This is a quick and easy tutorial that shows you how to add better looking shadows to your projects in After Effects. The video takes two basic spheres and shows you how to alter Drop Shadow to make it look exactly how you want it.
Start with a basic photograph, and then use the various image effects to subtly alter it until it's precisely how you want it. This tutorial also goes briefly into layer styles, and some easy and effective ways to work with layers in Adobe Photoshop.
Learn how to create layer and text animations in After Effects CS5 by altering position, rotation, opacity and scale parameters.
You can use the free software program Cheat Engine to hack nearly any game, whether online or off, to alter your scores, inventory and experience points. Always make sure you are using the most current and up to date version of Cheat Engine!
Want to be the master of your domain? Make zombies and other monsters spawn where you want them. This tutorial shows you how to use the free software NTB edit to hack MineCraft and alter the spawn points for monsters.
Want to change the stats or skins for any item in Fallout: New Vegas? If you have the mod manager for the game, you can open it up and use it to alter the stats for any item in the entire game.
Tailoring isn't just for fabric! To have the best chainmail shirt, that doesn't pull or hang too losely, you'll want to tailor it. Tailor your shirt around curves by slightly altering the pattern of your weave, and this video demonstrates how.
Pro Tools is extensive enough that you can actually delete individual notes from tracks that you don't like. This tutorial shows you how to go into the built in MIDI editor and delete or alter notes for your own music projects.
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a disorder that involves a several symptoms related to altered bowel habits and abdominal pain. In this medical-minded how-to from the folks at ICYou Health Videos, you'll learn how to avoid the most common triggers of IBS and be apprised of treatment options.
Start with a toy bullhorn that alters the sound of your voice when you speak into it. Then mod it using a few potentimeters and a few resistors as demonstrated in this video. Now you have a toy with an even crazier pitch!
Here's a creepy weekend project! Take an old analog rotary phone (which you can easily find in an antique or vintage store). Unscrew the earpiece and then alter the parts according to the tutorial so you can start 'talking to ghosts'.
In this clip, you'll learn how to block a site on an Apple Mac OS X computer by altering your DNS settings. With a little know-how, it's easy. So easy, in fact, that this video guide can offer a complete overview of the process in a matter of a few minutes. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this home-computing how-to from MacMost.
Rooting (also called jailbreaking) a phone grants you superuser access, which allows you to download third party applications and otherwise alter your phone. This tutorial shows you how to give yourself root access on a T-Mobile G1 cell phone. Be careful, because rooting will often void your warranty!
Color correction is a color adjustment you can take advantage of in Adobe Photoshop to alter the balance and contrast of color in a photo or other image. This tutorial shows you how you can take a shaded image and bring out the color and detail in your project.
In this clip, you'll learn how to access and alter isolated storage quotas when working in Silverlight. Whether you're new to Microsoft's popular web application framework or a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free MS Silverlight programming lesson. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
If you want the mouse pointer in StarCraft II to act more like the pointer from Diablo, here's a tutorial which explains how to alter your user interface in the game to create this mod. You'll start by going into the game's map editor and then distributing invisible drones throughout the map to give your cursor a plethora of reference points.
Make it look like your camera is shaking and add in a flashing, color-changing light (great for music videos!). You can create this effect (without losing any video quality) using the software program Premiere Pro using this easy technique and by altering some of the color filters.
Want to alter the look and feel of your Google Sites website? It's easy. And this brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started managing your own web pages with Google Sites, take a look.
Looking for instructions on how to add or alter personal details on Pandora? You're in luck. This clip will teach you how to do just that. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this video guide can present a complete overview of the process in just under three minutes. For details, and to get started updating your own Pandora profile, take a look.
You can alter the lighting (general ambient, specific spots, color/warmth) of a video using compositor nodes within Blender. This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're new to the Blender Foundation's popular 3D modeling program or a seasoned graphic artist just interested in better acquainting yourself with the application, you're sure to be well served by this free video tutorial. For more information, including detailed instructions, take a look!
In this tutorial, learn how to root your HTC smartphone for super user access. With a rooted phone, you will be able to tether for free, install and create new ROMS, alter the CPU and much more. Follow along with this instructional video and get started with you new "jailbroken" EVO 4G.
This tutorial is helpful for those who enjoy the old fashioned way of sending mail. The video focuses on making your own envelopes using a variety of different papers including wallpaper, regular paper, and even designer paper. You'll also find out how to make pre-made envelopes to fit card. Enjoy!
This short Final Cut Pro tutorial shows how to export a still image from Final Cut Pro and then deinterlace it, and alter its aspect ratio in Photoshop. This is a great tutorial for learning how to work with still images from Final Cut Pro.
Get bent with this instructional circuit bending video that provides a short introduction to circuit bending for the beginner. Circuit bending is taking any existing electronic device that is capable of generating audio signal and manipulating it and altering the schematics to produce some sort of sound other than the original intended sound. There are endless possibilities for the devices that can be used to experiment with your own circuit bend sounds.
Try a quilting experiment to make a radical change to your hand crafted quilt. In this video, the original quilt was much larger, and has been cut down to groups of 9 blocks. See how a different swath of fabric is sewn right through the center of the quilt.
Is it your pet parakeet's birthday? Here are some tips and techniques on how to make a hand stamped birthday card using Stampin' Up!'s Pun Fun stamp set. You can make up your own puns, or alter this card to suit other pets and other holidays. Make greeting cards for all occasions with stamps and unique hole punches.
In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial, Bert Monroy from PixelPerfect shows you how to use the Gradient Mesh tool, which lets you divide pretty much any shape (like an apple) into a mesh. Wish a mesh created, you can alter the color of an intersecting point of the mesh with a solid color. This tool will help give your Illustrator objects more dimension and realism.
World fusion drumming combines the energy and feel of rock, Latin, and world music with the technique and improvisational skills of jazz. In this installment of his video tutorial series on the rudiments of world fusion drumming, Berklee College of Music professor Skip Hadden demonstrates how to modify the feel of a samba groove by changing up the hi-hat pattern.
In screen printing, Photoshop can be a powerful tool. If you have a jpg, tif, eps, or other type of file in which you can't alter, printing from Photoshop will give you too many separations. Here is a way to take a simple design in Photoshop and convert it to spot colors in order to print solid colors instead of mixing inks.
You can't always wait for the right conditions. So it's important to learn how to use and alter the available resources to create the atmosphere you want.
Once you have created a basic shape in Open Office Draw, you can add a range of formatting to alter the appearance of your shape.
Mimicking reality in Photoshop is a pain, but it's certainly achievable and quite laudable if you do a fine job. If you would like to create lifelike water reflections using Photoshop, this tutorial is the place to go. Check out the video to learn how to create photo-realistic light reflections in water.
In this clip, we learn a basic digital photography workflow, one which will enable you to enhance your favorite digital photos with both ease and speed. (Note: To follow along, you will need to have the application installed. Learn how to download and install the Mac App Store here.)
This week's news that Magic Leap's patents had entered collateral limbo, now in the hands of JPMorgan Chase, threw a dark cloud over the company.
Augmented reality headset and software maker Meta Company announced today board member Joe Mikhail will serve as the company's chief revenue officer.
Give yourself more health, more sunshine or make the zombies move slower! This quicky and easy video tutorial shows you how to use the free game hacking program Cheat Engine to alter your game stats when playing Plants vs Zombies.
Cheat Engine is a free program you can download that will allow you to hack into any web or Flash game and alter the code so you can cheat. While many tutorials show you how to do one or two things with Cheat Engine, this tutorial focuses on how to use it in general.
Queen Marie Antoinette was both loved and despised by her people, but there was one thing that was undisputed: Her exquisite (though often over-the-top style). Big poufy gowns with lots of underwire, towering white wigs, and frilly lace and ruffles made her look like a sparkly birthday cake.
Gathered sleeves can add a bit of interest to a blouse or shirt which incorporates them. This tutorial shows you how to start with a basic straight sleeve and use pattern drafting software to adjust so you can end with a gathered sleeve.
In this clip, you'll learn how to alter the look of the OS X Dock. With a little know-how, it's easy. So easy, in fact, that this video guide can offer a complete overview of the process in a matter of a few minutes. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this home-computing how-to.
