Ever wonder what LayOut is? LayOut is part of SketchUp that allows you to organize and arrange views of your SketchUp design on the fly for a presentation. Watch this quick video to get a good idea of the key features that make LayOut such a unique and powerful addition to SketchUp. You'll never need to export your designs just to do a presentation again!
Are you a little stumped when you look at a blank page? Here's how to regain the sense of perspective you lost when you looked at the paper. This instructional drawing video demonstrates how to draw three dimensional space with the help of a Google drawing program.
You can create some great image effects when you combine Google SketchUp with other graphics software such as Photoshop or Gimp. Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use the fog setting in SketchUp to create a depth map that you can use in Adobe Photoshop for some very interesting effects.
Using layers in SketchUp is different than many other applications. This instructional video to learn how to use layers, the layer dialog box, as well as some layer tips. In other applications, layers control actual geometry. This is especially true in CAD software. SketchUp's layering system only controls the visibility of the geometry, not the actual geometry itself.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to create quick and easy copies as well as repeated copies, or arrays. As arrays are so easy to create, don't worry if you make a mistake. Simply undo the array and recreate it. This tutorial covers how to make one copy, creating multiple copies or arrays, changing the number of copies, the difference between external and internal array, and how to Create circular arrays.
Although there isn't an actual mirror tool in SketchUp, it is easy to mirror anything with the scale tool. Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use the scale tool for mirroring purposes in SketchUp. This tutorial covers, how to mirror objects using the scale tool, how to use modifier keys, and mirroring symmetrical components or shapes for efficiency.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use the position camera and look around tools in Google SketchUp. This tutorial covers how look around is a stationary viewing tool, how position camera allows you to place your view, how to position your view exactly, and change your field of view.
This tutorial video will show you how to make homemade firecrackers. These firecrackers are great for celebrating any occasions, but especially New Years and the Fourth of July. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
A video tutorial showing how to make a photo slideshow in Picasa, a free program from Google. Use Picasa slideshows to share and organize your photos.
Omnisio.com allows you to take videos from YouTube, Google Videos, etc and lets you cut them and splice them together to make a single video from multiple ones.
This tutorial explains how to setup the gps cell phone app. Go to http://www.websmithing.com for the full explanation and source code, you'll find it on the programming menu tab.
Learn how to capture audio from any music video, friends video, youtube, google video, music.yahoo.com, and mtv.com. It's very easy. You don't need to download any additional programs!
This tutorial goes over more basic features of Google SketchUp and helps you learn how to use pre-made 3D models.
Uploading videos to multiple video hosting sites using Tubemogul.
Sometimes it's really difficult to get a good view of the inside of a model you are working on in SketchUp. This troubleshooting video from Chapter 16 of the book "Google SketchUp for Dummies" will help you fix the problem.
This video explains what to do when edges on a face won't sink in. Part of Chapter 16 of the book "Google SketchUp for Dummies" this troubleshooting video will definitely come in handy.
Sometimes SketchUp won't create a face where you want it. This troubleshooting video that accompanies Chapter 16 of the book "Google SketchUp for Dummies" will help you solve the problem and get on with your modeling!
You may find when you are working in SketchUp that you can't get certain components to move the way you want - this is because when you first use them, by default they are automatically stuck to the surface you first put them on (glued). This video that accompanies Chapter 16 of the book Google SketchUp for Dummies will show you how to get around this.
Learn how to find the location of any computer you want via satellite using NeoTrace Pro and Google Earth.
This video shows different ways to save music from websites including using Google search and recording songs from websites using free software.
SEO specialist Aaron Wall shares tips on using date based search filters to help you improve your search engine optimization knowledge.
In this video you will see how to access network security cameras through google search engine easily!
In this video from exosploit we learn how to find your system specs in Windows XP. If someone is trying to help your computer, you might need this information. Right click My Computer, and click Properties. Here you'll see your operating system, service pack, and how much RAM you have. Also google cpuz. Go to the first link and download it. Extract it and click the main file. Here it will tell you your processor, mother board, what bios version you have, how much RAM you have, and it will tel...
Forex— what is it? Any investor could tell you a complicated description of what Forex is, but the basics of the FX currency markets is— an over-the-counter financial market for trading currencies. The foreign currency exchange market has no central exchanges like the stock market and little regulatory oversight. With this beginner’s guide, learn the trading basics.
This video shows you how to use the satellite view on your blackberry. First highlight the Google maps icon. By default, the program goes to map view, in which you can see the roads and even railroad tracks. Satellite view gives you a different perspective on the way you see maps and you can see things you wouldn't normally be able to see in map view. Click the blackberry menu button, scroll down to satellite view, push the track ball or touch your screen if you have the blackberry storm. Now...
First you need the pre-downloaded game you want to burn. It will be in a ".XBE" file.You must have "Quix" downloaded off the internet. If you do a search for it via Google it will come up and you need to go through the download process.This will change it into a "ISO" that you can burn.Then go to Google and you need to find an "ISO" that fits your computer.Then you must run the "ISO" file through the "Quix" system that you downloaded. Now insert your Blank disc and burn the "ISO" onto the dis...
If you have just purchased a new Ford Taurus, you may have noticed the new SYNC feature. SYNC is a GPS built right into your dashboard. If this is your first time using a global positioning system, you may need a few pointers. Check out this video and learn how to access step by step directions and get where you need to go.
To hack into Google images follow the following steps. You will first need to open a new internet browser window and go to Google, then load their images website. Next type into the search bar your image query and press search. Once you have gotten your search results paste the following code into your address bar:
Researching genealogy takes a little enterprise and the skills of a master sleuth.. Watch this video to learn how to research your genealogy and family tree.
Apple's newest software update, iOS 17.5 includes one killer new feature for people who like word games: another lexical challenge to complement the crossword puzzles that Apple News already has.
Google has a few hidden tools you might not have discovered yet, and they work in Google Search, in the Google app, and with Google Assistant — on both iPhone and Android phones.
You don't need to pay for an app or subscription to have your audio notes transcribed for you on your Android smartphone. There's an easy, free way to do it on almost any Google Pixel, and you can even use it on other Android devices.
Unlike Apple Maps, Google Maps can tell you when a restaurant, bar, club, or other business you're thinking of visiting is busy. It's extremely helpful if you want to avoid peak times or wait for the place to be empty. If you can't pry yourself away from using Apple Maps, there's an easy alternative to see the popular times of most businesses.
Google Voice has a hidden feature that lets you record any phone call you're participating in, and unlike other apps, it doesn't cost a dime.
It was a long time coming, but Android finally has built-in scrolling screenshots, and they come courtesy of Android 12.
After updating to iOS 15 or iPadOS 15, you'll notice a new "Shared with You" section in certain Apple apps that contains recent shares from conversations in Messages. If you don't like seeing shared content from specific contacts or groups, there's a way to block them from Shared with You on your iPhone or iPad.
Even with unlimited resources and a serious case of wanderlust, it's unlikely that you or I will be able to see all of the most famous structures in the world in person.
Over the past week, practically every major tech company working on augmented reality has held their quarterly earnings calls with investors, and each addressed or at least mentioned the role of AR during their prepared remarks. However, Facebook's earnings call had some of the spicier commentary on the technology.
After facing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Olympic Games are underway in Tokyo, but a surge in cases worldwide has taken the spectator out of these spectator sports.
Mobile augmented reality for iOS typically comes through apps via ARKit, but Apple is borrowing a few pages from Google's playbook and bringing AR directly to iOS 15.
