In this tutorial, we learn how to make crystal text in Sony Vegas. First, drag in your clip in the software, then right click on the track area and insert a new video track. Now, go to "custom", then "sony height map". On amplitude, change this to .76. On the first level, change the mode to multiply. Now, drag your text into the second video track and replace the text with what you want to write. After this, change the color and make sure it fits into the screen. You can also make it scroll a...
Occasionally you can run into problems when you try to wrap, bend or twist 3D text. This is usually because the faces or sides of the text need more segments so that the text can be deformed cleanly. This tutorial shows you the main controls for getting clean text every time. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial. Fo...
In this video tutorial from Adobe Beginner Classes, join Dennis Radeke as he shows you how to create volumetric light on text inside Adobe After Effects, and teaches how to prevent DVD coasters in Adobe Encore. See how to create volumetric light on text in Adobe After Effects.
Creating Flash animation is one of the most popular ways for beginning digital animators to cut their teeth. This video will teach you how to animate one fairly basic effect in Flash CS4, making text write itself out using a mask layer. For Flash beginners, this is a great way to make your text appear more dynamically until you become advanced enough to record dialogue.
See how to generate clean 3D text within Photoshop CS5 Extended! Whether you're new to Adobe's popular image editing software or simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which presents a complete step-by-step guide on how to create professional-caliber 3D text headers in Photoshop.
Learn how to create a rotating 3D text animation within Photoshop CS5 Extended! Whether you're new to Adobe's popular image editing software or simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which presents a complete step-by-step guide on how to create professional-caliber 3D text header animations in Photoshop.
Looking to achieve an icy text animation within Apple Motion 4? This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're new to the Apple's popular motion graphics editor/compositing application or are a seasoned digital video professional simply wishing to get better acquainted with Motion 4, you're sure to find value in this tutorial. For more information, and to get started creating icy title text yourself, take a look.
Ever wonder how to make your text spin in 3D around an object? This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're new to the Apple's popular motion graphics editor/compositing application or are a seasoned digital video professional simply wishing to get better acquainted with Motion 4, you're sure to find value in this tutorial. For more information, and to get started creating Universal-style animated 3D text, take a look.
Want to create full 3D text but don't have fancy 3D modeling software? Never fear. With Adobe Photoshop CS5, it's easy to generate 3D, glossy header text. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular graphics editor or a seasoned design professional looking to get better acquainted with the industry-standard app, you're sure to benefit from this free software tutorial. For more information, watch this designer's guide.
Tired of text that walks the line? See how to create a circular text effect when working in Motion 3. 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.
Take full of Photoshop CS5's new 3D text tool with this free video lesson. Whether you're new to Adobe's Creative Suite or a seasoned graphic design professional after a general overview of Photoshop CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial from the folks at Brusheezy. In it, you'll learn how to fully utilize Photoshop's three-dimensional text feature to easily create and manipulate 3D titles.
There's nothing like a greeting card to turn a frown upside down. In this day and age of emails and text messages, making your own greeting cards for someone can mean so much. From Valentine's Day to Christmas, greeting cards are a way to thank, welcome, congratulate, and even apologize to family or friends. So in this video tutorial, find out how to make greeting cards using a photo and the program Photoshop. Enjoy!
First of all select the 'pen' tool from the side bar. Now select the 'paths' box from the top screen. Now make two different points to make a curve and then make a third point to make another curve as shown. Now select the 'text' button. Now change the 'color' of the text to ‘black’. Now run your cursor over the path till it ‘changes’. Then click. Now you can actually ‘type’ on this path. Type in "text goes in a curve". This shall be written on the curved path that you have just m...
Have you been holding onto something for way too long? Been biting your tongue around your boss or teachers? Vent some of that frustration by sending an anonymous email or text. All you need to do is get online and type in all those nasty things you've been dying to say. This video will show you how to text and email anonymously.
In this how to video, you will learn how to break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend. There are plenty of good and bad ways to do this. A bad way of doing this is breaking up with your partner over the phone. Breaking up over instant messages is also bad. Texting can also be considered a bad way of breaking up. Also, never fake your death in order to break up. The best way to do this includes doing this in person. Make sure to tell the truth when you are doing this. Make sure to be careful ...
This Software video tutorial shows how to create a glass text effect in Photoshop CS3/CS4. Download a free trial version of Photoshop CS4 from Adobe. Open Photoshop, go to ‘file’ and click ‘open’. In the next box, give it a name, select width and height at 90 pixels, background contents to ‘transparent’ and click OK. Select the color palette and choose the background color and click OK. Now open ‘paint bucket tool’ and fill in the color. Then go to ‘text tool’, select the font, size and posit...
Falsely suspended on YouTube? Get you account back within a month. When your account is suspended on YouTube, all your videos will still be intact. Search "reopen account" without quotes in YouTube. Open the first video that is displayed. The video will show you link to contact YouTube. To get things straight, visit the link as stated in the video. You will get an email from YouTube explaining your penalties which are usually copyright claims. Click on each penalty and you'll be given a set o...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a reflective text in Adobe Fireworks CS3/CS4. Adobe Fireworks a bitmap and vector graphics editor. Begin by opening Fireworks and create a new project. Create your text and then duplicate it. Align the duplicated text under the original and flip it vertically. Click on the color and select Fill Options. Select Gradient and keep the second option at Linear. Drag the opacity on the left to zero and the right to 100. This video will benefit those...
In this video S60 online explains how to copy and paste using your S60 phone. First, have what you would like to past saved on your notes application. Next, when you want to paste it to a webpage for instance open your notes application. When you open the notes, press and hold down the edit key and the directional key to highlight what you would like to copy. Still holding the edit key, press the left soft key to copy the text. Now you can past the text where you need it. Go back to where you...
This video explains how to bold, italicize, underline or center text in a MySpace bulletin to those of us who are used to simply pressing a button in Microsoft Word. The instructor explained and demonstrated how to post in each of these styles in a clear and concise manner. In order to include one of these styles in your post, you must bookend the text your want formatted with codes to start and end the formatting. For example, to bold the phrase "I'm done!" you would enter the following text...
Cardcrazy09 teaches you how to create a popsicle birthday card using Cricut. You'll need the Doodlecharms cartridge for this. Start with a white piece of card stock, then apply an orange piece on top, slightly smaller than the one below. On top of that add a smaller piece of card stock with circles on it. This is the base for the card, you are ready to move on to the next pieces. You cut a small piece of orange card stock and then on top of that glue a smaller piece with the text message. Glu...
If your into data based business,then this one's for you. Text field's are very much important while making a data based solution in FileMaker Pro 10.You can go to file menu>manage>database and there is the field's tab. Text field is used for storing text and no other such use. Text field's can hold up to 2GB of information. It can help to store raw data and formatting information, i.e., color,point size as well as type face.
Egg Bram teaches you how to create a cut text effect in Xara Extreme. Create a simple colored rectangle and add some text on top. Then select these two objects and go to Arrange - Combine Shapes - Subtract Shapes. Now the two objects have combined into one. Although the text appears to be white now, if you move another object underneath you will notice that the text is transparent. You can also add effects to this new objects, like a contour or a shadow.
Do you want to know how to create multicolored text in Xara3D? Watch this video and be guided through the process. You can actually see the application window as the presenter shows the process. First, he guides you through the steps of bringing up the color options, selecting the text to be changed, and then changing it. In addition to that, he shows how to make text fatter or thinner by using the extrusions menu. Last, he shows the use of the bevel menu. So, to make your text more interesti...
This video shows how to make a call of Duty Modern Warfare Text in Photoshop. For Call of Duty enthusiasts, learn how to make modern warfare text in Photoshop following the steps in this tutorial from Creative Ice Media Group. The video breaks down into two types of texts and how the two can be made. The tutorial goes over what font to use and what color code to use. In addition learn what auto glow color effects to use. Follow the steps in this video to learn how to make a Call of Duty Moder...
Are you bored with the similar font styles? Open Adobe Illustrator, click the text tool. Select Arial font, bold & italic and a size of 48. Type some text and give its fill color-white and stroke color-black. Duplicate the layer text by going into layers. Then change the duplicated path's color to black. Then create a new background with some different color and keep it below all layers. You can change the opacity of the text for a shadow effect. This will help in bringing innovative presenta...
In this video by Task Tutorial we learn how to create a simple text effect in Flash. The first step is to create the text you want to use. Then use CTRL-B to break apart and distribute to layers. Now, convert your letters into movie clips using the menu options. Then add key frames and edit Alpha values in all of the letters. Alpha must be 0. Then add motion to the values and at frame 10 add a key frame. And at frame 15 add another key frame. Next use the free transform tool to move the text ...
Want to personalize the color of your slider text on your iPod Touch? In this video, learn how to change the color of your "slide to unlock" text with a little help from a jailbreak/hack expert. Things you will need to complete this:
Learn Arabic words using the Learn Arabic with Pictures series from ArabicPod101.com. Beautiful images clearly show Arabic vocabulary divided into units by topic.
If you are finding it difficult to read certain text when viewing a web site you can scale it up and down to suit your needs. However, by default, many web browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer and Firefox) do not make it obvious that you can do this; effectively, they hide these useful controls. In this helpful video tutorial, you'll learn how to find these constrols and change the display size of the text on most any web page.
This is a video tutorial showing how to wrap text in Photoshop to put text on photos or on objects in photos using Photoshop.
Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at three ways to make text on your screen easier to read. This could be used by people with visual impairments, but also could be used by anyone wishing to reduce eye-strain or be slightly more productive. Techniques include enlarging font size in Safari, using screen zoom, and using text-to-speech.
In the following tutorial you will create an image inside of text effect and learn how to use text as a mask for both vector and bitmap graphics in several different ways.
Learn how to create a web text box using Dreamweaver that get bigger or smaller depending on how much text you place in it. Also make a header that spans the users screen not matter what size.
Learn how to create a chrome texture in Photoshop and how to apply it to text to create a chrome text effect.
In this video tutorial you will learn to use Photoshop to create shiny text for logos and headers. Learn to utilize Layer Style to create the effects you want on your text. You will also use the elliptical marquee tool to create the "shiny" area.
In this Two Minute Photoshop Podcast you will learn to create perspective shadows with your text. This effect makes it looks as if there's a bright light source behind your text. You will learn how to use the Transform tool.
Learn how to use Microsoft Publisher to add a shadow to text or objects to make text or objects stand out from the background of your Publication.
Here are some general tips for using text in your project, including why you should keep things simple and how to contrast text from video. You need to avoid fonts with really thin lines and for the most part, you should try to keep everything simple.
In this video tutorial Adam Hay will revisit a technique used to add strokes to text. Strokes are outlines along the edges of a letter. With this technique, you could create multiple layers of strokes on your text.
