To create a quick hair quiff, start with a triangle section from the crown to the edge of the eyebrows on both sides. Take the section at the crown and back comb with a fine comb, but pushing down through the hair and gathering hair to the root about three times. Pull the hair that is left over it and repeat with another section. Finish with all sections until only one is left at the front. For the final section, back comb one time, and smooth over the other previous sections. Use a small bri...
Use three tools to create a simple ponytail. Use a hairbrush, a bobby pin, and a bungee band holder for this look. Using a bungee band instead of a standard ponytail holder eliminates some of the issues typically caused by pulling hair through ponytail holders. Start by using a bristled brush to brush the hair to one location on the head. Secure one hook of the bungee band in the ponytail and wrap the tail around the rest of the hair. Wrap it around again, and secure the other bungee band hoo...
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 300th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the YEAR, DATE and TEXT functions and the ampersand (concatenation) to create a date label that adds leading zeros appropriately.
To do fading in flash, first drag an image onto your main window. Shrink it down so it fits on the window, then right click your image and hit copy frames, then come out to frame 15 and hit paste frames. Right click in the middle of the set of frames and hit "Create motion Tween" Go to the first frame and click on what you want to fade. Go to the color tab and then select alpha. If its not on 0, drag it down to 0. Now go to frame 15 and make sure its on 100. Now if you drag from left to right...
For creating a custom avatar first you need to go to the website FACE YOUR MANGA. There you can find an option named click create to start. Then you click on the create button. Then select male or female. Then you will get a default dude. you can see options like face, nose, eyes, mouth, ears etc on the right side. You can give colours according to your wish. And make whatever changes you want. Once you are done click finish and you will find a pop up box saying that yu are about to download ...
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 200th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the Excel 2007 Table Nomenclature in formulas. See 9 examples of how to create formulas with table nomenclature in this free Excel video tutorial.
Get started on the dance floor creating belly dancing routines with the help of layering. When layering various techniques and moves in belly dancing, perfect each individual movement before combining them together. Get closer to master a belly dancing routine by layering movements with this instructional video conducted by an expert: Yasmeen began dancing at the young age of 3 and studied ballet, flamenco, folkloric, hip-hop and modern dance styles, as well as tribal fusion belly dance and O...
He may not be Mickey, but he is just as darn cute. If you are looking to learn how to cartoon, and wish to create a cute little mouse character, check out this video. In this tutorial you will learn to draw like a cartoonist, at an intermediate level, using basic shapes to create a character.
Save some money on your energy bills by making an attic stairway box. For less than twenty five dollars, all you need is caulk, UL181 masking tape, insulated sheathing, and rubber foam sticky tape. Measure the width, the length, and the depth of the attic stairway opening. Lay the insulated sheathing down on the floor and get a straight edge. Take those measurements and create a rectangular box. Mark out six pieces to create the parts of the box – two large top pieces, and four shorter side p...
Love4Nails shows step by step tips for achieving this look. Begin by choosing a background color. On top of the base, apply white polish. Then apply a smile line on the top portion of the nail as you would when doing a French manicure. Then fill in the nail. If its not perfectly straight its ok because it will be covered. Next, apply glitter polish on the white area of the nail. With the white polish make three dot and use a dotting tool to extend them, creating flowers. With the original blu...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to create free custom ringtones for an iPhone 3G. Begin by opening iTunes and select the song that you want as a ringtone. Right-click on the song and select Get Info. Go to the Options tab and make the song last only 40 seconds. Then right-click on the song again and select Convert AAC Version. Now open the file in the iTunes folder and rename the m4a to m4r. Click on Use m4r to confirm and open the file in iTunes. This video will benefit those viewe...
User tomreviewer shows us how to get autotune in GarageBand. Open GarageBand and create a new project. Make sure the Key is set to C. Delete the default track by clicking on Track, then Delete Track. Start a new track by clicking on Track, then New Track. Select Real Instrument Track when prompted and click Create. In the sidebar that opens click on Vocals, then Male Basic. Any of the Vocals, however, can be used. Press the Record button and record your voice. Click on the Scissors icon in th...
This video shows you how to make a very good paper airplane, that will fly in the air for about 10 seconds before it falls. Start by folding your paper in half length-wise, and then at one end fold triangles from the corners into the middle. Then flip your paper over, and fold the same corners in again, so that your paper looks like a taller point. Take the last 3 inches of the point and bend it into the middle of the paper, creating an X out of the folds. Then fold it all in half so that you...
Ingelton Pottery demonstrates how to throw a chip and dip pottery plate. First, well a ball of clay and put it on a pottery wheel. Use your hands and ample amounts of water to depress the sides of the clay forming an indented rim with a raised center. Use your thumb to define the center hub. Create a thin side to the plate. Wet your hands and press down on the center hub, creating a depression. The plate should now have a two bowls with one sitting inside of the other one. Use a blade to scra...
New to Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 182nd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create formulas with workbook references. See how to make a formula that looks at a range of cells in another workbook.
Jason Johnson with Revolution Audio shows us some easy steps to creating a basic midi drumbeat using your keyboard. To start, the kick drum is located at C1, this is in a different location depending on the number of keys your keyboard has. The other drums which are included are left and right snares, the tones, high hat closed, open high hat, and the pedal high hat. There are also the cymbals which include the crash, often used at the end of measures and the ride which is employed often in j...
It is very important to learn how to create a good book proposal. This video helps shed more light on things to think about when creating your book proposal. Essentially, a book proposal is your opportunity to sell yourself as a marketable asset to a publisher. Most publishers websites have down-loadable book proposal forms. They will request a lot of information such as what is your market, how do you intend to promote yourself, along with a few sample chapters. Publishers receive hundreds o...
This video shows the method to make multiple backups while restoring a iPhone. See ' iPhone and iPod touch : About Backups' on your iPhone. Scroll to the bottom and see the location of the backup. You can rename the backup folder so that the device thinks there is no backup and starts creating a new one. You can also go to info.plist file and change the display name. You can add the date to the name to tell the difference. Go to iTunes and right click on iPhone. Choose restore from backup. Yo...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to create a light-saber effect using Adobe Premiere Elements. Begin by adding your video into the program. Then go to the effects and select the lightning effect. Configure the effect settings to the settings provided in the video. Now play the video frame by frame until you see the sword in the video. Then go to the start and end points, and drag the points to the sword. Go 1 frame forward each time and click the split button. Then drag the points to...
Use autotune on Garageband with your MacFirst, create a new track. Click on real instrumental track. Create. Record your voice. Listen to the recording. Go to view, hide track editor. Go to enhance tuning. You can bring it to max for the TPain effect or choose the enhance tuning setting that you want. If you choose limit key, the program will keep you in the same key as your vocal key. (That was determined by the software.) For vocal effects, record a new track. Choose real instrument track, ...
In this tutorial video, YouTube user "inteltuts" discusses ways to use Photoshop CS4 to help make better looking product pictures, as a way to attract costumers to your online products. Using a black telephone as an example, he first shows how the opacity, linear dodge, and brush tools can help make a product image look shiner, sleeker and brighter. He goes onto create what he calls "glints", which are subtle reflections and areas of sparkling light that he places across the image. Lastly, he...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to get music on the LG Rumor or Scoop using a Mac OS X computer. Users will need a memory card and a memory card reader. Begin by finding the music that you want on your phone and create a playlist. Then connect your memory card to the reader and connect it to your computer. Now open your memory card on the computer and create a music folder. Drop the music into the folder. Unplug your reader ad insert your card into your phone. This video will benefi...
This Software video tutorial shows how to create a glass text effect in Photoshop CS3/CS4. Download a free trial version of Photoshop CS4 from Adobe. Open Photoshop, go to ‘file’ and click ‘open’. In the next box, give it a name, select width and height at 90 pixels, background contents to ‘transparent’ and click OK. Select the color palette and choose the background color and click OK. Now open ‘paint bucket tool’ and fill in the color. Then go to ‘text tool’, select the font, size and posit...
Danielle Proud shows and discusses her version of how to reinvent the Christmas wreath. She uses black spray paint to highlight the leaves that she uses. After she sprays the leaves with the black spray paint she sprinkles glitter on to the painted areas of the leaves. Using a circular wreath frame she creates her vivid modern Christmas wreath. She makes sure to give you step by step instructions on her vision. When it is all said and done she shows you a finished wreath she has made using he...
In this jewelry-making basics tutorial, learn how to make an eye pin. To create an eye pin, you will need wire. Size 24 or 22 gauge wire is the best kind of wire to make an eye pin. The thicker the wire, the more difficult it may be to work with. To begin, straighten out your wire and cut the length you need to make your eye pin. Taking some round nose pliers, you will bend the wire up while rolling it toward yourself. Do not pinch the wire too tightly with the pliers because it can leave per...
Learning how to use Flash can be beneficial for you if you are looking to add something to your website. In this video tutorial you get to see how to make toggle buttons using the Flash CS4 program.
Garden of Imagination shows you how to create a very small ice cream cone out of polymer clays. The lady shows to add some texture to the cone before adding the ice cream portion on to the top of the baked cone. There is even a cherry on top of the lovely small ice cream cone when you are finished. This tutorial is a slow and close up view of making this ice cream cone. The perky voice and calm explanation of the process makes this video simple and easy to follow along to and to create your v...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw a female eye using Photoshop. Begin by creating a rectangular box. This will contain the eye. Now draw the shape of the eye in the box. Now add in the details. Draw in the shape, eyelashes, eye brows, eye lids and eye ball. When drawing the lashes, draw them as a mass instead of individually. Then add the eye lids with a few lines above the eye. Then draw two circles for the eye (eye ball and pupil). This video will benefit those viewers who e...
Marianna takes us through the process of creating a beautiful set of earrings! For this project you will need two sterling silver head pins, four fresh water pearls, some gemstones of your choice, two sterling silver ear wires, round nose pliers, flat nose pliers, and a cutter. Take your head pin and string your beads and gemstones on the head pin. Next using the flat nose plier, bend the end of the head pin to create a 90 degree angle. Then make a simple loop where the ear wires will be plac...
This video demonstrates an easy hair poof for a different hair style. First, section the hair to create the desired width of the poof. Section back about two inches from the forehead. Smooth that section of hair taut with a comb and twist it one and half to two times. Instead of pushing the poof forward and creating an uneven style, place the finger of the hand not holding the hair on top of the taut hair. Then push forward gently with both hands. Then where the twist is held against your sca...
In this video, gamer Chilled Chaos shows you how to construct a zip line to use in the video game Little Big Planet. He starts off by building a large block, going up into the air, with an area cut out. This will be where you are standing when you start. He then goes on to construct a declining plane, which is where your zip line will hang from. After just a few more short and very easy steps, he has attached ropes and other small objects and created the zip line. Using this brief but detaile...
ITS tactical is going to show you how to make a handcuff knot, which is usually used to restrain things. To make this loop you want to make 2 loops, the first being an overhand loop, while the second is an underhand loop. Once you make the loops you want to stack them and then reach inside and grab one side of each loop with the opposite hand and pull the loop through, which if done correctly should create a loop on the right and left. By creating that type of knot it can be used on game if y...
You can learn how to use After Effects to make an interesting introduction for your YouTube video by following the steps in this video tutorial. You will need to use a preset called Trapcode Particular 2. 0. Once this trial version is downloaded, go into After Effects and select New Composition. Create any name you want for the file and then select HDV/HDTV for the Preset. This video outlines how to create the introduction from the initial layer to the final layer, which is up to you to decid...
This video explains how to create a pair of Swarovski crystal earrings. You will need a tooth headpin, two pear-shaped crystals, two spacers, two diamond beads, and sterling silver ear hooks. First, slide the pear-shaped crystal onto the head pin. Follow with a spacer, a bead, then use a pair of pliers with a side-cutting edge to cut the wire and bend at a 90 degree angle. Use round-nose pliers to then create a circle at the end of the wire, then 'squash' a bit with the other pliers. Then ope...
In this Inteltus tutorial video, viewers are treated to a step-by-step guide to creating a Twilight inspired text effect in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Starting from scratch, the host goes through the actions in real time, explaining each step of the way. The viewer is free to make their own modifications to the file in order to integrate the effect into their own Photoshop work. While the video is aimed towards experienced Photoshop users, it is broken down enough that even a beginner will have no ...
This video shows the user how to create a Podcast using the free program Audacity. The first step is to go to audacity.sourceforge.net and download the free application and install it onto your computer. Next, you'll need to download and install an MP3 encoder. The video recommends the LAME MP3 encoder. After that you'll want to hook up a microphone to your computer. Once you do that you can launch the Audacity program. Once you do that press the record button and record your message. Once yo...
This video shows how to make a screen capture program in Visual basic. The first step to create a screen capture is to open a new project and open a new form window. The second step is to create to temples for either saving or capturing the picture you choose to select. The third step involves following the code structure given by the instructor to enable the correct function for the save or capture button options. The final step is to open the project as a finished work with the correct codi...
First thing to do is to create a new pic image called matrix. The next thing you want to do is to change the width and the height of your picture, as well as the resolution. Pick any background color you want, take the paint bucket tool and fill the background. To get the matrix code, go to Filter, Texture, and then finally Grain. You want to set the intensity to 90, contrast to 50, and grain type should be vertical. To get the grain to be green, you press Ctrl+U, press colorize and drag the ...
This video explains how to create a database text alert using Google Forms. In Google documents click on new, then form. After naming the form and typing in that standard text messaging rates apply, our presenter selects multiple choice yes or no options. Select it to be a required question so that the user can make sure they understand terms. You can choose to select any or all of the questions to be required. You can then type in various questions for the user to answer-our presenter wants ...
Learn how to make your own jewelry starting with a gold anchor and plastic gold chain necklace by following the steps Kandee outlines in her tutorial. You will need a drill, some attachments for it, a gold pendant, gold chain, and clasps to connect your necklace. To begin, create your pendant by gluing an anchor charm to a plastic square pendant. Once you have created the pendant, drill holes in the upper portions of the pendant. Then connect the gold chains on each side of the pendant using ...
