In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to get tabs in Finder. This can only be done on the Mac OS X computers. Users will need to download the Total Finder application from the site provided in the video. Once downloaded and installed, this program will allow users to manage multiple Finder windows in a series of tabs in a single window. In the Finder Preferences, users are able to configure the sidebar, label color, file name and trash options. This video will benefit those viewers who us...
In this tutorial, we learn how to backup your computer to an external hard drive. All you need to do this is an external hard drive. After you connect your external hard drive to your computer, go to "my computer", then double click "external hard drive", then "setup file". Once you click on this, a setup wizard to install the program will show up, go through the steps to finish the installation. Once finished, a new window will show up, go through the different tabs to see what each has in i...
Making different software suites work together properly is one of the big challenges involved in creating really good multimedia on the computer. This video will teach you how to import objects created using 3D Invigorator in After Effects to Premiere Pro, enabling you to add them to your film in the editing console. Easy, useful, and very cool-looking.
The fisheye lens is one of the oldest and most popular of effects lenses. They are also expensive, and you can't attach one to your cell phone! If you find either of those things to be a problem, this video will help you to alleviate them by teaching you how to simulate a fisheye lens effect using the Adobe Premiere Pro video editing suite. Don't waste your money, watch this video!
Creating really cool titles is a big part of making a web video that will hook viewers. They make the whole work seem much more professional before the viewer watches a second of actual film. This video will teach you how to create cool 3D titles using the Adobe Premiere Pro video editing suite.
The rain of neon-green computer code that makes up the matrix in the iconic film The Matrix is a familiar image to anyone familiar with the film. Now you can make it yourself! This two-part video will teach you how to create this awesome effect using the Adobe Premiere Pro video editing suite.
The Matrix had all sorts of stunning visual effects that have become standards in film since its release in 1999. This video will teach you how to create just one of them, the film's iconic titles, using the Adobe Premiere Pro editing suite.
Making the magic memory stick is one of the vital first steps involved in hacking a PSP. This video will walk you through the on-computer part of the process, creating the magic memory stick itself. The steps are very easy to follow, and should have you playing all of the homebrew PSP game you can imagine lickity split! All you need are these files.
Learn how to load HTML-formatted text for an external .txt file into a dynamic text field or textarea component within Adobe Flash CS3, CS4 or CS5. See how to use the Code Snippets panel to add ActionScript functionalities to your Adobe Flash CS5 projects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of the latest iteration of the application, you're sure to benefit from thi...
Interested in creating exploding 3D title text? Have a copy of Cinema 4D and about 35 minute spare time? If so, you're in luck. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to create your own exploding title text, watch this 3D modeler's guide.
Ah, Windows Vista. Amongst all the versions of Microsoft Windows, this particular operating system was designed far more for looks than actual function. Windows Vista offers limited ability for the users to customize programs and files.
If you don't like iTunes, or if you have a jailbroken iPod or iPhone and don't want to lose your Cydia apps by syncing your device, check out this tutorial. In this video you will learn how to use a different free program to download and manage the music on your portable device. Kiss Apple's monopoly goodbye and branch out. You will be happy you did, when you see just how easy it is to manage your files this way.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to transfer songs from an iPod device to a Windows or Mac computer. Begin by going to this link. Download Pod to Mac or Pod to PC, depending on your computer. Then install the program and open it. Plug your iPod device into your computer and select the song(s) that you would like to transfer. Users have the choice to transfer to the Desktop or directly into iTunes.
If something happens to your iPod or iPhone and you can't remedy it with a reboot, you will need to restore your device to factory settings. This is not difficult to do and requires only your computer and your device. You should only restore your iPod to default if absolutely necessary, because you will lose all of your files and folders. Make sure you backup your music and photos before you do it! Good luck!
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to create a virtual machine for free using the virtual box in Mac. Open the virtual box and click on new. Click next, put in a name for the virtual machine and click next. In the next window, it gives a recommended memory, increase it slightly with the slider and click next. Click next in the subsequent 4 windows that come up and finally click ‘finish’ and click ‘finish’ again on the next window. In the next window click CD/DVD...
Before you can alter the settings of a virtual machine, you must first have the machine powered off. Load VirtualBox on your Mac desktop and make sure it is powered off on the left hand panel. Double-click General and a window should pop up allowing the changing of several settings. For example, you can include a description to keep many virtual machines separate, or adjust the size of the drive. You can even add virtual devices through ports if they are connected to the physical machine. The...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to change the lock pattern on an Android phone. The lock pattern allows minimum security on the phone to prevent other people from tampering with your mobile files. Begin by going into the Settings and click on Location & security. Under Screen unlock pattern, select Change unlock pattern. In order to change the unlock pattern, users will have to type in the current unlock pattern. Now type in the new unlock pattern and press Continue. Then retype the...
This video shows the method to install 'Installous' on your iPhone and iPod Touch. The first step involves opening up 'Cydia' on the iPhone or iPod Touch. After opening Cydia go to manage and then go to the option of 'Sources'. The resultant window will show an option named hackulo.us. Add this cydia.hackulo.us to the source. The resultant window which opens shows various sections. Find the section of Hackulous in the window. Go to the Hackulous section and find the option of 'Installous'. In...
In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to make a book cover in Photoshop. Go to file -> new. Give it a name, set width 900, height 1200 and resolution 300 and click OK. You can change these settings if you like. Go to your paint bucket tool and paint the background black. Then go to layer -> new ->new layer -> OK. Now select the elliptical marquee tool and holding ‘shift’ drag from the top left hand corner and make a circle. Go to your paint bucket tool and paint the circle with a...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to embed a YouTube video into a blackboard forum post. Begin by finding the YouTube video that you want and copy the URL. Then go to your blackboard post and go to a forum that you want the video to be in. Start a new thread and fill out the thread as you wish. Then click on the red F (Add Flash/Shockwave Content). Paste in the URL and fill in the file options. In the URL, delete "watch?", add / after v and delete =. This video will benefit those view...
In this great, albeit long, tutorial Nick from Greyscale Gorilla shows you how to create a car racing scene from a series of photographs in After Effects. It's very kinetic and looks great.
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to make a simple CD / DVD cover in Google Picasa. Go to ‘Tools’ and select ‘Options’. In the box that opens up next, click on the ‘Printing’ tab and from the drop down menu, select ‘CD Cover Size’ and click OK. Then on the top left hand corner, go to ‘File’, select ‘Print’ from the drop down menu. On the next page, click on ‘CD cover size’ and you get the print preview. Then all you need to do is to just print that out and you ...
Learn how to make an animated GIF from a video clip using Adobe Photoshop CS4. You'll need to use an external editing program (like Sony Vegas) to create a small clip from your larger video beforehand. From Photoshop, go to "File" and select "Import" and then "Video Frames to Layers" from the pop-up menu and select your video clip. Choose "From Beginning to End" when prompted about range to import. The duration of the video clip will now be displayed in frames. By default, each frame is set t...
TrueCrypt is a free application that lets you encrypt designated programs on your Ubuntu system to prevent unwanted access. Provided you select a strong password, intruders will not be able to open your personal files and documents. This instructional video walks you through the process of installing TrueCrypt on your Ubuntu operated machine and demonstrates an example on how to create an encrypted volume within a select partition.
CCleaner is a executable freeware that will help clean up some space in your bogged down Windows machine. This tutorial will demonstrate exactly how to use CCleaner to drastically boost your machine's speed up to 40%.
In this video about choosing a web hosting company. The narrator begins by saying that web pages are hosted on servers; the files that make up a web site are hosted or stored on a server. The narrator recommends a service called Host Gator. He indicated they are reliable and provide reasonably priced web hosting services. He briefly discusses the process they charge for their different levels of hosting services. Next he shows the steps to hook your domain name to the host account. He demonst...
This video will teach you how to create a basic logo in Photoshop CS3. In order to create a logo you need to follow this simple steps: 1. Go to File -> New and create a new document with the width and height 500 px. Set the RGB Color and the background transparent. 2. Fill the background with a black color. 3. Create a new layer and create a perfect circle. 4. Select Blending Options and Gradient and use a light red color to fill the circle. Add the text and use some effects for it. The video...
In this video the instructor shows how to use the Auto play feature in Windows 7. Auto play is an old feature which was also available in Windows XP and Windows Vista. When you insert any removable media into your computer like a CD, DVD or a USB thumb drive, Windows automatically pops up a Auto Play window where it gives you various options that can be performed on the recently inserted media. This feature is very helpful and helps you open your media very conveniently. The Auto play window ...
First click the explore button, this will open a fold in which you will click homegroup and the second computer in the network. By clicking on that you will see what is in the homegroup. For example clicking on the video icon shows you all the videos available. If you right click on the video you can choose to watch it, open it, send it to different places, drag it onto your computer or copy and paste it into another directory.
This is a tutorial video on uploading HD quality video onto YouTube. The video is simply a screen shot view of the YouTube home page. As the narrator goes through the steps the cursor moves and clicks on what you should click on. He advises to click on upload; he clicks to choose a video. The video must have a certain resolution to be assigned HD video. He indicates that YouTube will accept a variety of file formats to upload. You must use the 44.1 kHz frequency rates to get the best resoluti...
The video shows how to join a home group on a Windows 7 network by helves shows you how to join a home group on a Windows 7 network of computers. It is approximately one minute thirty seconds long. To join a home group on a Windows 7 network you first go to control panel, then you click on Network and Internet, after that you click on network and sharing center, and finally click join a home group in the top right. You now select what file types you want to share with the other Windows 7 comp...
ConnersTutorials, teaches you how to put two videos playing simultaneously in one movie. You use Sony Vegas and drag both movies in the time-line below. Then you press Event pan/crop on the first video. Right click and choose Match output aspect. Then re-size and move the video as you want. Do the same for the other video. Go to Media Generators to choose the background, which can be a solid color, a picture or another video. Just drag that down in the movie time-line when you're pleased. All...
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial the instructor shows how to prepare pan and scan images. To prepare an image by panning and scanning is quite different than preparing an image normally for using in your video. These images should be extra sized as you would perform special effects on the image in your video. This is also called as "Ken Burns" effect. Now go to the file, new menu and select the video format that you want to use according to your requirement. Enable the correct pixel aspect ra...
This video tutorial instructs you on what a key logger is and how to make a key logger which records your computers key strokes for later review. There are software or hardware based key loggers that intercept the connection between the keyboard and computer. Hardware key loggers consists of a micro controller for data logging. Software key logger is a script that runs in the background then processes and saves the key strokes to a text file. To make a key logger you'll need to know a program...
This video describes the initial creation of a database using File Maker Pro 10. While this video does not go into anything complicated, it does give a great preview of how their particular program works. The movie indicates there are templates available, however the series of movies explains how to create them from scratch. There seems to be another six or so official movies. This three minutes movie covers new database creation, naming, importing fields, naming new fields, relationship crea...
The video is a straight forward Photoshop tutorial on how to create a Christmas ornament. The video shows you how to do this with very simple shapes, gradients, and a few layers. All you have to do is keep up the simple instructions. The finished product is very pleasing to the eye, a glossy, shiny, Christmas ornament. The video also provides a link to an external website where the Photoshop project files can be downloaded for reference and are easily customized.
This tutorial will show you how to create a cool image animation using mask in Flash. First lets import image file and now lets create a new layer. Choose oval tools and now lets draw a shape just outside our scene. Then go to frame 30, and add the key frame and select transform tool. Now lets re-size our shape and go to 50 frame and add the key frame. Then go to frame 80 and add the key frame, re-size our shape and use free transform tools. Now lets create shaped in frame over 30, 50,and 80 ...
This video teaches "How to Download and Install JAVA plug in for your web browser". Open your web browser.
In this video the instructor shows how to make a simple flash click-through photo gallery with Action Script 3. First the instructor shows a sample gallery that you can make using this tutorial. To do this open a new flash action script 3.0 file. The first thing you have to do now is, in the right hand side change the document size to 750 by 500 pixels and give it a dark back ground color like dark gray. Now open the image that you want to use in this album by dragging them on to your flash w...
Bill Myers shows us how to record live video direct to your computer from your camcorder. You will need: long firewire cable, camcorder with firewire output, computer. Procedure: Connect one end of the firewire cable to your camcorder, then connect the other end to your computer. Start your video editing program. Turn the audio down on your speakers to avoid feedback. Turn your camcorder on then check the capture option in your screen. Record the video then hit the stop button when you're fin...