How To: Create terrains with the sandbox tools in SketchUp 6
This two part software tutorial shows you how to work with the sandbox terrain tools in SketchUp 6. Take a look at how to create your own terrain in Sketchup using 4 different methods.
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How To: Paint roses with wet-in-wet watercolors on rice paper
Watch this instructional painting video to paint a rose using the wet-in-wet method of watercolor painting on Chinese rice paper. This fluid style of painting takes lot of practice and does not allow for mistakes. Every brush stroke counts. Get out some newsprint to practice painting these beautiful rose petals.
How To: Use MDD files in modo
MDD files are a great way to bring in character animation or any deformation based animation from other 3D software systems. This modo 301 video reviews the basic method for import and use of MDD files. Learn how to load MDD files and apply them to a specific object in a modo 301 project.
How To: Break apart a picture frame in Google SketchUp
This 3D modeling software tutorial shows one approach to breaking a picture frame created through the follow-me tool into the actual pieces that would be used to build it in Google SketchUp.
How To: Transform chords into melodies in FL Studio
If you have a particular talent with melodies or chords but not both, this video shows two methods for crossing over to the other side when working in FL Studio! Learn how to create melodies from chords and chords from melodies to suit your creative needs in this FL Studio tutorial.
How To: Do color correction in Photoshop
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial teaches you how to change the color in different images with a variety of colorization methods. Bert shows us how to change colors on shirts, on cars and in our lives, through colorization in Photoshop.
How To: Set up a turntable for scratching
Before scratching on a given turntable, you'll need to set it up properly to ensure that you will not damage either your records or your hardware. This basic DJ tutorial demonstrates one method (among many) for adjusting up a turntable for scratching.
How To: Make your own natural dye with EtsyLabs
This week Kim Hall, a teacher at the EtsyLabs and an Etsy Seller (nottene), came by to show her technique for dyeing natural fabric with organic ingredients. Kim has worked with many different dyeing and printing methods. If you've always wanted to dye your own fabrics or yarn, this is a great video to get you started. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to use cabbage, onion, or tumeric to make a natural fabric or yarn dye.
How To: Play the song "The Trapeze Swinger" by Iron & Wine
This acoustic guitar tutorial explains how to play the song "The Trapeze Swinger" by Iron and Wine on the acoustic guitar. There is Capo on the second fret. This is a great instructional video that teaches you an easy method and the more advanced way for acoustic guitar enthusiasts. Practice your guitar skills by learning each chord to the song with this step by step video.
How To: Prepare an Acapella vocal for a mix in FL Studio
In this tutorial NFX shows you (and explain why) his method of getting an acapella ready for the mix to be used in FL Studio (Fruity Loops). This tutorial is intended mostly for those acapellas you work on as a collab with an MC and not commercial quality acapellas.
How To: Do basic finger tapping on electric guitar
Watch this music tutorial video to learn how to use the finger tapping technique on electric guitar. This how-to video teaches a basic method of finger tapping on electric guitar that is perfect for beginners.
How To: Create 3D text using Photoshop
This tutorial shows you a basic method to create 3D text in Photoshop. After watching the video, get creative and make your own versions of this 3-dimensional text.
How To: Fix over exposed images in Photoshop
Have an over exposed image and have no idea how to fix it? Well, this Photoshop tutorial gives you two methods (levels and shadows/highlights) to take care of over exposure and blow outs.
How To: Levitate
After a silly opening with some amazing levitation we learn how to do a much simpler levitation. This video is hilarious and you can learn a thing or two from it. This is not the Balducci levitation. It is an ingenious bootleg solution that involves taking off one shoe, and a blanket that disguises some of the method.
How To: Make gifts using pyrography (woodburning)
Learn how to make gifts by burning designs onto small wooden objects or other things like cork and dried gourd. This method is cheap and easy.
How To: Do a floor bridge hold
Learn how to do a floor bridge hold. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
How To: Create a handwriting effect in Sony Vegas
This is how to create a handwriting effect in Sony Vegas using the Bezier Mask tool within Pan/Crop. This method is nice because it doesn't require using third party plug-ins.
How To: Origami a paper airplane "Mirage"
Watch this visual demonstration on how to fold the Mirage. The Mirage is an excellent paper airplane. I was amazed the first time this left my hands and sailed -- nay -- floated to a perfect landing. The large wing area makes this glider easy to trim and especially graceful in the air. The "landing gear" helps the aircraft stay graceful during landings and on the ground, but I've surprisingly noticed that it seems to fly better with the landing gear "down and dirty" than with those tabs tucke...
How To: Say the names of animals in Japanese
Watch this video to learn how to say the names of common animals such as dogs, cats, fish, birds, and Godzilla in Japanese. The video offers special methods of remembering the name of each animal.
How To: Create a glowing ribbon in Photoshop
This tutorial shows you how to create a glowing ribbon in Photoshop using blend modes and layer styles. These methods can be applied to any object you want - not just a ribbon.
How To: Build a beam bot twin motor robot base
This robot is BEAM bot inspired. First we build up the Motor Drive, an excellent and cheap Robot Bot-Base. We start with the Tamiya kit, get it going, then strap on a battery and a drag wheel, center the drag wheel. Tape it all in place with bright yellow tape and make a BEAM Bot with batteries. Plans for this BEAM framework are to add smarts.
How To: Make chicken cutlets
What's the secret to making crispy, golden-brown chicken cutlets? The dredge-dunk-and-pat method!
How To: Clone plants
This video will teach you how to propagate plants from a stem cutting using asexual propagation (a.k.a cloning). The methods shown are mainly for hydroponics but can be used in soil.
How To: Fix a scratched CD or DVD for free
This how-to video shows you a very simple method to remove scratches on your DVDs and CDs! The magic fixer is toothpaste. Don't throw out any of your favorite movies, records, or software. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to rescue and repair scratched CDs.
How To: Repair or improve your phone signals
Have you ever broken the antenna off of your cell phone but did not want to buy another one? Here is a quick, cheap way to repair your antenna. This method also helps to improve bad reception on existing antennas.
How To: Fill gaps in brick mortar
It is important that your mortar is not cracked so that animals and insects cannot get in. Also, it can prevent water damage and mold. Greg Lim, a professional handyman and residential property manager, shows you a do-it-yourself method for fixing your brick wall by applying mortar.
How To: Fix Defective Pixels & Improve Image Quality on LCD & LED Monitors
I have owned quite the plethora of electronics in my life. A commonality between most of these devices' screens is frozen or dead pixels. This is probably the most annoying thing about buying new hardware—your LCD, or worse, LED display has one or more pixels that continues to stay lit. Most of the time, this will appear in the form of a brightly colored pixel that never changes, or a pixel that never displays the right color. Once you notice it's there, you just can't stop staring at it. It ...
How To: Make chlorine gas with pool chlorine and hydrochloric acid
Chlorine gas is a very useful oxidant, which was first introduced as a toxic weapon by the German Army. Even today, it's still used as a weapon, most recently in the Iraq War by insurgents. But chlorine gas has more useful (and less lethal) applications, and if you want to learn how to make some at home, NurdRage has the answers.
How To: Root an Android smartphone with the universal "SuperOneClick" method
This is, by far, the easiest way to root your Android phone, and it's even got its own name— the "SuperOneClick" method. This is a universal technique that applies to most Android-based smartphones (minus the HTC Evo and T-Mobile G2/Vision). TheUnlockr shows you the secret behind rooting your Droid, so watch and learn. Anyone with an Android-enabled phone can do this.
How To: Make graphene sheets from graphite flakes and cellophane tape
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, from the University of Manchester, have just won the Nobel Prize in physics from their work with graphene. They've found a way to isolate graphene from graphite (carbon in pencil lead) and distinguish its behavior, which holds extreme potential for future technology.
How To: Quickly test the functionality of a coil-on-plug system in almost any vehicle
Working on a coil on plug system can be pretty frustrating for mechanics. So, if you're trying to diagnose a no-start or misfire, how do you know if that spark plug coil is firing? Is that even your problem? This video will show you two methods for troubleshooting the misfire problem. The first quick little test involves a coil-on-plug adapter (tester). Keep watching for the second method. This works for almost all vehicles.
How To: Get widescreen videos on YouTube
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to get widescreen videos on YouTube from normal videos. This can be done in Sony Vegas Movie Studio. Go to project > properties > video. Here you set the template width to 640, height 360, frame rate 30, field order as none, pixel aspect ratio to square, full resolution rendering quality to good and deinterlace method to blend fields. Next you save this template for future use and click apply. One of the quickest ways of conver...
How To: Clean high voltage electrical cables with solvents
The best way to make sure you have the best connections on high voltage-lines is to clean them. Cleaning high-voltage wires with cleaning solvents is the best way to get the job done for a better flow of electricity. This video, produced by Polywater, trains electricians on the proper high-voltage cable cleaning procedures during splicing and termination. Methods are shown to remove different types of shields and compounds from insulation. The "Do's and Don'ts" of abrasion, solvent spraying, ...
How To: Get a fraction from a recurring decimal
In order to pass that big Algebra test you will need to know how to get a fraction from a number with a recurring decimal. If you are looking for a shortcut, look no further than this tutorial.
How To: Cook different cuts of steak
Do you know how to cook beef short ribs? How about a point off natural brisket? In this video, Andrew Zimmerman, offers simple and easy recommendations on his favorite methods of preparing and cooking various cuts of steak. Zimmerman lets you know what kinds of steak work best with a sweet marinade or a saltier one. He also lets you know about different methods of cooking steaks such as pan frying, grilling, and even poaching. Zimmerman's key to a perfect steak, however, is its rest time. He ...
How To: Get More Juice from a Lemon (Roll vs. Microwave Methods)
Precious resources can be wasted if you do not have the knowledge necessary to get the most out of a fruit or vegetable.
How To: Increase height by stretching
In this video the author shows how to increase height by stretching your body. There are various stretching methods that you can follow to strain the body and stretch it there by helping it to grow. There are various stretching exercise like the Cobra method where you lay down on the floor and try to stretch your body by shaping your body in the form of an arc. There is an another exercise called super cobra where you stretch the body in the opposite direction. There are also other stretching...
How To: Download music from MySpace in high quality
This how-to video shows you how to download music from MySpace in good quality. This method is one hundred percent free and legal as long as you don't share the files with anybody other than yourself. The video shows viewers everything from accessing the artists music page of which you would like to download songs from, to clicking the get files button and getting your music. If you use this method of downloading music you will bypass paying a dollar per song and still keep things legal.
How To: Make sulfuric acid - electrochemically
You already know how to make sulfuric acid with the metabisulfite and oxidizer method and you saw how to make copper sulfate from copper and sulfuric acid, so now try making sulfuric acid with these two in mind… with sulfuric acid by electrolysis of copper using an inert anode.
How To: Create an egg mask facial with Michelle Phan
Michelle Phan demonstrates how to create an egg mask facial. Egg white and yolk mask. Perfect for oily skin. It helps brighten and tighten the skin. The reason why the egg yolks are so good and rich for your skin is because they are loaded with Vitamin A! Protein and nutrients!