This is an instructional video featuring Doug Prime, founder of the Future Engineers Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. This is a craft or hobby video that shows the technique of using pliers as a tool to stabilize a part or project while you work on it.
This is an instructional video featuring Doug Prime, founder of the Future Engineers Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. A utility or razor blade knife is good to cut soft and thin material like cardboard or styrofoam. Cover work surface with scrap. Stand when cutting to be safe. Don't cut like an exacto knife. Be gentle and don't go through the first time.
Get inspired by this season's jewel colors shown on the runway with this how-to video from Elle magazine. Jewel tones and shimmer will really make features pop. Watch this video makeup application tutorial and learn how to create a jewel tone goddess makeup look.
Are you disappointed with the sluggishness of Microsoft Windows Vista? In this Windows video tutorial, you'll learn how to use the Performance tool in Windows Vista to disable senseless features you don't need and to make Vista run more quickly in the process. For more, or to get started speeding up your own Windows Vista machine, take a look!
Using the Merge feature in Microsoft Office Excel 2007, you can quickly turn that worksheet into an easy-to-scan, appealing report. When you merge cells, you join several adjacent cells into one larger cell. Check out this tutorial and learn how to adjust the position of the contents of the merged cell and add borders and background colors.
Ever wanted a quick way to toggle between programs? If so, you're in luck: This video tutorial demonstrates how to use the keyboard shortcut for switching among open applications, an often-overlooked feature available in Windows, Ubuntu Linux, and Mac OS X. Make time for this time-saving how-to.
Trapunto embroidery features running stitches sewn through fabric, batting, and stabilizer. The trapunto "puffed" negative spaces form a high relief design that makes a big visual impact. This instructional embroidery videos will take you through the steps to mastering the trapunto technique. Fun technique for your next embroidery project!
If you're buried in e-mail (and who isn't?), Instant Search in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 can save the day for you. The new Instant Search helps you quickly find e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, or any Outlook item. You don't even need to know which folder the item is in. Watch the demo to see how to use this fast search feature in Outlook 2007, and start finding what you want instantly.
Create this interactive card, demonstrated using CTMH products. This card features a pull tab, that then reveals a pop-up window. Watch this video card-making tutorial and learn how to make a surprise pop-up greeting card for any occasion.
This instructional photography video explains step-by-step the features of active D-Lighting: what it can do and how it affects your images. Active D-Lighting allows you to photograph in various lighting situations for more neutral contrast results. Here is a basic explanation of the settings on a professional Nikon photo camera:
Have you grown tired of your web browser? The Opera browser is similar to many of the most popular browsers used today, but a few unique features make it worth trying. See how to download and use the Opera browser in this how-to video.
This dish was inspired and created at Olive Garden's Culinary Institute of Tuscany in Italy. In this how-to video Chef Paolo Lafata will show you how to prepare this flavorful chicken entrée featuring a golden potato-parmesan crust and paired with linguine pasta and a creamy garlic-butter sauce. It's a perfect way to add some zest to your family's chicken blues. Start cooking Olive Garden's chicken crostina.
Watch this piano tutorial to learn how to play "This is How We Do" by the Game and 50 Cent on the piano. Instruction features chord breakdowns and individual melody note names. Beginners will have no trouble learning how to play the Game and 50 Cent's "This is How We Do" on piano after watching this helpful how-to video.
Watch this tutorial video to learn how to play "My Tribute" on your pan-flute. This instructional video features a note-by-note transcription; knowledge of the letter note of each pipe is required. Soon you'll be playing "My Tribute" beautifully on your pan-flute.
Watch this tutorial video to learn how to play a Dolannes melody on your pan-flute. This instructional video features a note-by-note transcription; knowledge of the letter note of each pipe is required. Soon you'll be playing this beautiful Dolannes melody on your pan-flute.
Pork tenderloin is a delicious cut of meat if it is prepared and cooked properly. It's incredibly lean, but takes on a great deal of flavor from proper seasoning. This how-to video features a southwestern pork rub that packs this tenderloin full of flavor. Pork tenderloins are most often sold in packs of two, so this recipe for my southwestern pork tenderloin prepares two tenderloins.
This is a video sculpting tutorial on how to make a polymer clay newborn baby. Follow along with the step by step visuals and see the baby's features take shape. Learn how to sculpt a baby statue out of polymer clay by watching this instructional video.
Watch this software tutorial video to learn how to uncover Outlook 2007's best features: drag-and-drop calendaring and color-coding. This how-to video will allow you to use drag-and-drop calendaring in Outlook to make your calendars better.
If you're using the Private Browsing feature in Safari, you'll still need to do more to keep your surfing history secret. This helpful software video tutorial shows you how to cover your tracks in the Apple application Safari.
Watch this tutorial video to learn how to use the hidden 30-second skip feature for your TiVo by using a secret code. This how-to video is very helpful for those who want to use the TiVo 30-second skip to skip through commercials even faster.
Some very cool features that you can do at Zamzar.com, and its all free. Check out Zamzar for some Great URL integration functions.
This is one of the ways that artist Merrill Kazanjian makes his caricatures. He shows the viewer how to make a traditional/digital hybrid (tradigital) collage portrait. Look for interesting eyes, noses and mouths from different photographs. Make an oval for the head and paste down the facial features. Watch to learn more.
This is a very basic introductory video on how you can use the Sony Vegas video editing program to edit your videos. It covers the basic features of Sony Vegas.
Want to add still photos to your iMovie video project? Find out how you can feature your pictures in iMovie with this tutorial.
Tim Carter of AsktheBuilder.com walks you through how to use laser levels and their basic features. This well-explained video shows the simplicity and user-friendliness of the laser level.
Lighting techniques for your feature or short film. This video covers three point lighting techniques.
This tutorial shows you how to show shadows in the Maya viewport. This feature is hardware dependent and not all video cards allow it.
Parents TV demonstrates how to safely bathe your baby, and features the products that make bath time a "splashing" success!
The Paths palette in Photoshohp is used for saving, selecting and duplicating path information. A very cool hidden feature of the Paths Palette... You can convert a feathered selection into a path to remove its feathered edge.
This free drum lesson features broken sixteenth note fills that work well within rock music. They are perfect for intermediate drummers that are looking for patterns that are a little more challenging than the standard sixteenth note fills.
This Lightroom tutorial covers the Previous button in the Develop module. If you’ve never used it, you’ll be happy to know it does exactly what it says. It’s another one of those little features that, once you use it one time, it gets mysteriously addictive after that. So sit back, grab some popcorn, and check out the latest video tip.
Here’s a video on how to process your panos in Lightroom. Learn how to take those raw files and process them with a panorama in mind (it’s really a lot like processing a regular photo with just a small change at the end). We’ll process them in Lightroom and then take it through the Photomerge feature in Photoshop to finish things off.
This tutorial shows you how to use the color categories feature in Outlook 2007 to manage email.
This is a two part video tutorial explaining what Sony Vegas is, and how to use it! If you've just picked up this piece of software and have been wondering how to use it, hopefully this video will give you a hands on look at the program as well as a guide in exploring its various features.
This video focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. It features a tactical line used by William Steinitz against Johannes Hermann Zukertort in the first World Chess Championship played in 1866. Try it yourself, by learning from the masters.
This is an introduction to the Veresov Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3. It features a game in which Matt crushes a reasonably strong guest who only makes 2 very natural looking errors (...O-O and ...c4). Try it out for yourself.
This is a video segment taken from the Virtual Golf Pro featuring Stuart Smith as he discusses how to position the ball at setup.
This is a video segment taken from the Virtual Golf Pro featuring Stuart Smith as he discusses how to hit a fade shot.
In this video Bobby Gray at Fly and Shot Outfitters describes some of the different kind of fly tying vises available and how they work. A great intro video into the world of fly tying for fly fishing. Vises featured include Griffin, Regal, and Renzetti.
The liquify tool in Photoshop is most often use to exaggerate features and give people or animals a more cartoon or anime look. This tutorial explains how to use the liquify filter dialog box and have fun with it!
