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How To : Animate in Adobe Flash

Step 1 Launch the Adobe Flash program and select “Flash File (Actionscript 3.0)” under the “Create New” menu. Change the workspace layout to “Essentials” by clicking on the drop-down menu in the upper left of the top menu bar. Step 2 From the top menu, select File, Import, Im ...more

How To : Ease the transition between Mac and PC

Have you recently switched to an Apple computer? This video how-to demonstrates three helpful techniques to make your transition from PC to Mac as smooth as possible. Specifically, this tutorial addresses workflow management and keyboard shortcuts. For more information, as wel ...more

How To : Strengthen your piano playing with exercises

Doing piano exercises improves your strength and dexterity in your hands and wrists. It helps you to become more comfortable with the geometry of the keyboard. You should do exercises everyday for at least 5 minutes a day. Practicing everyday sets a routine and a habit of play ...more

How To : Take a screenshot on a PC

In case you didn't know, and you'd be surprised that many don't, it's time to learn how to take a screenshot! Quick Instructions: 1.Press PrintScreen (or shift PrintScreen) on your keyboard 2. Paste in Paint/Photoshop/Image Editor 3.Save It.

How To : Play electric piano

Pete Sears explains about learning to play with an electric piano or keyboard. It's a bit different and you'll need to take a different approach.

How To : Add text to a page in QuarkXPress

In this QuarkXPress video tutorial you will learn how to create a new page, and add a header and some body copy. Learn how to use the text tool to create and edit a block of text and how to hide the guides using keyboard key. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left co ...more

How To : Improve piano techniques

Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Berklee professor Paul Schmeling shows ways to perfect your posture and finger position on the keyboard and play your favorite piano piece with a new level of comfort and ease.

News : Microsoft Announces Acquisition of SwiftKey

Microsoft announced Wednesday morning that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SwiftKey, makers of the SwiftKey predictive keyboard and its SDK that runs on over 300 million Android and iOS smartphones, for about $250 million. Don't Miss: How to Get SwiftKey's All-Bla ...more

How To : Play "The Love Scene" by Joe on piano

In this keyboard tutorial, you'll learn how to play Joe's "The Love Scene" on the piano. While this tutorial is best suited for intermediate or advanced piano players, players of all skill levels can play along. Watch this lesson to get started playing "The Love Scene"!

How To : Type special characters in OS X

In this video tutorial, Gary Rosenzweig of macmost.com takes a look at how to use the Keyboard Viewer to easily find and insert special characters and accent marks into your text documents. Très chouette!

How To : Use tool shortcuts in Final Cut Pro

In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to use tool shortcuts in Final Cut Pro. To change opacity and the volume limit, click the little mountain button on the bottom and you will have two lines in the clip representing audio lines of two mono tracks. And you also h ...more

How To : Play piano in Ab major

In these jazz piano lessons on video, pianist Ryan Larson teaches us not only how to improve our freestyle technique, but also how to read and write music—since you are only able to improvise with what you know. Keyboard lessons include how to play 5th chords, how to do chord ...more

News : Rock Band 3's Real Guitar Preview

That's a real Strat for the Rock Band game. Rock Band 3 will feature the option of playing on the six button toy guitar like before, or go Pro by using a real Start modified to give input to the game. You can plug this guitar to an actual amp and play away! Each song comes wit ...more

How To : Play piano in Bb Major

Keyboard lessons include how to play 5th chords, how to do chord progressions in the key of Bb major, how to use sharps, flats and intervals, how to play bass lines, how to change chord voicings, and how to play different melodies on the piano. Part 1 of 16 - How to Play piano ...more

News : Windows 8 Tablet Revealed

At a windows partner conference in Taipei, Microsoft unveiled their Windows 8 tablet. First impressions: WOW! Looks like they are actually innovating for once. Full screen app view is great multiple apps while viewing video is nice thumb keyboard option Ability to run a stan ...more

How To : Customize the workspace in InDesign CS3

This video shows you how to use and organize panels, customize keyboard shortcuts, customize menus, and use workspaces in InDesign. You also learn about new features in InDesign CS3 by using the workspaces called "New And Improved In CS3". Check out this video created by Colin ...more

How To : Cut & paste from one location to another

In this how to video, you will learn how to take text from one location to another. This is known as cutting and pasting. First, open your word processor. Next, go in to your browser and find a website with text that you want to copy. Highlight a line of text. Next, right clic ...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 : Play modes on the piano

Pete Sears guides you through different modes of playing the piano or keyboard. These refer to the step pattern intervals between the notes when playing a scale.

How To : Generate a System Restore point on a Windows 7 PC

This video describes how to make a system restore point. First we have to go to click the start on the keyboard. Next select the computer and go for the properties. Next go to system protection. Next go the protection settings and highlight the operating system and give option ...more

How To : Customize bash prompts with the PS1 variable

In this tutorial, we learn how to customize bash prompts with the PS1 variable. The PSI variable will say what something does. You can change this using the export command. Basically, you just type in the same thing and add in something. You can do this by simply typing it in ...more

How To : Use MIDI in Record

In this tutorial, we learn how to use MIDI in Record. First, automatically find your controller keyboard and set it up in your software. With this set up, create an ID8 instrument by clicking on the icon. Settle for a grand piano and record something to test it out. All clips ...more

News : Piano in Next Rock Band 3/Greenday

"Green Day Demo Confirms Keyboard Download the Green Day Demo. Load the demo. Go to Exit on the main menu. Press A. See it. Believe it. Keyboard/Piano LOGO" Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=396299 Wonder if it will feature a real piano or if it's going to ...more

How To : Search Windows 8 Store Applications

In this Windows 8 Tutorial you will learn how to search for application in the Windows 8 store. I know it can be a bit confusing for those who have just moved to the Windows 8 store on how to search for store applications in fact it took me like an hour to figure out how to se ...more

News : Genius Within (2009)

Here is the movie trailer for the feature film "Genius Within" Synopsis: Glenn Herbert Gould (September 25, 1932 ? October 4, 1982) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned ...more

How To : Create bevels in Xara Web Designer

The video shows us how to create bevels in Xara web designer. Firstly using the rectangle tool hold down the Ctrl key to create a square. The problem with the Xara web designer is that it hasn't got a convert to edit the shape features which actually means that you cant select ...more

News : BOOK!!

Look at this book, kids. It's empty. Write it......now. I mean it. Do it. Im a cat. I can do it. I cant do it. Roller coaster. Keyboard. MOMMA. Cell phone. Just giving you ideas for the book.

How To : Snapchat Directly from Your Photos App on iOS 8

Thanks to Apple's new extensibility features in iOS 8, developers are now able to create extensions for their apps that let you perform actions in notifications, widgets, and in stock Apple apps without having to open up the specific app itself. Check out: The Coolest 33 Feat ...more

How To : Inflate a flat ball without a needle or pump

Well, you're all ready to play basketball, or dodgeball or football or kickball, but, your ball is flat. To make matters worse, you don't have a pump. To make matters even worse, you don't have the needle you'd normally use to inflate your flat ball. Well, this how to video sh ...more

How To : Completely Turn Off Siri on Your iPhone

Not everyone digs Siri. Some of you probably can't live without the personal assistant on your iPhone, and some of you probably never even use it — and likely never will. If you fall into the latter category of iPhone users, you can simply disable the feature altogether, which ...more

How To : 101 Features Android Phones Had Before iPhones

When it's all said and done, it doesn't really matter who did it first — the more important question is who did it best. Still, it's nice to know who's really responsible for groundbreaking innovations in the smartphone space. I always try to stay neutral and objective, but w ...more

How To : Get Twitter's Emojis on Any Android Phone

The art of emoji — the next level beyond the simple text-based emoticons we used once upon a time in the not so distant past. We rely upon emojis so much in our always-connected world of today simply because they help portray emotion into our typed out words. They've not been ...more

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