How To: Import photos to iPhoto
Once you've taken some photos, you'll need to move them from your digital camera to your Mac. Just connect your camera to the USB or Firewire port on your Mac with a cable. iPhoto will open automatically.
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How To: Add a photo slideshow to your DVD with iDVD
With iDVD, you can use your digital photos to create a DVD slideshow that will play in virtually any DVD player.
How To: Capture from tape in Final Cut Express
Final Cut Express makes it easy to convert or capture your videotapes into digital video files. All you need to do is set the desired capture format and destination for your clips. The Final Cut Express menu also provides an Easy Setup function.
How To: Share your movie with Final Cut Express
Learn how to write your movie to tape or store it as a digital file using Apple's Final Cut Express in order to share it with others. Using this process, you can play your movie on a VCR, website, iTunes, iPod, DVD, or any other device or format.
How To: Convert a juice box into a pinhole camera
Make your own pinhole camera from a juice box! A juice box, yes, that's right. Guaranteed to outlast any digital camera! Unless you sit on it, of course.
How To: Rotate a video in Windows Movie Maker
If you shot a video sideways with your digital camera, you may need to rotate it in order to get your video to appear right side up. Here's how to rotate that video using Windows Movie Maker
How To: Not suck at Photoshop and vandalize a VW bus
Donnie Hoyle pulls a digital end-around on a restraining order and vandalizes a Vanagon. This teaches you how to use the warp and distort tools in Adobe Photoshop. It also uses Adobe Bridge.
How To: Create a partial black & white image in Photoshop
Customize your digital images and graphics - you can create a partial black and white effect in Photoshop Elements with these simple steps.
How To: Convert an old PC into a home audio server
Do you have an old PC sitting around somewhere in your garage? Want a dedicated audio server that will play back MP3s, Internet radio, and other digital music files over your home stereo system? This CNET video teaches you how to convert your old PC into an amazing server!
How To: Control iTunes with your iPhone
All you need to remotely access your computer's iTunes library is your iPhone. Control itunes with your iPhone with this Howcast guide.
Brief Reality: Halliburton, New York Jets, CyberLink Join the Augmented Reality Movement
A survey by ABI Research revealed that only 25 percent of businesses have implemented augmented reality technology in some form or fashion.
Brief Reality: Home Audio Speakers Could Soon Project Holograms
One inventor wants to bring augmented reality to internet radio and home audio speakers. Meanwhile, a leading consumer electronics company has opened up access its deep learning tools for building augmented reality apps. In addition, analysts examine how augmented reality will impact the design and construction and profile the top developers in augmented and virtual reality.
How to Hack Radio Frequencies: Building a Radio Listening Station to Decode Digital Audio & Police Dispatches
On April 7, 2017, residents in Dallas, Texas, woke to the sound of emergency sirens blaring all over the city. No one could shut them off, and after repeated efforts to contain the situation, the city had to shut down the entire system. While the media reported a sophisticated computer hack was responsible, the truth was much less high-tech.
Hack Like a Pro: Digital Forensics for the Aspiring Hacker, Part 16 (Extracting EXIF Data from Image Files)
Welcome back, my greenhorn hackers! In many cases when a computer, phone, or mobile device is seized for evidence, the system will have graphic images that might be used as evidence. Obviously, in some cases these graphic images may be the evidence such as in child pornography cases. In other situations, the graphic images may tell us something about where and when the suspect was somewhere specific.
How To: Make a Floppy Drive Music Mix (16 Drives, 5 Songs, 1 myRIO) - myFloppyDriveOrchestra
Video: . Being one of the most popular DIY/maker projects around, Musical Floppy Drives are nothing new. However, myFloppyDriveOrchestra includes a few unique features, which separate it from the crowd.
How To: Make Music with Floppy Drives & LabVIEW
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How To: Turn Your Personal Handwriting into a Custom Font for a More Unique Look
There are thousands of fonts you can download online. Some are free, some you have to pay for, but they all have something in common—if you can get them, so can everyone else. If you want a truly unique font that no one else is using, you have to make your own, and what's more unique than your own handwriting?
How To: Fix Your Xbox One's Broken & Grinding Disc Drive Problems
There have been hundreds of reports of users hearing a grinding noise when they place a disc into their brand new Xbox One video game consoles. To prove it, here is an awesomely sad compilation of Xbox One owners having the issue.
How To: Use an Expodisk to white balance your DSLR
White balance is an important aspect of photography. Balance your camera correctly and you will take impressive pictures, balance it poorly and your photos will appear washed out or blurry.
How To: Use the Video Mode on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Most people don't use their cameras to make movies (really bad quality and a sort of user-generated content feel are probably the culprits) but cameras with a record function are great for those impromptu memory-making moments when your dog tries to do a handstand or your grandma unloads the biggest belch ever.
How To: Burn your mix to CD with Pro Tools® SE
Pro Tools is THE software choice for digital audio recording and editing. You've got some serious power at your disposal and you'll want to know how to handle it all. This video shows how to take your finished Mix from Pro Tools SE, and burn it to a CD that will play in any CD Player.
How To: Make your own pinhole lens for a digital SLR camera
This is a lens you can make yourself easily. You will need a drill, a needle, a body cap, tape, aluminum foil, a ruler or measuring tape and a pencil or piece of chalk to mark where the hole should go.
How To: Do color correction on your videos in Adobe Lightroom
Color correction is important, because it gives your finished film a professinal touch. This tutorial is a quick explanation on how you can do color correction on your digital movie projects by using the editing tools available in Adobe Lightroom.
How To: Use camera effects when taking pictures with an HTC Desire HD smartphone
Spice up your digital photos with filters and effects. See how with this quick, official guide from HTC.
How To: Use Hulu Plus on a Roku digital video player
Ever wish you could watch your favorite Hulu shows on your TV using your Roku media player? Before November 17th, 2010, you were out of luck — now, in most cases, it's as easy as running a software update! This clip will show you what to do you get Hulu Plus up and running on your own television using your Roku set-top box.
How To: Use the live external effect plugin in Ableton Live
The raging debate in the electronic music world between digital and hardware music production is virulent and unnecessary when the best setup is clearly a mix of the two. In this video you'll learn how to get your computer and your DJ hardware together by using the Ableton Live external effect plugin to control sounds from your gear using the computer. It's the best of both worlds!
How To: Draw feet using digital drawing software like Photoshop
This two part tutorial is all feet, all the time. Done in the comic book style, this tutorial shows you how to expand on the basic triangle to draw realistic and proportionate feet, as well as avoid some of the pitfalls new artists encounter when trying to master feet for themselves.
How To: Create two separate exposures for an image with Camera Raw in Photoshop CS5
In this video tutorial, we learn how to create two separate exposures for the same image with Camera Raw when retouching a digital photograph in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular raster graphics editor or a seasoned designer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of the latest iteration of the application, you're sure to benefit from this free software tutorial. For more information, watch this video guide.
How To: Use long exposure speeds to capture motion in digital photography
A long exposure setting can create some interesting effects, especially when you're photographing a moving light source at night. This tutorial shows you how to set up your camera and maximize your surroundings so you can take the absolute best and most dramatic photographs possible.
How To: Create and share a virtual scrapbook online with Scrapblog
In this video tutorial, we learn how to create and share digital scrapbooks with Scrapblog, a new virtual scrapbooking platform. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started creating your own scrapbooks online, watch this how-to from the folks at popSiren.
How To: Calculate return on equity, assets and profitability in Microsoft Excel
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 19th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to calculate return on equity, assets, and profitablility — return on investment (RoI).
How To: Create common-sized financial statements in Microsoft Excel
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 15th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to generate a common-sized financial statement within Microsoft Excel.
How To: Calculate quartiles with the Microsoft Excel 2010 QUARTILE function
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 725th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to calculate quartiles with the MATCH and QUARTILE function.
How To: Create a lomograph effect on your digitial image using GIMP
The lomograph technique in photography involves letting light bleed into the shot. Fortunately, you don't need expensive camera equipment to get this same effect. You can use the free GIMP software to create a lomo effect on any digital image which includes a lot of sky.
How To: Create a telephone effect with EQ in Logic Pro 8 or 9
Need some help figuring out how to achieve that classic "telephone" effect in Logic? Let this clip be your guide. Whether you're new to computer recording, new to the Ableton Live DAW (digital audio workstation) or just looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial from NextStepAudio. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Create a custom multi-sample instrument in Logic Pro 8 or 9
This clip provides a lesson on how to generate a custom multi-sample instrument within Logic Pro Studio. Whether you're new to computer recording, new to Apple's Logic Pro DAW (digital audio workstation) or just looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial from NextStepAudio. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Create a rhythmic gate effect in Ableton Live 8
This clip provides an overview of how to create a dancy rhythmic gate effect in Ableton Live 8. Whether you're new to computer recording, new to the Ableton Live DAW (digital audio workstation) or just looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial from NextStepAudio. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Create a multi-band rhythmic gating effect in Logic Pro 8 or 9
Learn how to a create a fancy, dancy multi-band rhythmic gating effect in Logic Pro. Whether you're new to computer recording, new to the Apple Logic DAW (digital audio workstation) or just looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial from Next Step Audio. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Display records that fall between two dates in Microsoft Excel 2010
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 720th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use filtering, the AND, TODAY and EDATE functions, and conditional formatting to show values between two dates.
How To: Find dependent and precedent formulas by keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Excel
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 705th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use Ctrl + ] to find dependent or