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We've covered a variety of life perks, short cuts, and cheats (35 to be exact), but what about your health? Neatorama has compiled a list of "tricks" to staying healthy and keeping off the pounds.
We've covered a variety of life perks, short cuts, and cheats (35 to be exact), but what about your health? Neatorama has compiled a list of "tricks" to staying healthy and keeping off the pounds.
Henry Goodelman we commend you, sir. You have stunned and baffled us ... more than any of the other 1000+ submitters to the Jackass 3D Prank Contest.
So, you've made your first zine. Now what? That depends on a couple things:
Masking glass and other transparent items such as smoke and fog can be done relatively easily in the Mask Pro plug-in for Photoshop. Learn how to accomplish realistic results with this tutorial containing three examples of how to mask glass in Photoshop images using Mask Pro. Mask glass & transparency in Mask Pro for Photoshop.
A cordless drill/screwdriver can easily be used as a hand-crank charger for batteries... even alkalines! See for yourself! Recharging alkaline batteries is done at your own risk. Crank charge batteries.
Bottoms up Turn the Nerf Vulcan EBF-25 so the bottom side is facing up.
Popsci has posted 2009's most amazing scientific images, and there's quite a few great ones in there. A few of our favorites below, click through for all 62.
Learn how to tie the Boy Scouts trucker's hitch knot. The Trucker's Hitch (Lorry Knot in the UK and parts of Canada) allows the scout (or sailor or whatever) to easily tighten a rope, yet easily untie the knot. Its most common use is for tying loads (thus the trucker moniker) such as a canoe to a cartop, a tarp to trailer or any application where a very tight rope is needed. It provides the advantages of a block and tackle, without the heavy hardware.
This tutorial shows you an example of how to rotoscope footage using After Effects CS4 and Photoshop CS4. See what tools, masks and brushes are able to help you rotoscope and learn how to use the selection and painting tools in Photoshop to efficiently rotoscope. Then, see how to exchange the rotoscope files easily between After Effects CS4 and Photoshop CS4. Rotoscope using After Effects CS4 and Photoshop CS4.
Why recreate your lower 3rds or bumpers over and over for different clients, when you can create some templates in Motion 3 you can easily change and customize in Final Cut Pro. This podcast shows you how to create master templates in Motion 3 and use them in FCP 6. Create Motion 3 master templates in Final Cut Pro.
Replacing or adjusting skies in Photoshop is a common task for landscape and architecture photographers. Learn how to use the Mask Pro plug-in within Photoshop to separate the sky so it may be easily replaced or adjusted while maintaining the foreground details. Mask Pro makes it easy for any level of Photoshop user to replace skies in photos. Replace skies in the Mask Pro plugin for Photoshop.
Click on Chapters 2 & 3 for the whole tutorial. Fold an origami school bag.
Click on Chapter 2 for the whole tutorial. Fold an origami 3d house.
Click on Chapter 2 for the whole tutorial. Fold an origami sunflower photo stand.
Click on Chapter 2 for the whole tutorial. Fold an origami lipstick.
Have you ever put together a basic survival kit for your home in case of an earthquake or natural disaster? If not, you should, because you'll want to be prepared should the worst happen.
These dog days of summer are the perfect window of time to make giant homemade soap bubbles outdoors.
Make this delicate cocktail easily at home. You will need: wedges from half a lemon, 2 sliced strawberries, 1 whole strawberry (for the garnish), 3 chopped basil leaves, 3 ounces gin (as good as you can get), a splash of fresh lime juice, a splash of simple syrup and ice. Make a Strawberry Sapphire cocktail with gin.
Become a magician with this card trick video tutorial. Learn how to perform the "voodoo teleport" magic card trick. With just a little sleight of hand, you can easily do the voodoo teleport card trick. Learn the technique and impress your friends and family. Perform the "voodoo teleport" magic card trick.
Learn how to tie a Homer Rhode Loop. The Homer Rhode Loop allows lures or flies to move freely and is used when a lure requires that to move naturally. It is easily tied and retains around 85 percent of the lines original breaking strength. Tie a Homer Rhode Loop knot.
The Sailor's Knot: learn knot tying. The Sailor's Knot is also called The Anchor Bend, Carrick Bend and Full Carrick Bend. It's easy to tie, does not slip easily in the wet, and is among the strongest of knots - it can't jam and is readily untied. Tie the Sailor's Knot.
Check out this how-to video, and see how easily a pro adds gorgeous luminosity to African American skin. The right bronzer for dark skin can be tricky to find. Try golds to bring some light to the eyes. Watch this video makeup application tutorial and learn how to make dark skin glow. Make dark skin glow with makeup.
Mustaches happen to the best of us, even women. This how-to video shows a way to remove hair safely and easily in the comfort of your own bathroom. Follow along with the simple steps to get rid of any unwanted hair, without unnecessary pain. Watch this video hair removal tutorial and learn how to wax your lip. Wax your lip at home.
Don’t own Photoshop? Don’t have to. Check out Pixelmator, a Photoshop like application for the Mac that costs only $59. Pixelmator allows you to easily edit photographs, create logos, etc. It does 80% of what Photoshop does, but at a lower cost. Edit photographs in Pixelmator for the Mac.
If you've ever wanted to create a realistic looking frame in Photoshop but didn't know how or didn't have the time, be sure to watch this PhotoFrame tutorial. Learn how to use the PhotoFrame plug-in to quickly and easily choose from hundreds of digital frames and mattes to add to your digital photos in Photoshop. Use PhotoFrame 3 realistic frames & mats in Photoshop.
See how to use FocalPoint 1.0, a plug-in for Photoshop, to simulate a tilt-shift lens effect for table-top food, products or other macro photography. Add depth and dimension to your still life photography by simulating a tilted or shifted lens effect easily in the FocalPoint plug-in for Photoshop. Simulate a tilt-shift lens effect in FocalPoint plugin.
Watch this printmaking tutorial video to learn how to do guerilla t-shirt silksscreening. You can print whatever you want on your shirts, but if you're a beginner, you should keep it to just two colors. Once you've watched this helpful how-to video, you'll be able to guerilla silk screen as many t-shirts as you want very easily. Guerilla silk screen t-shirts.
This Photoshop tutorial shows you how to use masks, multiply blend modes and burn tools in Photoshop to very easily darken a sky. Darken the sky in an image in Photoshop.
Learn how to use the extract command in Photoshop to remove parts of images. This is great for images with complicated edges like fur or hair that you can't get easily by hand with the selection tool. Use the extract filter tool in Photoshop.
Learn how to perform an oil change on your Ford Escort with this instructional video. Don't Miss: A Beginner's Guide to Easily Changing Oil Change the oil in a Ford Escort.
Learn how to do an oil change on a Ford Taurus with this instructional video Don't Miss: A Beginner's Guide to Easily Changing Oil Change the oil in a Ford Taurus.
Master craftsman George Berry, "The Woodguy" shows how to quickly and easily make a chess board. This video will provide you with the expertise to build a chess board, so all you have to worry about it playing!! Make a chess board.
In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to change the look and feel of your footage easily with his new, useful CustomEffect for color correction in After Effects. His tool is a wrapper around Adobe Color Balance plugin and you can get it from the Creator site link. Color correct in After Effects.
This video demonstrates how to do invisible (provisional) cast-on, also known as looped cast-on. This is a provisional cast-on: one that can be easily undone to expose live stitches, and then knit from seamlessly. Do invisible (provisional) cast-on.
In this video tutorial you will learn to create a symbol in Macromedia Flash. To easily convert artwork to symbols use the keyboard shortcut, F8. The symbols could be movie clips, graphics or buttons. Create a symbol in Macromedia Flash.
Tom Cole shows us how harvest red currants and white currants. Video says they are best harvested from early to mid summer and to study its color to determine their quality. Short video explains harvesting easily. Harvest red currants and white currants.
Video shows how to protect tropical plants from frost in the winter. Using fleece, scissors and string, video shows easily how to wrap tropical plants, such as banana plants, in the fleece. Protect plants from frost using fleece.
Jacqueline Hansen shows how to put a duvet cover onto a duvet. Video divides each step into a subtitle and shows Jacqueline performing each step easily. Put a duvet cover on your comforter.
Kids who watch a lot of television can easily become couch potatoes. Personal trainer Jackie Curley offers advice and tips on how to motivate kids to be more active even while watching television. Suggestions include having kids do exercises during commercials. Prevent your kids from becoming couch potatoes.
Cortisone containing topical ointment and creams have various effect on the skin depending on its chemical nature plus the concentration of cortisone within it.