How to use Fractal Explorer
Since I know how a newbie to Fractal Explorer (FE for short) can feel overwhelmed with the program I thought I’d make a webpage that tells you how to use it. I’m going to show you step by step with pictures so be prepared, some of the images may take a little while to show up…
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Interactive Pan Flash Movie tutorial by R. Berdan
This tutorial will show how to build panoramic VR movies that move left or right as you drag your mouse over them. The main advantage of using Flash is that the movies will be much faster to load them Quick time movies and the dimensions of the movie are under your control as well as any interface elements such as buttons you want to add. I recommend you complete the first tutorial on a simple VR pan before trying this one.
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Laser Cutter Tutorial - AutoCAD
There are now two laser cutters available to you; the V-460 has a bed size of 18”x24” and the X-660 which has a bed size of 18”x32”. The laser cutters can do many things, like cut and engrave (or score). There are some tips for preparing your laser files in AutoCAD at the end of this document. For more information on approved materials the laser cutters can cut and score please refer to the “Laser
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3DGIS Training Tutorial
3DCM (the data producing personnel should be specially skilled)
It is a modular integrated with modeling and model editing (geometry editing, texture editing and attribute editing). It can accept different sources of data to build complete 3D surface models. And it can edit arbitrary 3D objects including changing geometry shape, associating different attributes and textures and so on. The modeling and editing results will ultimately be stored in database with appointed model and structure. Next this tutorial will introduce four toolbar of 3DCM.You can model conveniently by using them.
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MySpace Tutorial
What is all this? This is the back end of your MySpace profile. This is where you’ll edit your profile’s appearance, send out bulletins to all your Friends, add Photos and Blog entries, manage Friend Requests and update Calendar entries. The center section is reserved for updates from your Friends. At the bottom, you’ll find a list of all your current Friends.
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Drawing Super Mario Tutorial
In this tutorial, we will learn to draw very famous video game character ‘Mr. Mario’. Although, each step is explained in details, but basic knowledge of Pen tool will be helpful.
Lets start by creating the face first.
Set the foreground color to #E9C693. Draw this shape with Ellipse tool
Click on ‘Add to shape area’
Draw another circle below the the circle.
Add 2 pixel black color stroke in it.
Draw this ear with the pen tool. Add 2 pixel wide stroke in it. Use brush tool to draw a small curved line in the middle of ear.
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The text photo‐mosaic picture Tutorial
It may be a bit confusing to refer to the result in this tutorial as a ‘text mosaic’ picture. A real text mosaic picture is a picture that is built from text. Our Textaizer Pro is a popular application to create such effects. We mean of course a ‘photo‐mosaic picture in which a text is written’, or any other highlighted subject, as we will demonstrate at the end of this tutorial. We have chosen this tutorial example to show how the combination of masks, source pictures and random settings can create new effects that is almost impossible to create with currently available (low‐cost) bitmap editors. Mosaizer Pro has all the tools in place to make this in a simple few steps.
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Digital Imaging Tutorial
This tutorial offers base-level information on the use of digital imaging to convert and make accessible cultural heritage materials. It also introduces some concepts advocated by Cornell University Library, in particular the value of benchmarking requirements before undertaking a digital initiative. You will find here up-to-date technical information, formulas, and reality checks, designed to test your level of understanding.
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KPT SkyEffects Tutorial
Lesson 1: Getting Started
KPT SkyEffects lets you create photorealistic skies by manipulating such elements as cloud layers, fog, haze, and the sun.
To launch KPT SkyEffects:
1 Create a new 400 by 300 RGB document with a white background.
2 Select Filter menu> KPT6> KPT SkyEffects. The KPT SkyEffects window appears.
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Coloring Line Art in Photoshop: an Introduction
Start with a good scan-1 scan my work in grayscale mode at 300-400 dpi. Some linework looks great scanned at 1200 dpi in bitmap, or “line art” mode, but mine doesn’t, because I use primarily brush and the “trailing bits” are often not fully black. So, my lines appear “clipped” when scanned as bitmapped images. Figure out how your artworks scans best.
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