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How To: Create shaped photo collages with Shape Collage

Watch this informative video tutorial on how to create shaped photo collages with Shape Collage. Shape Collage is an automatic photo collage maker that creates collages in different shapes in just a couple seconds. You can create picture collages in the shape of a rectangle, heart, text, or logo, with just a few clicks of the mouse.

How To: Take great photographs

Anyone can snap a blurry picture of a friend standing in front of a tourist attraction, but with just a little more effort, you can take great shots. Learn how to take great photographs with this instructional video from Howcast. You will need a camera and a flash (flash optional). Tip: Natural light is always preferable, but if you're indoors or it's cloudy, use a flash to keep your subjects well lit.

How To: Look thinner in photographs

Contrary to popular belief, pictures do lie. So make sure they're saying you're skinnier than you really are. Monochromatic outfits, body shapers, and high heels can help trick the eye. Body positioning and camera angles are also helpful. Watch this instructional video and learn how to look thinner in photographs.

How To: Use the Print Screen button in Windows

When you press the Print Screen button on your keyboard in any version of Windows, be it 95, 2000, ME, XP or Vista, Windows will take a picture of your display output and put it into your clipboard. Once in your clipboard, it can be pasted into most any image editing program (e.g., Paint). For more information on taking screenshots with Print Screen, watch this helpful Windows tutorial!

How To: Use a Holga camera

Here are some tips about the Holga camera. The Holga is a plastic camera that takes unique, distorted pictures. This instructional photography video is good for people who just got their Holga camera and want to learn some photographer's tricks.

How To: Make a book

Make a book using the five-hole pamphlet stitch. You will need paper, a bone folder, an awl and a needle and thread. Watch this instructional video to make a quick paper book for sketches, notes, illustrated stories, and picture albums.

How To: Create a paper circle frame using a corner punch

This scrapbooking video demonstrates how to decorate a paper circle frame using EK Success Corner Punches. You will need x-acto knives to make specific cuts. You can use store bought paper cutouts or make your own using scraps of recycled paper. Use embossing ink, embossing powder and a heat gun to add extra texture to you paper picture frame.

How To: Access Facebook on a Palm Treo or Centro cell phone

Facebook is a popular social networking site, that has a specific mobile phone application. The internet capabilities of the Palm Treo and Centro keep you on top of the game. Stay connected to friend updates, messages, upload pictures, and whatever else keeps you checking your Facebook compulsively. Watch this video cell phone tutorial and learn how to use Facebook on a Palm Treo or Centro.

How To: Take a timelapse photograph

Timelapse photography needn't be complicated, for advanced photographers only. This video photography tutorial helps explain how to take a timelapse picture, even if you're a complete beginner. Learn the process of taking a timelapse photo with a web, video, and digital camera. Watch, learn, and start practicing your shutter skills.

How To: Create a basic presentation quickly in Powerpoint 2007

If you're new to Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and just want to pick up the basics, watch this tutorial and learn how to get started fast. You'll see how to create your own slides for a show and add headings, bulleted lists, and pictures. Use built-in layouts to organize your slide content. And see how the new Preview feature helps you choose theme colors and background design, minimizing the guesswork and giving you a polished result.

How To: Remove red eye using Photoshop

It doesn't matter how great your digital camera is, there are going to be times when you take pictures and your subjects have red eye. So watch this Photoshop tutorial and learn how to use Photoshop to "get the red out". Removing red eye is a basic and easy to learn process in Photoshop.

How To: Clean a DSLR camera

In this video segment, Veronica Belmont of Ask Mahalo shows how to clean a digital SLR camera. Follow the simple steps to get better quality photographs. Watch this video photography tutorial and learn how to clean a digital SLR camera and get crystal clear pictures.

How To: Freehand cut wooden jigsaw puzzles

Want to know how to make your own children's jigsaw puzzles? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to make a jigsaw puzzle using the freehand scrollsaw cutting method. So, you have to have the picture on the wooden board already, then cut away the tiny pieces of the jigsaw puzzle using freehand saw cutting. It's easier than it looks. You just need a little craftsmanship.

How To: Varnish wet plate Collodion images

This video shows the process of varnishing a black glass Ambrotype. Not a high "wow-factor" here, but some practical knowledge needed in the process. It's very important to varnish wet plate images as they damage and tarnish easily. Learn how to varnish Collodion pictures by watching this video photography tutorial.

How To: Make a glass positive/soft negative for Collodion

This shows the process of making a positive image on clear glass; traditionally, this would be called an Ambrotype. Here, it is a little bit overexposed to get a "soft negative" or a negative that can be used with modern silver paper (printing). Learn how to make a glass positive or soft negative picture with the Collodion printing technique by watching this video photography tutorial.

How To: Make a Tag Book

This tutorial video will show you how you can make your very own Tag Book. A Tag Book is a little book with tags in it, and on each side of the tags are pictures and text. They serve much the same function of a scrapbook, and can make any occasion seem all the more special.