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How To: Create multiple backups when doing a iPhone restore

This video shows the method to make multiple backups while restoring a iPhone. See ' iPhone and iPod touch : About Backups' on your iPhone. Scroll to the bottom and see the location of the backup. You can rename the backup folder so that the device thinks there is no backup and starts creating a new one. You can also go to info.plist file and change the display name. You can add the date to the name to tell the difference. Go to iTunes and right click on iPhone. Choose restore from backup. Yo...

How To: Crop an image in Adobe Photoshop CS2

In this how-to video, you will learn how to crop an image using Adobe Photoshop CS4. First, open Photoshop and open the image you want to crop. Next, press filter and select the edge hollow tool. Carefully draw around the image you want to crop. Once this is done, click on the fill tool and left click in the middle of the image. Now, press preview to see if you missed any spots. You can clean these spots up by pressing the clean up tool. This will allow you to erase these particular spots. On...

How To: Connect to the Internet with your Nintendo Wii

This video tutorial shows how to connect to the Internet using the Wii video game system. The advantage of connecting to the Internet with your gaming system is to play games, such as Animal Crossing or Call of Duty, with other players. You can also get the Internet Channel which allows you to watch YouTube videos and do other tasks you would normally do on the internet. You will need a wireless router to do this. On the Wii home menu, click on Options, Wii Settings, and scroll once to the ri...

How To: Harvest garlic scapes

Harvesting garlic scapes is a simple and very easy task. Grab some small clippers and then head out into the garden. Make sure you have harvested it before it has sprung its flower. Also make sure you cut it before the scape has curled around (at the top of the scape and where the flower will form), it tastes better and is nice and tender. Locate the scape and make a small mental note on where your going to cut it. The best location to do that is, as far down as the last set of leaves (near t...

How To: Play "Drive My Car" by the Beatles on a piano

pianojohn113 demonstrate how to play drive my car (Beatles) on a piano using the American method of notes. he explain which musical notes play one by one including the most important part of this song "the solo part", providing you a sequence of tips for your creativity and enabling you to create your own solo part for this song following his method. he explain the video in a very easy way to understand even for those who have a minimal knowledge about pianos. this video lets you get a set of...

How To: Draw an adorable fairy in an easy way

This video demonstrates how to draw a fairy quickly and easily. We are taken through a simple step by step process that begins with the simple drawing of several geometric shapes. Using these shapes as a guide we are shown how you can quickly flesh out the distinct shape of a fairy by rounding off edges and adding small details here and there. We are also shown how drawing the hands should not be a daunting task as you are given a simple example to follow. There are several examples of minute...

How To: Connect to a wireless network in Windows 7

First to connect to a wireless internet connection using Windows 7 you must first click on the icon that looks like sideways stairs that is located on your desktop in your task bar. Click on the icon and you will be taken to a page that will show all of the wireless connections in your area. Find your network then click on it. You will be prompted to type in your network security key, do so then your computer should connect to the wireless internet within the next few minutes. Close out of th...

How To: Make a polymer clay candy cane for a dollhouse

This video shows the method to make a clay candy cane. We require two colors of clay and a knife to cut it. Take some red polymer clay and some white polymer clay. Warm the clay and make tiny snakes out of it. Take a red clay and a white clay snake and put them together. Start twisting them around. Roll it with your palms to make it even. Warm it up occasionally with your hands to prevent it from breaking. Keep twisting and rolling till you get a thin candy cane. Cut a suitable length with th...

How To: Sync double system sound on Sony Vegas

This video shows the method to sync sound using Sony Vegas. This is important in case of double system sound when audio is recorded separate from the picture. The first step involves opening up the poorer source of audio like the audio from the built in microphone in the laptop. Now open the good quality audio like the one from a camcorder just below the first one. Align the two audio using a reference mark. In the given video, it is the clapping of hands recorded on both audio. So, the spike...

How To: Split tone in Lightroom

This video shows the method to split tone in Lightroom. Firstly, go to the 'Grayscale' button to change the photo into black & white. Go to the split toning section and change the tint into the color you want using the 'hue' option. You can also use the 'Highlights' option to select the color and see the preview. Bring the saturation down to get the right color. Repeat the same procedure with the shadows. Choose the right tint for shadows. Hold the 'Alt' key down to see the effect of change i...

How To: Make a shredded paper flower

This video shows the method to make a shredded paper flower. Take a butterfly paper from April bad girls kit and cut it into eight and a half by eleven. Put this paper into paper shredder and cut it into strips. Take a handful of strips and cut them into half. Repeat this until you get enough pieces to make the flower. Take the paper strips cut into half and put them together around the center. Staple them at the center so that you get a bunch of strips. Repeat this for two more bunches. Stic...

How To: Draw kids flying a kite on a computer

This movie is a silent animated account of how you draw the final picture (which is shown at the beginning of the clip) of two kids flying a kite. The lines are sketched roughly using pencil, and then over-inked. The original lines are erased and leaving outlines. Then you begin coloring in all the spaces just as you wish. There is no commentary and no music, but all the basic detail is there and you can follow easily the way the characters are drawn and colored from start to finish, making i...

How To: Do long division with remainders

This video goes through the step by step process of doing long division with remainders. Multiple examples are used throughout the video to give the viewer a better idea of how to properly complete the difficult task. Perfect for anyone learning long division for the first time, or for anyone attempting to relearn long division after forgetting how to do the process (an all to common occurrence in a world with calculators on every cell phone).

How To: Stop procrastination by dealing with the facts

glemo teaches you how to stop procrastination. This is like termites eating at the foundation of a house. It eats you up inside and you need to learn self control and discipline. You have to discipline yourself to do the things you do now, or you will feel regret later. First off, you need to diagnose your problem and admit it. Think of your life or your activity as an onion. There are different layers and different components. You need to break your task into smaller ones. You have to trick ...

How To: Apply colorful tropical 80's eyes with makeup

This video was a tutorial on applying a very tropical and colorful eye make-up. This would be good for an 80's costume look. She put on the make-up as she was explaining the different products and techniques she was using. She used glitter and a lot of colors that stood out and added some different transition to the final look. She also provided a detailed list of the make-up she uses and does a good job at making it look like an easy task to achieve. Anyone could probably follow the video an...

How To: Fold a fitted sheet for maximum storage space

This video shows the way to fold a fitted sheet for maximum storage. Folding a sheet can save a lot of storage space. The time taken for folding the sheet is less than the time taken for searching through unfolded sheets to find the right match. Start by holding the sheet lengthwise with the right side towards your body. Fold corner number one over corner number two. Slide down the edges and tuck corner number three and four in. Straighten the edges and place it on the table. Fold the sheet i...

How To: Draw Spawn

This video shows how to draw the comics character Spawn, a former CIA operative killed by his own men and afterwards recruited to be a general in Hell's army. Running at a 6x speed, you will find it easy to replicate. To accomplish this task, you'll need a sheet of paper, a pencil and red, grey and black markers. In less than 10 minutes, without any special drawing skills and simply by following the tracing and coloring shown in this video, you will finish a fully colored entire body drawing ...

How To: Cut crown molding using a ladder and sawhorse set up

This is a how to video that explains how to do the difficult task of cutting crown molding and how to do it with tools you have laying around, a ladder and a saw horse as a support, and a miter saw. The author of this video explains that if the molding sags then it will not cut straight and your seams will not line up properly. The author is using an extension ladder and explains that you can cut very long pieces using this process. He also explains that you will need more than one brace to s...

How To: Cook guava shells

You might think cooking guava shells is a complicated task, but this video from Cooking For Bimbos will prove you wrong. You will be taken through the process step-by-step, starting with pre-heating the oven and taking the shells out of their can. Along the way, you will hear tips for how to make the shells tastier, what to pair them with, and more. So what are you waiting for? Watch this simple tutorial and you'll be on your way to preparing a delicious guava shell based meal in no time.

How To: Draw an eagle with the American flag

This video is about how to draw an eagle with the American flag. For this you have to remember only a few easy steps that are the following: (1)Draw the flag. (2)Draw the body and head of the eagle. (3)Draw the eyes, beak, feathers, and legs. (4)Draw boxes and stars. (5)Draw stripes and add shaded lines to it. Your eagle with the American flag is ready in just a very few simple steps. It's a good task for students and others also.

How To: Remove the background from a bitmap in Xara Xtreme

Xara Xtreme works with 2D image rendering and comes with a number of features to support your tasks. Removing a background in a bitmap can be done with ease. You can either fill the background with a solid color or just delete the space around it. You can also overlap the image and delete the remaining background then finish editing your image. There are a number of ways to remove space in your image and this video will demonstrate how to remove the background from a bitmap in Xara Xtreme.

How To: Clean up your Windows Vista desktop & icons

Rowland from Windows Performance teaches how to clean up your Windows Vista desktop & icons. Start by right-clicking the task bar and select Properties. Now click the 'Toolbar' tab, check the 'Desktop' option and click 'OK'. Now right-click anywhere in the desktop, go to view and click the last option. All icons in the desktop would not be visible now. Now go to the notification area, in the 'Desktop' option you can find all the items to use.

How To: Clear Your Cache on Firefox

Steps to clear the cache on Firefox and delete unnecessary temporary files from your computer. In your Firefox browser go to TOOLS. Click on OPTIONS. Then go to PRIVACY tab. Click on PRIVATE DATA section and click on SETTINGS. Now you can clear the following items: browsing history, download history, saved form information, cache, cookies, saved passwords, authenticated sessions. Check what you'd like to remove, specially the cache option. Mow click on OK button. click on CLEAR NOW and click ...

How To: Factor trinomials by GCF, grouping, unfoiling

Factoring trinomials can be a daunting task for many people. If your in need of extra help Denise Robichaud has created a step by step video that shows how to factoring trinomials by the greatest common factor (GCF), grouping, and unfoiling. She gives tips that help get you started, for example when factoring a trinomial first try to pull out a GCF, and if you have 4 terms try factoring by grouping. The video gives you a chance to work at your own pace. Seeing factoring problems solved with a...

How To: Wrap text around paths in illustrator

To create an added interest with text, learn how to wrap text around paths or shapes using Illustrator software. This video from Task Tutorial shows us each step involved with wrapping text around an oval as an example. However, any shape or path can be used to wrap text around that object. An object just needs to be placed on the page and then the "text wrap" command needs to be applied, and the wrapping will be done for you automatically. The Illustrator effect allows you to break up a page...

How To: Create a YouTube subscribe button in Photoshop

This task tutorial explains how to use Photoshop to create a YouTube subscribe button. First, select the rectangle tool and draw a bar. Select color options and deselect the color overlay. Then, go to gradient. Using the dropper tool, select the first and second color. Open layer options again and select the stroke color using the eyedropper tool. Increase the stroke size and change the position to inside. Click okay. Select type tool, create text field and type in the text. Open layer style ...

How To: Play the bassline from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"

Wanna play the bass like a pro? Paul Wolf provides a superlative video, for beginners, to learn how to play Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" on the bass guitar. The use of a picture within a picture provides beginners good closeups of where to place the fingers of both hands to accomplish the task. He includes a slower version and a breakdown of the parts of the piece, the chords and metronome settings to help with the changes in tempo of the song. He provides great insights to all of the rift...

How To: Replace ink cartridges in an Epson Artisan

We all know how frustrating it can be to replace ink cartridges in a printer. With the Epson Artisan printer, the task is simple and easy. The hardest part about replacing the cartridge is selecting the correct one. Even this job is made easy by the numbers on the cartridge casings. Simply pull off the tab before replacing, pop in the new one until it clicks, and you're ready to start printing whatever your heart desires. Exceed your vision!

How To: Create Hollister style destroyed jeans using sandpaper

Want to create the look of expensive Hollister designer jeans? Fancy department stores, specialty jean stores and boutiques sell them for outrageous prices. Now you can create them at home with simple supplies, a little practice, careful observation and some "elbow grease". The creator of this video uses common hardware store supplies to complete the task. With the help of the video's host, the right sandpaper and with the right moves, you can create all of the most common styles of Hollister...

How To: Jacmel crochet a granny square

In Access 2010 you can now create a navigation form (like a home page) for your database without writing a single piece of code or logic! Great for busy people who need to organize their database quickly, but who don't have code writing skills. It's just drag and drop. There are predefined layouts which help you design the form and then simply drag the information you want into the form. Reports can be added and accessed quickly from the navigation form so you can analyze the data simply and ...

How To: Make a candy stripe friendship bracelet

Learning how to make a piece of jewelry can be a daunting task, but this straight forward tutorial gives you all the skills needed to perfect the craft of making friendship bracelet. Starting with just a few simple pieces of string, one can make this very simple DIY project. Although the materials are cheap to procure, the end result is anything but cheap looking. The candy stripe design adds to the charm of this whimsical bracelet. Make one for all your friends today!

How To: Use Reason's vocoder to record with live audio input

In this video tutorial the instructor shows how to hook up Reason's vocoder to record for use with a live audio input and how to put a vocoder on an existing audio recording. This vocoder is available only in record if you have Reason. So standalone users will not be able to use this tool. You can use the vocoder device along with live input from your audio interface and generate a robot voice singing. First create a vocoder carrier sync that will modulate with your voice and mix it with your...

How To: Add carbon fiber to cars in Adobe Photoshop

This video demonstrates how to make carbon fibers in Adobe Photoshop. It starts off with a picture of a car and then slowly teaches you how to add carbon fibers to them. There are instructions on the screen to help you out with this. It should be noted that a basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is required in order to understand the terminology in the video. If you follow the steps in this video, you'll be able to do this simple task in Photoshop.

How To: Wash, cut, open, and eat a pomegranate

Eating a pomegranate for the first time can be a daunting task. This great tutorial by RawKristen demonstrates, step by step, how to wash the fruit, cut it open and which parts to eat. Both nutritious and delicious, the pomegranate is an excellent addition to your diet that you shouldn't pass by during your next visit to the grocery store. This tutorial covers helpful knife handling techniques and tips, advice on how to choose a ripe fruit and how to get the most out of what is inside.

How To: Draw Emma Frost

Emma Frost, a famous X-Men character, sometimes a villain sometimes a hero, can be a daunting task to draw, but with this video, we're given a step by step process, and a new approach. Using a computer program, our host begins at the face, and shows us how to use simple shapes and then expands to very simple lines for creating the body and arms. Teaching us both shading, and general anatomy and line lengths, this video is not just useful for teaching us to draw Emma Frost, X-Man, but is usefu...

How To: Build and use an Osage bow

This five part video series brought to you by Pathfinder School shows you how to build and use the Osage bow. Step by step, from properly picking a piece of Osage wood, which is also known as Hedge Apple. You'll need an axe to trim your limps, so make sure your careful when taking on the task of building your own bow. This is a great video to watch when preparing for your camping or hiking trip. It's a very instructional and easy to follow video to make sure your properly prepared.