Have you ever wished you knew Adobe Photoshop better? Maybe you wish you knew how to create a website yourself, or how to custom code something. Maybe you have an idea for an iPhone app like I did and you’re thinking… why can’t I do that?

Most people don’t move forward with their ideas or innovations because quite bluntly, they don’t know how to. Sure, you could go to some professional school and take a full course and that would definitely do what you need.. but the price is usually a little steep as well, right?

I had always heard about Lynda.com from magazines, and other websites but honestly, I had never checked it out until recently.

Holy shit.

The site has a monthly fee of $25 per month or you can buy an annual membership and save money if that is more to your liking. They cover every program I can think of, no joke. Each course is offered as part of your monthly fee, and each course is in video so you get to watch and follow along. Don’t get something, back the video up and watch again until you do. Seriously, it’s that easy.

I have a buddy that likes to use Sony Vegas as his video editor when making movies for online use. I myself use my Apple, so we use different programs but I wanted to show him how they can make him better so I took a screen grab showing the Sony Vegas course.

Remember, you don’t pay per course, you pay a flat monthly rate, all you can eat sort of thing. Take 1 course, take 50 course, whatever you have time to learn really. Stay one month or stay a year, again, your choice.

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As you can see, this course is 8 hours, 48 minutes long and you will go from newb to knowledgeable in that time frame. They do this with every program you can think of. Hell, they even cover simple shit like facebook, gmail, wordpress blogging, you name it, they do it. They know that everyone online has different needs, so they try and cover everyone’s. No matter what your experience level is, these guys have got something for you to improve your game.

I honestly was trying to think of something they don’t cover, and no, I couldn’t find something other than old obscure programs that have been replaced with newer better versions anyway.

For Photoshop… OMFG they cover everything and then they cover some more. Seriously. Any person could subscribe to Lynda.com and become a photoshop god at retouching their photos or creating new things so fast it’s silly.

I wish I was making something for this glowing review of Lynda, but I’m not, I just found it to kick serious, serious ass and wanted to put you guys on to it. Bryci pointed it out to me after she had it pointed out to her. We both have subscriptions now.  They check for active connections so no, you can’t buy one and have two people use it at the same time… it’s like gmail… “you’ve been signed out of this account because this account is active on another computer” sort of thing. No worries though, these guys completely deserve the extra coin.

If there is any part of you that wants to quit your current job and better yourself so you can get a better job… here’s your chance. This site is *highly* suggested.

As an added bonus… here is a free week pass to check them out.

http://www.lynda.com/deke   <— click this and you will get a 7 day free trial, no catch. It is worth signing up for, and after 7 days if you no likey, no worries. I found this code online and shared it with some friends already so I know it works.

You’re welcome. (yes, it’s that freaking awesome if you’re a knowledge whore like myself)