Do Cool Impressive Tricks

How To : Magic trick on a calendar

Learn how to do a easy magic trick on a calendar. Ask a friend to draw a 3x3 box around any nine of the numbers on the calendar. Almost immediately you can say what the nine numbers all add up to! Amaze your friends with this cool magic trick.

How To : Start a fire using water

Start a fire using water. It is a pretty cool trick. This guy takes a couple of goofy household chemicals and creates a powder that explodes when water touches it.

How To : Stick a beer bottle to a wall without glue or gum

Check out this how-to video and see how you can park a beer bottle in the corner of a room. It looks as if the beer bottle is hanging on the wall. This is a very cool beer bottle trick, just be careful not to damage the paint. There's not gimmick to the trick in this instructi ...more

How To : Use the snapping tool in Final Cut Pro

The snapping function (the magnetic attraction between two clips or to the playhead) is sometimes very helpful and other times really annoying in Final Cut Pro. In this video you will learn to turn it on and off. A cool trick is to use the keyboard hot key to quickly turn the ...more

How To : Color a black and white photo in Photoshop

In this video tutorial you will learn to use Photoshop to colorize a black and white photo image. Learn to use the color sampler tool to get the color you want. A cool trick you will learn is to use the Hue/Saturation tool to replace color you do not like. Color a black and wh ...more

How To : Do selective coloring in Photoshop

In this video tutorial you will learn how to perform selective coloring in Photoshop. Learn to take one part of a photo and make it a separate color from the rest of the image. This cool trick uses the history brush. Do selective coloring in Photoshop. Click through to watch t ...more

How To : Improve your cloning technique in Photoshop

In this video we will look at a quick and simple cloning technique in Photoshop. You will learn to use the Clone Stamp and Polygonal Lasso Tools to make cloning out pixels much easier. Remember to apply the cool trick to improve your next cloning task! Improve your cloning tec ...more

How To : Make 3d paper art

Want to make a cool paper folding trick you can show to all of your friends. With this video you will learn how to make a 3d paper decoration. Make 3d paper art. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com

How To : Make a harmless fake virus

Want to play a computer trick on someone? Here's a cool video that teaches you how to make a fun virus, nothing harmful, that will shut a windows xp machine down. Make a harmless fake virus. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com

How To : Do a toothpick trick

Break the toothpicks, set them up in a star pattern and then use drops of water to make them move. Pretty cool. It looks alive. Do a toothpick trick. Click through to watch this video on instructables.com

How To : Teach your dog to dance

This can be a fun and a really cool trick. Show off your dog at the park or to your friends with a dance. This is a bit harder but when you get it, it is worth it. Teach your dog to dance. Click through to watch this video on discovery.com

How To : Spin a pencil

This is a cool video tutorial teaching you different ways for how to spin a pencil/pen on your fingers. By using your thumb, index finger, and middle finger, while keeping in mind the weight balance, you will be able to learn how to do this trick with the easy steps that he pr ...more

News : How-To Comic Contest (Tech Ideas?)

Hey all... Fellow WonderHowTo-ian, Yumi, is holding a cool contest: Submit an idea for a tip/trick/shortcut/how-to/craft/recipe, and she'll illustrate the best one. Any tech-worth submissions? Keyboard shortcuts perhaps? What is visual and not overly complicated....? An ill ...more

How To : Make an origami guitar out of a dollar bill

This is a great bar trick you can use to amuse your friends with! Or, you can be the cool aunt or uncle at the family reunion. All you need is a dollar bill (larger denominations will obviously also work). Then just follow a few steps outlined in this video to fold the bill in ...more

News : Meticulously Crafted Tron Optical Illusion

You don't have to go the boring route with Christmas lights this year. Try hacking them, or better yet see if you can replicate this Tron-themed optical illusion made by WonderHowTo favorite Brusspup. Good luck... looks like it took some serious time and patience to get it rig ...more

How To : Teach your dog to balance a treat on his nose

In this video, we learn how to teach your dog to balance a treat on his nose. First, you need to look at your dog and have them concentrate. Don't give them the treat on their nose for too much time, start off with small increments. After this, you will tell them to "get it" a ...more

How To : Do the dematerializing coin trick

How cool would it be if you could become invisible? While this video won't show you quite how to do that, it will teach you how to make a coin disappear into thin air. Which, by our standards, is still pretty awesome. Check out the video to learn how to do the dematerializing ...more

How To : Solder for cheap

In this tutorial, we learn how to solder for cheap. Start out by forming the wire to get it ready to solder. The trick here is to create some tension between the two ends, do this by going back and forth hitting the wires. Now, grab a torch and start to flex the wire while hol ...more

HowTo : Happy Halloween Bento!

Anna the Red, the internet's resident Queen of Bento, has created an elaborate Halloween Bento Box based on video game Costume Quest: "an adorable role-playing adventure game created by Double Fine. It takes place on Halloween night, kids in costume trick-or-treating and fight ...more

How To : Make Google go bananas

In this tutorial, we learn how to make Google go bananas. First, go to Google and search for "how to make Google go crazy". Once you type this in, click on the first link that you see. Now, you will be presented with a page that has instructions. Follow the instructions that a ...more

How To : Create a color splash effect in Sony Vegas Pro 9

This is a quick tutorial on how to create kind of a cool looking color splash on your videos using Sony Vegas Pro 9. Choose a certain color to stand out in the video all while the rest of the video is in black and white. Whether you're completely new to Sony's popular nonlinea ...more

How To : Cure bronchitis & heartburn with a home remedy

In this Diet & Health video tutorial you will learn how to cure bronchitis & heartburn with a home remedy. Jane tells you about 2 home remedy tricks that are all natural. To neutralize the acid in the stomach, all you need is baking soda. Take 1/2 a tea spoon of baking soda, a ...more

How To : Do a hand flip trick with a Zippo lighter

In this tutorial, learn how to flip a Zippo in and out of your fingers, lighting and extinguishing the flame as you go. In part one of this video, learn how to do this trick if you are left handed, and part two is for the righties. So, follow along and practice until you maste ...more

How To : Get free applications on the iPod Touch and iPhone

Let's be honest. Who actually pays for their music these days? Take your internet piracy to the next level and become a certified bucaneer by watching this video on how to get free applications on your iPhone and iPod Touch. There are two ways to get these free apps: 1. Downl ...more

How To : do a dolly zoom in-camera effect shot, Sam Raim

Mike from thesubstream's "Film Lab" have some tips regarding a few in-camera trick shots, specifically... the dolly zoom. Learn how to do the dolly zoom in-camera effect shot. This is something every director, cinematographer, or filmmaker should know if they're interest ...more

How To : Perform a Magic Trick with a Sugar Packet

Check out this tutorial for steps on how to perform a very cool slight of hand trick. In this video, learn how to take a solid sugar packet, toss it in the air and catch it - like a ring - around your pointer finger. Your audience will be totally amazed, but you will know the ...more

How To : Cut an apple in half with your bare hands

Humans don't really have the strength to rip a solid apple in half.. or do they? In this video, learn a cool trick for separating any apple with nothing but your bare hands. This comes in handy as a magic trick, or, more practically, as a way to enjoy a fresh apple without a ...more

SHOT ON 7D : Hanson music video "Thinking Bout Somthin"

Thanks to  TV.com for pointing out how cool a video from an incredibily uncool band can be! "Hanson has a new song and the band's creative director, Paul Lawson, has done something clever that will interest photographers and film-makers alike. The video has been shot on the C ...more

News : Brad Mehldau Trio

Here is a pretty wild video of a band called the Brad Mehldau Trio. They are an experimental jazzband, but they do alot of really cool covers of different rock songs by artists like Radiohead, The Beatles, Nick Drake, and Paul Simon. So in this video they are doing a cover of ...more

How To : Hop on a handstand

Show your fellow dance warriors what you're made of! Perform an impressive hop on a handstand trick with help from this free lesson. In order to hop on a handstand, it's important to first know how to do a handstand, as well as what muscles to use. Discover how to use the shou ...more

How To : Fix your broken Xbox 360 using the towel trick

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to fix an Xbox360 with the towel trick. This technique is for an Xbox360 that has the 3 red flashing lights on the power button and does not function properly. Begin by unplugging all the cables from the Xbox360, except for the power c ...more

How To : Track Google's trends features

In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to track Google's trends features. This will help you find some powerful micro niches and great keywords to create content and get top rankings in search engines. Any trend on the internet first starts with an e ...more

How To : Perform the jumping rubberband trick

Show off your cool skills to your friends by learning how to make a rubber band or hair band jump. This trick is easy and sure to throw people off. The first step is to put the rubber band (or hair band if you life) on your pinkie and ring finger. Now, close your hand and get ...more

How To : Make a dollar bill smile or frown at you

Here is a cool trick that you can use to impress your friends with next time. This video is going to teach you how to give your dollar bill a smile or a frown. Learn how to change the president's emotionless expression with just a few special folds and creases. You can use an ...more

How to Yo-yo : Cross-armed Triple GT

This young man shows you how to perform the yo-yo trick called "Crossed-arm Triple GT" step-by-step. Some experience is required to try this special trick. - To begin, you have to perform a second trick called "Wrist Mount". - Then, the yo-yo should be popped off the mount to ...more

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