To butterfly a whole chicken means to remove the chickens' backbone so you can open the chicken like a book, or a butterfly, and lay it flat. This easy technique, requiring only a set of poultry shears and about a minute of time, gives you a chicken that cooks faster and more evenly than a whole chicken. In this quick video tip, Jennifer Armentrout shows you how it's done. Butterfly a chicken.
Chef Palladin demonstrates his technique for cleaning lobes of foie gras. Foie gras is the duck liver and a delicacy. Clean the green spots to prevent bitterness. Clean foie gras.
Learn the required techniques for painting distant watercolor trees. In other words, these are the trees that sit in the distant landscape, providing the background - the 'supporting cast' if you like - for the more important elements in your painting, maybe a house, a figure or a river, etc. Paint distant trees in watercolor.
Learn how to draw using the traditional dip pen technique, as well as the more modern sketching pens - oh, and a couple of items you might not have thought about... Draw with pen and ink.
Do you want to create an animated banner for your website? In this video tutorial you will learn some basic techniques for creating animations in Adobe Imageready. Watch the video and learn how to create your first animation! Create animation in Adobe ImageReady.
In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some animation techniques for character lip-syncing in Adobe After Effects. This is not just the simple method of using open- and closed-mouths -- rather, Aharon covers the more advanced use of phonemes, which are the different mouth shapes formed by a person when making various sounds in a spoken language. Lip-sync in After Effects.
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how working with Null objects lets you get better control of your animation. He also shares a technique for using nulls to make 3D camera motion easier. Use null objects to control animation in After Effects.
Watch banjo expert Geoff Hohwald teach you the basics of rhythm techniques of banjo also known as chopping or vamping. While it may seem to be a boring skill, being good at vamping is actually the key to great bluegrass music. Play basic rhythm chords on a banjo.
In pool, a cut angle bank shot will have an amount of right spin. Use reverse, or right, English technique to decrease the rebound angle. By varying the amount of spin, you can change the angle of rebound and create a larger variety of rebound shots. Bank outside a cut angle, creating reverse English.
Many people don't really use the color correction editor in Avid Liquid, but that doesn't mean you can't. This tutorial explains some tips and techniques you can use. Scroll down and click the "watch video" link to get the tutorial started. Color correct in Avid Liquid.
Justin Rose shows us how to make a smooth take away of our club on every shot. All you need is a driving range and an extra golf ball to use this take away technique. Make a smooth take away with your club.
Aharon Rabinowitz shows you several popular techniques and tools for creating 3D extruded text in After Effects. Some of the solutions he discusses are the shatter effect, plug-ins like Zaxwerks and another shadow and RGB value method. Create 3D extruded text in After Effects.
Learn how to edit video using Avid Xpress Pro HD. This tutorial covers every stage in the process of creating and editing a project including managing a project bin, capturing and importing video and other files, basic editing techniques (including effects and titles), and how to output your project to video or DVD. Edit video using Avid XPress Pro HD.
If you like to go skeet shooting but need to improve your technique, this video will help you keep you shoulders straight, especially when shooting low shots like the low 3, 4 and 5. Keep your shoulders straight when skeet shooting.
Clint from Downunder Horsemanship shows you some techniques and exercises for controlling your horse's speed when riding. DIRECT VIDEO DONWLOAD Control your horse's speed.
The team from BikeSkills show you the set up and technique you need to get the most out of your trail time. One of the important things is setting up your bars to allow for single finger braking. Dial in your ride.
Need to use up vinegar? Here is an interesting way to convert your standard vinegar into a working battery. Learn the technique to create an alternative source of energy using vinegar. Make a vinegar battery.
Crafter Shannon Barnes shares her technique for making flaunt cards, adorable greeting cards that can be used for any occasion. You will need mulberry paper blank folded cards, templates (you can get from the article part of the video), glue stick, 3-D fabric paint, pen or marker. Make flaunt cards.
This tutorial creates several authentic lightsaber effects. Kramer has created a simple technique to make sabers with a breeze. Create a Star Wars lightsaber in After Effects.
Andrew Kramer takes you through the set-up for creating a day to night effect in After Effects. These are some more advanced techniques so make sure you are familiar with the software basics. Turn day into night in After Effects.
This video shows you how to import content from Word, Excel, Photoshop, and PDF files into InDesign. It also shows you how to use techniques such as multi-file placement, quick apply, and double-click to fit. Import content into InDesign.
Do you look fat in your portrait photo? In this video tutorial you will learn to simply yet effectively take a portrait photo and make the person look slimmer. Don't use the technique on your passport photos though - it's against the law! Create a photo retouching slimming effect in Photoshop.
This video will teach you how to strike a soccer ball so that it will curve. This technique is particularly useful for corner kicks and may also be known as an inswinger. Strike a soccer ball so that it will curve.
Chef Emeril Lagasse demonstrates his technique for cleaning shrimp. Remove the head, the feet and all the shell including the tail. Clean shrimp.
This basic technique will help you to get the best, boneless fillets from any salmon you prepare. You will need one whole salmon, gutted and scales removed, a cutting board, container with water, knife, and set of tweezers. Fillet a salmon.
Francisco Pinheiro, Joana Schenker, and Neuza Mochacho demonstrate how to do the bottom turn for bodyboarding. You need to gain speed, position yourself, and turn. This is an important technique to learn as it will help you gain speed for more complicated tricks. Do the bottom turn for bodyboarding.
Tennis professional Francis Ribeiro explains that when you are trying to teach your child how to hit a forehand, the most important thing is to teach them the correct technique. For their first lesson, you should help your child bring the racket back and turn their body side on the ball. You should practice a lot. Teach your child how to hit a forehand.
Learn when air kissing should be used, and how to correctly employ the maneuver. Technique, mouth sounds, and number of repetitions are just some of the things discussed in this narrated film with step-by-step subtitles. Give a pleasant greeting while minimizing physical contact! Air kiss.
Learn how to protect yourself in the jungle. This video shows you techniques and measures to take to protect against illness. Such illnesses include trench foot or jungle rot from walking in wet climates. Myke also use plants as herbs and medicinal substitutes. Stay healthy in the jungle.
When skiing fast, you'll need to learn some new techniques to help keep your balance and control. This video will help you do dynamic crossovers while carving. Perform a dynamic crossover while carving.
With this simple technique the cue ball will follow the path of the object ball without scratching. If both balls are lined up with the pocket, an off-center hit will help in pocketing the object ball but not the cue ball preventing a scratch and lining up the next shot. Make a straight shot using follow.
This clear tutorial will explain how the sepia toning technique works and how to nondestructively convert a grayscale or black and white image to a sepia toned image. For the archivist in all of us, you'll have historical looking pictures in no time! Convert an image to sepia toning in Photoshop.
This is a pretty cool tutorial that shows you how to add realistic water drops to any picture in Photoshop. If it wasn't a rainy day before, it can be now! The audio is a bit low res, but the technique is solid. Make realistic water drops in Photoshop.
If you use the follow technique on a shot with a small cut angle, the cue ball will deviate from the line tangent to 90 degrees. Deviation from tangent line.
If a neck injury is suspected and the victim is on their back you can use the jaw thrust technique to open the airway. Place your fingers behind the angle of the lower jaw and move it upward. At the same time, use your thumbs to slightly open the mouth. Open the airway when a neck injury is suspected.
Three point editing is a shortcut move that Final Cut Pro uses. It allows you to set the duration with only three, instead of four points. Watch and see how to use this editing technique. Use three point editing in Final Cut Pro.
Handy technique for search & rescue, learn how to tie a hasty webbing harness with this knot tying animation. This animated knot tying tutorial is the best you'll find. With this knot tying how to, you can tie the Hasty Webbing Harness Knot fast or slow, or pause it at every step along the way. Learn to tie knots for your next outdoor trip. Tie a hasty webbing harness for search & rescue.
There's nothing better than the sweet taste of strawberries and the indulgence of chocolate, which makes these chocolate-covered strawberries a real treat! Maria shows you how to make these elegant sweets, and her technique for making these beautifully decorated chocolate-dipped strawberries will convince you that you, too, can get into the zone of creative decorating. Experiment with different color combinations, use a simple plastic bag instead of a pastry bag, and the sky's the limit for h...
This quick Blender 2.5 video tip demonstrates how to use a displace modifier in conjunction with textures to add extra detail to a mesh. Using this technique can help provide another level of depth to a model with relative ease that otherwise would have to be done manually or through bumpmaps. Whether you're new to the Blender Foundation's popular open-source 3D computer graphics application or are a seasoned digital artist merely on the lookout for new tips and tricks, you're sure to be well...
See how to use Photoshop & Illustrator in tandem to create fancy, magazine-style vector art backgrounds.
