Online Training – Lynda.com
Posted by Mike | Filed under Random
There are so many different pieces of software out there that its hard to keep track. I wanted to get into After Effects to do some neat little tricks, and try my hand at it. I found some great (FREE) tutorials at VideoCopilot.net and they were great! The only problem was, the tutorials were using an older version of After Effects than the one that I have, which is CS5 (latest and greatest, always!). Now, I’m sure that I could’ve gotten my hands on an older copy of After Effects to follow along more easily, but I didn’t really want to do that. I searched a bit online, and I found Lynda.com. These guys have some great tutorials, and they even have some free samples. There are many different tutorials available on how to use After Effects, but not just After Effects there are tutorials for all the different CS5 Applications (Photoshop, Premiere, Flash, etc) so that was awesome. Then there are some on Microsoft Office, 3DS Max, and more. The great thing is, it really doesn’t cost that much. There are plans starting at $25 USD/month ($37.50 USD/month for the reference material, which I think is a little bit of a rip off). They also have a great service department. I tried signing up on Saturday and there was a problem with the Paypal, so I called the 1-800 number and talked to someone almost instantly. The customer service representative tried to help, but admitted that he didn’t know. So he asked me to call back during the week, which I was a little upset with. But before hanging up, he told me that he would give me a free 2 day pass so that I wasn’t waiting for someone. That was awesome. So if you need some training on how to use a specific CS5 application, head on over to lynda.com.
And before anyone says anything, I know that this sounds like a paid advertisement, but I promise you that I’m not getting paid – I was really just that impressed with everything and had to give them a plug.
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