In this part of my electronics tutorial we’ll cover Voltage Drop, Capacitors, Variable Resistors, Potentiometers, Rheostats, Diodes, Schematic Diagrams, Electronic Circuit Diagraming Software and much more.
If you missed part 1 or part 2 definitely watch those first or you may be confused. All of the circuit diagrams can be found below the video along with a transcript of the video. Continue reading Electronics Tutorial 3
In this tutorial I’ll show you most of what you need to know for drawing Android buttons for your interfaces. I’ll be using a free program called Inkscape to draw 6 buttons. I did my best to cover all of the most common techniques you will need in this one tutorial.
If you want to know more about Inkscape, I have an Inkscape Video Tutorial that goes over most everything you can do with Inkscape. Here is the finished vector art from this tutorial. Continue reading Android Development for Beginners 7
Welcome to the last part of my Inkscape Video Tutorial. In this video I will cover most every tool that I previously didn’t cover. As well I provide samples of the most popular Inkscape Raster Extensions.
Specifically I will cover linking vs. embedding images, Patterns, Clipping, Masking, Make a Bitmap Copy, Tracing and more. I also provide a cheat sheet below you can use after you watch the video. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 8
In this part of my Inkscape tutorial I will finish up covering the Inkscape Filter Editor. If you missed the previous part of this tutorial watch it first because I cover how to fix a common Filter Editor bug.
I cover how to use the Inkscape Displacement Map, Image, Morphology, and Convolve Matrix parts of the Filter Editor. We will create neon signs, ripple water, sharpen, emboss and more. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 7
A bunch of people have been asking me to do an “Ask Me Anything”, so today I did just that.
I basically answered every question I received over a 1 hour and 45 minute period. Sorry about the lighting, but that is the best I could do for $50 🙂 Thank you to everyone that contributed to this video. It was a ton of fun for me! Continue reading Ask Me Anything Video
In this part of my Inkscape video tutorial I cover the Inkscape Filter Editor. Previously I showed what every single Inkscape filter looks like and this time I’ll show how they were made.
Specifically I’ll cover the following filter primitives available in the Filter Editor : Gaussian Blur, Blend, Offset, Merge, Turbulence, Color Matrix, Flood, Diffuse Lighting and Specular lighting. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 6
I decided that rather then make a video tutorial about Inkscape Filter Effects that I’d just provide a sample of every single Inkscape Filter Effect.
There are a ton of them and I thought it might be a useful tool if you want to see what you can expect all in one place. Click on any of the following to go to that exact filter effect : ABCs, Bevels, Blurs, Bumps, Color, Distort, Image Effects, Image Effects Transparent, Materials, Morphology, Non Realistic 3D Shaders, Overlays, Protrusions, Ridges, Scatter, Shadows and Glows, Textures, and Transparency Utilities. Continue reading Inkscape Filter Effects
In this part of my Inkscape video tutorial I focus on the Inkscape Tiled Clone Tool. I also cover clones and how they work in Inkscape.
I explain what every tiled clone tool does and provide a few examples of the cool things you can create with them. Specifically we’ll look at Symmetry, Shift, Scale, Rotation, Blur & Opacity, Color and Trace. We’ll make cool patterns, flowers, spirals and so much more. I also have my notes listed below the video to help you along. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 5
In this part of my Inkscape Video Tutorial I cover most everything about the Bezier tool, Node tool and Inkscape Path Effects. I also cover how to fix the common lxml wrapper for libxml2 is required OS X error.
I cover the different types of nodes and paths and how to work with them. I cover every Inkscape Path Effect : Pattern Along Path, Stitch Sub Paths, Bend, Construct grid, Gears, Hatches, Interpolate Sub Paths, Knot, Ruler, Sketch, Spiro Spline, VonKoch and provide examples for each. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 4
Welcome to part 3 of my Inkscape Video Tutorial. You should watch the previous parts before watching this. Here they are part 1 & 2.
In this tutorial I will cover how to use : the Pathfinder Tools, RGB, HSL, CMYK, Blur, Fill, Stroke, Dropper Tool, the Tweak Tool, Dashes, Joints, Gradient Tool, Gradient Options and much more. I packed a ton of information into this one video and I hope you like it. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 3
In this part of my Inkscape Video Tutorial I continue to teach how to use the tools Inkscape provides. If you missed part 1 you may want to check it out first.
This time I cover how to: Create Keyboard Shortcuts, Document Properties, Tricks for Selecting Objects, Guides, Rulers, Align, Transform, Rows & Columns and more.
I’m going a bit slower then normal in this tutorial to make sure everything is easy to understand and remember. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 2
Welcome to my Inkscape Video Tutorial! Inkscape is an amazing program that is almost as good as Adobe Illustrator, but it is FREE!
Because I’m going to be drawing interfaces and making games very soon I thought it would be very important to show how to create those designs. Inkscape is the perfect tool for drawing them. In this tutorial I cover what all of the buttons do and I teach you how I remember all of the shortcut key codes. Many more videos are coming until I have covered everything. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial
Today I’m going to show you how to use a PS3 controller with a PC. I’ve received this question many times. Most of the problems come from the fact that people don’t know how to find MotionInJoy. You don’t have to worry about that now, because you can download MotionInJoy here.
Now that you have the MotionInJoy zipped file, we can set everything up. It is extremely easy to do. This also works for Mac users who want to use a PS3 controller with Parallels. Continue reading Use a PS3 Controller with a PC
In this video I’ll show you how to install Torchlight II for Mac. I’ve received many requests on how to play PC games on a Mac. I reached out to those people that made the requests and asked them what game they want to play most. They said they wanted to play Torchlight 2.
So, in this video I’ll show you how to install Windows Steam on Mac. Also I’ll cover how to play PC games on Mac without installing Windows. This works for numerous PC games. JUST TEST THE DEMO VERSION BEFORE YOU BUY!
The only program you’ll need is PlayOnMac. It will install everything else for you. Find other PC games you can play on Mac here. Continue reading Torchlight II for Mac
I’ve received a bunch of requests on the best way for recording iPad screens. A bunch of you want to get into the lucrative world of recording games for YouTube I guess?
I’ve looked into the many ways to screen record ipad apps and I present the cheapest and easiest way here. I use a program called Reflection for screen recording ipad apps. This isn’t a sponsored message! It records both the video and sound from your app for all devices older than iPhone 4S and iPad 2. I show in the video below how easy it is to use.
I also document how I record voice overs using iMovie for these videos as well in the video and much more. Continue reading Recording iPad Screen
I’ve been asked my opinion on the Best Mac Game Controller recently many times, so this weekend I tried a bunch of Mac game controllers out. Even though you may have heard otherwise, the XBox 360 controllers and the off brand versions don’t work consistently.
After trying 5 Mac game controllers, the best for the Mac is the PS3 Dualshock 3 Wireless. It connects effortlessly with the help of the Gamepad Companion 2.4, which you can download here for free. The only other thing you need is a USB 2.0 A to Mini-B Cable for charging you controller. Everything else you need to do is covered in the video below.
Lately I have had many videos taken down on YouTube because of false claims from the recording industry. It seems that the recording industry is just blindly making claims on everything on YouTube lately.
What is crazy about this is that I use Apple iLife royalty free music on all of my videos. That has not kept companies like EMI from either stealing my ad revenue (which I don’t care about), but they are now forcing videos to be deleted.
It has been an eventful past 2 days, but now baby and mommy are back home now!
So many people asked me to provide a glimpse into a babys first two days of life. So in this video, I show you some of the highlights.
I cut out anything that you don’t want to see and focused on the cute stuff 🙂 I hope you enjoy it. Continue reading Babys First Two Days
I’ve had my Nexus 7 for about a month now. While I really like it, I haven’t given up on trying to make the camera work.
So, I went and bought a few of the most popular Nexus 7 camera apps to see if any of them work. Hint, none of them work very well and some are even worse than the free camera app.
Below you can see pictures from a few of the camera apps I have.
I’ve had the first iPad since it first came out, but after years of use it wasn’t holding its charge. So, over the last 2 months I’ve tried out many competitors to find my new tablet.
In this video, I provide my Google Nexus 7 video review. I tested the iPad 2, New iPad, Kindle Fire, and the Asus Transformer. For the buck I didn’t think anything compared to the Nexus 7.
Below I go through the pros and cons of the Nexus 7.
