Favorite Tutorials

Creative Live is also a great resource for learning and worth checking out.

CreativeLive: Free Live Online Classes - Learn. Be Inspired.

They have live streaming classes in the following subjects: Photo/Video, Art/Design, Music & Audio, Craft & Maker, Money & Life.

Check out the calendar to see current and upcoming classes. The classes are free to watch. You can also purchase the class for anytime online access. They have some fabulous instructors and I always learn something. So many classes including a Photoshop Week.

I've found that Robbie Carman, Max Jago, and Pat Inhofer are always good with video post, especially Max & Pat. Pat & Robbie are both found on their MixingLight website, and on lynda-dot-com, besides popping up elsewhere including some Adobe site pages. Max is also featured in a number of Adobe pages, and other places as well.

I asked Max at NAB one time, how he approaches his training materials. His reply was that he had a teacher or mentor who was a military man and told him to assume anyone he taught was quite bright, but just didn't know about X, whatever he was teaching. I like the way he explains things ... and think he does a very fine job of explaining the things you NEED to know, and allowing other things to go by. He chooses ... wisely ... the things he says.

Robbie is knowledgeable and passionate, and always worthwhile, and Pat will give you maybe a bit more of why you should learn something ... a basic understanding of how something functions in a way that helps you see farther than just his specific topic.

I have my favorites in Lynda :

Chris Meyer

Mark Christiansen

for After Effects users these two are a MUST.

also the amazing, entertaining, charismatic Deke Mcclelland.

his Photoshop series is top notch. Illustrator as well.