Software Tips: Page 37

In this series of videos photographer and Mac expert Brandon Sarkis shows you the basics of using Aperture photo editing software. He demonstrated how to setup the software, how to import your photos, and how to adjust your images using various features, like Light Tables and the Loupe.

Mark Schoennagel, senior 3D animator at Softimage|XSI, shows how to use the Generalized Attribute Transfer Operator (GATOR) in XSI to transfer UV coordinates and shape animations to and from completely different characters.

This video teaches you how to optimize videos using VirtualDub and then how to dub the videos to make the people in the video say whatever you want.

Learn how to use Virtualdub - a free video editing program available online. Learn how to use Virutualdub to edit videos and convert video file formats.

Learn the basics of VLC player - a free media player that plays almost all video formats (including Flash .flv) as well as DVDs. Learn how to use VLC player to play videos and DVDs as well as how to adjust the aspect ratio, filter videos, or adjust audio quality.

Need to capture an image from windows media player, but you just get a blank screen? In this video, you will be shown how to capture screenshots in windows media player just by adjusting the performance tab.

The Master Keyer tool in Toxik allows you to create sharp mattes quickly and easily. In this 4 part series you will get an overview of the project then see how to key on a green screen, refine the matte, and add and reposition objects.

In this tutorial, Serge Hamad demonstrates everything you need to know about how to create a Custom Edge in Zaxwerks Invigorator and ProAnimator.

ParticleIllusion (pIllusion for short) is a stand-alone computer graphics application which allows users to create animated graphic bases on the particle system technique. In this particleIllusion video tutorial you will learn to import a background. The background could be still images and AVI files.

If you have a group of large files that need to be sent to a client, you might want to compress it into one single file for easy access or even protect its content from outsiders with a password. This video will teach you how to create password-protected zip files with WinRAR. WinRAR provides full RAR and ZIP file support, and can decompress CAB, GZIP, ACE and other archive formats. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so...

Moving the camera back and forth between different positions can be a troublesome task. In this Poser video tutorial you will learn how to use camera dots to record camera positions and then remove the dots. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions.

In this video tutorial you will learn how to perform single-frame head morphing. Learn to use the face room, adjust facial features with morph, fine-tune the adjustments, and apply it to the current model on stage. It's easy... and fun to do it too! Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions.

You can manipulate other objects beside human figure objects in Poser. In this Poser video tutorial you will learn how to link imported objects to models using the Change Parent menu. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions.

Want to give your home-brewed DVDs and CDs a more professional look? You can do it easily simply by adding labels! This CNET video teaches you how to print labels on DVDs and CDs.

This video demonstrates how to capture a video of your screen without using any cameras. The video walks you through downloading and installing the right program and running the program to make your video.

This video tutorial shows you how to cut holes in mesh objects when using Blender 3D. This is important to know when building complex models from basic shapes.