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Re: Do you prefer Video or Text tutorials?
Text. Easier to parse, faster to read, lets me go at my own pace. Video tutorials are never useful unless motion is important and if that motion cannot be conveyed by a series of pictures. Practical examples: I want to find out more about support loops for hard surface modeling. I'm not going to watch a 30-minute tutorial… -
Re: Do you prefer Video or Text tutorials?
I really prefer text. Videos do have their uses (I used a lot of videos in leanring how to Max for example) but I always, always use a text version if it's available. I find it much easier to follow and I can go at my own pace. Having to Start/Stop a video constantly quickly becomes a chore and puts me off what I'm… -
Re: Do you prefer Video or Text tutorials?
I prefer video tutorials if they are done correctly. Here's what I consider to be an ideal example of a video tutorial: [ame] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q93pE5jB1Uw[/ame] -
Re: Do you prefer Video or Text tutorials?
I hate videos where they are speeded up to show for example a four hour sculpt in 2 minutes. it shows me nothing really. you can't even tell what buttons/brushes they are pressing half the time. Also i don't need to know how/where the guy saves his files to his hard drive. surely they must think it's a good idea to edit… -
Re: Do you prefer Video or Text tutorials?
Short videos with marked chapters (such as time markers in the youtube description) so you can skip to a particular point. I can't stand tutorials that don't skip things or at the very least fast forward through the redundant content. Explain something, give a few different examples of where/how you might use the thing… -
Re: Do you prefer Video or Text tutorials?
Typically, you're not watching a video tutorial to find out about a specific keypress or how a specific button works. You're watching it to learn a technique or get an intro to a piece of software or something. Using videos for quick info is probably going about things the wrong way. EDIT : See this sort of thing is better…
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