Haven't seen this question asked before and figured someone will quickly chime in with an answer.
As I create a 3D modeling series of tutorials, the lessons are becoming quite large. Not bloated or anything, just I'm adding a lot of details and screenshots to cover potential questions from those who would use them and have a more productive experience while minimizing the frustration I dealt with when starting out.
Things I take for granted, have to be described in great detail so the reader understands not only the process getting from A to B, but more importantly, why they're doing it that way. Most of us accept new info better if we have a decent grasp of the processes and methodology that drives them.
Creating each lesson with figures to match what the viewer is seeing (or not) works well if the lessons can be created in Word, formatted as pdfs and posted as attachments. Can we do this on the site? If so, is there a file size limit?
I'd rather avoid posting them on another hosting site. Otherwise, to keep them here means ten lessons will become (at least) twenty posts with figures attached at the bottom that folks have to jump through or use two monitors to work in one and read from the other. Not horrible, but less than ideal.
I anticipate over time, the majority of the posted submissions in the thread will be from viewers with questions when they can't figure something out, with answers to help them advance. Those are instructional too, but a well-written and organized procedure minimizes confusion.
Thanks in advance.
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As I create a 3D modeling series of tutorials, the lessons are becoming quite large. Not bloated or anything, just I'm adding a lot of details and screenshots to cover potential questions from those who would use them and have a more productive experience while minimizing the frustration I dealt with when starting out.
Things I take for granted, have to be described in great detail so the reader understands not only the process getting from A to B, but more importantly, why they're doing it that way. Most of us accept new info better if we have a decent grasp of the processes and methodology that drives them.
Creating each lesson with figures to match what the viewer is seeing (or not) works well if the lessons can be created in Word, formatted as pdfs and posted as attachments. Can we do this on the site? If so, is there a file size limit?
I'd rather avoid posting them on another hosting site. Otherwise, to keep them here means ten lessons will become (at least) twenty posts with figures attached at the bottom that folks have to jump through or use two monitors to work in one and read from the other. Not horrible, but less than ideal.
I anticipate over time, the majority of the posted submissions in the thread will be from viewers with questions when they can't figure something out, with answers to help them advance. Those are instructional too, but a well-written and organized procedure minimizes confusion.
Thanks in advance.
CC
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