This week, Indy Mogul, Erik shows how to recreate the effect of someone crawling out of a TV. Just like in that scary movie The Ring. It's actually not expensive, just about $30. You will need scrap wood, poster board, tape, and flat bright green paint. Watch this video film special effects tutorial and learn how to make the effect of someone crawling through a television.
First off, a bit of explanation. The hypershade in Maya is a quick way to create and connect rendering nodes, which include textures, materials, lights, and special effects. Hypershade is one of the most important features in Maya to learn and master.
When your best is nothing special, you must master the intangibles that separate winners and losers. Trash talk might be unsportsmanlike, but can be effective. These tips are pretty cheap, but sometimes that's what it takes to win. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to unnerve competitors when playing sports.
Watch this how to video to learn to make gaff cards. Gaff cards are special looking playing cards used for magic tricks. This easy to learn hack can save you up to $30.
Dr. Diana teaches you how to turn your "hum drum" pumpkin into a gaseous, bubbly pumpkin using dry ice, warm water and soap for your Halloween party. For another tutorial on this same dry ice and pumpkin principle, check out "How To Use dry ice for halloween special effects." Between these two videos, your halloween party will be the talk of the town.
Got your eye on a special someone and want to impress him / her? Ask them out in Mandarin Chinese. This language lesson teaches you how to ask someone out on a date in Mandarin Chinese.
This special fold creates a pocket in the napkin fold for the silverware. Learn how to make this napkin fold by following along with this video tutorial. Recreate on napkins for the next fancy dinner party and really impress the guests!
This tutorial video will show you how you can make your very own Tag Book. A Tag Book is a little book with tags in it, and on each side of the tags are pictures and text. They serve much the same function of a scrapbook, and can make any occasion seem all the more special.
This video tutorial will show you how to create a very cute envelope holder. This envelope is great for holding cards and candy on special occasions. Your family and friends will surely enjoy this cute and manipulated piece of paper.
This tutorial video will help you to create an extremely adorable lollipop holder. This paper lollipop holder is a cute gift for kids and friends on special days like Valentine's day.
This video will give you tips on how to make your very own fake wall that is perfect for smashing, thrashing, or just plain old throwing people through. This backyard special effect should really spice up your amateur film making. Just be careful, this fake wall can sometimes look like a real wall.
Learn how to make a sparkly owl card with designer paper, decals, and an owl stamp. Follow along to make one to send for a special occasion or just for fun.
Delicious vegetable fresh spring rolls -- in song! This special Hollywood edition cooking tutorial of Slow Cookery shows how to make authentic vegetarian fresh spring rolls, and provides a helpful tune for you to sing while you make them.
This time Jason Welsh imports a mesh into the Unreal Engine 3.0 for Gears of War and makes a special material for the object. The Material editor is huge in unreal editor so don't get lost!
What a wonderful way to make use of leftovers, whether they're from Thanksgiving or everyday dinner. Take a gander at this food video to learn how to make delicious, rich pastrami from corned beef brisket. All it takes is a few extra steps, which include spicing the corned beef with a special pastrami spice mix, and slicing up the corned beef after you cook it in the oven. Can someone say delish?
Fans of felting will love these funky accessories, needle-felted flowers, made out of vibrant shades of pure wool. Corinne Bradd shows how to use cookie-cutters for modern shapes, ideal for stitching on a handbag or fastening to the front of a special greeting. You can spice up many things with these needle-felted flowers.
Step-by-step instructions for how to fold Robert J Lang's origami Turtle. If you can do a reverse fold, you should have no trouble folding this model. Without this skill, it will be difficult to make an origami turtle.
It's generally easy to service your automatic transmission. You won't need any special tools or knowledge.
Expansive Soil and Foundation Cracks. Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to drill holes in clay soil and fill them with a special gravel to prevent foundation cracks.
An introduction to three-dimensional geometry types and working with them. This video is very detailed and good for people who have never worked with three dimensions in geometry before because it concerns only special case figures.
This video demonstrates how to make gorgeous paper flower ornaments for home decoration, special occasions, or gifts. These are made using Japanese papers, and f you hang them in the window, the light reflects through the translucent paper. You can even use them to hold photos!
An instructional video on making melt & pour rubber soaps using a special duck pond soap mold.
IO Beauty shows you how to create a unique but cute hairstyle, the "asymmetrical poof" Great hairdo for parties, clubbing, or to go on a special date.
Marilyn Wilken, professor of Ceramics at Olivette Nazarrine University, Bourbonais, IL, talks about glazing techniques, the different types and applications of glazing pottery, special effects used on pottery, as well as showing you some good and bad examples of each.
Fun for halloween or any special occassion, add flare, glitz, and glamour to your makeup using rhinestones, sequins, or beads!
Want to stick a load of blood and guts in your film? Don't have a lot of money? No problem! Just go to your local butcher shop.
Your breast will look almost 50% larger after doing this exercise because...
"Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley presents a lesson on how to ink a manga illustration, with special emphasis on crosshatching techniques.
Special effect makeup, at home and easy. Make fake cuts and slashes for your Halloween haunting! Or any other day of the year, especially Valentine's Day.
Watch this video to learn how to make jacked up meatloaf. Even Randy from "The Christmas Story" who didn't like meatloaf would love this special jacked up meatloaf!
Debi Mazar (Entourage, Goodfellas) and her husband provide traditional Tuscan recipes from their home kitchen. Today they are serving up a delicious plate of beef Ragout. Join them and special guest Katherine Narducci, from the HBO hit The Sopranos, for lunch.
Watch this Xmas Special where Panos the fish guy gives us the goods on Greek Xmas traditions, its intense, bro and the recipe for cod croquette.
If Photoshop is too complex for your tastes - or just takes a little too long - then GIMP may be the solution. GIMP is a photo manipulation software with super easy controls and tools. Generally it's used for photo retouching, but like Photoshop, the program allows you to add in special effects.
Brandon shows a cheap and easy way to create a fake blood special effect for your video.
Andrew shows you how to set up and light a green screen for special effects.
Creating a desert landscape with Bryce with special emphasis on camera angles, haze, sun/sky settings, and textures.
This video demonstrates how to make a simple latex prosthetic for a mask or face piece. This process is a lot easier than the traditional method. Great for special effects or Halloween!
Watch this video to learn how to use Skin Tite™ silicone rubber to make fake scars and wounds right on the skin. These are very detailed instructions. This is great for special effects or Halloween!
Watch this video to learn how to use Slacker Tactile Mutator to soften or deaden platinum silicone rubber for a more lifelike feel in special effects makeup. This is a great technique for making props for movies or for a Halloween costume.
Watch this visual demonstration for detailed instruction on how to airbrush Psycho Paint brand paint on rubber. This is a great technique to make toys, props, or masks.
