What I find is that there is much in the videos that bears watching, even though it might not be the explicit subject of the video presentation and may seem at first glance to be simple stuff I would often skim over. With a complex, interactive application like Lightroom, how an experienced user approaches and uses the tools is often as or more important than the specific information regarding what control does what.
This information is quite difficult to present in a textual representation... it's usually the harder part of what I'm looking for, rather than 'what does this feature do'. Yes, reading can be faster. I'm generally not in a race to learn what I need to know at the fastest possible speed. I'd rather understand how to use the tools, then what they do and how they work becomes readily apparent through use and experimentation. So I spend a few minutes watching a video, then spend more time exercising what I learned and practicing what the tools do. Seems to work well for me. YMMV G On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Godfrey, it looks like there is some helpful information there. > > Unfortunately I find watching just about any tutorial video painful. Blame > it on ADD, but they always take forever on points that are obvious, and gloss > over the things I need to pay attention to. Plus, I read so much faster than > people talk. It takes 10 minutes to watch something that I could read in > two, and much of that is stuff I'd likely want to skip, or skim, anyways. > On Apr 23, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The switch from LR3 to LR4 looks like it won't be quite as trivial as I >>> might hope. >>> What recommendations do people have for *written* documentation on coming >>> up to speed on LR4? >>> >>> Is there one book that is particularly outstanding? A "must read" webpage? >> >> Books for LR4 are still "on the way" but Julianne Kost's tutorial >> videos do a great job of illuminating regards the differences in >> Develop module and explaining the new features. >> >> http://www.jkost.com/lightroom.html >> >> I've owned several books on Lightroom and only ever looked at them a >> little now and then. I find tutorial videos and short help articles >> much more useful. >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
