Pay to Learn Design?
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- uan0
it's good...although paying is only a shortcut for reading the manuals or searching for the right youtube clip produced by a 12year old...but lynda.com is actually great, worth the money.
on the other hand, I rarely do tutorials just for the sake of it. It's always a problem that I have to solve that drives me into searching for a solution.
- formed4
Not sure if you mean "learn design" or "learn the tools used in design"?
If the latter, Lynda is great. If the former, I don't think you can learn "design" by watching videos.
- Thisduckseason
- There's a lot that you could learn from videos actually. You still need practice and critique but you could get some of the fundamental knowledge that way.jtb26
- Which isn't to say that those videos exist–I have no idea. But in theory you could teach basic typesetting in a video.jtb26
- What you learn from these videos is how to use the tools. The Art of Looking Sideways will teach you more about design than all of lynda.comMrT
- the best way to learn design was talking design, going through critiques from professionals, and discussing "why" or "why not" something is working/good.monospaced
- that's why school is good, it has nothing to do with software, and everything to do with theory, which is the foundation of design.monospaced
- omg2
Lynda is great to learn software from my experience, but never considered it a place to actually learn design skills.
- timeless1
i agree with formed - mechanics can learn how to use the programs, but if you don't have the touch I don't think it can be taught
- SigDesign0
I tried the Lynda thing for a while when a company I worked for gave us free access.
Honestly, I found more useful tutorials just by searching via google/youtube/vimeo...
Usually you have a problem you are trying to solve and really just need a nudge in the right direction, not a comprehensive tour of a program.
Lynda's comprehensive approach is good for people who haven't ever used the program (whatever you're learning), so that you can get a good feel for the concept. If you already know what the software is supposed to do conceptually, then what you really need is a specific approach to a common or uncommon problem. The latter of which is usually best found by searching in very specific terms.
- I find Lynda useful if I want to learn a certain advanced tool or technique within a program that I already know.monospaced
- Ever learned something brand new on it?bklyndroobeki
- I tried After Effects and gave up.monospaced
- bklyndroobeki0
Can you pay to learn how to become a BETTER designer?
Or if you ain't got it ...- agree that lynda can really only teach you the tools/apps.bklyndroobeki
- ie., https://generalassem…bklyndroobeki