes in After Effects
This tutorial shows you the proper way to copy a mask in After Effects to the position property of another layer (and use it as a keyframe).
How To: Video time stretch in After Effects CS3
In this tutorial Chad demonstrates how video sequences can be shortened or lengthened using Time Stretching in Adobe After Effects CS3.
How To: Use parenting in CINEMA 4D if you know After Effects
In CINEMA 4D you can "parent" objects in a manner similar to After Effects. This video shows you how to use parenting relationships to group objects and hide (shy) layers.
How To: Use Motion Tracker in After Effects 6
Discover how After Effects redesigned Motion Tracker (After Effects Professional only) gives you more power to synchronize motion between two elements in a composited scene. Learn how Motion Tracker works by analyzing the moving pixels in each frame and then using that data to control the motion of a new layer. Set as many tracking points as you like or choose from a list of defaults. Also see how Motion Tracker's interface and controls have been simplified to be faster and easier to use.
How To: Colorize black and white images in Photoshop
It's been called the "Sin City" effect, and a myriad of other names, but really all you're doing is adding selected color to black and white photos or comic-type images. See how Bert suggests achieving this effect in his tutorial.
How To: Create glow swirls using Illustrator & Photoshop
This "glow swirl" effect is doable via drawing a flashlight really fast at night and then taking snapshots of its path (we used to draw fun doodles and write our names in "glow" lighting with our roommates in college). However, since such night snapshots are hard to capture on camera, Photoshop can do you for you instead in far less time.
How To: Make a cheap green screen
You can learn how to make a cheap green screen in your home for chroma key effect. You will need a wall, a green poster frieze paper, masking tape, and blu-tac. You can use Abobe Premiere to chroma key effects on to the green screen backdrop.
How To: Adjust keyframes on Final Cut Pro
Don Schechter demonstrates how to adjust a video or audio effect over time using keyframes. You can move and distort video and audio clips. This is great for manipulating filters and making cool effects.
How To: Use two capos on the guitar
Brad Davis explains why he sometimes uses two capos on a guitar. The effect is similar to that of using a drop tuning on the B string. The technique and effect are discussed in detail. He then performs an original tune (demonstrating the use of two capos), "Love You Don't Know".
News: Google Expands AR Effects in Duo to Video Calling for iPhone & Android in Time for Mother's Day
Over the past few months, Google has prioritized the development of its video communications products as the demand for social distancing solutions continues to increase in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
News: Oscars Fashion History Lives via New LA Times Mobile AR Experience
The Oscars are just a couple of days away when Hollywood will celebrate the best crop of films from 2019 in the US and internationally.
News: Facebook Opens Spark AR Beta for Instagram to All Creators, Intros Effect Gallery for Browsing AR Experiences
With Snapchat making the leap into the smartglasses realm, Facebook had to find a way to try and steal its competitor's augmented reality thunder.
News: Ellen Degeneres Is Leveraging the Power of Augmented Reality Gaming to Help Save an Endangered Species
Many tech insiders are waiting for augmented reality to go mainstream, but if you look around hard enough, you'll find that it's already gone as mainstream as possible, thanks to talk show host Ellen Degeneres.