O.K. I absolutely love this site. Tutvid.com is a website dedicated to creating narrated video tutorials for many Adobe products including; Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Golive, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, and Bridge. The way it's set up is that you select the program you want to view a tutorial from, select the specific tutorial, and then a link will take you to youtube.com where you can watch the video for free and with quick load times.
Unfortunately, the site is lacking in the Dreamweaver section with only four tutorials. Although tutorials such as, 'make basic rollover buttons' and 'basic page creation' are very helpful and thorough. Other programs such as Flash, and Photoshop, have a wide selection of tutorials ranging in difficulty from beginner to intermediate.
The narrator of the videos is very clear and concise in his explanations, and doesn't overwhelm the viewer with information. With that being said, the videos are still substantial, occasionally lasting nearly 30 minutes.
For me the best way to learn is visually. Actually seeing someone demonstrate how to do something, hands on, is by far the most effective way to learn. When watching these tutorials, I tend to follow along, pressing pause now and then to catch up with the narrator.
The only downside I can think of is that the videos do not have great resolution, and users who are not somewhat familiar with the programs interface may get lost since the icons are all nearly impossible to read. This hasn't been a huge issue for me, only a minor annoyance.
I urge you to check out tutvid.com. It's a truly great resource that I'm sure will start to cost money as soon as more people find out about it.
Here is an example of one of the tutorials. This one is, 'basic page creation' using Dreamweaver. Enjoy!
Unfortunately, the site is lacking in the Dreamweaver section with only four tutorials. Although tutorials such as, 'make basic rollover buttons' and 'basic page creation' are very helpful and thorough. Other programs such as Flash, and Photoshop, have a wide selection of tutorials ranging in difficulty from beginner to intermediate.
The narrator of the videos is very clear and concise in his explanations, and doesn't overwhelm the viewer with information. With that being said, the videos are still substantial, occasionally lasting nearly 30 minutes.
For me the best way to learn is visually. Actually seeing someone demonstrate how to do something, hands on, is by far the most effective way to learn. When watching these tutorials, I tend to follow along, pressing pause now and then to catch up with the narrator.
The only downside I can think of is that the videos do not have great resolution, and users who are not somewhat familiar with the programs interface may get lost since the icons are all nearly impossible to read. This hasn't been a huge issue for me, only a minor annoyance.
I urge you to check out tutvid.com. It's a truly great resource that I'm sure will start to cost money as soon as more people find out about it.
Here is an example of one of the tutorials. This one is, 'basic page creation' using Dreamweaver. Enjoy!
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