Educational DVDs - Who Loves Them???
 

back in 2001..I was working as a retoucher & color corrector for Penthouse Photographer Stephen Hicks. He asked me one day to build a web page for his site and I was like ..."shit man, I'm a color corrector / retoucher. I don't know noth'n about building a web page"! He "suggested" that I figure it out because I may need to build or edit some pages in the future.

Immediately I went to the internet and start searching for an application to use for building web pages and found DreamWeaver. I ordered the program and had it FedEx'd in. Then I found Lynda.com and ordered a DreamWeaver educational DVD and also had it FedEx'd in. I spent a whole weekend learning as much as I could about DreamWeaver and when I walked in the office on Monday morning....I was ready to start buildling & editing web pages. Stephen was blown away and I was too.

It was at that moment that I realized the power of educational DVDs. For me, it's the way to learn any new apps. I hate reading books and manuals.

Anywayz, just got me to wondering if you guys love educational DVDs as much as I do :winkwink:

I have educational DVDs for:
Playing Guitar
Card Magic
Coin Magic
Various Magic Tricks
Coin Flourishes
Card Flourishes
and some other random History type DVDs.

I've always been a big book person...

When I needed to learn flash... I turned to Hillman Curtis...

When I needed to learn code... I turned to PeachPit Press

When I needed to learn photoshop and design... well to be honest that one's been a lifelong process so I couldn't pin it to one source, but there have been many, many books, and even many more "apprentice" hours picking up my trades.

I love educational dvds. I have gotten them on Vegas , photoshop ,on the 20d when I got it, on the dvx100a, on lighting. Books put me to sleep I do best with the monkey see, monkey do method.

Right now I'm watching educational DVD's for Final Cut Pro 6, Apple Color, Compressor and Soundtrack Pro 2. I even picked up a DVD on switching from PC to Apple. Don't laugh...it's really come in handy :1orglaugh

I've never used one of these dvds before. Do you guys sit in front of your computers while watching playing/pausing or watch then go back to the computer?

use two montors so I can follow along.

I usually watch them on my computer. Most come with exercise files so you can open up the app & follow along...although I never do it.

I went about 10 years without professionally picking up a camera, thanks to a helicopter crash... sorry, but we missed the New Kids trailer by about 50 yards.

When I did pick up a cam again it was still, not video. I used a couple of online forums, some weekend seminars and several DVDs to retrain... oh yeah, a lot of TFCD sessions. I've used online/downloadable videos for learning Lightroom and certain things with Photoshop. Sekonic has a couple of free ones on metering. Scott Kelby is definitely a good teacher. I also subscribe to the PhotoVision DVD that comes every other month (photovisionvideo.com) for inspiration.

Now I just need a Dean Capture educational DVD!

Oh yeah, Lynda.com definitely rocks.

i love those dvds, as i can take a break whenever i need