Hot Software Tips How-Tos
How To: Use the Quick Access Toolbar in AutoCAD 2009
Heidi Hewett demos AutoCAD 2009 and shows you how to use the Quick Access Toolbar. The Quick Acces Toolbar starts in the top right corner of the AutoCAD 2009 interface and contains the most common tools like new, open, save, plot, redo and undo. Learn how to use the quick access toolbar and how to customize the toolbar to include the tools you use most in AutoCAD 2009.
How To: Remix a song with Voice Changer Software
Voice Changer Software works well with many different Media Players. It is able to capture the audio stream, morph the voice of the songs, change the Equalizer of the songs, add audio effects to enrich the color of the song, and much more. This tutorial shows you how to remix a song in Voice Changer Software Diamond 6.0. Start by playing and morphing the song, then record the song in morphed effects to get your remix.
How To: Convert a WAV file to MP3 format in Music Morpher Gold
Got a song or two you need to convert from WAV to MP3 format? This music editing software tutorial will show you how to do it using Music Morpher Gold. See how to convert WAV to MP3 with MMG and this video.
How To: Batch convert WAV files to MP3 in Music Morpher Gold
Need to get songs on your computer into MP3 format so you can play them and store them more easily? Have too many songs to do them one at a time? This music editor software tutorial shows you how to batch convert WAV files to MP3 files using Music Morpher Gold. Put all your WMV songs in a Music Morpher Gold playlist then batch convert them to MP3 format all at once! This MMG tutorial shows you how.
How To: Convert MP3 to WAV format in Music Morpher Gold
This music editing software tutorial will show you how to convert MP3 files to WAV files in Music Morpher Gold. See how to open MP3 files in Music Morpher Gold, convert them, and save them out as WMV song files.
How To: Save a recording in WAV format in AV Voice Changer
It is easy to save a recorded file in WAV format with all versions of Voice Changer software. This tutorial shows you how to save your recording in WAV format instead of the default mp3 format with AV Voice Changer Software 6.0.
How To: Install AV Voice Changer Software with a free key
Learn how to install the voice changing software AV Voice Changer onto your desktop. The video will show you how to download VCS Diamond 6.0, how to install it, and gives you a free key so you can actually use it to start editing voices.
How To: Record a playing stream in AV Voice Changer Software
AV Voice Changer Software is a real-time, high quality voice changing software. In this AV Voice Changer Software tutorial you will learn how to record a song from Windows Media Player. Learn how to record streaming songs in this AV Voice Changer Software tutorial.
How To: Use voice morpher in AV Voice Changer
This software tutorial shows you how to morph or change the voice of a song in AV Voice Change. Learn how to morph a voice using the voice morpher tool in Voice Change 6.0. Change voice pitch to disguise someone or imitate voices and more with the real-time voice morpher in AV VCS 6.0.
How To: Add lights and materials to models in Pro/DESKTOP
This CAD software tutorial shows you how to work with lights and materials in Pro/DESKTOP. This is an advanced tutorial that will show you how to add materials to a figure, add lighting, backgrounds and export the image. Rendering completed images is an important part of working in ProDESKTOP since it showcases your final products. Learn how to make your models good with lights and materials in this Pro/DESKTOP tutorial. This video is best viewed full screen.
How To: Ceate a spring in Pro/DESKTOP
Find out how to form a spring in this Pro/DESKTOP CAD software tutorial. You will learn how to work with construction planes, lines and the sweep tool. See how to sweep a circle along a line to create a spring in Pro/DESKTOP. This ProDesktop tutorial is best viewed full screen.
How To: Work with workplanes in Pro/DESKTOP
In this beginners CAD software tutorial you will learn how to navigate in Pro/DESKTOP. Learn how to model objects the way you desire with this extended knowledge of workplanes and viewports. Workplanes allow you to work precisely in Pro/DESKTOP and are worth knowing how to use. This ProDESKTOP tutorial is best viewed full screen.
How To: Model a stand with extrude in Pro/DESKTOP
This CAD drawing software tutorial shows you how to model a stand or stool in Pro/DESKTOP. Learn how to extrude subtract and use the pattern features in PTC Pro/DESKTOP as well as learn how to use the different views. The stand itself may not be very interesting but the methods involved in modeling it are important to learn. This ProDESKTOP tutorial is best viewed full screen.
How To: Remove backgrounds in Photoshop CS3
Put your character or subject in a new picture by changing the background in Photoshop. Not sure how to do this? Watch this tutorial and learn how to remove or delete the background from an image in Photoshop CS3. You will also learn how to feather the edges of your subject slightly to remove that annoying edge pixel. This Photoshop tutorial will give you a clean character with no background, perfect for popping into new images and scenes. Best viewed full screen.
How To: Use the loupe tools in Aperture
Aperture's loupe tool is a powerful magnifier that lets you zoom portions of an image from 50% to 1600% to quickly check focus or view details in a photo.
How To: Use the zoom tool in Aperture
Aperture's zoom tool makes it easy to view and edit your images up close and in great detail.
How To: Use quick preview in Aperture
Using Aperture's quick preview, you can see high quality, rapid-fire previews of your full resolution files.
How To: Use the sort tool in Aperture
Aperture allows you to easily sort the images in the browser pane in several different way. By default, images are sorted by creation date.
How To: Use light tables in Aperture
Aperture's light tables give you a completely unique way to view and organize your images.
How To: Use RAW fine tuning in Aperture
Aperture's RAW fine tuning controls let you adjust the subtler aspects of how RAW files are decoded and rendered.
How To: Use the crop and straighten tools in Aperture
Aperture's crop and straighten tools allow you to quickly adjust the composition of your images.
How To: Adjust white balance in Aperture
Aperture's white balance adjustment helps you improve the quality of colors in your images, correcting for a camera that wasn't properly calibrated for the lighting conditions under which it was used.
How To: Recover highlights in Aperture
One of the advantages of shooting in RAW format is that you can often recover overexposed or blown highlights. Aperture provides two easy to use controls for restoring detail to areas in a RAW image that have been overexposed to complete white.
How To: Enhance your images in Aperture
The enhance controls in Aperture's adjustments panel provide a number of tools for refining your tonal adjustments, controlling saturation, and for correcting color casts.
How To: Set levels in Aperture
Aperture's levels adjustment provides a refined level of control over your tonal corrections.
How To: Adjust highlights and shadows in Aperture
Aperture's highlights and shadows adjustment tool provides an easy way for you to brighten or reduce the brightness of highlights and shadows without affecting other aspects of your images.
How To: Improve color in Aperture
Aperture's color adjustment lets you make selective changes to hues within your image.
How To: Use the retouch brush in Aperture
Aperture's new retouch brush makes it simple to remove dust, blemishes, spots, and other unwanted elements from an image by simply brushing over them.
How To: Apply vignette and devignette in Aperture
Aperture 2 includes new vignette and devignette adjustments that allow you to add soft, shadowed edges to your images for an artistic effect or to correct for unwanted darkened edges of images.
How To: Create web galleries in Aperture
Aperture's web gallery feature allows you to use your MobileMe account to quickly and easily publish sophisticated webpages that are synced directly to your Aperture library.
How To: Create advanced slideshows with Keynote and Aperture
You can easily integrate images from your Aperture library into your Keynote '08 presentations using the Keynote media browser.
How To: Creating a photo album page in iWeb
iWeb '08 introduces my albums templates. My album templates is a fast way to create and navigate web photo galleries. This tutorial shows you how to use the my albums templates and create a photo album page for your website in iWeb.
How To: Create a blog for a website in iWeb
By creating a blog, you can publish an online journal about anything you want. This iLife tutorial shows you how to create a blog to put on your website. iWeb makes it easy to add a blog to your site by providing templates. Learn how to create, add and delete blog entries in this iWeb tutorial.
How To: Paint a vertex color map in modo 302
This 3D software tutorial shows you how to vertex color paint in modo 302. Learn how to use the modo tool pipe to control and paint vertex color maps. Paint a vertex color map in modo 302.
How To: Integrate photographs into modo 302
This 3D software tutorial shows you how to integrate photographs into your 3D workflow in modo 302. There are some subtle controls for properly working with image or photographic content inside modo. This video will explain how to properly use an image as a camera projected plate in modo 302 with a result that is pin registered and pixel accurate to the original source image.
How To: Get print resolution rendering tips for modo 302
Do you need to print resolution renders outputed from modo 302? You will want to watch this tutorial as they discuss some basic concepts regarding resolution and irradiance cache as they are impacted at increased resolution. There are some common misconceptions about print resolution in modo 302 that are resolved as well. So watch and learn how to optimize a scene for print resolution rendering. Get print resolution rendering tips for modo 302.
How To: Use repeat last command in modo 302
The new and improved Repeat last command and the much anticipated Headless modo are covered in this modo 302 tutorial! modo_cl has been proven to work nicely with render controllers such as Butterfly NetRender and modo mojo! Learn how to use the repeat last command and how to use headless modo (no interface). modo 302 is a service update, free for all modo 301 users. Use repeat last command in modo 302.
How To: Create physically based skies in modo 302
302 introduces a new physically based daylight sky and sun model. Learn how to create a realistic sun automatically. modo 302 is a service update, free for all modo 301 users. Create physically based skies in modo 302.
How To: Use displacement ratio in modo 302
Learn how to use the new displacement ratio tool in modo 302. The Displacement Ratio render option optimizes projects which utilize large displacement mapped surfaces such as ground planes or water. modo 302 is a service update, free for all modo 301 users. Use displacement ratio in modo 302.
How To: Synchronize viewports in modo 302
This 3D software tutorial shows you how to synchronize viewports in modo 302. Get an update to the viewport system providing a flexible system for synchronizing viewports across multiple tabbed layouts. Good and good for you. 302 is a free service update for all 301 users. Synchronize viewports in modo 302.