How To: Use the Casio Exilim EX-V7 digital camera
The Casio Exilim EX-V7 has some basic manual controls plus a longer than standard seven times optical zoom lens. This video walks you though its key features.
The Casio Exilim EX-V7 has some basic manual controls plus a longer than standard seven times optical zoom lens. This video walks you though its key features.
The Panasonic DMC FZ8 is a seven megapixel, super zoom camera. It has a 12x optical zoom lens. This video guide gives you an overview of the main features and how to use it.
The Sony DSC T100 is a super stylish, pocket sized camera with a longer than standard zoom lens. Watch this video guide to learn how to use it.
My video guide to the Canon PowerShot SD 750 walks you though all the main features of the camera. This gives you the opportunity to see exactly what features the camera has and how easy it is to use.
Follow along as Brett Larson explains how to find a camera phone. Last year, camera phones outsold digital cameras. Learn what you should look for, and look out for, when purchasing one for yourself.
If you're interested in creating a dosimeter using simple tools, take a look at this video. Using a digital camera, a plastic scintillator, and some tape a radiation dosimeter can be crafted allowing for radiation information to be collected with simple materials.
You don't need a rotoscope or special lip syncing equipment - you can create the stop motion effect with any digital SLR - even a webcam! All you need to do is add an adapter, as shown in this tutorial.
In this clip, you'll learn how to use an Apple iPad as a wireless monitor for a still camera. In order to replicate this hack yourself, you'll need an iPad, Eye-Fi Pro X2 SD card, My Wi and Shutter Snitch. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started sending pictures directly from your digital camera to your iPad, watch this video guide.
Want to add an anamorphic lens flare to your digital footage? With Adobe After Effects, Video Copilot Optical Flares and, of course, the help provided by this video guide, it's easy! For step-by-step instructions, and to learn how to add anamorphic lens flares to your own digital video in post, watch this After Effects user guide.
Fancify your digital video clips by applying effects and filters in Premiere Elements 9. Whether you're new to the light version of Adobe's popular non-linear editor or a seasoned digital video professional 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.
In this video tutorial, we learn a technique for figuring out the camera settings used to take a digital picture. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in just under two minutes. For all of the details, and to get started using this technique yourself, take a look.
This step by step tutorial shows you how to start with a blank file and then go step by step to create a digital painting of the X-Men superhero Mystique. It pays special attention to details like her hair and her unique skin texture.
In this free video software tutorial, you'll learn how to add digital explosions to your projects in Sony Vegas Movie Studio. Whether you're new to Sony's popular non-linear editor or a seasoned digital video professional merely looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're certain to be well served by this video guide. Take a look.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to record a song idea with an AudioBox USB digital audio interface. Whether you're new to PreSonus' DAW or new to digital recording more generally, you're sure to find much to take away from this free video software tutorial. Take a look.
In this clip, you'll learn how to install and use a Wacom Bamboo Fun digital tablet on a Mac OS X computer. Happily, it's an easy process. So easy, in fact, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just under three minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
In this clip, you'll learn how to install and use a Wacom Bamboo Fun digital tablet on a Windows PC. Happily, it's an easy process. So easy, in fact, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just under four minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
Self portraits once required a big mirror and hours of introspection. Now, with digital cameras, you can take a great one in only a few minutes! Watch this video for tips on taking a really appealing self portrait with only some simple equipment.
In need of a general introduction to NI's Massive synth instrument? Well, you're in luck, as this clip presents just that. For more information, including a detailed overview of the product, and to get started using Massive in your own sessions, watch this video guide.
You can replicate the effect of the hand-tinted photographs of the 1920s and 1930s within Photoshop. Start with a grayscale black and white picture, and then use the techniques outlined in this tutorial to get your own hand-colored effect for your digital images.
This video shows you what you can be done with digital photos in the Windows Vista Media Center. To access your digital pictures, just go to the Picture Library in Media Center, and see the many options available, such as Play Slide Show, Rotate, Print, Touch Up and Delete. Touch Up is probably the most useful function, to help you quickly edit your photos.
Interested in creating a digital signature? This clip introduces three different web services for doing just that. It's easy! So easy, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about two and a half minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this video guide.
In this video clip, you'll learn how to create digital doubles in Final Cut Pro or Express. Whether you're new to Apple's Final Cut Pro non-linear video editor or just want to better acquaint yourself with the popular video editing program, you're sure to benefit from this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this tutorial.
Digital video looks very sharp, but many people miss the feeling that they got from watching films that were filmed on film. This video will show you how to replicate the look of old film without having to actually shoot on it using a bleach bypass in Final Cut Express. Working with film is hard, so watch this video and inject some of that organic feeling back into your movies.
Learn how to use masking techniques within Sony Vegas Pro to create clones of a person or object within a digital video. Whether you're completely new to Sony's popular nonlinear editor (NLE) or are a seasoned digital video professional simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to be well served by this free video software tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
The Photos app is used to view pictures on your iPad that you sync from iPhoto or iTunes. Although the app is very limited, photos do look great on the iPad screen. In this video guide from MacMost, you'll learn how work view and manipulate digital photos on an Apple iPad. For detailed instructions, and to get started sharing and displaying digital images on your own iPad, take a look.
Have some last minute edits to make to your photos before you publish them online? Don't have time to download and install software to your computer? This video guide has five free online photo editing services to share. For detailed instructions, and to get started editing your own digital images online, watch this free video tutorial.
Learn how to remove noise, abberations and blemishes from your digital video when using Apple's Motion 3. Learn how with this free video software guide. Whether you're new to the Apple's popular motion graphics editor/compositing application or simply wish to get better acquainted with the program, you're sure to find value in this tutorial. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
Want to make your digital footage look a little less ... well, digital? Color grade it for a classic film look. Whether you're new to Apple's Final Cut Pro non-linear video editor or just want to better acquaint yourself with the Final Cut Pro 6 workflow, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial. For specifics, including a step-by-step overview of the grading process, watch this Final Cut Pro lesson.
Taking really professional-looking portrait is a tricky business, which is why so many people are so well-paid for doing so. If you want to create similar results without hiring the professional, this two-part video will give you some handy tips for how to do it. It includes how to frame the shot, some equipment and props that you will need, and other techniques. Never pay hundred of dollars for a professional Christmas card photo again!
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to apply a digital tattoo using Adobe Photoshop. Begin by adding the image and tattoo image into the program. Then drag the tattoo image over the image. Now in the layer menu, change Normal to Modify. Now re-size the tattoo image to a preferred size (PC: Control and T, Mac: Command and T). Now right-click the tattoo image and select warp. Form the image so that it is perpendicular to the skin and decrease the Opacity. This video will benefit those vie...
This is a video that is showing its audience how to use the electronic image stabilization or digital image stabilization on their digital cameras. Image stabilization is a good function to have on when movement is involved while taking a photo. The video goes over terms such as image stabilization, shutter speed, and contrast. It adequately defines image stabilization and digital stabilization and goes over the problems that consumers might have with the image stabilization mode on their cam...
Photographing an eye is now easy with digital cameras. Dr. Roberto Kaplan leads you through the simple steps of using a digital still camera or video. Then cropping and scaling the size in a photo program. Learn how to photograph the iris for medical purposes (records for examinations, or identification records for children).
Do you own the Canon XH-A1 Digital Camcorder? If so, you might want to check out this lengthy video tutorial that shows you the ins and outs to the Canon XH-A1, the High Definition digital camera for the professional and serious non-pro alike. Learn how to make manual adjustments to fine-tune your audio by setting the mic mode with the onboard microphone or an external mic, along with alternative microphones. This shows a bunch of tips and tricks for you cameramen and sound pros.
Do you own the Canon XH-A1 Digital Camcorder? If so, you might want to check out this lengthy video tutorial that shows you the ins and outs to the Canon XH-A1, the High Definition digital camera for the professional and serious non-pro alike. Learn how to make manual adjustments to fine-tune your video by adjusting the Shutter Priority Mode (Tv), the Manual and Auto Focus, the Exposure, and much, much more. This shows a bunch of tips and tricks for you cameramen.
This medical how-to video demonstrates how to anesthetize with the digital block technique. The digital block is a simple anesthesia procedure used to numb the fingers or toes. Watch as they show how to apply a ring block of local anesthesia to a digit.
Check out this instructional DJ video that takes a look at how to use your DJ gear at a typical nightclub setup. This tutorial also provides a walk through demonstration on how to map the Novation 25sl for use with Traktor 3. Set up your digital DJ gear in a club and start mixing beats like a master DJ!
Do you need to take pictures of your jewelry work? Begin basic digital photo editing with Picasa2. Watch this video tutorial to see how to improve the look of your jewelry photos.
You can take high dynamic range photos with a regular point and shoot digital camera. You may need to take up to three versions of the same photograph and make a high definition composite photograph. Even a small digital camera can take three photographs at the same time using an auto bracketing feature. You can also do this by hand if you have a steady hand or a tripod. Edit the individual photographs on the computer using Adobe Photoshop or a another digital photo editing program.
Timelapse photography is possible with a huge variety of cameras, especially if you're willing to teather them, hook them up to a computer. Connectors, pclix, shutter times, and all sorts of plug-ins will make timelapse pictures relatively simple. Watch this video photography tutorial and learn how to take quality timelapse pictures with you digital SLR camera.
Require precision tuning for your violin? In this how-to, you'll find a brief overview of tuning a new violin with the aid of a digital tuner, which will indicate precisely whether your violin's strings are in tune or not.