[Bf-education] Video Training Helps Most, I Think

[Chris Maynard]

Quick update:

cmiVFX has been watching blender for a while and has
on the schedule training DVD's.


-c

--- Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:

> Hi Greg,
> 
> I fully agree that Video Training is important as
> well. I've discussed  
> this with the proposed "summer of docs" mentor, and
> we decided to not  
> include this in the project. It's mostly because of
> giving this  
> summer-docs concept a bit of a focus.
> 
> For training videos I wanted to start another
> project, not sure yet how  
> to organize it... I also think this would make a
> great e-shop product  
> (training vids can easily make up gigs of data,
> including .blend  
> samples) but that should also require a good format
> and especially  
> should involve a quality standard.
> 
> I've checked three of your vids, and I like the
> format (with overlay  
> text denoting hotkeys). Some of the .swf files seem
> to be too large  
> though (BlenderHeadSneeze4.swf is 7.5 MB and only
> lasts few seconds).  
> Probably a glitch in the encoding?
> 
> There's also the need to have training videos of top
> artists. No  
> offense meant for your work - but I've seen a couple
> of talents work in  
> Amsterdam the past period, and it's a joy and truly
> amazing to witness  
> that. Definitely worth recordig as well.
> 
> > Also, what would be the possibility of offering
> "extended" versions of  
> > the video training modules created for the "Summer
> of Documentation"  
> > project for private sale and promotion by me? 
> I've paid plenty of  
> > Blender dues already.
> 
> Well, this is something I can't encourage people
> enough for. Setting up  
> a good training business is really one of the
> obvious market  
> opportunities with Blender.
> 
> > If what I have mentioned is of any interest to
> you, (Ton), especially  
> > with regard to landing some of that grant money, I
> am at your service
> 
> I'm very much tempted... especially if we can host a
> good series of  
> training vids ourselves, which can become a DVD for
> the e-shop too.  
> However, there's a couple of more people who would
> love to work on such  
> an opportunity as well. Let me check if we can just
> launch another  
> 'summer' project, or a 'fall' project... :)
> 
> -Ton-
> 
> 
> On 16 May, 2006, at 19:45, Greg Smith wrote:
> 
> > Gentlefolk:
> >
> > My specialty is video training and I have already
> authored some pretty  
> > comprehensive video tutorials that feature Blender
> in its ancient  
> > form, (Pre-2.4).  If I were to become involved in
> the "Summer of  
> > Documentation" project, what would be the odds of
> my landing that cool  
> > 500 euros?  I would like to participate, but only
> by producing  
> > current, task oriented video tutorials.  In my
> opinion, there is not  
> > much benefit in creating videos that just
> duplicate all of the "whats"  
> > found in the standard Blender documentation,
> without completely  
> > covering all of the "whys" and the "hows".  To be
> valuable, a video  
> > training series must focus on accomplishing
> frequently required and  
> > requested tasks or jobs that the average and above
> average Blender  
> > user will need when attempting to author content. 
> My slant is  
> > character animation and story telling featuring
> animated characters.   
> > You can sample some of my ancient tutorial video
> content at the  
> > address below:
> >
> > http://www.visiontovision.com
> >
> > Take a look at some of the "Blenderhead" segments
> for an accurate  
> > sampling of my methods and style.
> > If what I have mentioned is of any interest to
> you, (Ton), especially  
> > with regard to landing some of that grant money, I
> am at your service.  
> >  At any rate, if you care to feedback on what you
> see or hear, please  
> > feel free to do so.
> >
> > Also, what would be the possibility of offering
> "extended" versions of  
> > the video training modules created for the "Summer
> of Documentation"  
> > project for private sale and promotion by me? 
> I've paid plenty of  
> > Blender dues already.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Greg Smith
> >
> >
> >
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