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This tutorial explains using the Lucifer Plugin for Ableton Live to output MIDI for external video control

Quartz Composer is a free video processing application from Apple for Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". This video shows you how to install it.

This RMXP Mapping tutorial series shows you how to use the Castle tileset in RPG Maker XP.

A quick tutorial on how to create events for fog or clouds in RPG Maker XP (RMXP).

This mapping tutorial shows you how to use the Castle Dungeon tileset in RPG Maker XP (RMXP).

This is a demonstration of how to do a simple switch puzzle in RPG Maker XP (RMXP) where after two torches are lit, a door opens.

This mapping tutorial shows you how to use the Ruins tileset in RPG Maker XP (RMXP).

This video series has 7 parts on how to use the Forest Town tileset to create a map in RPG Maker XP (RMXP). There is no Part 6, so you will have to put in all of your own trees, bushes, and other decorations before proceeding with the last stage (video 6).

Learn how to create maps using the Forest tileset (With Autotiles) in RPG Maker XP (RMXP).

This mapping tutorial shows you how to create maps using the Woods tileset in RPG Maker XP (RMXP).

In this tutorial you will learn how to flip normals (reverse normals) in Blender.

In this Blender tutorial you will learn how to do basic UV Mapping on a box.

in this Blender tutorial you will learn how to paint weights on your armatures (also known as rigs or bone systems) and rig the arms of a model.

In this Blender lesson you will learn how create and use armature (arms or jointed objects).

In this Blender tutorial you will learnhow to create reflective/refractive watereffect, that looks pretty nice and iseasy to create. This is not moving water.

Learn how to enable the Ambient occlusionlighting effect in Blender.

In this tutorial you will learn how to setup image-planes in your viewport in Blender that can be viewed in realtime, allowing you to load for example a hammer image and use it has reference when modeling a hammer.

Learn how to use the Mirror Modifier tool in Blender to mirror half of a cube so when you model a head from the cube or anything you will only need to work on 1 half of your model.

Learn how to apply a normal map image onto a plane and tweak the effect in Blender.

This session is tailor-made for advanced Studio users aiming to achieve ultimate quality surface creation.This in-depth tutorial goes through the build up of a sports car exterior at Class-A surfacing standard using the Autodesk (Alias) Studio tools. Class A Surfacing is the art of digital surface generation at the highest aesthetic level reflected by the minimum mathematical information needed. Broken down into 8 sessions, this 29 video tutorial covers: 1.1 Review the given Information and...

Writeboards are a simple way to do collaborative writing in Basecamp. This video shows you how.

This introduction to Basecamp tutorial goes over how to customize and initialize the settings and permissions for your company in Basecamp.

This tutorial goes over more basic features of Google SketchUp and helps you learn how to use pre-made 3D models.

John explores some ideas on how you might use VoiceThread, a newcomer in the diverse Web2.0 space, that allows you to post pictures and video online and get input from others through voice-enabled comments. VT has some really cool possibilities for the educator. For now, at least, you can get a Pro-account as an educator and set up identities to use for students in your classroom. Teachers can also use VT to post presentations with narration.

in this tutorial, you will see how to make cool and interesting stick figures in Pivot.

This is a tutorial that shows you how to record your computer screen and save it as a video. This is useful for recording something you want to put online. The program I use is called SnagIt. This works for Vista and XP.

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.

Traditionally, incorporating loops and grooves can translate into hours of hard work just to get the loop to fit your song's tempo and timing. Help is on the way from the Propellerhead's ReCycle which gives you full creative control over utilizing your looped material. Join electronic recording artist David Alexander as he shows you how ReCycle has revolutionized using sampled loops. In this episode, David shows us how to Chop Up A Complex Loop.

Learn how to convert videos into AVI or Mp4 using MediaCoder software.

How to use Asci Generator software to turn pictures into images made of Ascii text.

This video shows you one quick technique for drawing anime characters using MS Paint.

This is a silly way to write but it is quick and does create 3D text fast - we guess you could do this in Photoshop or other 2D paint programs as well.

A quick tweak you can do to reduce or eliminate lag when using Hypercam.

Technical description of installing Quartz Composer plugins.

While not as advanced as some of the dedicated graphics packages such as Adobe Photoshop, Open Office Draw still allows you to create nice looking images.In this tutorial, Steve shows you how to quickly convert a 2D shape into a 3D object, and edit the settings to get the look you're going for with OpenOffice Draw.

In this quick tutorial, I show you how to compare data using an in-cell bar graph in the Open Office Calc Program by using the '=REPT' formula.

Once you have created a basic shape in Open Office Draw, you can add a range of formatting to alter the appearance of your shape.In this screencast tutorial, we show you how to add borders to the basic shapes you have created in OpenOffice Draw, including changing the border style, color, width and transparency.

In this screencast, we look at how changing the page style of each sheet in your spreadsheet can enable you to apply different formatting settings for each one.In OpenOffice Calc, let's pretend that the data in the first sheet is pretty wide so you'd like a landscape layout, and the data in the second sheet is narrow and a different type of information, so you'd like it portrait.

In order to protect your word processed documents, it is a good idea to export them for distribution as PDF files, which allows you to encrypt, and add password protection to your work.Open Office Writer includes a built-in Export to PDF feature, and in this screencast tutorial, we show you how to quickly as simply export your documents as PDFs.

If you're giving a presentation, it's likely that you will have one or more bulleted list, and in most cases you will want to present each bullet point individually.In this tutorial, Steves show you how to animate your bulleted list in OpenOffice Impress, so you can make each bullet point appear individually, either set to appear after a certain time, or on the click of your mouse. OpenOffice Impress is similar to Microsoft Powerpoint as you will see in this tutorial.