How-To Guides from WonderHowTo: Page 315

In this video tutorial, we learn how to create a music visualization effect with Knoll Light Factor within Adobe After Effects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.

In this video tutorial, we learn how to get started using Knoll Light Factory Pro to generate eye-catching light effects within Adobe After Effects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free...

In this video tutorial, we learn how to create our very own Harry Potter-style Death Eaters within Adobe After Effects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.

In this video tutorial, we learn how to create a realistic traffic pattern backdrop within After Effects through use of the PlaneSpace and Text Anarchy plugins. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch...

In this clip, we learn how to create Knoll lens flares with the Knoll Flare plugin when using Adobe After Effects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.

In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create rich 3D projects with the PlaneSplace plugin within Adobe After Effects. For all of the particulars, and to get started using PlaneSpace in your own After Effects projects, take a look!

In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create a seamlessly looping particle system within Adobe After Effects with Trapcode Particular and Starglow. For all of the specifics, and to get started using this effect in your own projects, take a look!

In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to generate and customize the look of simple charts within the iWork '09-version of Numbers. For all the details, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started creating your own charts, take a look.

Want more cool hairstyles to give your character in the hit PC game, Dragon Age: Origins? Lots of fan created mods add extra content to the game, including new hair. Follow the directions in this tutorial to download the mod from the Nexus to give your characters cool new looks.

Crush your enemies beneath your well-equipped and well-trained boots! Whether you're primarily a defensive or offensive player, and no matter what civilization you are playing, you'll need to know how combat works to be able to win at the newest and most popular real time strategy game, Civilization 5.

Here's another effective build order for Terran players of the popular StarCraft II strategy game. This build order centers around setting up a double command center for your armies, and is especially effective when you're waging a battle on a large map.

Magnetic card readers can make e-transactions far simpler, especially for people who are running their own small business. You can also watch this video to learn about card writers, which can let you create your own magnetic cards (such as a membership card) to track your customers' activity.

Time lapse is an interesting camera technique you can use to take unique photographs. This tutorial shows you how to set up your GoPro digital camera to be taking time lapse photographs, and then how you can edit them on a Mac computer.

Get a unique angle and perspective for your digital shots by using a chesty mount. Just like how it sounds, a chesty mount is a setup which will allow a photographer to strap a GoPro digital camera to their chest, and this video shows you how to use it.

The DVFilm plugin for Sony Vegas 9 Pro called 'Epic 1' is sometimes not quite what you want for your progam, but it can be difficult to make go away entirely if you decide you don't want it. This tutorial shows you how to permanently get rid of it.

Turn your digital footage into something that looks more like film! Set your frame rate to 24 and shoot with a low depth of field to mimic the look of a film camera. Also make sure you pick the right aspect ratio, resolution and use a tripod!

Plugged into the earphone jack, but you're not getting any audio? Sometimes, if you remove and then plug the audio jack back in, that may fix your problem by forcibly having the iPhone recognize the earphone and reroute the audio.

If your iPad is no longer responding to your touch, it might be frozen. You can fix this sometimes by holding down the wake button on your iPad, then slide it off. Hold down the power button until you see the Apple logo, and then let go. That may reset your iPad and fix the freezing problem.

It stretches, it squishes... it's silly putty! You can make your own toy putty at home, using a simple recipe of school glue (don't get the washable variety), borax, water and food dye to add a bit of color. Mix and then let it dry out a bit. Silly putty!

For someone used to working in reams or sheaves, a roll of printer paper can be confusing. However, replacing the paper in your printer which calls for rolls is not that hard. This tutorial shows you a very easy to follow process for loading paper into your printer. While this focuses on the Epson Stylus R2880 model, it will still work for other models.