By John Timmer, Ars Technica How much information can the world transmit, process, and store? Estimating this sort of thing can be a nightmare, but the task can provide valuable information on trends that are changing our computing and broadcast infrastructure. So a pair of researchers have taken the job upon themselves and tracked the changes in 60 different analog and digital technologies, from newsprint to cellular data, for a period of over 20 years.
It's time to set sail for adventure on the high, well completely flat actually, seas of your Minecraft world. Watch this Minecraft building guide video to learn how to craft a boat and a chest. Explore your Minecraft world from a whole new perspective.
If you're drawing someone in profile, and they have strong, muscular arms, you'll need this tutorial. It demonstrates how you can draw people from the side and, using perspective and a strong working knowledge of the human body, draw realistic arm muscles.
If you want to draw someone with a muscular arm from the front, this tutorial is for you. Using perspective and an advanced knowledge of the human body, you're shown how to draw male and female arm muscles using the front view.
This is a useful drawing tutorial, but also a good lesson on perspective. Whether you want to improve your skills as a sketch artist or are looking for a few good ideas, this tutorial shows you how to draw someone running directly at you.
This tutorial shows you one way to draw your anime girls - to show them sitting down. The video also goes over the proper use of perspective to make your drawing more realistic. Just follow along with this step by step and add to your anime portfolio!
Do your kids blow every problem way out of proportion? Do they need to develop some self-control? Watch this video to learn how you can teach you kids to manage their emotions and put their problems into perspective with discipline and teaching by example.
You can use a headstrap mount with your GoPro digital camera, which will allow you to take hands-free shots or get a unique perspective on whatever you're looking at. This tutorial shows you how to properly use a headstrap mount so you can 'wear' your camera.
Get a unique angle and perspective for your digital shots by using a chesty mount. Just like how it sounds, a chesty mount is a setup which will allow a photographer to strap a GoPro digital camera to their chest, and this video shows you how to use it.
This video presents an introduction to node-based compositing from the perspective of an After Effects User. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.
People who like cereal are fanatical about it, and aren't quite right if they don't get their fix in the morning. If you live with a cereal person, try using this prank to give them some perspective. All you need is a toy mouse, which you deposit in their cereal box. Then watch, enjoy, and run.
Need a new perspective on giving feedback in the workplace? Giving feedback can be tough, especially when you're dealing with negative feedback. It's a challenge. This video will cover some quick tips you can use to make sure both parties get the most out of the experience. It will create a better work environment, and workers will be more willing to change their ways.
Want to draw a human eye the way it looks when you're looking at it straight on? If so, this free video drawing lesson is for you. With it, you'll learn how to sketch everyone's favorite ocular organ with precision and panache.
This Adobe Photoshop CS3 tutorial shows you how to work with the vanishing point filter. The vanishing point filter allows you to add perspective and 3D effects to images. In this video you will create a Madagascar DVD cover using vanishing point in Photoshop CS3. This tutorial is best viewed full screen.
How do you draw people doing the things you want them to do? Watch this instructional drawing video to draw people in dramatic poses. First, become clear on your intent. Draw a person in perspective by giving them a set action within a set space.
Watch this instructional drawing video to draw a landscape composition. Before starting any drawing, decide on your point of perspective. Which angle are you standing from in relation to the horizon line? Begin to map out a landscape drawing with an awareness of points of interest and points of view.
Learning how to draw is a very much about learning how to see. Watch this instructional drawing video to begin to draw the illusion of depth on a flat surface. Most people can see perfectly fine and understand the concept of depth in space. However, drawing becomes tricky when you must translate a moving object onto a piece of paper. Learn to draw in the page, rather than on the page.
How do you choose colors for a drawing without it looking like a child's drawing? Watch this instructional drawing video to use a digital color palette effectively. Examine a photograph to choose accurate, subtle colors based on limited perspectives.
Watch this instructional drawing video to draw objects in space. You can draw three dimensional objects if you can create the illusion of depth within a space. If the page is a space, how can you make a series of points appear as though they are floating within that open space? This video includes a few helpful definitions for beginning to draw perspective.
This photography software tutorial shows you how to use Kodak EasyShare free software from Kodak to organize your photos, make small fixes and access online services, from a UK perspective.
Jordan shows how to use Vanishing Point - a useful tool is Photoshop! The vanishing point tool is Photoshop's way of allowing you to create images that look 3-dimensional and allows you to add components and lighting to an image while maintaining the proper perspective. So check out this Photoshop tutorial on the vanishing point tool and prepare to add some cool 3D effects to your photos.
Sometimes we can get so caught up in what we're filming that we forget that how we're filming is also important. Use these tips to spice up your amateur film making and change around your camera angles.
This Photoshop tutorial gives you some great tips on how to use the cloud filter correctly to add clouds to your image. One great tip included, is using the bounding box to add perspective to the clouds.
This lynda.com video tutorial shows how to use container fields with FileMaker Pro 10. When you want to create fields in FileMaker database you have the choice on what kind of fields you want to make. Many general fields are self explanatory like text, date etc., but there is a special kind of field called the container field. FileMaker Pro container field is a versatile data type in that it can store any kind of binary data. Container fields can be used to hold binary data in four broad clas...
This tutorial is part of Dave’s magazine article, “Warped Perspective” from the November/December 08 issue. In this video, Dave explains how he created the calendar featured in the article.
Looking to master the art of friendship bracelet making? In this tutorial video, Sherr Bear goes over four different kinds of friendship bracelets, and then goes on to teach the most simple kind, what she calls the "spiral" also known as the "Chinese Stiarcase". Materials you will need include scissors and three to five different colors of string (or what is sometimes called "floss" at stores).
Sometimes we need a new perspective. The other day I lay down in the road and looked back over my head. The road became the sky and the sky became the road. Why do we always look at things right side up? Sometimes things are more interesting when we look at them in ways we've never looked at them before.
Pixel Perfect is the "perfect" show to help you with your Photoshop skills. Be amazed and learn as master digital artist Bert Monroy takes a stylus and a digital pad and treats it as Monet and Picasso do with oil and canvas. Learn the tips and tricks you need to whip those digital pictures into shape with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. In this episode, Ben shows you how to turn build a 3D rocket in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Increased productivity in Cinema 4D (or other processor-intensive applications) does not always have a linear correlation wtih the speed of the machine that the work is performed on. Nick Campbell of Greyscale Gorilla explains what exactly it is that a fast machine allows one to do, what kind of machine to get, and what kind of work can one expect to do on it.
In our opinion, the best kind of curly hair is the kind that looks the most natural. So rather than tight ringlets that look like they've obviously been twirled around a curling iron, we're talking about loose, carefree waves that are slightly undone.
The wildfires that spread across Northern California for two weeks in November were among the deadliest and most destructive in the state's history. Ultimately, the incident claimed 85 lives, and hundreds of people are still missing in the wake of the disaster, which impacted over 154,000 acres of land.
This video is a drawing lesson, demonstrating how to draw a garden starting with simple geometric forms and slowing elaborating them step-by-step until a beautiful final product emerges. All you need is a pencil, paper, and some patience to create this relaxing, perspective-laden image and improve your art skills.
Drawing towns full of buildings can be challenge, especially when trying to properly use perspective to make the view stretch out into the horizons as so many towns do in the real world. This video demonstrates how to start with a simple web and then build on it to create a neat pastoral scene in pen that vanishes neatly into some buildings rendered far off in the distance.
Free Drawing Lessons has this video on how to draw rooms using colored art markers. This is the process to draw rooms using imaginary box and art markers - interior perspective.
This how-to video offers some pointers on how to take footage from a low angle. This technique captures a unique perspective neglected by traditional methods of film-making. The principle is simple, flip the camera and go. Check out this video lesson and learn how to shoot low angle footage.
Bill Myers shows you how to change the perspective or horizontal direction of a video clip in Sony Movie Studio or Sony Vegas.
This tutorial shows you how to correct converging vertical lines (extreme perspective) or surface edges on photos using Photoshop tools.
The Clone Stamp Tool has been a long time favorite for most Photoshop users. However, trying to remove something that is on an angle or a different perspective is often challenging. In this video, Terry White will show you that by using the Vanishing Point feature you can remove images and add images with ease.
Placing an image on a new background means lots of tinkering to get the perfect angles. Try the vanishing point trick and Photoshop's Distort transformation to achieve believable angles in your next composite photo.
This video shows how to add clothes to your figure drawings so it looks realistic. This is the 4th video in a series, the other 3 show drawing in perspective, drawing the face and drawing the figures of male, female and children.
