I just signed up for the trial so I haven't taken any courses yet, but I did watch one of their sample videos from a Photography course and found it very informative and well-done.
If you haven't heard of Lynda.com, here's what I've learned in a nutshell:
- Lynda.com sells monthly and annual subscriptions to on-line video courses. You can also buy the courses as books or DVDs. (NOTE: Your credit card is automatically billed each month or year until you cancel.)
- The subscription fees are reasonable for the unlimited access: $25 - $37.50 a month or $250 - $375 a year. The higher fees include exercise files. A subscription gives you 24/7 access to all of the over 900 courses and 59,000 tutorials currently available for many different subjects.
- There are over 100 courses in photography. Photography courses include cameras and gear, lighting, exposure, lighting, photo editing, photo assignments, and documentaries.
- Each course has a table of contents, description of the course, and a brief biography of the author. You can see this information without a subscription and also sample some segments of a course.
- You can stop, rewind, and replay segments of a course as often as you need to. The courses can have closed captioning if you want to read along with the instructor.
- The courses I looked at were available in 4 formats: Flash, Quicktime Standard and Custom, and Windows Media. I did notice that some of the general videos on their site were only available in Quicktime.
PCWorld has a review of Lynda.com.
The Santa Barbara Better Business Bureau gives them an A rating, but does show 3 complaints.
There are several examples of Lynda.com videos on YouTube; such as the one on Lenses.
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