Comments on: Resources: Record and Playback Your Painting Online

By: Bob Nolin

Bob Nolin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:59:13 +0000

Gino –

Thanks for the kind words – I’m so glad to hear you find my tutorials clear and helpful. For me, the main advantage of videos is you get to see the painting in progress, in real time. This shows you things I can’t get across well in words: how fast is the brush stroke? what size? How zoomed-in was the painting? etc. That’s why these new online “recording” sites are exciting to me, since they allow people to share their process. We can watch them paint!
Very helpful, I think.

Thanks again –
Bob

By: Gino

Gino — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:53:46 +0000

Great review, Bob! For me – I much prefer your ‘text-based’ tutorials!! Primarily for the very same reason you gave on the YouTube vids. Not only are they speed paintings that skip so many critical steps (or at best are glossed over) – but I have to interrupt my effort in following the tutorial by clicking the pause button, rewind, “what did he/she say”, play, go back, pause, – you get the picture!

With a clear and concise written tutorial (and I have to say your tutorials excel in this regard) – I find it so much easier to explore the nuances of the tutorial – especially as they relate to a particular project. For example, you might show a tutorial using on painting a ballerina. Well, I used the same tut and its “procedures” on painting a junked out old car.

The point for me is – your tutorials are so well written (and that’s really the key) – that I can take my time and really LEARN the tutorial.

I find the video tutorials too troublesome and way too lacking in the details needed to avoid frustration.

Cheers!
Gino

By: Bob Nolin

Bob Nolin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:54:42 +0000

Hi Joan –
Thanks for the GoView tip. I tried to watch their demo video, but it just kept “loading”, over and over. Sounds like a good idea, though–hope they get it working. If they have good online video hosting, that would be a big plus.

If you want to make a training video to burn to a DVD, though, I’d recommend ScreenFlow or Camtasia. (I use Camtasia. It seems to make smoother videos that ScreenFlow, and it zooms in automatically when you need to. Check it out!)

By: Joan A Hamilton

Joan A Hamilton — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:29:38 +0000

Hi Bob
Thanks for these good reviews on making online training videos. Another one you can add to your lineup is GoView – Beta version which is free for now. I liked the way it made a decent sized video. I disliked the ones that go all blurry when you try to make it big enough to see the brush controls they are really talking about. So, when I came across GoView (through GoToMeeting)I decided to give it a whirl.
I’m finding you really have to plan what you are going to do and say. Hopefully that gets easier!
Good luck with your videos. I’ll be watching for them!
Cheers,
Joan