Creative Inspirations Series

If you spend much time browsing the Online Training Library, you are probably aware that our courses are not only about teaching how to use a software product. However, you might not be familiar with all the different series or types of courses that we offer. So in this chapter, we are going to take a closer look at the many types of courses that are available at lynda.com. And we are going to start with our Creative Inspiration series, which you will find highlighted near the upper right-hand corner of the lynda.com homepage. Creative Inspirations is our flagship documentary series, featuring top creative professionals who share with us how they think and work, and how they got to the pinnacle of their respective fields. We feature exemplary individuals and companies in the fields of design, photography, music, and many other creative walks of life. Told entirely in their own words, each installment gives you an inside perspective to experience firsthand what makes our subject unique and most of all, inspiring. So this Creative Inspirations menu lists each of our subjects in the fields in which they work. Select any one of our subjects to go to that documentary. As you can see, the Creative Inspiration titles are they laid out just like any other course in the Online Training Library, with tabs for the table of contents, description, author, and so on. And as usual, just click on any video to watch it. (video playing) (music playing) (Mark Mothersbaugh: We're at beautiful Sunset Strip, West Hollywood. This is Mutato Muzika,)  (Mark: ground zero for most things creative that I do these days. Well, come on into the building.)  (Mark: I'll show you around a little bit.) Now initially our Creative Inspirations titles were divided into smaller movies like you see here, but our more recent courses offer you the ability to watch the entire documentary as a single, uninterrupted piece. For example, I will go to the New menu in the navigation area and select Documentaries, and here I will filter to just show our Creative Inspirations series, and that gives me a chronological list of all of our Creative Inspiration documentaries, with the most recently released pieces listed first. So I will select one of our more recent movies, and here you can see that you have the option to either watch the full movie in its entirety, or you can still choose to watch individual chapters in any order you like under Viewing Option 2. (video playing) (music playing) (Doyald Young: To learn to draw a letter well takes a lot of time. I've been drawing letters since 1948,) (Doyald: and I'm still learning how to draw. Jan Van Krimpen, one of my great heroes,)  (he says, "I do not want to draw a beautiful letter. I want to draw a good letter.") So if you haven't yet watched any movies from our Creative Inspirations series, you will definitely want to take some time to do so. You will undoubtedly walk away feeling re-energized and inspired.