I can't really decide whether I liked his training best, or whether Painter was the most fun to be trained in, but I just loved these 4 videos, and wished there were more of his good ideas to try out. I did watch the videos all the way through first off, and it really gave me a better understanding of what the big picture was with Painter, especially in the case of the floaters, paths and masks. I finally understand the process and am able to make happen what I want to happen. And I have to say I often fell asleep last month watching this Director 6 series. I believe it is the program that makes the tutorial and product demo applications you get when you buy software CDs.
Director is the maestro that puts it all together.
So the MacAcademy training video set has to be somewhat dry, I guess, since it is teaching programming, not painting or drawing. I think it would have been better if the projects they chose as their base for teaching the program were projects I could better identify a use for. These videos got so bogged down in the lingo that is Director, that I didn't understand how I could apply that to anything I could do. But now, I just went back to skim the pages, and after viewing the video, I must say that the book looks less daunting. So I do highly recommend viewing training videos of software programs or other computer topics.