[Text Books] V.S. [Video Tutorials] ??

Belias

Hello, which kind of medium do you prefer to learn a topic?
Books or video tutorials ?

My Votes

For Programming i Prefer Books
For Graphics i Prefer Video Tutorials

ZacD

I prefer internet articles and pdfs like this for graphics http://www.marmoset.co/toolbag/learn/pbr-practice

SuperFranky

Video tutorials for anything visual, there's less chance an author will omit the details or anything important.

passerby

Articles and books for both, I like to be able to skim over the information and apply what I need. Videos I find just waste my limited time. A well written article with visual aids I think beats a video.

CheeseOnToast

Although I voted for books/written articles, a concise, well edited video can be just as good. Most of the videos on CTRL+Paint fit this description. Unfortunately, tutorials with production values as good as those are a rarity.

+1 to the Marmoset tutorials - really clear and to the point with lots of examples. I wish the Maya manuals were written as well.

Here's an old one that holds up as an example why a few well written and illustrated pages can get a point across quickly and clearly :

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=373024