Archive for December, 2010

Inkscape “CREATING HALFTONES” Tutorial #23

www.learndigitaldesign.com This tutorial covers creating halftones in Inkscape. After a question I received in the forums I was prompted to create this. We use the good ole’ chicken from the “Vector a chicken” tutorial again. Please don’t turn us in for abusing this poor chicken. ** Note No chickens were harmed in the making of this tutorial! **… Continue reading

Gimp Tutorial: Eraser to Transparent Background Removal

Please comment and rate videos – this will help other people find them by ranking them higher…it takes a second — Part 2 of 2 Very basic tutorial on removing backgrounds/cutting out an image. — Again apologies for the quality…I’m having issues with CamStudio and full screen capture… Continue reading

Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Arc

Shows how to use the arc tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices. Video Outline: – How to draw arcs – Drawing tangent arcs – Drawing continuous smooth arcs – Defining number of arc segments… Continue reading

Inkscape Tutorial – Text with Shadow Background

www.LittleWebHut.com In this Inkscape tutorial, you will learn how to create text with a shadow background. This affect is used to give the text a 3-D look. You can apply this Inkscape technique on other objects as well. This Inkscape tutorial will show you how easy it is to create a shadow background. Even though this is so easy to do, the affect that it produces is very impressive… Continue reading

Let a photo flow into the camera -GIMP tutorial

GIMP tutorial – Let a photo flow into the camera. Advanced but easy to follow image manipulation tutorial in GIMP. This GIMP how to can easily be applied in Photoshop as well. After following this GIMP tutorial you’ll know how to use the rotate tool, the perspective tool and the scale tool. The GIMP Iwarp filter is used as well. If you are following this tutorial in Photoshop just use… Continue reading

Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Rectangle

Shows how to use the rectangle tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices. Video Outline: – Drawing rectangles on any surface – Draw a perfect square or golden rectangle – Being accurate… Continue reading

Inkscape Tutorial by heathenx: Create a Basic Animation

In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to make a basic animation, with the help of swftools, in Inkscape v0.45… Continue reading

fotoritocco con GIMP

Fotoritocco con GIMP Photo retouching with GIMP… Continue reading

Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Position Camera/ Look Around

Shows how to use the position camera and look around tools in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices. Video Outline: – Look around is a stationary viewing tool – Position camera allows you to place your view – Position your view exactly – Changing your field of view… Continue reading

Inkscape-Screencast3 – Reflected Text

Here’s a quick and dirty demonstration of creating mirrored text using Inkscape. The sound should be better since I’m using the Logitech headset I just bought… Continue reading