Tutsbuzz: Design and Programming Tutorials

If you're a graphic designer or a programmer, you understand how important it is to stay on top of new technologies and why you need to learn the ins and outs of new versions of the programs you likely use every day. But time is usually of the essence, and sometimes you don't have a chance to read the change notes and play with new features before they're released and you're expected to use them. That's where Tutsbuzz comes in.

Tutzbuzz is packed with tutorials and demos that show you how to make the most of your favorite design and development applications, learn new programming languages, and find new uses for programs you may already have. Many of the tutorials are available in video, so you can follow along while watching the masters at work.






All the videos and tutorials at Tutsbuzz are aggregated from other sites, so the service is less of a tutorial builder than a place to find tutorials from elsewhere online. The community at Tutsbuzz ranks and votes on the tutorials that they find. You can rate one highly if you thought it was particularly useful, and also add it to your favorites if you need to come back to it. The tutorial descriptions are available in three languages--English, Turkish, and German--even though tutorials themselves may not be.



The tutorials at Tutsbuzz aren't just for graphic designers and desktop publishers. While there are dozens of tutorials and links for people wanting to learn more about Photoshop, Illustrator, and other Adobe applications, 3D graphic designers can find tutorials. Applications such as Maya, Cinema 4D, and Poser have tutorials available at Tutsbuzz. If you're into video editing with Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere, or audio editing with Sound Forge and Adobe Audition, there are tutorials for you as well. If you're a programmer or developer and looking to brush up on C , C#, Visual Basic, or even Ruby, you'll find resources that will keep your skills sharp. There's even a section for database administrators looking for training on SQL, MySQL, Access, and Oracle.

When you find a tutorial you'd like to take, simply click on it to go directly to the site that hosts it. If you're interested only in video tutorials, you can click the Video button on the left side of the page to browse search results that contain just video tutorials. The default search at the site includes both HTML tutorials and how-tos as well as Web video.



The only way I can think of to make Tutsbuzz better would be to include site-exclusive tutorials. (Actually, there are two available directly from the people behind Tutsbuzz; unfortunately, neither of them is all that great.) For now, the site's strength is in finding tutorials from around the Web and making them available to the public. If you have a tutorial of your own or from another site to submit, you can sign up for a free account and submit them, as well as rate others.