Video Tutes brings you video tutorials on open source and cheap useful software. Video Tutes is the place to come if you need to learn how to use software by seeing it demonstrated in video.
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Background to transparency
Just a little tip on how to convert a .png image with a colored background to a transparent background using the Gimp
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Scribus-Blender-Interface
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This I deal with the text box Blenders Interface. I show you how the layering works for this text box.
This I deal with the text box Blenders Interface. I show you how the layering works for this text box.
Scribus-Blender-Intro
In this the first video we give you an overview of the layering used to create this document by Blender in Scribus
Scribus-Blender-Overview
Over the next five videos I will deconstruct a Scribus document created by Blender showing you how you can create a complicated document in layers making less complicated to make this way.
Friday, 28 May 2010
Scribus Templates
This Tutorial shows you how to save your Scribus documents as a template for future use.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Outlines and Scrapbook a Practical Example
Here is a practical example of applying outlines and using teh scrapbook to make a simple poster for a notice board.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Scribus-ScrapBook
In this video I'll show you how to use the scrap book to re-use common elements and objects instead of re-creating them over and over again.
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Import from Google Docs To OpenOffice
Using the OpenOffice Gdocs extension I'll show how to import a Google docs document into OpenOffice Writer. For this one I'm using a new mic so I'd appreciate some feedback o sound quality even though I'm still playing with the sound settings.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
OpenOffice to Google Docs
Using an extension in OpenOffice it is possible to upload your OpenOffice documents to Google Docs. with the only draw back being that your documents get converted to Google Docs format.
Friday, 30 April 2010
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Install Apps From PPA's
Here's a really nice Lucid feature. In this video you can see that users can now add software from your PPA without using the CLI. They just need to get you deb line, and using the software center, they are good to go.
Monday, 26 April 2010
OOo-Synonym-Extension
This is an extension that allows you to use Synonyms in Writer. It's a bit of a Primadona when setting up but, once set up it works fine. This video takes you through the process I used to set it up.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
7zip Split
This video will show you how to spit a large folder or application in a number of smaller zip files.
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Openshot Movie Editor
I got this tutorial from the Lubuntu site as it's one of the best videos on showing how to use OpenShot I've seen.
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Drop Caps Re-Visited
This Tutorial we show you how to apply a character style to a a drop cap style to add extra formatting such colour to the drop caps
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Stop Default Keyring pt2
And this is part two, to stoping the default keyring popping up
when you go to use Evolution or Empathy.
Stop Default Keyring pt1
This little video is part one of stopping that annoying default keyring
popping up when you start up Empathy and Evolution
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Installing Guest additions with Nautilus as Admin
This video takes you through the process of Installing Virtualbox Guest additions
using Nautilus as the administrator. No more messing with terminal commands.
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Intro To PDF Mod part-1
Just a little intro to PDFMod a great little toll that lets you modify or combine PDF documents or books.
Intro To PDF Mod part-2
Just a little intro to PDFMod a great little toll that lets you modify or combine PDF documents or books.
Saturday, 20 March 2010
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