Free Tutorials

Genealogy #01: Beginning Your Family Tree

2008-03-31T04:08:00.001-04:00

By Request: Removing the Background from an Image

2008-03-30T04:00:00.000-04:00

Photo Restoration #1: An Introduction & Example [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:38:00.000-04:00

Photo Editing #1: The Magic of Levels [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:37:00.000-04:00

Photo Editing #3: Soft Colorize of Black & White [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:36:00.000-04:00

Photo Editing #4: Adjusting Images for Effect [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:35:00.002-04:00

Photo Editing #2: Sepia Effects [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:35:00.001-04:00

Photo Restoration #2: 1960's Wedding Photo [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:34:00.000-04:00

Photo Editing #5: The Healing Brush [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:33:00.000-04:00

Photo Editing #6: Faux Colorization [PhotoShop]

2008-03-29T03:32:00.000-04:00

Flash #01: Basic Animation and Shape Tween

2008-03-29T03:28:00.002-04:00

Flash #02: Motion Tweens and Sound

2008-03-29T03:28:00.001-04:00

Flash #03: Using Animated GIF's

2008-03-29T03:27:00.000-04:00

Flash #04: Basic Buttons

2008-03-29T03:25:00.002-04:00

Bryce #01: Beginning Bryce

2008-03-29T03:25:00.001-04:00

Bryce #02: Beginning Animation

2008-03-29T03:24:00.000-04:00

Photoshop Tips: Free Stuff You Didn't Know You Had!

2008-03-29T03:22:00.000-04:00

Bryce #03: Build a City in 5 Minutes

2008-03-29T03:20:00.000-04:00

Flash #05: Easy Custom Mouse Pointer

2008-03-29T03:19:00.000-04:00

Flash #06: Easy 3D-ish Button

2008-03-29T03:18:00.001-04:00

Flash #07: Invisible Buttons?

2008-03-29T03:17:00.000-04:00

Bryce #04: Landscape 1 (Island Sunset)

2008-03-29T03:16:00.002-04:00

Bryce #05: Landscape 2 (Desert)

2008-03-29T03:16:00.001-04:00

Bryce #06: Landscape 3 (River Valley)

2008-03-29T03:12:00.002-04:00

Bryce #07: Landscape 4 (Outer Space)

2008-03-29T03:12:00.001-04:00

Bryce #08: Landscape 5 (The Forest)

2008-03-29T03:11:00.000-04:00

Bryce #09: Importing Models

2008-03-29T03:10:00.000-04:00

Bryce #10: Build a Sword (with Asymmetrical Lattice)

2008-03-29T03:09:00.000-04:00

Bryce #11: Animation Part II (Working with the Camera)

2008-03-29T03:07:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Excel #01: Introduction to Excel

2008-03-29T03:05:00.001-04:00

Bryce #12: Creating a 3D Logo

2008-03-29T03:03:00.000-04:00

PhotoShop Actions: Explored and Explained

2008-03-29T02:59:00.002-04:00

Photoshop Tips: Replace Colors!

2008-03-29T02:59:00.001-04:00

Photo Editing #7: The Gondola Tutorial

2008-03-29T02:58:00.000-04:00

Photo Restoration #3: Quick Restore (Horse & Carriage)

2008-03-29T02:57:00.000-04:00

PhotoShop Tips: Funny Faces (Liquify Filter)

2008-03-29T02:56:00.000-04:00

PhotoShop Tips: Layer Styles & Text

2008-03-29T02:54:00.000-04:00

Bryce #13: Photo-Realistic Planets

2008-03-29T02:50:00.000-04:00

Rhino 3D #1: Creating a 3D Goblet Model

2008-03-29T02:49:00.000-04:00

Rhino 3D #2: Creating a Coffee Table -- Fast!

2008-03-29T02:48:00.000-04:00

Flash #08: Eyes that Follow the Mouse

2008-03-29T02:47:00.000-04:00

Windows Movie Maker: Tutorial 1

2008-03-29T02:45:00.002-04:00

Microsoft Word #01: Tips & Tricks for Making Word Awesome!

2008-03-29T02:45:00.001-04:00

Windows Movie Maker: Tutorial 2

2008-03-29T02:41:00.002-04:00

Microsoft Outlook #01: Message Rules and Automatic Sorting

2008-03-29T02:41:00.001-04:00

PhotoShop Tips: Magic Erasers and Transparent GIF's

2008-03-29T02:40:00.001-04:00

Re: Flash #04: Basic Buttons

2008-03-29T02:38:00.000-04:00

Photo Restoration #4: Restoring and Compositing Two Pictures

2008-03-29T02:37:00.000-04:00

PhotoShop Tips: Creating Animated GIF's

2008-03-29T02:36:00.002-04:00

Bryce #14: Creating Round Objects (Bowl, Lamp Shade, Plates)

2008-03-29T02:36:00.001-04:00

Bryce #15: Iron Gates & Stained Glass!

2008-03-29T02:35:00.001-04:00

Bryce #16: Creating Shells, Horns, and Organic Shapes

2008-03-29T02:33:00.000-04:00

Crazy Talk 4: Animate Your Pictures!

2008-03-29T02:31:00.000-04:00

Google Tips: Some of the Lesser-Known Functions

2008-03-29T02:30:00.002-04:00

Create a Blog: The 5 Minute Blog

2008-03-29T02:30:00.001-04:00

Photoshop Tips: Create Pop Art (#1)

2008-03-29T02:29:00.001-04:00

Photoshop Tips: Create Pop Art (#2)

2008-03-29T02:27:00.002-04:00

Photoshop Tips: Create a Sphere

2008-03-29T02:27:00.001-04:00

Re: Photoshop Tips: Create Pop Art (#2)

2008-03-29T02:24:00.000-04:00

Web Page Tutorial #01: Basic HTML

2008-03-29T02:23:00.000-04:00

Web Page Tutorial #02: More HTML & Microsoft Front Page

2008-03-29T02:21:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Word #02: Using Pictures and Clip Art

2008-03-29T02:20:00.000-04:00

Rhino 3D #3: Squeeze a Spaceship from a Box!

2008-03-29T02:17:00.000-04:00

Flash #09: Trace Art and Drawing Tips

2008-03-29T02:15:00.000-04:00

Photo Editing #8: Virtual Makeover (Part I)

2008-03-29T00:31:00.002-04:00

Photo Editing #9: The Virtual Makeover (#2)

2008-03-29T00:31:00.001-04:00

Drawing for Kids: Cowboy & Giraffe (Part 1)

2008-03-29T00:29:00.000-04:00

Drawing for Kids: Lighthouse Scene (Part 2)

2008-03-29T00:28:00.000-04:00

Rhino 3D #4: Carved Table and Legs

2008-03-29T00:27:00.000-04:00

Flash #10: Flash Paints, Fills & Lines

2008-03-29T00:26:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Excel #02: Create a Seating Chart

2008-03-29T00:24:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Excel #03: Cartesian Coordinate & Venn Diagram

2008-03-29T00:22:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Excel #04: Excel as a Database

2008-03-29T00:21:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Excel #05: Tips, Tricks, & Form Creation

2008-03-29T00:20:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Excel #06: Using "IF" in Formulas

2008-03-29T00:18:00.002-04:00

Windows Movie Maker: Tutorial 3 - Musical Slide Show

2008-03-29T00:18:00.001-04:00

Photoshop Tips: Create a Tiled Background

2008-03-29T00:17:00.001-04:00

Microsoft Excel #07: Importing Data & Working with Graphs

2008-03-29T00:15:00.000-04:00

Photo Editing #10: Create 3D Anaglyph Images (3d glasses)

2008-03-29T00:14:00.000-04:00

PhotoStory: Creating Your 1st PhotoStory

2008-03-29T00:10:00.002-04:00

TerraServer: Free Satellite Photo Resource

2008-03-29T00:10:00.001-04:00

Google Earth #1: Introduction to Google Earth

2008-03-29T00:09:00.001-04:00

Google Earth #2: Importing Models and Textures

2008-03-29T00:08:00.001-04:00

Google Earth #3: Customizing Your Content

2008-03-29T00:07:00.000-04:00

Excel - Back to the Basics: Formulas and Formatting

2008-03-29T00:05:00.002-04:00

Excel - Back to the Basics: Formulas and Formatting 2

2008-03-29T00:05:00.001-04:00

Excel - Back to the Basics: Customizing Excel

2008-03-29T00:03:00.002-04:00

Microsoft Excel #08: Working with Dates

2008-03-29T00:03:00.001-04:00

Improve Quality of YouTube Video Playback! Easy!

2008-03-28T23:59:00.000-04:00

Microsoft Excel #09: Using the REPT (Repeat) Function - Neat

2008-03-28T23:53:00.000-04:00

Adobe Photoshop Express - A new free Adobe Service! Demo

2008-03-28T23:52:00.000-04:00

Google Tips: Find music and movies much easier (insite tip)

2008-03-28T23:39:00.000-04:00

My adventures in Video Blogging (or Vlogging)

2007-08-17T22:19:00.000-04:00

I started out just making a couple video tutorials for my kids. Then I decided to do one for a friend... and then one for a former colleague... and before I knew it I was getting requests from people across the country for specific programs or projects! I ended up with SO MANY video tutorials that I couldn't keep them organized on YouTube -- so I started this Blog.

But a funny thing happened -- I was uploading so many new videos so rapidly, that I got temporarily shut down by Blogger because they thought I was hosting some sort of pornographic spam server! They have since apologized and [obviously] I am up and running again... but it was a less-than stellar beginning.

Anyway, please leave me suggestions, feedback, critique, etc. so we can continue to build this into a wonderful resource.

This is just taking off!

2007-08-04T23:36:00.000-04:00

Wow, when I decided to start putting some video tutorials and downloadable "tip sheets" online, I thought a few of my former students would be interested -- maybe a family member or colleague -- a random user on the Internet looking for specific help... but wow. My video tutorials on YouTube have gathered 30 more subscribers in the last week, and I am getting requests for specific tips and tricks. I love it!

Best of all it scratches that itch that I have been feeling so long: The need to teach. The need to show someone something that they didn't know -- to help them achieve something they didn't know they had in them. It feels good.

In any event, please feel free to email me or post a feedback if you have specific ideas for tips, tricks, or tutorials.

Remember that I'm just getting this blog off the ground so some of the sections seem a little sparse at the moment. I'm working on that every night.

Thanks for stopping by!

Robert

Free Tutorials: The First Blog Post

2007-07-30T00:58:00.000-04:00

One of the things I have missed most about teaching is helping people to discover how easy it is to use technology, and to watch people who didn't believe they had any artistic talent discover that they could create beauty. I decided a few weeks ago that if I can't be in the classroom directly, I would put together a collection of tips, tricks, and tutorials to help people find "technological enlightenment" -- or at least ease some of their stress. :)

The works on this page are the beginning of the overall project. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed putting them together. Some of the tutorial videos have low volume because I generally record them when my kids are sleeping -- like now, for example, at 1am. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Robert