How To: Create a Nutcracker makeup look for the holidays
If you've ever watched "The Nutcracker" before, then you know that one of the most whimsical and (physically) memorable characters of the ballet production is the King himself, the Nutcracker.
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How To: Make the Nutcracker's hat from "The Nutcracker"
If you've ever watched "The Nutcracker" before, then you know that one of the most whimsical and (physically) memorable characters of the ballet production is the King himself, the Nutcracker.
How To: Use your Nikon D90 and Final Cut Pro together
This is a workflow tutorial for people who use the Nikon D90 camera and do most of the post production in Adobe After Effects. Convert, cut and export your video easily, and even fix the stair-stepping problem that might crop up.
How To: Play "Nagareboshi" from the Naruto Shippuden OST on piano
Naruto Shippuden might be the most popular anime in the world right now (although Bleach might argue) and it's high production values are reflected in it's great music. This video will teach you how to play the song "Nagareboshi" from OST to the show on piano.
How To: Properly use a green screen
A green screen lets you add any sort of background to your movie in post-production. Part of a successful green screen shot is properly lighting your set so you can easily add the special effects later. Teach your camera crew these tips for your next film!
How To: Create and use garbage mattes in Nuke 6
In this quick clip, you'll learn how to generate a new garbage matte when working in Nuke 6. Whether you're new to the Foundry's popular node-based compositing application or a seasoned post-production professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with Nuke 6's new features, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this free video guide.
How To: Make a Window Garden to Grow Food in a Small Space
Growing whatever food that you can yourself is tremendously good for the environment because industrial food production has all sorts of ecological problems. If you live in an apartment, it might seem impossible to grow your own food. Think again! This video will show you how to make a window garden in your apartment and use it to grow herbs and other small crops, decreasing your carbon footprint and making your meals more green.
How To: Key a green screen using After Effects
Green screens are clever devices that have saved movie studios millions of dollars in production fees because of their ability to let you tack on any background you desire digitally.
How To: Speed up design work in Adobe CS5 Design Premium
Whether you're new to Adobe Photoshop or a seasoned graphic artist after a general overview of CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this official video tutorial from the folks at Adobe TV. In it, you'll learn how make fast work of common design and production tasks like image re-touching with magical content aware fill in Photoshop Extended, creating complex shapes with Shape Builder tool in Illustrator, and intuitive object-selection features in InDesign and more.
How To: Set up a scene and render an image in Cinema 4D
Nick from Greyscale Gorilla shows you the basics of setting up a project file, creating a scene, and rendering a final image in Cinema 4D. He also does a basic tutorial for post-production HDR lighting.
How To: Increase the dynamic range of the Canon 5D and 7D
This is an excellent video showing you how to open up the dynamic range of your Canon DSLR camera in order to see into the highlights and shadows better. By giving you a flatter image, you have more ability to manipulate the image in post-production, having lost less available information.
How To: Animate rotation in Adobe After Effects
Get started using Adobe After Effects with the help of The New Boston! This beginner's tutorial is bound to answer the many questions you have about the popular digital motion graphics and compositing software. The main purpose of After Effects is for film and video post-production.
How To: Animate scale in Adobe After Effects
Get started using Adobe After Effects with the help of The New Boston! This beginner's tutorial is bound to answer the many questions you have about the popular digital motion graphics and compositing software. The main purpose of After Effects is for film and video post-production.
How To: Make fake coins for magic tricks like David Blaine
(S.E.P) ShootingEggs Productions shows you how to make a magic coin like David Blaine to be used as currency! We show you how. You need a jeweler's saw, a vice, small rubber bands and a coin of your choice. This coin can be used for the coin bite trick or the coin in the bottle trick. It is easy to do and very effective for prop magic tricks.
How To: Build a cheap and portable green screen
This video tutorial from IndyMogul shows you how to build a cheap and portable green screen.
How To: Print images in Aperture
Instead of using Photoshop, why not give Apple's Aperture a try? Aperture is designed more for post-production work for professional photographers, letting you cull through shoots, enhance images, manage massive libraries, and deliver stunning photos.
How To: Use shortcuts to rapidly rename tracks in Ableton Live
This audio production software tutorial will give you some tips to help with your Ableton Live workflow. Learn how to use shortcuts to rapidly rename tracks in Ableton Live. Make working in Ableton Live faster and easier with these shortcut tips.
How To: Use the keyboard editor in FL Studio
This audio production software tutorial covers how to go sequence with the Keyboard Editor in FL Studio and covers creating notes with different pitches, moving notes, and using portamento. See all these ways to use the keyboard editor to make patterns in FL Studio.
How To: Create a pattern with the step sequencer in FL Studio
This audio production software tutorial will help those new to FL Studio quickly get their mind around step sequencing. It covers how to create a basic pattern using FL Studio's Step Sequencer. The tutorial also discusses the Channel Window in FL Studio.
How To: Simulate a live crowd in FL Studio (fruity loops)
This audio production tutorial shows you how to simulate a live crown in FL Studio. Use a microphone or your audio output to trigger cheering or laughter in real-time with 5 easy steps in FL Studio. There's a little formula usage involved, but it's easy. See how to use fruity formula controllers for crowd simulation and reactions.
How To: Rock the scratcher in FL Studio
This music production software tutorial teaches you how to achieve realistic, humanized scratches in a recordable, metered way in FL Studio. The lesson includes a brief introduction to the FL Scratcher and a few ideas on setting up FL Studio for maximum versatility.
How To: Automate in FL Studio 7
In this music production tutorial you will learn how to automate in FL Studio 7. Get a quick overview of 5 methods of automation using FL Studio 7.
How To: Use vocoders as effect control units in Reason
This music production software tutorial is on the use of the BV512 vocoder as a frequency specific effects gate in Reason. This way, it is quite easy to draw a frequency curve to delay only your treble, distort your midrange, and reverb your bass, or any configuration imaginable. See how to use vocoders as effect control units in this video.
How To: Use equalizers, shelving and parametric in Reason
This music production software tutorial gives tips and demonstration for effective use of Equalizers, Shelving and Parametric in Reason. These concepts apply well to any software package that utilizes EQ. EQ like a master after learning these techniques.
How To: Create glitch type drum effects in Reason 3.0
This music production software tutorial shows you how to create Glitch-type effects for use with your drum patterns in Reason 3.0. It is an advanced tutorial only because of the speed at which he has to cover the material. In this example Ace Pincter will be adding glitch effects to drum patterns using Dr. Rex, but you can use any Reason drum pattern. Included: RV7000 Gating, Automation, Matrix offsetting, Filtering by gate, and Distortion.
How To: Use a compressor in Reason 3.0
This music production software tutorial gives some basic understanding of how to use a compressor in Reason 3.0. Learn what Compressor does, and how to read the knobs/gain meters of Compressor in Reason 3.0.
How To: Create metadata subscriptions in Final Cut Server
In Final Cut Server, you can create metadata subscriptions, an automation that triggers responses based on changes within asset or production metadata. For example, you can create a metadata subscription to automatically encode an asset to H.264 and send it to a website.
How To: Create anaglyph 3D with two cameras and After Effects
Ben Slotover and Paul Elliott, aka Blunt Productions, shows how to make your own cheap 3D film. You'll need a straight flash bracket, two camera mounting screws, and of course - two cameras. Then use Adobe After Effects to merge the two videos together so you can get out those 3D glasses and enjoy.
How To: Build your own DIY camera dolly
Does your production need the smooth graceful movement of a dolly, but lack the $1,800 it would cost to buy one? Welcome the DIY Dolly! Watch this episode, as Erik and Jared show you how to build your very own dolly.
How To: Storyboard when making a movie
Storyboards are like blueprints for your movies. And the bigger your production, the more important they become. Making a movie without a storyboard is like throwing your money into a bottomless pit. Watch this video and learn how to make your own storyboards!
How To: Light a green screen properly for podcasting
Matt, the Shirtless Apprentice, advises viewers on the proper procedure for lighting a green screen. The successfully implemented chroma key technique can significantly raise the production value of any video podcast. He gives specific advice on how to separate the light that falls on the subject from the light on the greenscreen, a traditionally tricky technique.
News: This 2017 LiDAR Bottleneck Is Causing a Modern-Day Gold Rush
One major component of Level 4 and Level 5 driverless cars is in very short supply. Venture capitalists and engineers from around the world are racing to fill the LiDAR production, price, and performance void.
How To: Use the live external effect plugin in Ableton Live
The raging debate in the electronic music world between digital and hardware music production is virulent and unnecessary when the best setup is clearly a mix of the two. In this video you'll learn how to get your computer and your DJ hardware together by using the Ableton Live external effect plugin to control sounds from your gear using the computer. It's the best of both worlds!
How To: Use the vocoder effect in FL studio to make and record cool vocal effects
FL Studio is a very powerful piece of audio production software, and it of course incorporates everyone favorite old-school voice distortion device: the Vocoder. This video will show you how to create a really cool vocoder effect in FL Studio, allowing you to zazz up the vocals on any track you're producing with that Zapp & Roger electrofuck edge.
How To: Navigate and use the graphical user interface in Foundry's Nuke 6
Need help finding yourself around the Nuke 6 GUI? This quick clip from the folks at Lynda will help to orient you. Whether you're new to the Foundry's popular node-based compositing application or a seasoned post-production professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with Nuke 6's new features, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this free video guide.
How To: Model a 3D turntable deck in Houdini 10
Interested in modeling a DJ deck using Houdini 10 but aren't quite sure how to go about it? This guide will get you started. Whether you're new to Side Effects Software's popular 3D production program or a seasoned graphic artist just interested in better acquainting yourself with the application, you're sure to be well served by this free video tutorial. For more information, including detailed instructions, take a look.
How To: Get started modeling objects in Houdini 10
Eager to make a foray into the world of 3D modeling with Houdini 10? This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're new to Side Effects Software's popular 3D production program or a seasoned graphic artist just interested in better acquainting yourself with the application, you're sure to be well served by this free video tutorial. For more information, including detailed instructions, take a look.
How To: Degrain a garbage matte in the Nuke 5 node compositor
Learn how to remove grain and noise from garbage mattes when working in Nuke 5. Whether you're new to the Foundry's popular node-based compositing application or a seasoned post-production professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with Nuke 5's new features, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this free video guide.
How To: Set key frames in the Nuke 5 node compositor
Learn how to use set key frames (or keyframes) working in Nuke 5. Whether you're new to the Foundry's popular node-based compositing application or a seasoned post-production professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with Nuke 5's new features, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this free video guide.
How To: Use the Transform Jack in the Nuke 5 compositor
Learn how to work with the Transform Jack tool in Nuke 5. Whether you're new to the Foundry's popular node-based compositing application or a seasoned post-production professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with Nuke 5's new features, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this free video guide.