One of the most respected names in Online education for creative professionals has always been Total Training. Since the companies humble beginnings 10 years ago, a large library of educational programs has been created. From the first After Effects training program to today's comprehensive CS3 training, Total Training has been the resource for newcomers to seasoned pro's looking to touch up or work around specific tasks. Brian Maffitt and John Bell created the popular series after they found that concise documentation was in some cases difficult to locate and for the programs that did include printed material, it was a time consuming issue to perform a unique project that the user may not have been versed in.
Fast Forward 10 years later and the company has developed not only High Quality DVD's for many of today's high end programs but now has ventured into the world of Online training. We've had the chance to take a look at some of that Online Training and found the Quality of the instruction to be top notch and right on track with delivering solutions for basic to complex duties. Brian Maffitt has stated in our conversation that the company felt the time was right with the advent of broadband and strong production values to deliver this high quality content through online delivery. The Total Training Online lessons are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and allow the user to search through particular lessons as well as bookmark previous lessons so you are automatically placed at the continuation of your lesson so you never have to search for where you left off. With every paid subscription, project files are included.
Another benefit to the Total Training Online program is an Annual Subscription which in some cases is less of a budget cost than purchasing the DVD packages. With the Annual Subscription users can get a wider breath of products for prices which start at about $149. With this cost, users can experience and learn from the well laid out Adobe Creative Suite Web Library or Adobe Creative Suite Design Library of Total Training Online. This is not just One program from the Suite such as Photoshop CS3, it's all of the course available that are found in that entire package. A Step up to $199 can give online students the coursework in the Microsoft Library which includes the new Office 2007, the New Expression web and other flavors of this web content and design creation program as well as Visual Studio lessons and SQL server coursework. $199 can also give users interested in the Adobe Library. This coursework includes programs not only from the CS3 catalog but also on the previous CS2 products. Finally, for those that utilize the many different programs from both Microsoft and Adobe and enjoy the flexibility of go at your own pace learning and picking what programs to master for any given week, an Annual subscription of $249 gives the user All Access to the current programs offered.
Our resident web and graphics professional Carol D'Andrea said of the Adobe Creative Suite3 Web Bundle "the program is easy to navigate and with the step by step format, you never lose your way. I recommend Total Training Online's Adobe Creative Suite 3 web bundle to anyone interested in graphics or web design." We talked with Co-Creator Brian Maffitt about the history of Total Training and the steps they took to deliver the content online. We also got a chance to have some fun with Brian and convince him that more fun video spots such as the one found on You Tube promoting Total Training Online need to be created.
Tune in to find out about Total Training Online and how you can visit and receive a Two Days Guest Pass by visiting http://www.totaltraining.com/radio
Total Training Online
