I created this tutorial video in 2007 when i was exploring Photoshop myself. had real difficulty understanding the concept of layers. That’s when I thought I must create this video which might be of help to many other beginners like me. Some people found this video useful and have left their comments.  A few found the quality of video quite poor. see a better quality video now. Thanks to YouTube for enhancements. This video also has about 10k hits, which excites me, though this was achieved over 2 years. So here I repost my video again for all those who have not seen this before.  . MORE >>

Times are changing. Getting a job as a fresher is no longer so easy, I guess. At least that’s what the popular job portals in India tell me. I was checking some popular job portals and found that most employers require candidates with atleast 1 year of experience in Instructional Design. This does say a lot about the current job market. This does not mean getting a job as a stark fresher is impossible. This means as a fresher with 0 experience in Instructional Design, YOU need to work hard to make it happen. Never go for brand names. Always go by job descriptions and your interests. MORE >>

My post on how to increase call out lengths in Camtasia helped Tina Williams solve her problem. This feedback on my post prompted me to write this post with yet another useful tip. When I was working on my tutorial videos using Camtasia, I noticed that after I produced the video in a shareable format such as avi, the video did not have a smooth transition from one slide to another. There was a slight jerk or a random zoom effect. When I previewed the project before producing it in avi format, the transition was smooth. The problem occurred only after I produced the video in avi format. I MORE >>

I have been using Camtasia for sometime now and I thought I must list down some practical tips on using this tool that might be useful to many others who are new to Camtasia like me. would like to especially focus on the issues I faced and how I managed to solve it. One big problem I faced with Camtasia was with  adjusting call-out lengths. In rapid e-learning tools, call-out length indicates the time duration during which the call-out appears onscreen. noticed while using Camtasia that some call-outs in the timeline were expandable and some were not. Such call-outs are not expandable. MORE >>

If you are an aspiring Instructional Designer, start thinking about Instructional Designing right now. Times are changing. Just like how a 2 year old kid is expected to know alphabets, some words and quite a few rhymes before he or she joins school, an aspiring Instructional Designer must have some basic idea about Instructional Designing before getting into the role. If you are a fresher and want to start your career in Instructional Designing, I recommend the 5 ways Tom Kulhmann suggests in his post – 5 Ways Web 2.0 Can Make You a Better E-Learning Designer. Start a professional blog. MORE >>