Thursday, April 30, 2015

How to Make a Wedding Toast

Whether you want to give a speech at a wedding or you've been asked to, the idea of performing a wedding speech properly can be a nerve-wracking process. It doesn't have to be. Learning to find a good theme for your speech, write it out clearly, and perform your speech well can take the stress out of the equation and ensure that you'll give the best speech you can.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

How to Add and Subtract Integers

You might think of integers as just ordinary numbers, like 3, -12, 17, 0, 7000, or -582. Integers are also called whole numbers because they aren't divided into parts of numbers, like fractions and decimals are. Read this article to learn everything you need to know about adding and subtracting integers, or skip to the section you need help with.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

How to Colour Popcorn

You can make any occasion more fun and festive by adding colourful popcorn to the mix! Try a batch of red and green to celebrate Christmas, pastels for a baby shower or create a tasty Superbowl snack in your favorite team's colours. Choose between standard buttery popcorn, sweet caramel corn or fruit-flavoured, candy-like popcorn in any colour of the rainbow.

How to Take Control of the Light to Improve Your Photography

The goal is to be in control of the light all the time. Even if you are outdoors, you can still control the light by using obstacles to block it, reflectors to direct it, flash to augment it, and so on.

In-Depth Milky Way Timelapse Tutorial for Beginners

The thing that you need to keep in mind is that you’ll need some experience in astrophotography before you tackle a timelapse. Finding your way around in pitch darkness isn’t that easy, nor is manually setting your focus and all the accompanying issues that come with night sky photography.

Use These Simple Tips to Get Better Snow Photos

Winter photography, especially when snow is involved, comes with some pretty tough challenges. All that white snow with the beautiful blue sky makes a camera go mad trying to figure out the correct exposure. If you’re the type of photographer who prefers to shoot in auto or program mode most of the time, you’ll find it difficult to nail the exposure.

10 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Photography This Year

Reading books, attending workshops, and browsing the Internet are all good things that can help you take better photos. The following tips will improve the way you create amazing photos and how you see photography.

Advice from a Travel Photographer: Focus on the Journey

World-renowned photojournalist Steve McCurry has spent many years traveling around and photographing the unique and vibrant people and sights of India. In his travels, he’s learned that the best photos don’t always happen after arriving at the destination, but along the way.

How to Turn a Portrait into a Sculpture in Photoshop

Want to be really creative with your portraits? Dutch Photoshop wizard, photographer, designer, and artist Dracorubio, has a unique way of blending art forms in Photoshop to create breathtaking images.

How to Modify a One Light Portrait Setup to Get the Look You Want

For this set of portraits, Grimes placed a 36″ Rapid Box softbox over the camera and used a reflector to bounce some light back up under the model’s chin. Grimes likes using a light gray background, so he puts his subject close to the background—but not too close. Keep in mind that this exact setup can work for low key portraiture.

How to Easily Fix "Pet Eye" In Photoshop

When using camera flash while photographing your pets, you’ve probably noticed that their eyes get color casts akin to red eye in humans. If you try to fix this in post-production the same way as you would fix human red eye, Photoshop will just desaturate and darken the area. The eyes will look washed out and awkward.

How to Create the Perfect Photo Composition

In this article, I want to focus on creating the perfect composition. But before we can create something perfect, we have to know what perfect looks like.

Create a Japanese Doll in Illustrator

In today’s tutorial I’m going to show you how to make a Kokeshi-style Japanese doll in Illustrator.

Resizing Images in Photoshop and Canvas Tutori

Important Note For Photoshop CC Users:- At some parts of it. This tutorial explain Resizing Images in Photoshop using pictures of some old dialogs that has changed in Photoshop CC

Adding Favicon to a WordPress website

In this post, we will see how we can add a Favicon to our WordPress Website or blog

Check if image is loaded by jQuery

A handy jQuery code snippet, useful for to determine whether the image is loaded properly without any errors or not.

Split Toning Photoshop Video Tutorial

Split toning is a technique that was originally developed back in the film days. It involves applying a color tint to the highlights and shadows of a photograph. Lightroom users are probably already aware of the Split Toning tool – today we’ll look at achieving similar results using Adobe Photoshop.

How to Display an Archive Title for WordPress Custom Post Types

Tutorial showing How to Display an Archive Title for WordPress Custom Post Types

How to Create Professional Photoshop Actions

Photoshop actions are created by manually performing a series of steps and recording them in an ATN file. Actions can save a ton of time when you need to perform a task repeatedly in Photoshop. In today’s episode we show you how to create a Photoshop action from scratch.

Learn photoshop layers easily:- Easy tutorial for working with layers and manipulating th

Layers are an important part of Photoshop. They are one of two features that makes it comfortable to create and edit pictures in Photoshop (Besides the selection tool, which we will cover in the next lesson). In this lesson, I will teach you a wide range of of layer options

Create a pair of Ice Skates in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a pair of Ice Skates in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll create all of these starting from simple shapes and using a few manipulation techniques along with the Pathfinder palette. Next, you will learn how to add details and highlights on your artwork using the Stroke palette plus the Blend Options and some effects (Inner Glow, Drop Shadow).

Create a Yawl in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Yawl illustration in Adobe Illustrator. You’ll start by creating main shapes of the yawl using some basic tools (Pen, Rectangle…) and a basic blend, along with some Transform, Offset Path and Pathfinder.

Create A Bird Out of Water using Photoshop (Liquify and Free Transform)

In this quick beginner’s tutorial, we’re going to create an elegant bird out of water using the liquify and free transform tools!

How to get Alexa Rank of website with PHP

Here's a handy PHP code snippet which allows you to the fetch Alexa rank of website.

How to Host Your Own Talk Radio Show

Have you ever been listening to your favorite morning show DJ during your daily commute and thought to yourself, "This seems easy — I can do this!" While radio broadcasting can be a rewarding way to make a name for yourself and affect the lives of thousands (or even millions) of listeners, it's not always easy. Hosting a radio talk show once meant paying your dues for years as a low-level radio employee. Today, however, the internet has given talented amateurs the chance to make a name for themselves. To learn how to host your own talk radio show, see Step 1 below to get started!

Monday, April 27, 2015

How to Use Life Hacks

Life hacks are quick, relatively easy, and fun things that make your life easier. However, simply looking at a photo with a small "Use a dust pan to..." doesn't make your life much easier! Below are some detailed descriptions of several different life hacks and how to use them.

How to Start Over

Starting over again is one of the toughest things a person can be asked to do. But most of us, at one point in our lives, are forced to do exactly that. Whether you're reeling from the loss of a loved one, the estrangement of a partner, or the severance from a job, taking control of your new circumstances is an important part of turning around your life. Here are some tips on how to do exactly that.

How to Change Startup Programs on Your Computer

Is your computer running more slowly than it used to? It may be because you have enabled too many startup programs, that is, programs that launch automatically when you start your computer. These programs can bog down your system resources, and removing them can free up space. This article provides methods for users of Windows, Mac OS, and GNU/Linux.

How to Lose Thigh Fat

Losing thigh fat can only be done successfully with a combination of diet and exercise. Getting in shape and eating right also means that you'll see fat loss in other parts of your body. If you're serious about dropping a few pounds in your thighs and elsewhere, read on.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

How to Create a Brushed Metal Background Using Photoshop Filters

In this tutorial you'll learn how to make an editable, sleek, brushed metal background using nothing but Photoshop filters and adjustment layers.

How to Subtly Enhance a Smile with Puppet Warp in Photoshop

This tutorial will teach you how to quickly enhance someone's smile using the Puppet Warp tool in Photoshop.

How to Create an Old-World Magnifying Glass Poster in Photoshop

This tutorial will teach you how to use Illustrator and Photoshop to combine vectors and textures to create an old-world magnifying glass poster layout.

How to Design the Perfect Business Logo (Infographic)

Are the logos you create really the best they can be? Chances are that you're missing at least one of these vital ingredients.

How to Use Clean Master for Android

Is your phone overloaded with junk and hanging or freezing every now and then? If this is the case then Clean Master is the app for your rescue. It is an award winning app especially meant for the maintenance of your phone, and it's not difficult to use.

How to Perform the Tahajjud Prayer

The Tahajjud is a special Islamic prayer which is recommended (but not required) for all Muslims. The Tahajjud is prayed after Isha (the required nightly prayer) and before Fajr (the required morning prayer). If possible, it is most desirable to perform the Tahajjud between midnight and Fajr, preferably in the last third of the night. Though the Tahajjud isn't required, many devout Muslims try to make it part of their daily routine as a sign of their devotion and as an opportunity to earn redemption and forgiveness from Allah. To learn how to pray the Tahajjud in the way laid out by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), see Step 1 below.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

How to Install Linux Mint

Linux Mint is a Linux distribution that is growing rapidly in popularity, thanks in large part to its ease-of-use and simplistic, clean design. Like most Linux distributions, it is free to download and install as many times as you'd like, on as many machines as you'd like. The Linux installation process has become much more streamlined over the years, and in some ways is even simpler than Windows. See Step 1 below to learn how to install and use Linux Mint.

How to Make Crumb Topping

Crumb topping is a bread or flour mixture that is combined with butter and toasted in the oven. The recipe for crumb topping will differ based on whether your dish is sweet or savory. Sweet crumb topping is perfect for pies, ice cream, muffins, yogurt and fruit. Savory breadcrumbs are popular for vegetables, pasta, casseroles and fish.

How to Lose Weight

Are you tired of carrying around extra pounds? You can learn the basics of weight loss, as well as ways to eat healthier, get more exercise, and keep yourself motivated to keep the pounds off the healthy way.

Friday, April 24, 2015

How to Be a Good Runner

Are you ready to advance your running skills so you can increase your distance and strength? If you want to become a good runner, make sure your form is solid and you're wearing the right equipment before you start adding miles to your routine. Set a schedule and find ways to motivate yourself to stick to it, rain or shine. Finally, train to improve your endurance and speed by using techniques like hill sprints, tempo running and track workouts. No matter where you're starting from, you can be a better runner if you make running a priority.

How to Learn HTML

HTML is the abbreviation for Hyper Text Markup Language, and is the code, or language that is used for the creation of websites. It can look a little daunting if you've never done any coding before, but all you need to try it out is an ordinary text editing application and an internet browser. You might even recognize some HTML used to change text in online forums, customized online profiles, or wikiHow articles. HTML is a useful tool for anyone who uses the internet, and learning the basics may take you less time than you thought.

How to Be Studious

Being studious means being serious about and committed to learning. People who are studious still know how to have fun, but they make their studies a priority and stick to a thorough and comprehensive study plan. But being studious is about more than just studying a lot — it’s about getting into a mindset that allows you to be excited about gaining knowledge.

Photoshop: How to Make an Old West, WANTED Poster

Photoshop CC 2014 tutorial showing how to make a custom, vintage, Old West, “WANTED” poster. I provided a template that you can download, as well as, links to old West fonts and a custom brush of marks & scratches to enhance the weathered look of the poster.

[TUTO] Create Flat Long Shadow #1 | Adobe Illustrator | 720p HD

Creating a Flat Long Shadow in Illustrator can seem a little tricky! The tutorial video below will go through the process on how to create a simple long shadow effect, View this video in full screen +720p HD