If you've started bending your 3D animated character around in Autodesk Maya 8.5 and came across a broken bone sticking out that needs to pivot, then you've got a huge weighting issue. Check out this three-part video tutorial on how to correctly weight objects down in Maya. So, learn how to fix weighting problems by watching this how-to video.
In today's world of ordering food from your PC or hailing a cab with an app, it almost seems archaic when we have to actually use our vocal cords to contact a local business. It sure would be nice if we didn't have to use our smartphones as, well, you know...phones.
The iPhone is great for a lot of reasons, but one fault it may have is the keyboard and the ability to type. It's hard enough to actually type emails and notes on the small keyboard, but when auto-correction thinks it knows more about what you're writing than you do, it could become frustrating. So how do you stop Auto-Correct? Best Buy has answers. The Best Buy Mobile team explains how simple it is to turn off Auto-Correction on the Apple iPhone 3G.
To create glossy or reflective vector image, you will need to know how to use the offset options in Adobe Illustrator and the basics for pathfinder. You will be creating a vector image that can be resized without hurting its quality. To start select you text style, which be glossy for this. You will have first a white layer, a shadow, a radiant layer, a white outline and a shadow going underneath. In this video the Oh Gizmo Logo! is being used as the template. Right click create outlines. You...
Have a beautiful photo that needs some help? In this video learn how to correct grass and sky color and contrast with a little revolutionary software program called Adobe Photoshop. Transforming brown/yellow grass to bright saturated grass and converting a dull sky to a bright blue wonderfully vivid sky with help take your photo from "just okay" to "superb".
While attempting to hack a web app, there may come a point where the attacker may have to escape the default directory in order to access unauthorized files. This is known as a directory traversal attack. Much as the name implies, this attack involved traversing the servers directories. But in order to move to an unauthorized directory, we need to know where those directories are. Today we'll be building a tool to brute force these directory locations based on HTTP response codes. Before we g...
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Welcome back, my budding hackers! I began this series on Linux basics because several of you have expressed befuddlement at working with BackTrack on Linux. As a hacker, there is no substitute for Linux skills.
Want to color correct skin in Adobe Photoshop Cs5? This clip will teach you what you need to know. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular raster graphics editing software or a seasoned professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.
Get started in the world of belly dancing with help from a pro! In this video, get a great introduction to belly dancing that covers such topics as posture's importance to correct technique. Understand the correct stance before beginning to belly dance with help from an expert: Sahira began her career as a Middle Eastern dancer in Houston, Texas under the direction of Thalia and Shakira Masood-Ali. Get advice & more belly dancing lessons by searching Wonder How To!
This is a video from the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA). See more at CHA-ahse.org and CHAInstructors.com. In this video, Brent Morgan, Christy Landwehr, and a horse named Phoenix show us the correct riding position. In the basic, safe riding position, what you're looking for is a line from the ear, through the shoulder, through the seam of the jeans, down through the heel. That is the correct riding position. As riders, we have a tendency to let our feet slide forward like we're put...
For anyone who has taken a picture and forgotten to turn on the flash, the result is usually a picture that is too dark. In this video, learn how to use the shadow highlight feature in Photoshop to correct images that are too dark. The tool can be automatically applied and is used specifically to brighten the foreground of a picture. You can play around in Photoshop to lighten the foreground yourself instead of doing it automatically. The next time a picture turns out too dark, don't throw it...
In this lesson, learn what white balance is and how to effectively use this function on your digital camera. Also learn how to use the photo filter function in Photoshop to eliminate and correct color casts created by various light sources. Watch this video photography tutorial and learn how to use white balance on a digital camera and how to correct colors with after-effects lens filters in Photoshop.
The hook is a common shot missed in golf. If you understand the factors that cause a hook and make a few adjustments to your golf swing, it can be easily corrected. See how it's done.
This video is a highly informative tutorial on how to add and control text to a line in Photoshop. According to the author of the video, most people can add text to paths in Photoshop, but are often in the dark about how to manipulate. This, as demonstrated by the author, is quite easy and simple. The tools for path selection, text addition, and various other features which make this particular task very simple are clearly outlined by the author.
Farm Town hacks, cheats, glitches. How to hack Farm Town. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make an ocean and beach on Farm Town (09/30/09). Use the Farm Town glitch that lets you overlap objects using a dirt path to place rivers and dirt paths together to make a beach on your farm!
Looking for instructions on how to reset the shell path on a Windows XP computer? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over five minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
This tutorial shows you how to use the path-tool to trace a picture in Photoshop.
Learn how to improve your golfing skills with this swing path drill using three balls.
Undeadburg is the first level of Dark Souls and is probably the best place to start off. This guide from Giant Bomb will take you through the safest path to get through the level and help you take out the undead enemies you find.
Give your Motorola ATRIX new life by reverting it back to its stock state. Download the correct drivers and follow the video's instructions for using RSD-Lite to flash the Android smartphone's firmware. Watch this video to learn the correct way to SBF flash.
In this free video software tutorial, we learn how to color correct a product photograph within Adobe Photoshop CS5. Whether you're new to Photoshop or are a seasoned user looking to better your understanding of Photoshop CS5, you're sure to be well served by this quick video guide.
You can setup Chromium OS in a virtual machine. So first go to the download site for Chromium OS and VMWare download for the VMWare Player. Now run the VMWare Player and click on "create a new virtual machine" and select "i will install the operating system later" and click next and then next.
Using correct grammar is how you properly convey ideas in writing. This video is a quick English reference to improve your sentence structure by teaching you the right way to use a phrase, clause, nouns and verbs to express a complete thought.
In this tutorial, we learn how to scan and edit negatives with SilverFast and Photoshop. First, open up the software and lay your negative in the scanner. Make sure you have selected the correct settings when you go to scan it, and click that it's transparent. Also, you will need to increase the size of it and make sure the lighting is correct. Now, scan the image and load it onto the software. Once it's loaded, you will be able edit it by zooming in and then rotating the image so it's the co...
This After Effects user's guide offers an overview of how to color correct and grade footage within AE by using the staturation, curves and levels tools. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this f...
In this tutorial, we learn how to increase accuracy while playing pool. First, place the Q-ball on the head spot of the table, then you freeze an object on the opposite and shoot the Q-ball into the object ball and make the ball come back in the same path. You will want to ball to shoot directly back at you. This drill will help you develop accuracy and a better stroke. If you don't have a perfect shot it won't come back in the right path. Keep practicing this and in no time you will have inc...
This photoshop tutorial demonstrated by Howard from tutcast.com, teaches you how to do amazing glow effects for your work and projects. Everything you need to know from the background you choose to use to editing out the leftovers. You can use any image that you choose to. Start out with the pen tool located on the toolbar on the most left of the screen. Create the initial layer for the glow by clicking now on the new layer icon located on the bottom right. Next, define brush by pressing the ...
This Sports video tutorial will show you how to correct shoulder tilted golf push shots. This video is from Golf Link. One of the common problems is that people tend to push the shots too much to the right. This is because when they set up, they are tilted too much to the right. So, you need to raise your right shoulder so that the spine is more or less vertical. A good drill to correct this is to follow the tripod drill. Stand up with both legs at the same angle. Then take the club right in ...
Jay Golden from the PGA hosts a tutorial on how to correct the hook from your golf swing. He first explains why the ball curves when you hit it. Then he explains how you can make the ball curve differently with your golf club. After that he tells the viewer that you must correct the grip on the golf club handle in order to fix the early turnover. Jay is incredibly descriptive in his tutorial making sure the audience has a vivid understanding of how to correct their golf swing and improve thei...
Learn exercises and information to help underweight people gain weight. Jack Lalanne cites poor nutrition and lack of exercise as the reason for being underweight. He recommends the correct balance of vitamins and minerals to help combat the poor nutrition that leads to a low body weight. He also recommends whole grains and many other natural foods to correct a personal weight problem. Lalanne believes that exercise is a normalizer that helps correct weight for both the underweight and overwe...
Active Expert Gale Bernhardt explains the importance of seat height with this instructional cycling video. It's critical for you as a cyclist to have your bike fit to you. Setting the seat height just right has minimal motion, or quiet hips. A seat height that is correct for you minimizes injury and maximizes power output on the bike. So learn how to set the correct seat height on your bike with this cycling tutorial video.
Sheldon Shows how the structure of the foot works. The anatomy of the foot is broken down into simple shapes. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to draw anatomically correct feet.
Sheldon breaks down the structure of the hand. The anatomy of the hands is broken down into simple shapes. Learn how to render anatomically correct hands in human figure sketches by watching this video drawing tutorial.
Drawing an anatomically correct human figure isn't difficult when broken down step by step. Learn how to slow sketch people by building the frame from simple boxes to a refined and finished human body. Follow along with this video tutorial and start drawing people in no time!
Once you've adjusted the levels of a photo, the next thing you want to do is color correct. The Photoshop techniques used here compensate for bad AWB (auto white balance) settings on point and shoot cameras, or in situations where you had less than ideal light.
In this lesson, learn how to correct and enhance images with regard to exposure, contrast and color balance in Photoshop. The differences between exposure and contrast are discussed in detail along with tips on how to make less than perfect images look better.
Master Bill Cammack guides Matt and viewers alike through the process of correcting white balance using Final Cut Pro's three-way color corrector effect.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to correct a slice in golf. A slice occurs because the ball is spinning counter clockwise. Some ways to correct the slice is to properly grip the club. When gripping it, do not go into a relaxed grip. Relaxing the grip will cause the club to slightly turn and spin the ball when it's hit. Your grip should be centered and not towards one side. This video is very descriptive and clearly explains the instructions. This video will benefit those viewers who...
When people work out, they want to get the absolute most out of their routine. Going on a run is great exercise, but finding an optimal route that works best for you can be difficult. Luckily, Apple's ARKit has the capability to make it much easier to get the most out of your workout.
