Hot Software Tips How-Tos
How To: Set-up Cider to play Windows games on a Mac
Frustrated that your Mac can't play your favorite Windows video & web games? In this tutorial, learn how to solve this problem by setting up Cider, which will allow you to play these Windows games on a Mac. To complete this tutorial, you will need the following download:
How To: Get HD in ScreenFlow
In this video from SocialMacbook we learn how to get HD in ScreenFlow. He teaches how to get the best quality you can get when using ScreenFlow. When you finish your video, go to File, Export, and save as whatever you want. Then change the preset to Web - High (Best Quality). In dimensions, click 100% and click export. Depending on the time of your video the export time will vary. Using these steps you will get great quality for ScreenFlow videos and they will look great on YouTube. For more ...
How To: Convert color images to black and white in Aperture
This Software video tutorial shows how to convert color images to black and white in Aperture. Scott Bourne presents this video. Open up ‘aperture’ program and select a color photo that you want to convert to black and white. Now move from the ‘projects’ page to the ‘adjustments’ page by clicking on it. Then click on the ‘+’ sign and select ‘Monochrome Mixer’. When you do this, the picture instantly turns to black and white. It’s as simple and easy as that. For editing the picture further, on...
How To: Use Daemon Tools to mount .iso files on your PC
Have you ever wondered how to open a .ISO file without the need for the disk? Well with Daemon Tools, and this tutorial, you can learn just that. What you will end up doing is creating a virtual drive on your computer, and mounting the .ISO image onto that virtual drive. It's as simple as loading up the program, right clicking on the icon in your task bar tray, clicking on the empty drive, and mounting any .ISO image you like! In no time you'll be playing your favorite game, or program withou...
How To: Uninstall Norton Antivirus 360 & other versions
Antivirus software is needed to prevent junk from the internet effecting your machine. Norton Antivirus comes equip with almost all new Windows machines but can bog down your system. This video will demonstrate exactly how to uninstall any version of Norton Antivirus.
How To: Create an animated GIF for free
Initially, it is explained what an animated GIF is: a series of frames that are shown in sequence, and are looped 'forever'. There is an example of one of them in the background, and it is stated that it was created in around a minute, using nothing else than a webcam and a free software, found at TagJag.
How To: Take screenshots of your computer screen
In this video, Bailey from Bobtot productions demonstrates how to take screen shots of your computer screen. First of all, type in 'jingproject.com' in your browser. Download the file for Windows or Mac and save the file. An icon 'jing' appears on your desktop. Clicking on this, there appears an orbit which can be placed anywhere on the screen by the mouse so as to take a screen shot. Scroll over the orbit and click capture. The wire tool comes and this can be used to take whichever screen an...
How To: Add a virtual frame in Lightroom
This video teaches the method to add a virtual frame in Lightroom. The frames can be black or white. Go to the 'Develop' module. Open your Vignettes box. Go to the post-crop section. Slide the last three sliders to the leftmost position. Move the 'Amount' slider to the left to choose black frame and to the right side to choose white frame. The frame is rounded on the upper two corners. The 'Roundness' slider is used to round the frame inwards until a complete circle is obtained when the slide...
How To: Create a spooky Halloween poster in GIMP
Having a Halloween party and want to make a flyer/invitation or wall poster? In this two-part GIMP tutorial, learn how to create a spooky and creative Halloween poster with the tools from the application, GIMP. Make a statement about your party before the day of the event with one amazing invitation created by no one else but yourself!
How To: Composite video in Autodesk Toxik
The Lynda Podcast teaches viewers how to composite a video using Autodesk Toxik program. First, you need to import your footage so go to file and import. Import the files that you would like to composite together. Now that you have your files, you should arrange them in the order that you want to composite them. What you want to be first, should be on top. To composite, add in a rendering not by right clicking and click add to pick list. You can pick 'Blend and comp' to composite the files to...
How To: Create a metallic wallpaper w/ a stripped paint effect
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a metallic wallpaper with a stripped paint effect. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. This video is very descriptive and clearly explains all the procedures. It provides step-by-step instructions and a visual demonstration for viewers to easily understand and follow along. This video teaches viewers how to use the weave filter and RGB noise, layer modes like abstract, burn and saturation. This vide...
How To: Make a screen capture program in Visual basic
This video shows how to make a screen capture program in Visual basic. The first step to create a screen capture is to open a new project and open a new form window. The second step is to create to temples for either saving or capturing the picture you choose to select. The third step involves following the code structure given by the instructor to enable the correct function for the save or capture button options. The final step is to open the project as a finished work with the correct codi...
How To: Tweak the settings in CamStudio
Video is demonstrating a tutorial on how to tweak the settings in CamStudio. After downloading CamStudio there are a few things to be done. First Region option in the menu selected and in that full screen is selected. Then in the Options, Video Options is selected. In that both the frame rates are auto adjusted exactly to 30 frames per second. Now from the Options menu, Record audio from the microphone is selected. Now go to the Program Options, in that select minimize program on start record...
How To: View your iPod Touch or iPhone Screen on your desktop
This tutorial will show you how to view your iPod or iPhone screen on your desktop. First of all, you need to have a jailbroken iPod for the applications necessary and secondly you will need Wi-Fi. You will need to download the application RealVNC for your desktop and Cydia for the jailbroken iPod or iPhone. Within Cydia you will search for the program Veency and go to the homepage. From there you will go into settings Veency. Now you have down everything on your iPod or iPhone. Now on your c...
How To: Draw a house on Microsoft Paint
In this video, Lance Sisiolo draws a beautiful house using Microsoft Paint. He uses line tool to draw most part of the house. He uses different types of lines. He also uses curve tool to draw sky and the entrance of the house. The unwanted part of the picture is erased using erase tool. Then he uses fill with color tool and airbrush tool to paint the picture. He uses different colors to increase the beauty of sky and the house. Then some trees are added. Using airbrush tool he increases the b...
How To: Create big stencils in MS Paint
This video demonstrates how to change the Page Settings in Microsoft Paint for you to be able to print multiple page stencils. The first step is to open your stencil drawing. Then, go to File > Page Setup. In the Page Setup dialogue box, change the Top, Left, Right, and bottom margins' value to zero (0). Under the Scaling option, select "Fit to" and change the Pages values to two (2). Under the Orientation option, select Landscape. Switch back to Portrait and adjust the Pages values to three ...
How To: Split tone in Lightroom
This video shows the method to split tone in Lightroom. Firstly, go to the 'Grayscale' button to change the photo into black & white. Go to the split toning section and change the tint into the color you want using the 'hue' option. You can also use the 'Highlights' option to select the color and see the preview. Bring the saturation down to get the right color. Repeat the same procedure with the shadows. Choose the right tint for shadows. Hold the 'Alt' key down to see the effect of change i...
How To: Make rounded dots in GIMP
The first thing that you want to do is in a new image, create a new transparent layer. Then you want to use the oval shape tool and check "fixed" so that it forms a perfect circle. Draw the circle, fill it with any color that you want, and then duplicate the layer. Use the move tool to move the new circle underneath the one you just created, leaving some room. Merge this layer with the one you originally copied it from, and repeat this step until you have as many circles as you want. Then you...
How To: Create and mount ISO image files using UltraISO
In this video the instructor shows how to create and mount ISO's using Ultra ISO. You can user daemon tools to work with ISOs but this video shows you an alternative to it. Download the Ultra ISO software and install it. After installing it run the program. In the tool bar select the Tools button and in the drop down box you can select the various option like create a new image, mount an image to a drive or convert images between formats. Select the mount option and it prompts for the file. B...
How To: Mount an ISO image file with Daemon Tools
First of all, download and install Daemon Tools Lite. After the install, open Daemon Tools and a red icon will appear on your taskbar; right-click on it and go to Virtual Drive and search for an option that changes the number of drives to 1. This will make Daemon Tools create a new virtual drive on your computer. Right-click again, go to Virtual Drives, and then search for an option called Device 0; click on it and a new window will appear on your screen. Now choose the ISO file that you want...
How To: Insert a QuickTime video with Fusion Essentials
In this video the instructor shows how to insert a quick time video into your web page. To do this, first create a text box. It is always good to create a text box first and then insert your movie or flash object or any other media into it because it gives you more control of your object regarding its placement, rapping, and other things by containing it in that box. Now select the Quick Time object and browse to your movie and place it in the box. Now re-size the box to a required size for t...
How To: Insert keywords and SEO with Fusion Essentials
This video describes how to insert keywords and SEO with the fusion essentials in the website. He asks you to first go to the site mode and then click on the home page and from there you can get in to the property box. There you can find three choices or tabs. He explains that the first one can be used to change the page name and page title and also can adjust the master border. The second tab is used to mention the page status, if it is done and can be displayed to the viewers or if it shoul...
How To: Do a chroma key effect in Pinnacle Studio
This video describes how to use the Chroma Key Effect in a few easy steps.
How To: Mount ISO disk image files using Daemon Tools
In this video you will learn how to mount a disk image using Daemon Tools. In order to do that just follow these easy and quick steps and instructions: The first thing to do is to download Daemon Tools from it's homepage. After that, install the program and restart your computer. Now right-click the little icon on the left of the task bar and go to Virtual CD/DVD-ROM. There you click on the No Media tab and select Mount Image. Now you need to select the image file from your computer and the i...
How To: Mount an ISO file with PowerISO
This video shows the method to mount an ISO file with PowerISO. The first step involves the opening of the Internet browser and Google. Type 'poweriso' in it and press 'search'. Click on the download link in the first search result and download PowerISO. This can be done by clicking on the 'download site 2' and clicking on 'Run' in the resultant window. Install the PowerISO and open it. Click on 'Mount'. Select 'Set Number of Drives' and choose one. Select the drive and select the ISO file yo...
How To: Add sound effects in Pinnacle Studio
This video discusses how to add a sound effect to your video in Pinnacle Studio. You first select the video you wish to add the effect to and then, on the left hand side, select the sound effects button. It looks like a loudspeaker with a few lines coming out. The options include humans, gunshots, animals, instruments squeaks to name a few. You then have a variety of different sounds from that genre of effect. Select one and then drag the effect to the time bar when you want to have the effec...
How To: Save your project in Pinnacle Studio
This tutorial explains how to save your work in Pinnacle Studio. The first step is to go to "File". Next is saving projects by using the drop down menu from the top left corner of the program. When you save your project it does not mean that all the video files will be saved. In fact, all the original files have to be stored in the exact same place so this will work. To save your new project you have to go to movie and make and output format like Vdix or VCL.
How To: Mount an ISO with Daemon Tools in Ubuntu
Askabouttech shows how to mount an ISO with Daemon tools using Ubuntu. Right click on Daemon Tools in the tool bar and select "virtual CD rom". This will bring up a side window in which you will click "device". This will open another side window where you will click "mount image". This will open a new window. Make sure you're looking in desktop and open the Ubuntu ISO file. This should open up a new window where you have the option of running it or viewing the files. When you're finished, fol...
How To: Create indented text in GIMP
Hulldo teaches you how to create indented text in GIMP. First, create a new document of any size. Then use the text tool to write some words. Next, select that text and go to Script fu-layer effects-inner shadow. Once you've done this, duplicate the layer. You will now want to filter-blur-Gaussian blur. Apply that to your second layer. Now you can either merge the layers or leave them as they are. You can also play with the text settings, if you want a larger shadow, a bolder text and so on. ...
How To: Edit text with Fusion Essentials
This video tells how to edit text with NetObjects Fusion Essentials Version 7.5. To edit text you must double-click on the text you are going to edit or click on the text icon on the left side of the screen. You can make changes to the text in the text properties box which will appear by clicking a button in the lower-left corner of the screen. You can change the font, text color and size, text box color and you can insert superscripts and subscripts. You can also place an image behind the te...
How To: Use the basics of Pinnacle Studio
The video describes how to use Pinnacle Plus Studio. The narrator first describes the various tabs and features of Pinnacle Studio. He then describes how to import a video into Pinnacle Studio for editing. The video demonstrates how to add still photos, sound effects, music, and transitions to your video using the various tabs and options along with what the narrator calls the timeline. Finally, he describes how to make a movie after you have finished editing your video. He gives a good overv...
How To: Create a lens flare effect in Pinnacle Studio
Learn how to add special lens flare effects to a logo in Pinnacle Studio with this tutorial. You will select the picture to be edited and drag it to the video screen. Select the lens flare effect from the Studio Plus RTFM which is standard with the program, you don't need to purchase any additional effects to create the lens flare. You can preview the effect and change the direction and color of the flare. Once you are happy with how the flare effect looks on your logo, you can save it to a f...
How To: Do text effects in GIMP
Click in File and New to create a new document, press OK and select the text tool and click once on your file and write something, then close the window. Click in move the active layer to make easier to move the text. Go again to the text tool and click on the Color to change the text color. Press Crtl+O, select the background layer and change the color to the one you want, now select the bucket tool and click on the background to paint it with the color you have selected. Go back to the text...
How To: Create a smoke scene in GIMP
This video opens up with a computer screen displaying the finished product of a smoke design as a wallpaper. Next the video switches to the program used to create the smoke design, using a plain white image. Next the screen is switched to another program with the text smoke displayed. Then he switches back to the program and pastes an image into the window containing smoke. He then pastes the text smoke into the image and distorts it a little, followed by changing the color darker. After that...
How To: Make a logo in Inkscape
This is an instructional video on how to make a logo in "Inkscape". This video is filmed from the desktop of gamerworld14 and includes oral instructions as well as a step by step guide shown in detail from the computer. In this video gamerworld14 helps you learn by using an example logo he used. This video includes everything from adding text to your logo, pictures, and resizing of the images in the logo. In this paint style program you can draw out your own images to add to your logo. In the...
How To: Pan zoom in slow motion in Pinnacle Studio
This is a helpvids video that demonstrates how to use the pan and zoom features in the Pinnacle Studio. By clicking on the video camera icon above the time line, you will see the special effects options. First select the scene you would like to add the effect to. Then chose the Pan and Zoom special effect. Key frames are used to control the zoom level and the panning. Insert the first key frame, set the zoom and pan position. Next insert the last key frame and set ending zoom level and pan po...
How To: Recover lost Mac data with the R-Studio application
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to recover lost data using R-Studio. Begin by running R-Studio. Locate the drive that you want to recover. Right click it and select scan. The scan can take up to 45 minutes depending on the size of the drive. Once its finished, there will be a list of hard drives in which data is stored. Green, black, and orange will recover with no problems. Red is not recoverable. Double click on the wanted drive and wait for it to load. You can now see all the dat...
How To: Mount an ISO image with the use of Virtual CD/DVD ROM
This video is a tutorial that demonstrates how to download, install and use the program Virtual Clone Drive to mount .cue/.bin/.cue files, and have them operate just like a normal CD or DVD without having to burn them to a disk. Once you have downloaded and installed your virtual cd/dvd software, you can select the number of virtual drives you would like to have, and load, (or mount) your .ISO, .bin, or .cue files into the virtual rom program, then run the program contained in the file from y...
How To: Create your own headlines in GIMP
Hulldo teaches you how to create your own headlines in GIMP. You start off with a new file and paint that a light brown. Make a selection on the file and create a new layer on top. Color that layer black and add Gaussian blur. Put that layer beneath so it will make a shadow on your selection. Create the start of a gradient or simply a Grey layer on the bottom of the headline. Then add your text with black color. You can duplicate these layers, reside the selection and change the text. You are...
How To: Give your images a widescreen border in GIMP
Hulldo teaches you how to give your images a widescreen border using GIMP. Open up a picture and the click new layer. Next go to select - border and make it 3 pixels. Go to tool options and use black for foreground fill. Select none and create a new layer. Go to view and make sure snap to canvas edges is ticked. Go to rectangle select tool and go to its menu. Then select 640x30 pixels. Fill that layer with black and select none. Duplicate this layer. You place this one on the bottom and you a...