Year-Round School

Thanks to the Internet, back-to-school time isn't limited to the fall anymore. These online resources can help you improve your skills and invigorate your creativity.
Written by Terri Stone on August 27, 2007

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This list is a work in progress that I'll update regularly. To suggest a resource that doesn't appear below, send me an email message (tstone@creativepro.com) or post a description and URL in the VoxBox. (Look for the voxbox icon in the column to the left of this paragraph.)

Creativepro.com
From the homepage, you can browse through our how-to's in several ways. To see only the last few months of tutorials, click on "more how-to stories". For all tutorials in certain categories, click on the relevant topic, such as Fonts and Web, in the left-hand nav bar. Or to find how-to's on specific products, click on the Products Directory tab in the top nav bar and search by product and company name. Here are a few of the most popular:

Webinars

Online Training Companies

Certificate-Granting Online Continuing Education

Podcasts/Vodcasts
Trying to compile this category nearly made my head explode. There are hundreds of podcasts related to topics creative pros care about it -- heck, now that a few seconds have passed while I type this, there are probably thousands.

One of the easiest ways to download these and other podcasts is through Apple's iTunes software.

  • 49Sparks Video Podcast on Design and Trends

  • Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips
  • Be a Design Group: Podcast
  • The Candid Frame
  • Creative Photoshop with John Reuter
  • Creative Sweet TV
  • The Daily Critique
  • DesignGuy
  • DesignSchool Podcasts
  • Design Tools Weekly
  • The Illustrative Designer Podcast
  • The Image Doctors
  • The InDesigner
  • InDesignSecrets
  • InDesign Conference Podcasts
  • Inside Aperture Podcasts
  • Jim Church School of Underwater Photography
  • LightSource Studio Photography
  • The Little Photoshop Video Show
  • Martin Bailey Photography Podcast
    TPN: The Digital Photography Show

  • The Nikonians
  • Peachpit Author Tips
  • Photography 101
  • Photo History Lectures
  • Photoshop for Digital Photographers
  • Photoshop Killer Tips
  • Photoshop User TV
  • Photoshop Workbench
  • PixePerfect with Bert Monroy
  • Radiant Vista
  • Quicktips for Designers - Graphic Design Tutorials
  • Understanding Adobe Photoshop

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