Tech Corner: Make Your Own Tutorial Videos

Some months back, I became interested in making some small tutorials to help my Second Life customers operate some of my gadgets. After playing with a few freebies and demos for pricey programs, I discovered that I liked the screen capture video software called CamStudio the best. It was unbelievably simple to use and gave me the results I wanted. The one issue is that you have to set the settings properly, or you'll get a lot of crashes that will make you want to pull your hair out. Check out this How to Create a Video Tutorial with CamStudio page for settings, tips and post-production program suggestions.

Other Uses: machinima, instruct friends or co-workers on the use of a favorite program, demonstrate how to use your digital product to customers

Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rutty/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Blender Tutorial: How to Learn Texture Baking in Blender

I just got around to writing my first tech tutorial. So, since I am working on a Blender project at the moment, I decided to write one on the often overlooked skill of texture baking. It has a highly useful technique if you work with game engines, Flash 3D or virtual worlds like Second Life.

Link: How to Learn Texture Baking in Blender