Shorter Videos

[mitch]

Is there interest in some shorter videos? Sometimes just a minute or two or three.

Just as an example, we have a forum member who's wanting to earn how to run actions. Well, that can be handled in a couple of minutes.

I was also thinking of some short video intros to the various action sets.

Cheers,

Mitch

[engineer]

Sounds like it could be very useful.
Short intros to some of the new and/or improved goodies in CS4 would be nice.
Les

[Big Fish]

Hi Mitch...

Yours truly would very much appreciate short videos on PS activities and using basic tools such as, actions. I would suggest following the marketing adage KISS...Keep It Simple Sincere or as we were often told years ago by sales manager Keep It Simple STUPID.

I have been looking at various PS tutorials over last 4 months. I do use the tutorials you have created and appreciate it very. Thanks. Some tutorials I view are very good but some assume that the viewer is knowledgeable about navigating PS, for example, it would say go to the actions/layers/whatever palette and do this and then that. What and were is an action???Layer? Or assume everyone is using CS4 and will work on CS2.

I like abstract art and finding solutions but sometimes painting by the numbers works quickly and effectively. Just some feedback and I think it may draw more digital/PS people to the site.

Best Regards and again thanks for forum

Big Fish

[mitch]

Thank you for taking the time to post some thoughtful comments, Big Fish! Welcome to the forums.

You are right that most tutorials assume a certain level of knowledge. It's a fine balance. If you assume users lack basic knowledge, you can bore (or irritate) the more experienced viewers. If you assume knowledge viewers do not have, you can confuse them.

I try to remain conscious of my audience, but I can always do better.

Cheers,

Mitch

[RonWhitaker]

Mitch,

Very much like the idea of short videos.  Special techniques as well as photoshop info.  What I find most interesting is processing techniques for improved or artistic results, I am not a purist for landscape photography. For example the other day I found someone talking of a black and white layer in softlight blend mode to enhance the dynamic impact of the colour photo.  I know about both blend modes and black and white conversion layers but never the two combined to give the affect.  I am getting to know photoshop and the tutorials in photoshop are fair but what I don't always know is how to used them.

Thanks for your work.
Ron

www.RonWhitaker.ca