http://www.screencastr.com how to, tips, tutorials, tech Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:47:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Open the image you're editing or make a new file. The example shown here uses an RGB 300 x 100 with a black background. Draw the lines in the position you want the lightning to be. Use a 1px paintbrush. Use the 'Wind' filter. Filter > Stylize > Wind. Select the method ... http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/create-lightning-in-photoshop/ Go to Domain Dossier to find the mail server. Type in the domain of the mail server eg. yahoo.com for a yahoo mail address. Select DNS records then click go. Find the DNS record which says MX in the type. Press Start > Run > Type CMD > Press Enter Once the command prompt window ... http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/how-to-spoof-an-email/ This episode shows some tricks for getting the best quality Youtube videos. Direct Downloads H.264 Tutorial Links KeepVid Code for High quality embed "&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" - paste after value and source in the embed code Download of the Week: DVD Flick Sponsor: DreamHost PromoCode: SCREEN1 Website of the Week: Hackosis Brute Force Calculator http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/screencastr-9/ This video shows how to retrieve an image from your web browsers cache. Firefox Type about:cache into address bar. Under Disk cache device navigate in windows explorer to the cache directory. Look through all the files in this folder until your find the right file. They have no extensions so this may take a ... http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/retrieve-images-from-browser-cache/ 1. Open a color image in Photoshop. To get the best sketch image, high contrast images are preferable. If it's needed, you can adjust the image's contrast (Image>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast). 2. Desaturate the layer that contains the image. You can desaturate by clicking on Image>Adjust>Desaturate. 3. Duplicate the desaturated layer. On the ... http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/how-to-make-a-color-image-look-like-a-sketch-in-photoshop/ Twitter search previously known as summize is a great way to search through the vast amount of information tweeted by people around the world every day. This post shows 8 less common uses for the service. Search @username to find the replies to that person. Especially useful if they asked a ... http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/8-uses-for-twitter-search/ This episode shows how to create your own IM Bot. Direct Downloads H.264 iPod Video (mp4) WMV Tutorial Links RunABot Labnol - How to create an IM Bot IMified Download of the Week: Balsamiq Mockups Sponsor: DreamHost PromoCode: SCREEN1 Quick Tip: Mail Bucket Website of the Week: CrazyEgg http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/8-creating-im-bot/ Steps Click Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Click Organize > New Bookmark Type the Name of the Smart Bookmark In Location: The location field is where you will configure the smart bookmark. The structure is place:queryType=(0-2)&sort=(0-20)&maxResults=(number of results)&terms=(optional) queryType: What Firefox will search through to find bookmarks. 0- Searches only your history 1- Searches only your bookmarks 2-Searches both ... http://www.screencastr.com/2008/12/create-your-own-firefox-smart-bookmarks/ This episode shows how to install XP as a virtual machine on either Windows XP or Vista. Direct Downloads H.264 iPod Video (mp4) WMV Tutorial Links Microsoft Virtual PC Download of the Week: Z-Cron Website of the Week: Fontstruct http://www.screencastr.com/2008/10/7-virtual-machine-pc/ This episode shows how to recover your files even when they have been deleted from the recycle bin. Direct Downloads H.264 iPod Video (mp4) WMV Tutorial Links Restoration Undelete Plus Inspector File Recovery Download of the Week: Desktop Teleporter Website of the Week: Public Profiler - World Names How many of me Firefox Add-on of the Week: Ubiquity http://www.screencastr.com/2008/10/recover-deleted-files/