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This is a simple tutorial aimed at beginners that shows you how to create a basic landscape in 3D Studio Max.

You know those big walls of televisions you see at the electronics store? Have you ever wanted to create an effect like that? Maybe for a commercial or cool project? Well this tutorial will show you how to make a wall of televisions projecting different shows using After Effects.

Learn how to create 2 different star fields in 3D Studio Max. This tutorial is especially helpful if you are having problems with the star field preset in Max.

This tutorial shows you how to export a video into PNG file sequences in 3D Studio Max.

This three part 3D Studio Max tutorial will show you how to build and texture a realistic looking earth and moon.

This 3 part tutorial shows you how to animate a starfield in 3D Studio Max. This will give you a good understanding of the tools available for animating and how to use them.

Perfect for your web 2.0 designs or site, or even another type of interface, this shiny button will add some depth and style to your design. See how to make one in Photoshop in this tutorial.

This basic Photoshop tutorial shows you how to easily create a shiny oval object with reflections.

Learn to create color exclusion effects (ie a colored object surrounded by black and white objects) in Photoshop.

In this PixelPerfect tutorial you will learn to create a brick wall pattern. You will also learn how to animate a spotlight effect in Photoshop.

This tutorial shows you how to add an additional track for background music, voice over or any other audio assets when you already have existing audio in Sony Vegas 7.

Join renowned InDesign expert David Blatner as he shows you how to use the feathering transparency feature of Adobe InDesign CS3.

Learn how to adjust the timing of clips with expert instructor Steve Wright using Shake 4.1

If you have a logo and want to easily turn it into a 3D object for a project in 3D Studio Max, this tutorial should help you out.

This advanced Vegas tutorial (versions 7 or higher) shows you how to use noise textures. You should have a good understanding of Sony Vegas and the interface to follow along since the clarity is low - verbal explainations do get you through it.

Have you ever seen ads or a movie where the film goes on rewind, bring you back through time for whatever reason the director intended? This happens a lot in paper towel commercials, where you see a coffee stain get removed as the coffee pours itself back into a cup while the dog's footprints also disappear one by one as he gallops backwards to the front door.

Changing the eye color of a person can be a lengthy process depending on the video you are using. Here is a quick and simple way to do it using Vegas Video.

This tutorial will help if you need to blur either a person or section out of the screen using Vegas Video. You may want to adjust the blur options to make it more or less blurred in your section -the more contrast there is the better this will work.

This tutorial gives you a brief idea of some of the various ways you can do a picture in picture or split-screen type effect with Vegas Video.

This tutorial covers just the basics of using Pan & Zoom in Sony Vegas. One of the tricks covered is unchecking resampling to make zooms smoother.

This tutorial illustrates how to create a Star Wars Lightsaber using Inkscape v0.45. This version will show you how to make both the handle and the blade from scratch.

In this Adobe After Effects tutorial Tony Reale shows you how to create a ghost effect for your films.

Master broadcast editor Bill Cammack teaches us and Matt how to match color hue in Final Cut Pro. Learn as Master Bill explains the basic technique used for matching shots.

Master Bill Cammack guides Matt and viewers alike through the process of correcting white balance using Final Cut Pro's three-way color corrector effect.

Cropping an image in Adobe Photoshop CS3 allows you to clip away the parts of the image that you don't want and discard them. In this video tutorial, you will learn how to crop an image in Photoshop CS3.

Make a photo-realistic chrome material in 3D Studio Max.

This seven part tutorial shows you the basics of using Sony Vegas video editing software. If you haven't used this software, or any other video editing software, this series will go over the basics you need to know. Part one covers the interface, two covers importing files, three covers adding sound, four covers adding effects, five and six cover rendering, seven covers capturing video.

This After Effects tutorial shows you how easy it is to create a laser blast - perfect for shooting out of your laser gun.

This tutorial shows you how to create clone effects using masks in After Effects.

GottaBeMobile.com's Dennis Rice shows us all how to create our own font using our own handwriting using the My Own Font utility for Windows tablet PCs.

Watch this tutorial to learn how easy it is to use iPhoto '08 to rotate, straighten and crop your pictures.

This tutorial shows you two examples of how to improve a dark or low-light photo. This video covers the auto Enhance feature, retouch brush tool, Effects menu (Edge Blur) and the Adjust menu (Reduce Noise).

In this tutorial Macmost.com shows iPhoto '08 of the iLife '08 suite. This video demonstrates how to use the Effects Menu and the Adjust menu to improve the quality of you photographs with some simple alterations.

Learn how to prevent iPhoto from automatically launching every time you plug in a digital camera or iPhone.

Use your Mac to find podcasts on iTunes. This tutorial gives you instructions on finding podcasts of your interest.

This tutorial shows us how to split up your iTunes Library to make multiple libraries for your music collection.

Gary Rosenzweig and Eve Park take a look at two programs for the Mac that allow you to draw. The first is Eazy Draw, a vector drawing program. The second is Doozla, a drawing program for kids.

Create a text effect using Photoshop that looks like the metallic text seen in the Spiderman movies' logo.

Donnie Hoyle puts it all in perspective. Use vanishing point to construct a perspective for trains.

Make your buttons stand out when building webpages -make them shiny! This Photoshop tutorial shows you how.