In this video tutorial from Adobe Beginner Classes, dive into the world of Audio with Dennis Radeke as he shows you how to make your audio sound better using Adobe Soundbooth and Adobe Audition. Also learn about Photoshop's time-saving Actions features. See how to improve audio in Adobe Soundbooth and Audition.
Creating Flash animation is one of the most popular ways for beginning digital animators to cut their teeth. This video will teach you how to animate one fairly basic effect in Flash CS4, making text write itself out using a mask layer. For Flash beginners, this is a great way to make your text appear more dynamically until you become advanced enough to record dialogue.
Macro photography is a type of photography used to create interest by focusing the lense on one thing in a picture, generally something that's located in the foreground. The rest of the image (the midground and background) fades out into a blur.
Prized by crafty elementary and middle schoolers, the origami flapping bird, or crane, is a relatively simple origami project to complete but requires a bit of origami folding experience beforehand to do well.
In this clip, Mathias Wichmann shows you exactly how to do a Hasselhoff on your kiteboard. This trick is pretty intense and definitely not for beginners but if you have been kiteboarding for a while and are searching for a new trick - check it out! This is super cool and will gain you a ton of props and applause from anyone watching.
Looking for a fun and functional crochet project (and happen to be right-handed)? Make a hair scrunchie/scrunchy with this crafter's guide. While this tutorial is geared toward people already posessing some knowledge of crocheting, beginners should be able to follow along provided they understand the bare essentials. For more information, and to get started making this hair scrunchie yourself, watch this free video crochet lesson.
Recycle your old bedclothes and obtain a fashionable rag rug in the process! Learn to make a rag rugs from old linens with this green crafter's guide. While this tutorial is geared toward people already posessing some knowledge of crocheting, beginners should be able to follow along provided they understand the bare essentials. For more information, and to get started making your own rag rugs, watch this free video crochet lesson.
Looking for a fun and functional crochet project (and happen to be left-handed)? Make a hair scrunchie/scrunchy with this crafter's guide. While this tutorial is geared toward people already posessing some knowledge of crocheting, beginners should be able to follow along provided they understand the bare essentials. For more information, and to get started making this hair scrunchie yourself, watch this free video crochet lesson.
Have you never cooked bacon before? You are certainly missing out on an American delicacy! In this video, learn how to cook great tasting bacon from the Rookie Cook. As your host reminds you "bacon is so freaking good" so let's get cookin'!
Bonsai is an art form that requires patience and a good eye. It's a relaxing hobby that anybody can take up, just as long as they are willing to learn a few things. This tutorial is a beginner video for those who are interested in bonsai. This video will focus on styling a larch tree. So sit back and enjoy!
This is a great tutorial for beginner ballerinas. If you need some help with your turns, check out this video. In it, you will learn how to do multiple turns in ballet and look absolutely beautiful doing so. These turns are graceful and essential to most types of dance and with some practice, you will be able to do them.
Without sharps and flats, piano players would fall asleep at the piano bench and faceplant their sheet music. Keep your next piano session a lively (and alive) one by watching this tutorial on what sharps and flats are and where they're located on the keyboard.
Making a birdhouse is an art-and-crafts project as old as shop class. This video from Threadbangers demonstrates how to make one quickly and easily at home out of wood at your home with simple tools. It is a rather simple end-product, but that should make it easier for beginners.
Wizard is in the house, drawing a half-bullhorn half-man creature surrounded by spraycans. The level of fantasy in this design is unusual for Wizard, but like every other time he draws anything he draws it with great aplomb and a clean, traditional style. Beginners, copy this thing down and your skills will improve dramatically.
Sling weights like a classic chunkhead with a lot less pain using this beginner arm toning exercise move. By moving weights across your body, one at a time, you'll challenge your biceps and pectorals but not break them.
The heron pose in yoga was created expressly to introduce yoga beginners into the intense hamstring stretches that characterize almost all yoga exercises and to keep yoga veterans lithe and Gumby-like.
There's no getting around it: if you want to get good at playing the ukulele or any other instrument, you'll need to practice. Fortunately, the Internet is awash in free uke lessons, like this one from YouTube's ukeladies. This particular tutorial provides a detailed, step-by-step overview of how to hold and strum a ukulele as a total beginner.
In another great beginner tutorial, you'll be finding out how to use another technique in Photoshop CS4. This particular video will demonstrate how to easily flip an image. It's easy to perform and is just a basic way of manipulating a photo to fit whatever needs you have. All it takes it just two easy clicks and you're done! Enjoy!
This quick, beginner tutorial will show you how to use the cloning tool in Photoshop version CS4. This is really simple to do and is pretty fun to play around with. You can add more eyes to a person's face, create another dog that looks exactly like your own, and make dozen batches of bread with just using one loaf. So sit back and enjoy!
This tutorial is for those looking to get an understanding of Photoshop CS4. It's a beginner video and shows you the best way to create a vignette with curves easily. It's a great way to add a little something to your photos without making it look fake. So sit back and enjoy!
If you're looking to improve your Photoshop skills this tutorial will help you in your quest. In this particular tutorial, a good beginner for some, you'll find out how to isolate an image on white in Photoshop CS4. It's faitly simple to do and involved a couple tools that are found in the popular software. So sit back and enjoy!
Add a new pair of earrings to your jewelry colllection with help from this video. From Turquoise Stringbeads, a great tutorial on how to make a pair of beaded loop earrings. This project is great for a beginner looking to get started in the world of jewelry making.
In this tutorial, golf pro Chris Toulson demonstrates pitching basics including set up, wrist hinge, turning of the body and finish position. It is important to know these details when you play golf in order to guarantee the right swing. If you are a beginner, or just need some help with your swing, follow along with this video and learn some useful pro tips.
In this tutorial, learn some basic sketching techniques and draw a baby panda bear. This little guy is adorable and easy to draw, and will look so polished you'd think you took a photograph at the zoo.
Kim Perrin a certified mechanic shows how to do your own oil change. To accomplish this, you'll need oil, an oil filter, an oil filter wrench, and a ratchet.
Paul from how-to-play-bass.com gives a great tutorial of a simplified bassline to "Moondance" by Van Morrison. Paul reduces the walking jazz bassline to an easier format for beginners.
This video is a great tutorial on how to play "Elephant Gun" by Beirut's Zach Condon. This song, from the Lon Gisland EP, is a great song for beginner accordion players.
A step-by-step video tutorial presented by Andrew Wasson shows the basics of playing the slide guitar for beginners. First, choose what kind of slide you want. Metal slides are known for their high-end treble sound, while glass slides are a little warmer sounding. Andrew goes on to teach you what gauge of strings are best suited for slide playing, as well as how to pick which finger to use your slide on.
More often that not, beginner harmonica players will have to be told the key to use during a jam session. It's perfectly reasonable to ask the key, so long as it's before the song starts that you're asking. But if the answer is obvious, you're better off knowing than asking. You don't want to look silly by asking obvious questions. This video will show you to know the key without asking.
This video shows you to a few options on how to tighten your belly for all you beginners. With simple exercise you can do from sitting at your desk at work, watching TV, or even sitting at the bar. Here Annmarie of "The Renegade Health Show" demonstrates a few ways you can activate your body to help tighten those abs without spending too much money on a gym membership. Quick, easy, exercise for anyone of all ages for a fitter, healthier lifestyle.
Roses are red, violets are blue..and drawing a rose is easy to do! Check out this tutorial and learn how to draw a very nice rose with pencil. This rose is quite realistic looking and makes a great addition to another picture, or a lovely stand alone drawing as well.
For moviemakers new to the editing process, this video tutorial outlines the steps to using Adobe Premiere Pro to edit movies. The tutorial shows us how to navigate through the various windows containing tools and other applications. The tutorial breaks down different, basic features of the software for the beginner. Learn various tips in this video tutorial on how to navigate and use Adobe Premiere to figure out how to edit any movie.
This video shows how to solve a very basic yet very important geometric problem which is, finding a missing angle of a triangle. This videos shows the viewers more than one basic information about the triangle. It is a short and simple example which is very much helpful for the students who are beginners in geometries and it can be a very useful tip for the people going for interviews since they need to know these basics to solve some very critical puzzles.
Back again with another in their great informational series for do it yourselves at home, Lowe's presents this video hosted by Mike Kraft demonstrating how to pressure wash your home's exterior siding. Mike describes in detail the tools, supplies, and steps you will need to take to remove dirt, mildew and mold from your home's exterior. Experienced do it yourselves and beginners alike will appreciate the detail and tips provided in this video, as well as some useful safety tips on using your ...
In the following video, "Beef with Broccoli" the viewer is thought, how to prepare from scratch an Asian style beef with broccoli. The chef on the video lists and shows all the required steps as well as all of the required ingredients for the said dish. The video by "Panlasangpinoy" is a very quick as well a convenient way for any beginner on the kitchen to learn by example, how to prepare a tasty home made Asian style beef with broccoli.
Bows are a pretty accent to almost anything. You can put a bow in your hair, on your clothing, on accessories, around flowers, around your puppy's collar - anywhere - and they add a hint of adorable. In this tutorial, Nancy of Lady Bug Wreaths shows us how to make bows for beginners with detailed instructions, step by step. Nancy's ingenious tips make bow-making a breeze!
This video shows you how to make an origami sword out of a blank sheet of white paper. Very simply, you can make a folded paper sword in about 2 minutes. This origami technique is good for beginners.
Looking to brush up on your basic flute skills? In this short beginners flute lesson, learn how to play a Bb minor chord on the flute with arpegio with Dan Lefler of Danman's Music School. A demonstration of how it should sound when played correctly is presented.
A tutorial from the folks at Loaded Boards, demonstrating G-turn variations on a steep hillside. The video assumes you already have experience with G-turns. If you're a beginner, it's definitely not suggested you try these moves. In fact, the guy in the video notes at the beginning that the hill he's on is way too steep to be doing this stuff.
Loaded Boards presents this video where skater "Chinchilla" demonstrates how to do big stand up slides on your board. The video assumes you already have a fair amount of experience skateboarding. This definitely isn't something for beginners to try, but if you know what you're doing on your board you can wow the crowds with these moves.
