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How To: Create PDF portfolios in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

A PDF Portfolio is a bundled collection of content compressed into one PDF file. Watch this 5 minute overview and learn how you can bundle documents, e-mail, drawings, flash presentations and even video into one sleek package that can be used for presentations or project management for your organization. Your portfolio can include introductory text and sets of data that can be sorted geographically by being linked to clickable maps. Not only can the entire portfolio be branded with your logo ...

How To: Appy MAC "Show Orchid" lipstick to your lips

This is a makeup tutorial video on how to apply MAC "Show Orchid" lipstick on your lips. After using the primer on your lids, apply eyeshadow. Apply eyeliner of your choice. You can use eyeliner but it is purely optional. Apply some bronzer after applying liquid foundation. Using a brush, apply the bronzer like any other bronzer. For the lips, use "Show Orchid" lipstick. A lip pencil is recommended to line the lips first. Follow these simple tips and show those luscious lips to your friends o...

How To: Choose a loom

Deciding which type of loom to buy and size isn't always easy. Looming is a lot of fun and addictive. But you don't want to buy a loom for the sake of buying a loom. This will help you make better choices instead of buying out the store and realizing you have looms you will never use.

How To: Create Rihanna-inspired tiger print nails

Julie teaches the secrets of creating tiger print nails inspired by Rihanna. You will need: a base coat, top coat, nail polish of gold, black and copper colors. First apply a base coat of your choice to the nails and let it dry. Now apply a gold color nail polish on the base coat. Use a copper color nail polish and fill in the tip of your nails as shown. Now use a black color nail polish to draw the tiger stripes. Start drawing a triangle and end up with a line in crooked directions to get ti...

How To: Apply makeup to be "scene"

Scene style makeup is in, and in this video we are given the essentials in creating this sort of look. Beginning as you begin with any makeup, we are advised to apply a base, consisting of either a general foundation or a powder. As we go, the video author offers specific brand recommendations and shows the results, via pictures. Now, after our base, the steps are as follows.

How To: Draw an female anime face in 3/4

Would you like to learn how to draw amazing anime cartoons? This excellent and entertaining video demonstrates step by step how to draw a flawless female anime face in 3/4 view. It discusses the challenges of 3/4 views, how to practice difficult facial drawing techniques, and offers helpful tips on how to produce anime drawings that really stand out. It provides helpful tips on proper pencil and lead choice to quickly and easily get fine, clean and perfect lines that are a must for modern ani...

How To: Burn a DVD using Nero

This video is about burning a DVD using Nero. On menu bar choose create/edit. Select audit, edit and capture video in dialog box. Nero vision 5 appears. Go to DVD dialog box. Choose where you will import video from. Drag video into open screen. For best quality keep video size to 1 GB. You can add titles, edit or create chapters. Click next. Choose a category which are choices of how the video will appear. You can customize text and audio in this screen. Click next and view the final product....

How To: Mix a pumpkin pie martini

Planning a big fall party? This simple pumpkin pie martini is the perfect choice and a big crowd pleaser. This short instructional video takes you step by step on teaching you how to make this wonderful martini. It tells you all the ingredients and materials needed and shows you the simple steps it takes to make it. It will only take a short couple of minutes before you create this simple but delicious pumpkin pie martini that will have your guests asking for more.

How To: Make raw marinated mushrooms

Take some peeled and cleaned mushrooms and put them in a bowl. Coat them really well with some extra virgin olive oil. Mushrooms are very porous and they soak up a lot of what you put on them so you have to make sure that you use enough olive oil to be sure that they are well coated. Then gently use your hands to toss them in the bowl. Next coat them with some Tamari Soy Sauce and gently toss them in the bowl with your hands one more time. Before you eat them let them sit for up to 24 hours. ...

How To: Rotate a shape about the origin 90° counter-clockwise

Davitily thinks that you can learn to rotate the images quite easily. In this video Davitily explains the process of rotating a geometrical shape about the origin. This rotation is counter-clockwise. Davitily explains the various steps involved in this process. Two steps are explained in this process. The explanation is very simple and done in a very interesting manner. This video is the perfect choice for people wanting to learn the rotation of shapes. This video is a must for people interes...

How To: Use Stretch your Imagination Cricut for a Xmas card

This video from Cricut Christmas shows how to make a Christmas card. The narrator demonstrates the procedure explaining each step along the way. Using simple materials like paper, gum, ribbon, etc., you can create a simple yet stylish looking Christmas card. The "Stretch your Imagination" booklet by Cricut is the tool of choice. It can help create professional looking card designs easily. Watch the video to learn how to make the card.

How To: Create and start a group on Facebook

This video is about creating a group on Facebook. Groups on Facebook join friends and people with similar interests. Go to the dialog box and choose groups, create new. You then bring up the form. Choose a name and describe the name. Scroll down and choose the group type. Click create group. You can also add a photo of the group. Scroll down and choose enable photo, video or links. Then you decide who has the responsibility for making changes to the group-members or an administrator. Decide w...

How To: Make a snowflake using only scissors and paper

This video is about how to make a snowflake using only scissors and paper. For this you have to go through a few simple steps: (1) Take two plain sheets of paper. (2)Fold them into the shape of triangle. (3) Fold them again up to three triangles. After making a small fold of triangle (4) cut the triangle using scissors. Make any shape of your choice and cut carefully and neatly. Now just open the shape and the snowflake is ready. You can use colorful paper also.

How To: Plant Lamb's Ear as a ground cover in your garden

When watching this video, you will realize why Lamb's Ear, or stachys byzantin, may be a perfect choice of plant to set in front of your other plants. With a sea green color and low profile, it will set the rest of the garden off beautifully. Place it along borders of the garden or even along your driveway. Lamb's Ear is a hardy, drought resistant plant that is easy to care for and will do well in sunny areas. It does shoot up and grow a large flower later in the season. This would be your op...

How To: Make a snowflake pendant

This video is all about how to make a snowflake pendant. This is just an interesting task for women who like wearing jewelry. Now you can make pendants by your own hands at home. You require just few beads of your choice color and take a needle and a strong thread ,you can also have some kind of chains to make it strong and beautiful. Just arrange beads in any pattern and attach with some chain. It takes just few minutes to do it.

How To: Cut & style side swept bangs

Learn to style your bangs like Nicole Richie! First, pull the rest of your hair into a pony tail to keep it out of the way. Now take a straightener and straighten your bangs and sides. Choose where to part them, from the corner of the eyebrow is a good choice. Pull your bangs to the side. To cut them, take some scissors and run them down the side of the bangs in small snips, making the parted side shorter than the other side. To style them, straighten the bangs with a straightener and spray w...

How To: Download music using Safari on your iPhone or iPod

The viewer learns how to download music on their iPhone or iPod using Safari. The video starts with the instructor talking about what it was that made him decide to use Safari to download music. The speaker uses a lot of profanity in his intro and the instructional part of the video does not start until 3 min into the video. The video/audio quality is poor at times. The instructor will show you in a step by step manner. If the viewer follows the instructions (and ignores the extra blah blah b...

How To: Apply smokey smoldering eye makeup

MJ shows how to do a "sexy smoky sultry eye" through steps and techniques on how to apply different layers of makeup. This video is helpful for anyone looking for new and fresh ways to apply makeup in a creative manner. The steps in this video are thorough and clearly demonstrated. Besides advice on the makeup techniques, MJ also gives tips on color choice and other things. If you pay attention and follow MJ's steps you will have "sexy smoky smoldering" eyes and maybe even a new video channel...

How To: Make a DIY whiteboard for under $5

This video will teach you how to make a white board at half the cost and a better quality than you can buy and it will last a lot longer. You start with an 8x10 piece of Plexiglass with only surface scratches and spray paint. Try not to touch the side that you're going to paint. Remove only one side of the Plexiglass protecting plastic. Sand any sharp areas and paint in a well-vented area or outside. Paint lightly with the color of your choice and let it dry before adding a second coat. You c...

How To: Style funky, chunky hair

Funky is for the free spirited, passionate and confident person. Looking funky is not something that just anyone can pull off. Learn to express yourself through your grooming and clothing choices by pairing the unexpected with bold and colorful. Exude confidence as you master the funky look and all eyes are on you.

How To: Choose a shade tree

When you head to your neighborhood gardening center to find a shade tree for your garden, the variety of choices can be pretty overwhelming. There are so many kinds of trees, and each of those trees has its own varieties. In this clip, Dave Epstein from Growing Wisdom will help find the best shade tree for you.

How To: Develop your intuition by pendulum dowsing

Learn how to develop your intuition by dowsing with a pendulum. In this video hosted by Andrea Hess of Soul Realignment, Hess is teaching dowsing with a pendulum to determine "yes" or "no" (or "undetermined") answers to specific questions. As told here, the pendulum is controlled by your subconscious mind, but the information is determined by one's higher self. One is not to ask questions that start with "Should I..." or "Am I supposed to..." as there is no "Should" or divine plan we need to ...

How To: Assemble a scrapbook

You've organized your materials and chosen your book. Now it's time to get down to brass tacks. . . and tapes, stamps, stickers, cardstocks, markers... Watch this how to video to learn how to make your own scrapbook.

How To: A look at an alternative to big head phones

Interested in jockeying discs? If so, you'll need a decent pair of DJ headphones. While big, closed-ear phones are the standard, in-ear-canal headphones can be a smart choice to the extent that they don't need to be turned up as loudly as other phones and so can protect your hearing. For more information on using in-ear-canal earbuds while DJing, take a look! And remember: always watch the output level on your headphones!

How To: Choose healthy food for the 3 Day Diet

The 3 Day Diet is a very regimented diet plan that consists of one thousand calories. It's a very regimented plan consisting of three days that have three specific meals consisting of about 1000 calories. It must be followed precisely. Learn how to make healthy food choices for the 3 Day Diet from a licensed dietician and nutritionist in this health and nutrition how-to video.

How To: Use crown molding

If you're looking to dress up an ordinary room, think about installing crown molding (also spelled moulding). Very few additions make a visual impact like crown molding, which gives a subtle yet elegant design element to any space. And with the proper tools and set up, installation can be easy. While wood is a common choice for crown molding, urethane is also a popular material. For a recent project we installed Fypon urethane crown molding, which is lightweight, flexible and looks like solid...

How To: Improvise in D major in Ionian mode on the piano

Want to learn how to improvise and play jazz piano? Well first you have to learn techniques from the jazz greats of yesteryear. This piano lesson teaches you how to improvise in the key of D Major in Ionian mode. With some practice and basic understanding of music theory and harmony you will soon be able to improvise jazz solos over basic chords. Free Improvisation could imply no rules and no forethought at all. Setting restrictions actually helps in free improvisation because it narrows your...

How To: Cut a tall clock pattern with a scrollsaw

In this tutorial from the Scrollsaw Workshop, Steve Good demonstrates how to cut a tall clock using a pattern available at Steve's blog, scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com. For this project, you'll need a clock face, wood of your choice (two 5" by 10" pieces and two 3" by 10" pieces) and a piece of contrasting wood for use around the border. Make time for this time-making tutorial; you'll be glad you did.

How To: Make an multi-purpose lemon herb marinade

This wonderful all purpose marinade uses lemon, garlic, and olive oil for its base. It is perfect for marinating any type of seafood, such as shrimp scampi and works great as a base for grilled Mahi Mahi or your favorite tilapia fish recipes. Use it on chicken or pork to brighten up the flavors while grilling. Just soak your meat of choice in the marinade for 30 minutes and prepare as desired. You'll find this an indispensable recipe in your kitchen. The ingredients are lemon, cilantro, garli...

How To: Unlock Jigglypuff in Super Smash Bros Brawl

To unlock Jigglypuff you must've first completed Subspace Emissary and then load it and go to "The Swamp". When going to "The Swamp" choose any characters and any difficulty, won't make a difference in unlocking Jigglypuff. Then keep going in the stage and skip the first door you see. The next door you see you have no choice but to enter and you'll fight Dark Diddy Kong, he's not too hard nor too easy, and after beating him then you will go back to stage in different area and keep going until...

How To: Do basic pen tricks

As promised for nearly the whole school year now, I have finally explained how to do two simple pen tricks. There are many such videos on YouTube and elsewhere, but many (students) have requested me to explain it too, so here it is.