Software Tips: Page 35

Slysoft AnyDVD is a program that you can install on your PC to bypass the copy protection, and in this screencast tutorial, we show you how to install and configure it correctly.

In this screencast tutorial, Steve shows you how to quickly and simply create a bar chart, from the data you have entered into your worksheet in Open Office Calc. If you're looking for a simple and clear way to represent your statistical data, then a simple bar chart is an option you should look at using. So check out this tutorial and start making OpenOffice Calc bar charts today.

This video will teach you how to make an audio file out of a video file using free software called Video Extractor.

This tutorial is for new Blender 3D users. All you need to do is have the software installed and this video will get you started.

Sometimes SketchUp won't create a face where you want it. This troubleshooting video that accompanies Chapter 16 of the book "Google SketchUp for Dummies" will help you solve the problem and get on with your modeling!

This video series shows you all the steps involved in properly presenting your models inside SketchUp. The videos correspond to Chapter 10 of the book Google SketchUp for Dummies. PART 1 discusses standing in the right spot and how to use the position camera tool. PART 2 explains how to walk around your model using the walk tool. PART 3 shows you how to stop and look around. PART 4 shows you how to set your field of view (how much you can see). PART 5 talks about creating actual scenes. PART 6...

This video series will help you get started learning SketchUp by showing you how to make a dog house. The videos correspond to chapter 3 of Google SketchUp for Dummies. In PART ONE you build the model, PART TWO you slap on some paint, and in PART THREE you switch on the sun (creating shadows).

In this video Randy Brunette introduces the panel layout annotation and report tools of AutoCAD Electrical 2008.

Dan Banach shows you how to make a presentation file (exploded view of an assembly) in Inventor 2008.

A lesson in how to create screw type threads in the Mechanical CAD design application Autodesk Inventor.

This AutoCAD tutorial shows you two ways to dimension a circle or an arc. One method is to define the radius the other is to use the diameter.

This tutorial shows you how to box model (polygonal modeling) a spaceship in Rhino 3D. Take a standard box and explode it, then turn on control points and rebuild it -- and THEN drag shapes out of the box! It's cool -- and pretty fun. Definitely a beginners tutorial.

Robert Griffith shows you how to model a goblet in Rhino 3D. This teaches basic 3D modeling skills using curves and the revolve tool.

A quick, simple, and effective way to make bloody, drippy text.

This tutorial is in the? tutorials map that comes with particleIllusion, but now available here! Check it out and learn the basics of how to use this particle generating plug-in software for After Effects, Sony Vegas and more.

Gary Rosenzweig and Eve Park take a look at two programs for the Mac that allow you to draw. The first is Eazy Draw, a vector drawing program. The second is Doozla, a drawing program for kids.

This tutorial teaches you how to make an image look like an LCD screen in GIMP.He is using Gimp version 2.4.4

By following this tutorial you will learn the concept of selections in GIMP. Whenever he says "layer mask" he really meant "selection mask".

A basic tutorial from InfinityExists.com on using Backtrack - the Linux-based security software package. This tutorial covers: Where to get Backtrack 2, How to burn an .ISO file, How to boot Backtrack 2, How to login, and start the GUI interface. It also illustrates basic Linux commands, and how to set up your Network Interfaces.

This simple tutorial shows you how to animate an object in Blender 3D.