Photoshopuniverse shows the way to create a Jack-O-Lantern in Photoshop. At first you need to collect or take a photo of a pumpkin. Make a new layer, with a white background, then mask it. Fill it with black color. Now go to blending option and give inner shadow, inner glow, gradient layer and outer glow. The major color will be yellow. There will be also a thin stroke. Your brush is ready now with all its effects of a Jack-O-Lantern. After following this video, you can use the same effect an...
Giada De Laurentiis shows you how to make delicious baked mini frittatas. This recipe yields 40 mini frittatas. Beat eight eggs, and add a half cup milk. Add some diced ham, or any other meat of your choice to the egg and milk mixture. Chop up some fresh parsley and add to the mix. You may substitute here with any fresh herb of your choice. Grate some fresh parmesan cheese over the mixture, and add a touch of salt and some freshly ground black pepper. Whisk gently. Spray your mini muffin cups...
Chef's Anuja and Hetal from Show Me the Curry! teach you how to make an amazing green bean dish called Szechuan Green Beans. Carefully add beans to a medium sized pan filled with the oil contents. Make sure green beans are coated with oil and cook until for 20 minutes until soft. Use a small pan and lightly toast the sesame seeds. Place beans on plate. Place the rest of the ingredients: soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and chili sauce in sauce pan to cook. Replace the beans in pan and allow to coat...
Chaya Ryvka from Raw living foods teaches to make raw chocolate-pecan crust. You will need: pecans, raw cocoa nuts and powder, dates, vanilla, salt and food processor. First put the pecans into the food processor. Later add the raw cocoa nuts (make sure its raw ) and raw cocoa powder. At last add some fresh organic dates and a pinch of salt in the food processor. Now process all the ingredients until the crust starts to rise and repeat the process until all the nuts are broken down. Now add t...
In "How to Make Crepes", a video by Cayley Waldo, she describes one of the methods used at the Baker's Crust restaurant chain to create elegantly designed crepes. She starts by describing how to create the wrap to be used with the crepe as well as demonstrating the way to fold the crepe and also how the contents should be arranged. For the Example given, the crepe is filled with chocolate mousse and strawberries. The video then goes on to show ways that the plate can be decorated so to increa...
Lasagna is probably one of the most versatile Italian dishes you can make. You can make it with meat or without, add your own vegetables to your taste, and experiment with different flavors of lasagna noodles and spices. Learn how to make a "lazy-man's" lasagna by using store bought sauce and macaroni shells. By blending two flavors of sauces together you can create a more complex authentic lasagna with no effort. This is a simple and filling dish to make on busy weeknights.
Panlasangpinoy teaches you how to make Filipino molo soup. To make your soup add ground pork, chicken, minced water chestnuts, fish sauce, shrimp, salt, anason seeds, onions, wonton, garlic, black pepper and eggs. Bring water in a pot to boil and add the chicken. While the chicken is cooking make the filling for your wonton by adding the pork, onions, water chestnuts and seasonings. mix well and wrap in your wonton. After chicken is done strain the stock and shred the chicken and cook all the...
The "better deviled egg is renamed the "angel" egg. Boil as many eggs as you want to prepare. The ingredients you will need besides the eggs are: pickles (dilled are preferred) and humus. Take the hard-boiled egg and cut it lengthwise. Remove the yolk. Take a tablespoon of your humus and fill the egg white. Chop your dill pickle and put on top of the humus. That is how you make an "angel" egg.
A solid hardwood floor offers a clean and simple alternative to carpeting. This video tutorial demonstrates how to install solid hardwood flooring in your home. Once you’ve prepped the subfloor, let the wood planks acclimate to the room temperature for at least 72 hours. Check the boarding for unusual warping or defects before drilling nail holes in even increments down the wood siding. After countersinking each nail, fill in the holes with wood nail putty. Continue the process for each inter...
This short video from Lowe's, one of the leading home improvement retailers in the U.S., demonstrates some tips for cooking fish on the grill at home. Filled with useful tips, like brushing a light coat of oil on the fish itself, as well as the grill to keep it from sticking to the grill and falling apart, and using a grilling basket to achieve the same results. You will also learn how long it takes to cook fish on the grill, and what the core temperature should be to be considered "done".
In this video, you will find out how to make a large recipe card file from Emerald City Elegance Paper Crafting. Anyone who loves to collect recipes knows how quickly you can fill up a little recipe box so make this file to keep all your treasured recipes together. You can easily make this divided file to hold four by six recipe cards. To create this file you will need a large piece of card stock, a printable template from the website, scissors, a scoring tool, adhesive, a ruler, and your cho...
In this Photoshop tutorial the instructor shows how to mask a photo to itself and produce a glowing effect. First open the image in the Photoshop tool and duplicate a layer and add another layer in between filling it with white. Now select and copy the whole layer. Add layer mask to it and alt click it. Now paste the copied layer on the masked layer. Now do the control+I to invert the masking. Now the images gets a glowing effect on which you can apply the glossy effect on it. Now merge all t...
Looking to expand the storage capacity for your PS3? Look no further. This video will show you how to upgrade your Playstation 3 harddrive. So, if your Playstation 3 is starting to run out of space, it is time for an upgrade. Follow along with this step by step tutorial and learn how to install more room on your gaming system.
This video describes how to improve one's skill when performing home based projects with wood which is a useful skill if one wants to build a table, chair or even a box. In this video one will learn how to sink a nail, cover the hole and leave a sanded finish. For example it is important to drive all nails 1/8 an inch into the surface of the wood so the filler can cover the hole properly and avoid leaving sharp edges or uneven surfaces. Overall this video is simple, easy to follow and useful ...
Fixing holes in glazed ceramic tile can be very tricky. This is a solution that may not be perfect but it will provide a big improvement to your situation. You will need some polyester resin, which is often used to repair car bodies. Mix up some of the resin and apply it to the holes in the tile making sure that you overfill the holes. As it dries but while it is still rubbery take a razor blade and trim off the excess resin. Take some 600 grit sandpaper and sand the resin smooth. Wet the san...
With the proper techniques you can have fuller-looking lips. Start by using a flesh-tone pencil to outline your lip line. This adds volume to thin lips. Then fill in your lips with the same flesh colored pencil. This helps your lipstick stay put all day long. Apply two coats of your favorite moisturizing lip stick. Dot your lower lip with clear lip gloss and press your lips together to blot the gloss. Gloss lips look plumper than lips with just lipstick applied.
This makeup look is inspired by Lady Gaga's performance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on November 27, 2009, where she gave performances of her two songs, "Speechless" and "Bad Romance".
Learn how to make your own sock blockers with this video. • Trace your sock with extra spacing. • Cut out the template. • Take 3MM foam sheet. • Trace the template onto a foam sheet. • Extend and cut off the traced foam sheet to desired length. • Cut the form with the scissors.
This is Cartoonsmart's introductory lesson on how to draw using vector illustration Flash CS4, CS3 or Flash 8.
This video shows you how to make your very own water filter. 1. 20mm PVC pipe for upper section larger debris.
Padma Lakshmi shows us a recipe from her cookbook on how to make mushroom flautas. They are flautas because they are made with flour tortillas and not corn tortillas.
Installing a garden edge is an easy and effective way to ensure that your garden stays orderly and that your lawn doesn't creep over. A garden edge can also be a big help in keeping weeds from getting into your garden and ruining your beautiful plants. You will need to measure around the perimeter you want to enclose and buy a corresponding amount of edging. After that, it's as easy as digging around the area with a spade and putting the edging into the ground. Then you just fill in dirt arou...
Want to clean up your iPhone or iPod Touch by adding folders to stash stuff in? Make folders and clear up some space, make scrolling easier, and/or just make your springboard look more tidy with help from this tutorial using the free app from Cydia called "Categories". (In order to do this, your phone must be jailbroken or unlocked.)
Windows 7 is the hot, new operating system replacing the past XP and Vista systems. Windows 7 is the most simplified, user-friendly version that Microsoft has developed - ever. Get acquainted with your new version of Windows straight from Microsoft.
I was about to cut my hair, as I do about once/month or so, and figured I’d share some of my techniques. Cutting my own hair for roughly the last 10 years now has saved me time, lots of time, money, lots of money, and is way more custom. I have run into issues of bald patches here and there, but it’s always fixable for the most part. However, one time I did create a few too many patches that were too deep and had to have them filled in on a daily basis by my girlfriend for about a week with a...
Sam Cassell teaches you how to master your mid range shooting by creating space from your dribble and posting up, and lastly how to shoot a clutch jumper. These are NBA Fundamentals from TNT. These skill drills and tips will help you win in the mid range game.
When life hands you lemons… make a Lynchburg lemonade! Fill a cocktail shaker and a highball glass with ice. Add three-quarters of an ounce of Jack Daniel’s and three-quarters of an ounce of triple sec to the cocktail shaker. Add three ounces of sour mix and a splash of 7-Up. Shake vigorously for about 10 seconds. Strain the contents of the shaker into a highball glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon wedge and pucker up. Lynchburg lemonade takes its name from Lynchburg, Tennessee, the home of ...
The average American consumes 27 pounds of bananas every year. If you're not getting your fair share, try this classic drink—you'll catch up in no time. Chill the cocktail glass by filling it with ice and water, and set it aside. Crush the ice in the blender. Peel the banana and break it into small chunks. Place the small chunks of banana into the blender. Pour in the light rum, banana liqueur, lime juice, and simple syrup. Blend the ingredients for about 15 seconds, or until smooth and cream...
Here's how to make the new Krylon cans spray like the old cans did so that you can tag, spray graffiti and do space paintings. The can's new nozzle effects how the paint sprays and can interrupt your art.
iPod and iPhone home automation remote control using Girder is only an install away. Run the lights, heat, security system among other things in your space age home for the 21st century. Make your home a modern marvel with this app for iPhone.
Sealing the bead on a tire with starting fluid so it can be inflated. This is a great Redneck trick to fixing old tires that are separated from their hubs. Spray the starter fluid into the space between the tire and the bead. Light with match or lighter. Have a fire extinguisher on hand in case something unintentionally ignites.
This Weekend Project is the USBattery from MAKE Magazine Volume 16. Conceal a flash drive in a AA battery! This is a way cool USB battery mod or hack project. It makes a cool secret storage space for your spy projects. Wear gloves, safety goggles and a non alkaline battery.
Boris Title Toolkit gives Adobe After Effects users advanced titling capabilities for maximum quality, speed, and creativity. Using Title Toolkit, graphic artists can import ASCII or RTF files for fast, easy credit rolls, take advantage of rich text style options such as bevel borders, gradient fills, simulated extrusion, and embossing, and save or apply custom or preset text styles, gradients, and colors, all of which can be applied on a per character basis.
In this programming tutorial, Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky University explains the six parts of a Flex 3 class. He demonstrates how to create and extend a class using Flex 3, and how to bring that class into a Flex project using xmlns name space. Learn how to work with custom classes in this beginners Adobe Flex Builder 3 tutorial.
Check out this instructional kickboxing video that demonstrates how to hook in kickboxing. The hook is a powerful kickboxing punch. Learn the skills of kickboxing in this video on competitive kickboxing moves.
Look at these examples to begin drawing figures in space. It always helps to begin with a cube. Even if the form isn't anatomically correct, it will appear believable of the forms are drawn in relation to other objects. Watch this instructional drawing video to draw human figures using a few visual examples.
Learn how to draw with a humanistic concept of perspective based on a realistic field of vision. This instructional drawing video demonstrates how to draw with an awareness of objects as they exist within space. How will an object change, in your field of vision, as you slide it back and forth?
Watch this step by step fashion design tutorial on how to bleach shirt designs. Print out a design onto durable paper and cut out the individual pieces. Iron the shapes in place atop the t-shirt. Place a protective lining on the inside of the shirt. Fill an empty spray bottle with bleach and spray your design lightly from about two feet away. The areas where you placed paper shapes and letters will not soak up the bleach.
Bert goes back to Kindergarten this week to show us how to create a childlike paper illustration using Adobe Photoshop. Compete with your kids for space on the fridge after learning how to create childlike paper illustrations in Photoshop!
Sometimes a single driver can vastly improve traffic. Drive like a trucker: keep a large space ahead of your car. This can erase the patterns of stop-and-go driving (wipe out the Traffic Waves.) It can also break up the clogged merge-zones at certain highway exit ramps.
