How To: Enhance your images in Aperture
The enhance controls in Aperture's adjustments panel provide a number of tools for refining your tonal adjustments, controlling saturation, and for correcting color casts.
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How To: Set levels in Aperture
Aperture's levels adjustment provides a refined level of control over your tonal corrections.
How To: Adjust highlights and shadows in Aperture
Aperture's highlights and shadows adjustment tool provides an easy way for you to brighten or reduce the brightness of highlights and shadows without affecting other aspects of your images.
How To: Make 15mm scale miniatures
This video provides an introduction to building 15mm scale buildings for Warhammer or miniature dioramas. Simulate roofing shingles and with small pieces of cardboard. Create a haunted scene with real spider webs. Preserve tiny spider webs with a protective spray or make miniature spider webs out of milkweed. Build small scale grapevines with toothpicks, wire, and painted leggy moss.
How To: Graft a watermelon plant for propagation
This how-to video provides very detailed, useful information on propagation. Watch this instructional video for tips on grafting a watermelon plant. For horticulture and how-to video enthusiasts.
How To: Carry your computer in your pocket on a USB drive
Bring your favorite software, files, and settings with you on a USB drive
How To: Make a sundial
This video looks at some of the issues around constructing sundials. Included are step by step instructions for building a horizontal sundial and instructions for setting it up. This activity supports both science and math curriculums. A good project providing an opportunity to use protractors and rulers. The sundial example in this video is designed for use at latitudes close to 45 degrees north.
How To: Spin a pencil
This is a cool video tutorial teaching you different ways for how to spin a pencil/pen on your fingers. By using your thumb, index finger, and middle finger, while keeping in mind the weight balance, you will be able to learn how to do this trick with the easy steps that he provides. And with these techniques you can even twirl a banana or a screwdriver. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to spin a pencil.
How To: Make a compact chair from (free) post office boxes
This is an amazingly creative idea. Watch this video hosted by Graffiti Research Lab in NYC and learn how to create a portable chair for free out of post office boxes. These guys provide a resting place for the city lunch roamer, but these chairs would be great for a kids playroom or even the office!
How To: Make stencil wall art
Learn how to make wall art that will spruce up your home while keeping a low budget. Pink of Perfection has provided this great horse stencil for you to use, but be creative! The great thing about stencil art is the freedom of using different designs or making your own.
How To: Choose an indoor plant
Learn how to choose an indoor plant. You don’t need a green thumb to have houseplants that flourish; you just need to know which ones will thrive in your home.
How To: Send large files with free file transfer services
1. Type in WWW.sendthisfile.com in the web toolbar and press enter 2. Click on Register found on the top right side
How To: Install a Mortar Shower Pan
Mark Donovan is remodeling a ceramic tile shower, and shows how to install a mortar shower pan. First consider the framing of the shower. Plywood, 2x4's and 2x6's provide a good foundation for the weight of the tile. Then remove the cover from the drain. Use duct tape to cover the drain hole. Staple 15-pound felt paper onto the floor of the shower, and up about an inch on the sides, trimming around the drain, to protect the wood from moisture. Then staple down metal lath to reinforce the floo...
How To: Get an FHA loan
Looking to get an FHA loan? The Federal Housing Administration, FHA for short, provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the U.S. Here's how to get your FHA-insured loan. Learn how to get one with help from this video.
How To: Green your business
Preserving the environment is not only the right thing to do—it can result in significant cost savings for your business.
How To: Connect the y-axis motor wires for a CNC router
A CNC router machine is probably the most useful tool a hobbyist can own, but the price for a CNC machine on the market is way more than the average hobbyist is willing to spend. You can build your own CNC with very basic tools, little knowledge of machinery, mechanics, or electronics, but be warned, these machines are inherently dangerous, so wear the proper protection and use common sense. At the very least, read the instructions and precautions on every tool you use.
How To: Make Boston butt pot roast and gravy
In order to prepare this meal you will need you get a large Boston butt pork roast around seven pounds. In a small dish combine, one tablespoon of salt, half a teaspoon of black pepper, half a teaspoon of garlic powder, and a teaspoon of thyme. Mix the seasonings together and sprinkle it over the roast. After each side has an even coat of the seasoning, rub the seasoning into the meat with your hands. Preheat the oven 425 degrees and place the roast onto a roasting pan with the bottom side do...
How To: Apply eyeliner on the upper eyelid
This video shows you how to apply eyeshadow on your upper and lower lash lines to look like eyeliner. You would need a Q-Tip and any color eyeshadow that you like - though the instructor recommends dark eyeshadow so it will look the most like actual eyeliner. You take your Q-Tip, bend it, and wet the tip. You then take the dampened Q-Tip and dip it in your powder eyeshadow. This creates a paste type effect. Now you can draw the q-tip across your upper lid, close to the lashes, and it will loo...
How To: Ventilate a low tunnel in your garden
A low tunnel is a kind of mini-greenhouse for your garden. Growing vegetables in a low tunnel requires proper ventilation. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to provide the right ventilation for your low tunnel, keeping your plants happy and healthy.
How To: Create a Celine Dion inspired drag queen makeup look
Learn how to apply makeup to achieve this Celine Dion inspired drag queen look with this two part tutorial. You will need Jane Liquid Foundation in Bisque, Jane Powder Foundation in Colorless, CoverGirl Cheekers Blush in Plumberry Glow,
How To: Create a MAC Naughty Nauticals drag queen eye look
Learn how to create a pretty blue eye look with the MAC Naughty Nauticals collection with this makeup tutorial. You will need Lancome Liquid Foundation Sample, Clinique Perfectly Real Powder, CoverGirl Cheekers Blush in Plumberry Glow, Jordana Eye Liner in White, MAC Pigment in Mutiny, Milani Eye Shadow in Blue Lace, Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Polyester Bride, Clinique Mascara in Black and CQ Lipstick in Royal Red. This is a perfect tutorial for drag queens and transexuals. Watch this how to v...
How To: Apply black and gold eyeshadow
Learn how to create this gold and black eyeshadow look with this step by step makeup tutorial. This is a bold and dramatic look to wear for a night out on the town. The products used to get this look are as follows:
How To: Create black smoky eyes
Learn how you can achieve this sexy black smokey eye look with this how to video. This makeup tutorial uses the following products: a matte black base (Blacktrack fluidline), a matte black powder eyeshadow (Carbon eyeshadow), a matte highlight that's similar to your skintone (Performance eyeshadow), another matte highlight that's similar to your skintone, but darker than the one before (Malt eyeshadow), a black eye kohl (Graphblack technakohl, Blacktrack fluidline) and [optionally] a shimmery...
How To: Install MySQL on Windows 2003
MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user SQL database management system which has over 10 million installations. It runs as a server providing multi-user access to databases. It is by far the most popular and common database used in web applications throughout the world, and almost all hosting companies provide it free of charge to their users. MySQL AB makes MySQL Server available as free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL). For this tutorial we are going to download and install ...
How To: 6 Reasons You Might Actually Want to Give Google Your Location Data
Google collects an enormous amount of personal data. While some of this data is used for targeted ads, others tidbits of info such as our location are used to improve our mobile experience. While it is natural for us to distrust Google's intentions, by allowing their data collection, we can add new functionality to our favorite apps.
News: Meet the Huawei Mate SE — the 'Plus' Version of the Honor 7X
Huawei's push into the US market has by no means stopped, even despite the recent US government pushback. Huawei has already released their top-notch flagship device from 2017, the Mate 10 Pro, and a couple great budget and midrange devices. Their latest release offers an upgrade to a past release.
Ingredients 101: Buying, Grinding, & Tempering Spices
The world of spices can be bewildering. They promise to make your food more flavorful if you know how to make the most of them. Unless you know a couple of essential tricks, however, it just seems like you're adding bits of colored powder to your food.
How To: Track the Super Storm Hurricane Sandy Live
As Hurricane Sandy barrels towards the East Coast, 50 million people are expected to be affected in the nation's most populated corridor. The behemoth super storm is a cause for concern, evident by the massive evacuations. The picture above is an eerie snap of the mostly crowded Times Square subway station in New York. Government officials have warned over half a million people to evacuate their homes and head to higher grounds. To help prepare for this storm, the internet has provided severa...
How To: Trim & cut video footage with iMovie
Trim and cut video footage with iMovie. This video tutorial provides an overview of the steps involved, including selecting video resources to be used in the project, placing video resources in the timeline, highlighting the actual clips to be used from the resources, and rearranging the chronological order of the clips in the timeline.
How To: Add text & titles to your video with Windows Live Movie Maker
Add text and titles with Windows Live Movie Maker. There are three options for adding text in Movie Maker. This tutorial provides an overview for each type: title (which goes before the selected clip), caption (which is superimposed over the selected clip) and credits (which goes after the selected clip).
How To: Share documents with Apple's iWork.com
If you're looking for another way to share documents, iWork.com provides an easy, cloud based way to share your thoughts and words. You can share your Pages, Numbers and Keynote documents using Apple's iWork.com service. Others can view your documents right in their browser, and make comments and notes if they are using Safari. You can even upload Keynote presentations and present right from the Safari.
How To: Create a beautifully layered 3D composition with After Effects
Using a layered photograph, chroma key footage and depth of field, prolific Italian designer Juri Ciana demonstrates precisely how to create a stunningly beautiful 3D composition with After Effects. In this informative video-only tutorial, depth of field and focus is utlized as critical elements that provide the various components of this video composition with a living vibrancy and dynamism.
How To: Use an EOS stabilizer with your digital cameras
Are stabilizers worth the investment? Which one is the best? How can you get the most out of the stabilizer you already have? This tutorial provides the answers to all these questions, and more! Decide which stabilizer is right for your camera and budget.
How To: Do an intermediate chest sculpting workout
Getting pectorals that ripple and bulge beneath shirts and arms that broadcast from sleeves requires a bit of work on your part (duh). That's where this video comes in.
How To: Get a refund from the Apple store for apps you don't want
Purchased an app for your iPhone that was actually designed for an iPad? Apple provides for purchasers to get a refund for apps you don't want or you bought in the wrong format. Make sure not to abuse this feature!
How To: Program your own arcade game with characters, backgrounds and music
Replicate the old arcade games like Pac Man or Galaga by downloading the free software Gamemaker 7.0. After you've downloaded the program, create your own sprites in an image editor, use the sounds already provided in the software and finally load your background. Then set up your game script, and you have your own arcade-style video game!
How To: Install wood decking and lay deck boards
If you've been thinking about installing a new deck on your house, but aren't sure where to begin, you've come to the right place. This video will show you how to install decking and lay deck boards. It doesn't go into too great of detail, but the tips they provide are invaluable as far as tools and techniques.
How To: Synthesize multiple drum tracks using Reason 5's drum kit tool
Looking for a way to get a professional sounding drum track? The drum kit provided by the Reason 5 software will let you load, edit and record your own drum tracks on separate mix channels. This tutorial gives you several pre-made templates to use in your own work.
How To: Create a background in Adobe Photoshop for use in Flash Builder
Interested in creating backgrounds in Photoshop for use in Flash Builder but aren't sure how to go about doing it? This clip provides some help. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular raster graphics editor or a seasoned designer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of the latest iteration of the application, you're sure to benefit from this free software tutorial. For more information, watch this video guide.
How To: Adjust project settings in Revit Architecture 2011
Need some help understand how project settings work within Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011? This clip provides some help. Whether you're new to Autodesk's popular CAD building information modeling application or a seasoned professional merely looking to better acquaint yourself with the newest features and functions of Revit Architecture 2011, you're sure to bell well served by this free video software tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch the v...