After seeing the work of Joey Shanks, you may wonder why the heck movie studios spend so many millions on special effects. Shanks, a filmmaker who specializes in DIY effects, just wrapped the first ...

If you're tired of the dated fluorescent lighting in your kitchen (or lack for under-cabinet lighting at all) this how-to guide will help you add LED strip lights with a dimmer and fade effects.

CNET Australia spoke to Simon Hansen, Visual Effects Supervisor on Chronicle, about clever effects tricks, working within your limits, and the importance of the DIY backyard-effects scene to the ...

Making a monster is no walk in the park. In fact, Making an army of monsters that brutally kill a town of people in a no-budget creature feature is just downright nutso. But if you’re of my school of ...

Makers, Arduino and electronics enthusiasts that have wanted to create a laser sky effect generator, may be interested in this new DIY tutorial which is being published by YouTuber “Normal Universe” ...

Halloween may have come and gone but thats no reason not to take a look at this neat little special effects setup. Basically it uses an analogue circuit to monitor an audio signal and triggers some ...

Mark Rober, who has been experimenting with cameras for some time now on his YouTube channel (even sending one into a gorilla cage to document the animal up close and making a “Scooby-Doo”-style ...

The Empress Effects ZOIA was already plenty powerful if you ask me. Its modular approach to DIY effects design basically let your imagination run wild. But, there are a handful of patches in my ...