Plywood is flat, stable, and comes in lots of varieties. You can even use your plywood as a base for exotic veneers. But there is a consistent problem with plywood: how to treat the edges. This how-to video teaches you how to apply edge banding so it will hold up to wear and tear. All you need is iron edge banding, roller, sandpaper and an utility knife.
Tim Carter explains how to install wainscoting that will be stable, solid and beautiful. Watch the video for the best results.
Watch this video fromt the Concrete Network to learn proper function and use of the vibratory plate compactor tool for preparing the concrete subgrade before placing the concrete. This is done to provide a stable foundation for the new slab as well as provide drainage.
Delicious salad using a unique, dehydrated and shelf stable product called Soy Curls.
This video demonstrates how to do a proper Pilates leg circle. To do this exercise, just move the thigh bone in the socket while keeping the pelvis stable.
Ski instructor Josh Foster says you should not stand up too soon. You have to turn with your lower body to turn into balance. This will keep your hips stable. If you turn with your whole body, you will get out of balance.
Want to amaze someone and freeze a bottle of beer instantly? You can with this sweet little trick. Your audience won't believe their eyes as you magically freeze a bottle of beer right in front of their eyes. Watch and learn!
Wondering how to show your family the 26,000 photos of recent trip to Mauritius? Well, it's easy with Apple's iPhoto 11, and this step-by-step tutorial. Select the photos you want, choose your delay time, add music and it's showtime! You won't have the overheating projector lights and the click-clack of the slide carousel, but you WILL have a much happier audience.
This magic trick is really not so much a feat of illusion as a dizzying demonstration of physics. This video will show you how to do this easy trick with only a humble coin and coat hanger as props that will dazzle your audience for about 20 seconds with practice.
In this tutorial, learn the secrets begind the mystery of Criss Angel's saw through the neck trick. You will learn how to take a piece of dental floss and make it look as though you are pentrating your neck straight through. At the end of the trick, pull the floss back out and there isn't even a scratch! Amazing!
How funky is Lady Gaga? It seems like she is always ready to shock her audience. In this tutorial, learn how to get Gaga's makeup look from the CSI sequence in her "Telephone" video with Beyoncé. This is the look she sports while she is covered in an outfit made only of "caution" tape. This sexy albiet crazy look will definitely get you noticed no matter where you go.
In this tutorial, learn how to trick your audience into thinking you can control things with your mind!
If you've used PowerPoint in the past, you're probably used to version available on Windows, but you can do even more in PowerPoint 2008 for Mac. There are tons of new features that slideshow builders will love, but sometimes you can never know about them unless someone tells you about them. The Microsoft Office for Mac team shows you all the great features in this how-to video.
There are plenty of tricks for escaping from traditional police cuffs out there, but what about those plastic zip tie type ones? The plastic they use to make these cuffs is so thick that you can't possible cut it.
Card lovers, street performers, magicians: Put a new trick in your bag of tricks with help from this tutorial. In this video, learn how to perform a color blind card trick sure to please any audience!
There are a lot of recipes for fake blood online. This one is one of the simplest, and one of the grossest-looking. Just take some white corn syrup, red and blue food coloring and corn starch, mix them all together and you'll soon have an appalling concoction that will terrify your audiences and leave a stain on your rug that you'll never, ever get out.
Here are a couple of ways to do false cuts. They are needed when performing magic to make your audience believe the deck is being mixed up..... Pretty simple to perform... This is a basic beginner's skill to master for all up-close or general card magic.
If you want to include lots of movies on one DVD, consider creating sub-menus to better organize the DVD for your audience. Besides support for standard or widescreen menus, iDVD includes families of menus.
The dolly zoom shot is also known as the Vertigo Effect in filming. It's that dizzying, slightly unstable camera effect you see in shows like "Glee" and sometimes "The Office." It creates audience confusion, thus forcing them to keep watching in interest.
Whether you use shadow puppets or marionettes, put on a fanciful puppet show with these tips. Step 1: Decide on script
With quick preparation you can perform a mind boggling card trick for your friends. You Will Need
Looking for a show stopping powermove? Check out this video to learn the windmill. The windmill is a great breakdance move that will leave everyone in the audience speechless. If you need to learn the hang glide freeze, hop over to this video.
Indy Mogul Backyard FX is here with an awesome, cheap, special effect build that will have your audience jumping out of their seats. If you're a filmmaker on a budget you've got to watch this video and learn how to make a hole in the chest effect that look exactly like there is a hole in the actor's chest.
Sunbursts are very cool looking, both psychedelic and evocative of the Japanese cultural elements that are so popular in modern America. This video will teach you how to create your own sunburst effect using Flash CS3, which you can then use in your Flash website, game, or movie. Don't make it spin too fast or your audience might pass out!
Making fake scars, abrasions, lacerations, and other wounds is one of the most entertaining parts of special effects and makeup work. This video help you get started, teaching you how to make a really gross, festering, fresh-looking fake arm wound that will scare the pants off of your audience (if you use it for a movie) or your fellow revelers (for Halloween or another costumed occasion).
Check out this tutorial and learn how to perform the classic German salt game trick. In this clip, you will learn how to make salt travel from one place to another and jump around in front of a bewildered audience. In the tutorial, Losander the magician teaches you all of his tricks. Enjoy!
In this tutorial, learn hwo to apply makeup for stage performances such as dance recitals, play performances, cheerleading competitions, figure skating and anything else where all eyes will be on you.
It's important to remember that when you are on stage, you will need to exaggerate your makeup. This will help make your eyes pop and ensure that the audience can see your face. Follow along with this tutorial and get great tips on how to decorate your face for any star making performance!
In this tutorial, learn how to perform a classic card trick. With the right slight of hand and a little practice, you will be able to impress your audience with this fun trick. In this clip, you will see how to make a Jack card mysteriously take the place of another face card.
In this tutorial, learn how to perform a fantastic magic trick where two money bills seemingly make an amazing transformation, right under the nose of your audience!
Performing close-up card trick magic in a business environment can be one of the most lucrative envrionements in which to do so. This trick, called Let's Do Lunch, is perfect for just such a setting as it integrates the business cards that your audience are sure to have in abundance. It requires no set-up and only minimal sleight of hand, but produces a great effect. This tutorial video will have ou performing it in no time.
This video is a detailed tutorial on how to perform the Diagonal Attraction card trick. Some deck manipulation prior to the magic trick is required, so make sure you do it at the beginning of your performance so that the cards are the way you want them to be before you perform the trick. When done properly, it is very impressive, especially since the audience gets to touch the cards a lot, which makes them believe that the magician has less control over the outcome.
Maybe you've never heard of the Dutch Roll camera effect, but you've seen it in movies whenever a character is delirious and the camera starts spinning crazily end over need. In this tutorial you'll learn how to set up a cheap version of the effect with a plain old hand drill. Now you can give your audiences vertigo just like the pros do!
The 'whip cut' is a clever way of joining shots together without the audience realizing there's been a cut. This means that you can shoot one actor in one place and another actor in a completely different place and join the two shots together. If you're trying to make twins, then make sure they are wearing different clothes, please.
Learn how to edit UVs on an object and how they are made in Maya. These videos are made for a very young audience and are very easy to follow.
This little brain game is all about engineering a lower center of gravity. The idea has been around forever, but most people still don't know how to do it. Trying to stack nails above the balance point will raise the CG and make the structure unstable. Here's how you can lower the CG to make a very stable structure and impress your friends.
If you have pictures, videos, or a presentation you want to share with a larger audience, or enjoy on a larger screen than the one that your Nokia Booklet 3G comes equipped with, grab an HDMI cable.
OK, don't use this video to propose to your future wife, but DO try this video to impress your friends and family. You'll need a ring and an audience and you'll be able to show them how the ring jumps off one finger to another. It's magic!
This tutorial gives you five useful tips that will ensure your next film is utterly brilliant. Use what you've got, have a single message, entertain your audience no matter what, write a good script and storyboard, and make sure your sound and light are calibrated properly.
You can become a famous rock star in the Sims 3! Perform in front of huge audiences, spend your days signing autographs, cultivate groupies and live in a spacious mansion! This tutorial shows you everything you need to do to become a Sims 3 superstar!
