Billions and Billions of InDesign Videos
Someone recently pointed out a video about InDesign on youtube, and how it helped him learn how importing Excel tables worked. I followed his link and found — lo and behold — one of my own videos, something I had done for lynda.com a couple of years ago. Someone must have “ripped” it off and posted it to youtube. Sigh. But the good news is that there are lots (and lots!) of videos available for InDesign users out there.
Obviously, we are a bit biased and we like the idea of you buying the lynda.com videos (or subscribing to their online training library), as that’s part of how we make a living. But there are some awesome other video resources out there that are worth checking out, too (Mike McHugh’s are among my favorites, for example).
Instead of listing every video, in many cases, I’m including links to pages that list many other InDesign videos:
- All the InDesign Training Videos at Adobe TV
- List of InDesign Training Videos from Adobe Docs
- Lots of InDesign Training Videos from CS3, which are still good today
- All the Lynda.com Podcast Videos about InDesign
- All the Mike McHugh Creative Sweet Videos about InDesign
- Rufus Deuchler CSInsider (goes beyond InDesign)
- Importing Tables into InDesign (pirated from Lynda.com)
- Mogo-Media’s InDesign Video Podcasts
- TheInDesigner, of course
- Layers Magazine Tutorials
There are a number of “mash-up” sites out there that use other people’s videos. Their goal is to attract attention and hits and make money from advertising. This one isn’t too bad.
This site makes me sick — they’re just grabbing every other source and repackaging it as though it were their own: adobe-masters.com (I’m not even adding a link to it).
I’m sure there are plenty of others, but it’s time for me to run and get breakfast on the table for the kids!
For your resume, website, wall, or just the heck of it, lynda.com is now awarding certificates of completion. I work for a school system and that kind of think counts!
Thanks for the listing David!
And, as I expected, I missed some good ones! Don’t forget to check out Gabriel Powell’s Instant InDesign site and videos.
Oops! Here’s another great set, especially for beginners: CreativeMentor. Check ‘em out!
I’ve added this post to ReadItLater so I can check it out once work dies down (hopefully never) or when I’m home and don’t have anything better to do.
As much as I’m sure Lynda.com is helpful, the prices are too high for my liking, so last time I did a trial thing there I found out it was (don’t know if it still is) easy to download the videos they claim can’t be downloaded, and I got several GBs worth of videos off there. Funny enough, I haven’t touched them since.
I’m impressed with the volume of information out there for the Adobe products. Both paid and free, it is gratifying to know that I can improve my skills on their products continually by tapping into all of it. Thanks for the links; I found a couple I didn’t have.