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How To: Paint Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars

This artist shows how to quick paint/draw Obi-Wan Kenobi utilizing his mouse and pc. He starts out with a rough sketch of his character, making a black outline of his figure. He then goes back over his initial sketch with blue lines, cleaning up the lines, making them smoother. Once the blue lines are completed, the first black line sketch is erased and the blue lines smoothed out even more! Piece by piece, color is applied to each part of the character. It is placed roughly at first but smoo...

How To: Draw the letter "G" as a block 3D letter

The instructor in this video is showing viewers how to make a Block G in 3D. The process involves drawing the initial capital G. Then a line is made as an outline around the top of the letter and another line is made the same way at the bottom of the letter, so it appears to have a G made with 3 lines. Then the whole G is colored in to make a solid block letter. At the top of the G, a parallel line is drawn and filled in to appear the top is 3D. Another parallel line is drawn at the bottom in...

How To: Uses Handbrake to rip DVDs when running Mac OS X

David Shrein provides a video recording with step-by-step instructions on how to utilize the DVD ripping software 'Handbrake' on a computer running Mac OS X. He shows how to deal with an initial error message, and then moves onto selecting the DVD. You have to be careful as to what you choose, as different DVDs will have different numbers of chapters and features, which use different settings in Handbrake. He shows how to select the right settings for a movie, and preview a chapter using pict...

How To: Perform a webster frontflip

In this how-to video, you will learn how to do a Webster front flip. This will be useful if you are trying to get better at Parkour free running. It is one footed front somersault. Make sure you do a big jump with your take off leg. The take off leg is the front leg. The back leg will use a lot of force, as it gives it gives you your initial rotation. Kick that leg behind you as you lift off with the other foot. Tuck in as you start your rotation. Land on the leg that you kicked back with. Yo...

How To: Make a cool YouTube intro in After Effects

You can learn how to use After Effects to make an interesting introduction for your YouTube video by following the steps in this video tutorial. You will need to use a preset called Trapcode Particular 2. 0. Once this trial version is downloaded, go into After Effects and select New Composition. Create any name you want for the file and then select HDV/HDTV for the Preset. This video outlines how to create the introduction from the initial layer to the final layer, which is up to you to decid...

How To: Fold an origami rose for Valentine's Day

Make an origami rose for your love on Valentine's Day. This easy to follow video shows you how with romantic piano music to calm you while doing it! Start with a piece of red paper then make the initial guide line folds. You then start by folding in the corners then making more guide folds. Then the edges get folded in as you slowly start to see the flower develop. Then, you make a fold in the center and start to work your way around as the flower takes shape. A twist starts at the center the...

How To: Draw a cartoon scarecrow

This silent video clip shows step by step how you can easily draw a cartoon scarecrow right rom scratch. First you sketch in the outline. Then you can go over the initial lines with a marker pen or similar. The design even includes some vegetables from the farm! Once you've got the whole thing drawn, you can start coloring in or painting your scarecrow. This design shows him in a checked flannel shirt and blue dungarees, but you can ring the changes if you like. You can add detail - like pock...

How To: Meet women without pick-up lines

David Wygant discusses how to meet women without pick-up lines. Men like to have instruction manuals with secret codes to tell them how to do things. Women, however, are simple to relate to and interact with once you get to know them. Don't manipulate a woman. Rather, use her language to make the connection. You can use tools to boost your success with women, but your initial connection has to start naturally and authentically. If you want an amazing connection with a woman, then you have to ...

How To: Draw people kissing

The video is about how to draw and paint a kissing couple. You have to have the imagination of the final position of the characters you wish to draw. The guidelines are drawn first. The limbs and features are drawn around the guidelines. After details like the face, the clothes, the accessories and other features are drawn, the initial guidelines are erased or deleted. Only the characters of the drawing remain. Now the drawing is ready for filling up colors.

How To: Meet the hottest women online dating has to offer

David Wygant explains how to date online and grab a woman's attention. Emotional connections are important so tell your personal story with passion. Write your online profile like something a woman likes to read and then present her with a challenge. Your profile should be your personal story that's emotional, self-evolved, romantic and real. Pick up key things that are written in a woman's profile and cut and paste them into yours. Also, use a combination of humor and curiosity when initiati...

How To: Test a vehicle alternator with a standard multimeter

Richpin demonstrates how to test an alternator with a standard multimeter. First make sure that the vehicle's battery is fully charged. Take the negative lead of the multimeter and put it on the negative post of the battery. Place the positive lead of the meter on the positive lead of the battery. Set the meter to DC voltage using the 20 scale and read the display to ensure the battery is fully charged. Next start up the vehicle and see what the alternator is producing. The display should now...

How To: Calculate average acceleration

In this video the author explains how to calculate average acceleration along with some real world examples. Now if we subtract the starting speed of a moving vehicle from its maximum speed and divide it by the time taken to reach the maximum speed from the initial speed you will obtain the average acceleration of the vehicle. The author shows this with a racing video example. If you want compute the average acceleration of a moving object watch this video and use the simple method explained ...

How To: Decide what to sell on eBay

Do you want to get started in the world of eBay but are you stuck on how to get started? In this instructional video, Ask the Auction Guy will give you some basic tips on how to get over that initial hump and get into the world of online auctions. He'll give you tips on where to find your eBay items, what will make you more money, and which areas to steer clear of. This easy to follow video will help give you a push into the world of eBay.

How To: Color in hair, manga style

Using a popular movie character as a basis, and drawing in manga style, our video host shows us visually how to properly color in whatever hair you may be attempting to draw. Using first the primary color along each strand, we are then show that a lighter or darker version of the primary color should be utilized, right alongside the initial color. And then, to complete each strand and give the hair a varied and popping appearance, you should always outline each strand in a nice simple black. ...

How To: Divide fractions as taught by a 6th grader

In this video title 'A Quick Look at Dividing Fractions', the tutor Phillip shows how to divide fractions. He says that division of two fraction is nothing but multiplication of the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. So essentially the initial division turns out to be a multiplication operation which is very easy to perform with fractions. He solves a small example to illustrate his rule. This video is a simple and easy to follow tutorial on how to perform division on fr...

How To: Juice a pomegranate

Start with a nice firm pomegranate. Take the pomegranate in your hands and start squeezing it by pressing with your thumbs one of the other pushing into the pomegranate. Squeeze all around the whole surface of the pomegranate. As you press in using your thumbs overlapping each other you will hear the pomegranate seeds popping inside the fruit. Take the softened pomegranate and bite a hole into the side. As you bite the hole make sure you suck the juice as it begins to come out. Once you have ...

How To: Determine the launch velocity of a metal ball

This experiment uses a ballistic pendulum to determine the launch velocity of a metal ball. This is compared to a measurement of the launch velocity found using projectile motion. You may wish to emphasize why energy is not conserved in the initial impact of the ball into the ballistic pendulum, but momentum is, and conversely why energy is conserved as the pendulum rises but momentum is not conserved.

How To: Set up a Doom 3 to Maya workflow

This video is to get you started with the initial setup of the Doom 3 to Maya workflow. Topics covered (in order) are set up, export your first character ingame, texturing, animations on character cycles, load game models into Maya. Part 4 is a WMP video.

How To: Install Joomla 1.5 on Windows Server 2003 with IIS6

Installing Joomla on a Windows server can be tricky, on Windows running IIS even more so. Installing Joomla 1.5 in this scenario has caused many frustrations.In this video, we take the process step by step and jump over the hurdles that cause some people to wind up pulling their hair out. If you follow along closely, you will be up and running in no time, and if you haven't already tried to do this, you will wonder why people find it so difficult. There are some prerequisites to the steps in ...

How To: Extend a background in Photoshop

All of us know by now that the pictures you see of actresses and models in magazines have been doctored beyond belief. After the initial photo shoot, retouchers quickly work their magic with thigh chub resizing (only in Photoshop do women not have cellulite), wrinkle reducing, and skin spot removing.

Watch Out Facebook & Twitter: Google's Stepping Up Their Live-Streaming Game

Live streaming has emerged as a major part of the way people share information. With celebrities and news/media personalities utilizing mobile live streaming effectively to reach thousands, the appeal has bolstered the fortunes of Twitter's Periscope and Facebook's Live. Now, Google is ready to join the fray, and it's backed by its enormous YouTube property. According to initial reports, Google is at work on a brand new application for YouTube simply called "Connect," which will take its curr...

The Giving Plant: Same Asian Plant Used for Arthritis Treatment Gives Us Powerful HIV Drug

Natural remedies used through the ages abound, especially in Asian medicine. The willow-leaved justicia plant, found throughout Southeast Asia, has traditionally been used to treat arthritis, but scientists have just discovered it contains an anti-HIVcompound more potent than AZT. AZT was the first drug approved to treat HIV, and is still used in HIV combination therapy today.

How To: Overclock an Intel Core i7 processor

Check out this overclocking tutorial from HotHardware.com! Intel's Core i7 processor offers a significant performance increase over previous generation Core 2 processors. In addition, like the legacy Core 2 architecture, the new Core i7 also has a bunch more headroom for wringing upside performance out of the chip, maximizing value, power and return on your investment with overclocking. In fact, Intel actually built-in a predefined overclocking feature called "Turbo Mode". We explain how not ...

How To: Fill a Basement Watchdog sump pump backup battery with initial fluid

For some homeowners, having a backup battery for their sump pump is important for making sure a loss of power doesn't cause a flood in the basement. And if you have yourself a standard new Basement Watchdog sump pump battery backup, before you can use it, you have to fill it up with the right amount of fluid. These batteries do not come with the fluid already inside, because it lessens the life of the battery. This video will show you the precautions and methods you should take in filling eac...

How To: Mold a white crappie fish sculpture out of fiberglass

This video taxidermy tutorial shows how to make a wall mount sculpture of a white crappie fish. The initial fish is bedded into a soft clay mold, and then painted with fiberglass resin. When the mold hardens and dries, it can then be filled with whatever material desired to make the wall mount. Watch this instructional video and learn how to make a mold for a white crappie fish wall mount sculpture.

How To: Build a sumo robot

Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects. We will help you avoid pitfalls and get your project up and running fast. Search Systm on WonderHowTo for more DIY episodes from this Revision3 show.

How To: Stage your home for sale

In this video Andrea Osterkorn demonstrates how to stage your home for sale. It is not a comfortable process to transform your home into a home for sale. The entry way should be inviting because first impressions are important. Closets should be cleaned out. Consider renting different furniture for the living area to make it more open and inviting, and move it around to create an impression of space. Add accessories and let natural light in. Try to depersonalize the room and remove clutter so...