This tutorial shows you how to reflect component transformations to the opposite side of a symmetrical model in Maya. This sounds complicated, but it really just allows you to mirror your transformations from one side to another.
A quick guide on using the wonderful internet tool StumbleUpon - a great way to find new and interesting websites.
How do you spend your time between projects? It can be a great time to tune up equipment, wax the cast iron tables, touch up the chisels, and do some general cleanup. Learn the best methods to clean and maintain all your tools and machinery. Nothing is more inspiring than a nice clean workshop!
Pivot tables are great tools for comparing data, especially when dealing with long lists. See how to create pivot tables in Excel.
This video explains in 60 seconds a trick to change brush sizes in Flash using a combination of the paint brush tool, and zooming. For added stroke variance Tony is using a Wacom Graphire.
Need to organize information in your PowerPoint presentation? Learn to make an organization and a cycle flowchart. This is a great tool to use in presentations in the classroom and the boardroom.
Shrimp are very popular seafood and can be adapted to many recipes. However, it is important to clean shrimp properly before cooking with them. The best tool for this task is a small, sharp paring knife. There are 2 veins that we need to remove from the shrimp, a larger one that runs along the top and a smaller one on the underside.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to easily preview content by improving Quick Look on a Mac OS X computer. Quick Look allows users to preview files without having to open it. This video reveals a plug-in that enhances the abilities of Quick Look. Download the plug-in and extract the files into the Library/Quick Look folder. Then right-click on Finder and select Relaunch. Now users will be able to see all the contents of a folder just by pressing the space bar. This video will benefit...
This tutorial teaches us how to play an acoustic guitar cover of Daughtry's "Life After You". Done entirely from the performer's (not Daughtry, as should be immediately apparent) bed, it features handy graphics that help to overcome the somewhat quietly recorded audio and make the video an effective tool for learning how to play this popular song by the former American Idol finalist.
Cake decorating is just another way for an artist to represent the kind of talent and vision they possess. A cake is not just a beautiful, sweet little snack, but a canvas in which an artist can be as creative as they can with using edible tools. This video tutorial shows you how to make a buttercream orchid cake that is sure to wow everybody. Enjoy!
Ah coconuts, such a delicious...seed? Yeah, it's technically not a nut, but who cares. It tastes excellent once you get it open, which is no easy task. Ever wondered how to open a coconut without resorting to hammers, screwdrivers, chisels, or other unwieldly tools? Filmed in Hawaii at the Polynesian Heritage Centre this video explains how the Polynesian people do it - and it's so easy once you know how.
Shopsmith Academy shows you how to twist the blade of the Shopmith bandsaw at 45 degrees, enabling the tool to cut off long stock. Apply this lesson to your next woodworking project. Watch this video for useful woodworking tips. Search Shopsmith Academy on WonderHowTo for more woodworking videos.
Hacking flash games is the new coolest thing these days... now hackers can be anywhere, ever expanding, all thanks to a little cheating program called Cheat Engine. Check out this video tutorial to learn how to download and install Cheat Engine to hack flash games.
An electric mandrel spinner is a tool that grips materials to be spun or machined. Watch this instructional lampworking video to see how molten glass may be shaped with a mandrel spinner. Mandrels are commonly used to shape beads of glass into a desired size and shape for jewelry manufacturing. This video shows you how to remove the mandrels from a completed glass button.
An electric mandrel spinner is a tool that grips materials to be spun or machined. Watch this instructional lampworking video to see how molten glass may be shaped with a mandrel spinner. Mandrels are commonly used to shape beads of glass into a desired size and shape for jewelry manufacturing. This video shows you how burnish silver leaf using a lampwork torch and an electric mandrel spinner.
An electric mandrel spinner is a tool that grips materials to be spun or machined. Watch this instructional lampworking video to see how molten glass may be shaped with a mandrel spinner. Mandrels are commonly used to shape beads of glass into a desired size and shape for jewelry manufacturing. The rheostat dial on your power box will control your "set" spinning rate.
This instructional knitting video provides tips for making interesting patterns using a knitting machine. This is a demonstration of how to use a knitting machine to decrease the size of your knit piece. Use a single prong tool to unhook and tie off a single stitch on either side of the piece before completing each row to gradually decrease the width of the knit work. You may want to reference written instructions in addition to watching this knitting video.
This instructional knitting video provides tips for making interesting patterns using a knitting machine. This is a demonstration of how to pick up and hang stitches. Use a three prong tool to attach one piece of knitting work to the knitting machine. Once you set the set the machine up, you can knit a wearable piece with an altering pattern.
This is a cool technique for machine knitters to use. It's a hand technique that converts quite easily to machine. Sew a phony seam when with a small knitting tool to alter pieces on a knitting machine.
This how to video shows you the tools you will need to simulate guitar effects on the harmonica. Learn how to get a delay effect, an octave sound and guitar wawa pedal effect with these great tips. Add some spice to your harmonica playing with the tips from this tutorial.
This scooter engine modification tutorial gives you some tips on tools and methods for making the cylinder ports smoother in a Honda Elite DIO scooter engine. If you are modifying your scooter engine or doing major engine customization, you may want to port the cylinders as shown in this video.
A scribe is an easy way to fit material to irregular surfaces. Bob Schmidt shows you the proper way to trace using a scribe which is a tool similar to a compass.
Crayola Crayons are the classic kids' art tool. They are the colors generations have grown up with - from red, yellow, and blue to gold, copper and silver, too! A great project to do with your kids!
In this tutorial, Jeff Dykhouse demonstrates how to use the powerful Enigma Editing Software to assign MIDI message to all the different controllers that the Axiom 61 keyboard has at its disposal. Jeff covers: Downloading Presets, Creating User Banks and Loading and Creating Presets. You can use the Axiom 61 with Reason, Ableton Live, Pro Tools and even GarageBand.
Want to start making your own jewelry but don't know where to begin? Watch this video and learn the basic about tools and metals that you will need to start creating your owns jewelry.
Watch this video to learn how to cut glass along a curvy score line using a hand tool.
Watch this video to learn how to use an every day item you have at home - a rolling pin - as a massage tool.
In this video series, watch as Gary Zier teaches how to colorize a black and white photo in Adobe Photoshop. Get tips on different tools for photo editing. learn how to edit colors, add layers, how to correct mistakes, how to add colors to eyes and other detailed areas, how to open and save the project, and how to blend colors together.
This video shows how to check your hosts file for spyware. This is a valuable tool, if your computer has spyware it can greatly affect the performance of your computer.
Every good illustrator knows the advantage of using a Wacom tablet with Adobe Illustrator. When you plug in a Wacom tablet it doesn't automatically set your tools to be pressure sensitive. Terry White will show you how to set your brushes to really take advantage of your new tablet.
This tutorial goes over how to trim a video or clip (part of a video). This is a necessary tool for editing and is one of the first things you'll do when creating your iMovie.
In this tutorial you'll learn how to move, scale and rotate and pose a model in Z Brush 3. This is definitely a beginners tutorial.
This Photoshop tutorial quickly shows you how to use the slice tool.
If you find yourself needing to quickly remove the background from an image in Photoshop, take a moment to play with the background eraser tool.
This how to video teaches techniques and the tools needed to clean your hot tub filter,
In this video you will see how to apply butter cream frosting to a large circular cake for a wedding or for any occasion that calls for a fantastic cake. You will need a lot of frosting and an adequately sized smoothing tool. It is very helpful to have a platter that turns to get smooth, uniformed edges to your cake. Dipping your tool in a glass of warm water will allow for a more refined smoothing ability. You will use dowel rods placed through the cake to support the following layers. Frost...
To fix dry hair, apply oils and leave-in treatments, and avoid using styling tools or applying hair color. Learn to overcome dry hair by changing daily habits and properly applying haircare products in this free video on haircare from an experienced hairdresser.
This how to video is a quick excerpt from a DIY show. Watch as Karl Champley builds a storage shed to hold the homeowner's lawn tools. Get a few ideas to create space in your backyard and garage with a cedar shed.
This unique instructional slide show will show you how to sculpt tiny, delicate baby feet out of polymer clay. You will need polymer clay, sculpting tools, a paintbrush, and blush makeup. These guidelines can be used for sculpting baby feet on clay dolls. Polymer clay hardens in the oven, so it is convenient to sculpt baby feet at home.
In this video pottery-making tutorial, Simon uses a white slip made from half china clay and half stoneware clay. Slip is an alternative to glaze for finishing a potted project. Simon also demonstrates an easy project to make a paint brush holder that will keep tools in place while using them. Watch this video demonstration to pick up a few ways to decorate a raw clay pottery piece with white slip.
