Making a Pen for Tricks

In this video, we learn how to write the letter "c" in calligraphy copperplate. First, dip your calligraphy pen into ink and start out making a large half circle on the paper. Dip the pen into ink again and make a loop with the top of the letter, then drag the pen down, making ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Making a hydrangea centerpiece using silk flowers allows you to enjoy the beauty of the garden year round. Mophead hydrangeas in every stage ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Making sure a container is well prepared to hold a floral is the very first important step in floral arranging. Learn how to glue floral foa ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. You'd never know that making a topiary would be so easy! Dana uses a wired rose petal garland to create a centerpiece which is perfect for a ...more

In this video, we learn how to write the letter O in calligraphy copperplate. Take your calligraphy pen and make a medium thick half loop at the top, dragging it down into a thicker line on the left side of the word. Then, continue onto the other side of the O with a lighter t ...more

If you're having a hard time with flying the helicopter in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, this tutorial should help. In the video, you'll get some helpful tips and tricks for making sure you can use the helicopter properly to help you and your friends win a match. It's a pretty ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. When designing with silk flowers it's best to know the basics. Dana gives you ten excellent tips you should know befo ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Outdoor planters and urns can be a majestic accent to a front door setting. What you put in them could be crucial. Da ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. This centerpiece is perfect for Easter, a wedding shower, or a garden party. A hurricane glass with a candle are nestled in this lush gard ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Looking for a splash of color? You'll see how to make a spring floral using daffodils, irises, tulips and a budding clover bush--all nicel ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Looking for a splash of color? Combine a silk greenery bush with a silk flowering bush and in no time you will have a floral that will per ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Thyme, lavender, oregano... How cute would it be to have a set of potted herb plants to enjoy all year long! In this video, Dana shows you h ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Decorate your door with a beautiful flower spray. Use silk flowers to create an inviting bouquet that will have your guests "ooh" and "ahh."

The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Orchids are so elegant, especially when you can appreciate them all year long! You can do that with silk phalaenopsis orchids, artificial de ...more

Show off your card trick skills with a little XCM (extreme card manipulation). This video tutorial will show you how to perform the Lang-Pentagon Display card flourish. There's no magic involved here, just some card manipulation for a great show. The card flourish is a techniq ...more

Show off your card trick skills with a little XCM (extreme card manipulation). This video tutorial will show you how to perform the Lang-False Cut Combo card flourish. There's no magic involved here, just some card manipulation for a great show. The card flourish is a techniqu ...more

Show off your card trick skills with a little XCM (extreme card manipulation). This video tutorial will show you how to perform the Lang-Surprise Display card flourish. There's no magic involved here, just some card manipulation for a great show. The card flourish is a techniq ...more

Do you need an awesome costume for Comicon, or do you just need a giant prop revolver? Either way you can't miss with this episode. Erik shows you how to make your very own "Good Samaritan" revolver from Hellboy! This video will give you tips and tricks for making a great look ...more

Watch this video to learn how to make tacos. Here are all the tricks on making crispy homemade sizzling tacos!

Mike from the SubStream's "Film Lab" has some tips regarding lighting, gripping and gaffing. Mike's soul screams for Rosco's magic Cinefoil wrap (aka Black Wrap, aka shroud-of-death wrap). Made from black holes. Learn what it's used for and how to use it! It's really just thi ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Dana uses Real Touch Flowers to make a corsage for Mother's Day. Just by adding some seeded eucalyptus, this mini ros ...more

This is an absolutely fundamental concept and is important to development as a filmmaker. It's a really simple pice of shorthand that cinematographers and gaffers use to keep track of lighting setups across different shooting days. It's called a lighting ratio or a contrast ra ...more

Professional Triathlon, Jessi Stensland, shows tricks to making quick and smooth triathlon transitions. She takes you through racking of your bike, bike equipment checks, gear positioning, helmet and sunglasses placement, and shoe preparations to minimize the time needed to tr ...more

Mike from the SubStream's "Film Lab" has some tips regarding film lighting. See how to use these super cool (literally and figuratively) lights called Kino lights. These fluorescent Kino Flos are perfect for when you want soft, even light that doesn't draw much power. Get the ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. See how to make a silk flower pomander ball. Pomander balls make for a very nice decorating accent. Often used for we ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Use these easy steps to pot a spiral topiary for outdoor or indoor use. Spiral topiaries will enhance any landscape a ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Use these easy steps to create a mini-garden you can enjoy in any room in the house. Dana shares her techniques for g ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Windowboxes are the perfect accent to dress up windows, fences or deck and porch railings and artificial flowers are ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Dana shows you how to arrange a Mothers Day Flower Basket following her simple techniques. This tone-on-tone silk flo ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. A Mothers Day Gift Basket is a great place to gather gifts to give mom on her special day. Make this Mothers Day Gift ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Make a front door silk flower wreath that will impress your neighbors! Dana shows you some simple techniques to achie ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun & valuable skill. Dana Plazyk lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Silk rose petals are often spread down the aisle by flower girls...but they have many other uses! They are perfect for decorating many items ...more

This video is geared toward filmmakers, specifically cinematographers and gaffers, on what diffusion gels are and when to use them on a film set. This is a part of The SubStream's "Film Lab". Diffusion doesn't change the color of light, in general, although there are some col ...more

The SubStream's "Film Lab" provides valuable information for filmmakers, specifically cinematographers and gaffers, on how to use neutral density gels. Gels are used to change the quality or color of the light in a scene. Gels can come in many different sizes: they can extrem ...more

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements. Centerpieces will add the final touch to any decor. In this three-part series, Dana shows you step-by-step instructio ...more

Omelets are delicious ways to liven-up your breakfast. Learn tips and tricks for making a savory omelet from an expert chef in this free online series of cooking videos. Part 1 of 15 - How to Make an omelet. Make an omelet - Part 2 of 15. Click through to watch this video on e ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a somersaulting robot. You will need: a gear box, 1.5 v DC motor, battery holder for AA, and a few gem clips. First, glue the gear box onto the battery holder and then glue the motor shaft in. Next, glue the gem clip on the pistons of the ...more

Making all-twine knotted Rosaries is actually quite easy once you know how. This video explains some of the "tricks of the trade" for making all-twine knotted Rosaries to freely give away to other people.

In this clip, you'll learn a few tricks of the trade for making your title text pop. Whether you're completely new to Sony's popular nonlinear editor (NLE) or are a seasoned digital video professional simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to be well ...more

The college experience is just not complete without utter humiliation. These practical jokes are funny enough to bother pulling on friends, without being so mean as to lose the friends. Learn how to execute these tricks by watching this prank-making video tutorial. Use this as ...more

If you've purchased the DLC or add-on to Fallout 3, Operation Anchorage, then you may already have seen the awesome armor that comes with it as well. This baby is one good looking piece of hardware and will have you easily looking better than everyone else in the game. But if ...more

This video helps in making a bow and arrow using pencil, pen and rubber band. You can get these from school, stores, house etc. Items used : color Pencil, rubber band, knife with a sharp tip, pen that comes apart, adhesive tape or glue. Preparation: First of all, make a hole a ...more

You don't need to invest in fake hair - AKA hair extensions - to look like you have a head full of enviable voluminous, thick hair. In fact, all you need to do to create buxom hair looks is a few tricks, and a few hairstyles targeted towards making your hair look fuller. Chec ...more

This is a detailed explanation on a particular step of an earlier project "Moleksine Notebook Mods". This is my first time working with a video explainer so I'm happy to take comments on whether this is useful, if some voice over would be better, maybe text on the video. The a ...more

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 501st installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to work wi ...more

You can use surveillance skills to pursue a career as an investigator or to spy on whoever you like. You will need to have a mobile means of making observation and this might include things like pen and paper, camcorder or camera. Learn how to be a Private Investigator. Learn ...more

Meet the Adobe Photoshop pen tool! Whether you're new to Adobe's popular image editing software or simply looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which presents a complete overview of the Photoshop and Illustrator pen ...more

This is an awesome mini cross bow that will really shoot. You just need some tape, a rubber band and a pen and you’ll be on your way to making this cool toy. It’s not very difficult and can be done in just a few minutes. Step 1. To begin making your own crossbow, boil water o ...more

In this video, we learn how to write the letter K in calligraphy copperplate. Start by running your calligraphy pen on the paper going from a thin line to a thick, making a line curved to the left ending with a dot at the end of a small loop. Next, make a loop to drag out acro ...more

Tips and tricks to cross style French braids. Starting with making sure that you get hair damp and as close to perfectly straight to make sure the French braids come out as well as possible. This step by step instructional video shows you how to part and braid the hair on anot ...more

This video will give you tips and tricks on how to use a field audio mixer for your home movies and amateur films.

In this video series, our expert will teach you how to make a variety of yarn crafts. Get easy to follow instructions for making a yarn doll, a yarn cross and a yarn pen. Part 1 of 17 - How to Make yarn crafts. Make yarn crafts - Part 2 of 17. Click through to watch this video ...more

Creating realistic trees in Maya is hard enough without the leaves, but when you add the lively green leaves onto the branches, the difficulty level doubles. An animated leaf needs to mimic a real life, living leaf, which is intricate, to say the least. So, if you've been havi ...more

Watch this demonstration of how to make a medieval quill pen by Jennifer Smith of Ferrers Household at an English Heritage Living History event at Kenilworth Castle. In the Medieval era you may have had to make your own ink to write with in addition to making your own pens. To ...more

First of all you have to draw the outline using light color rough lines. Draw the face with beak and then draw the two wings hanging down. Also draw a tail at the back of the bird. Now you have to draw the outline by using a pen. Start by making the beak of the bird at the fro ...more

This is a fun and easy craft you can do with your children, by making a replica of the old feather quill pens - with none of the mess! You'll need some white construction paper, a regular ball point pen, some scissors and a stapler.

The kite in this how-to video is a terrific flyer and exciting to make! You will need ripstop nylon or equivalent, bamboo or wood dowels – 1/8” – 2 @ 36”, tape (cloth) and double stick tape, string (packaging type) 30’, a hobby stick, scissors, a ruler (yardstick), a pencil/pe ...more