Creating a Tutorial

Well as you might all know it's not easy to write or display a good and clean tutorial which is understandable for every viewer..

That's why I wrote this tutorial to help you guys and gals out with making a good tutorial

Lets Begin:


The Layout of the tutorial should look something like this:

In the Topic Title Name or description of tutorial
In the Topic Description add either beginner - intermediate or advanced


* The Final Image
* Little of a pre-word...
* Steps 1,2,3 etc
* The Final Image once more displayed
* Maybe a variation on the orginal also described how you do that.

Easy enough hey ?

Things that you should do.

- Divide your tutorial in steps and number each step so when a person is lost they could easily go back a step and try again (examples of numbering: 1) 1a 1. 1]

- Underline,Bold or make text Italic that matters like an action they should do
for example:
Filter - Sketch - Chrome

- When showing a colour number make the text the same colour as shown.
for example #FF6600

- Try to explain the steps by using screenshots ( little tip, when using ALT+SCREENPRINT you will notice only the upper window you're using will appear in the screenshot this way you don't have to cut/crop your way around ).

- Saving your screenshot at 50-60% quality will result in a good file size also good for people on dial up connections.

- After you made your tutorial go through it yourself there is always a chance you forgot something or mixed up the steps ( happens to the best.. ).

- Adding little tips and shortcuts (keyboard shortcus like CTRL+F is redo Last Filter) to your tutorial.

- Also explaining what the next step will do to the picture and what will happen when changing some of the settings.

- Use correct spelling so it's easier to read for the viewer

-Embedded your images into the tutorial, but when the images are bigger than 500*600 put up a link or else it will "destroy" the layout of the tutorial

- When using a tool, display the little icon like this

Download the full icon set of the toolbar here

Things you shouldn't do

- At the end of your tutorial show off with a piece of your own work without describing how you made it, this way your tutorial won't look like a laugh... and the viewers already know you're good because you wrote that tutorial.:whistle:

- Save your screenshots at the biggest format possible this will scare away all dail-up users.

- Using bolds/underlines/italics for all sorts of things...when you used italic for and action try to stick with it for all actions... Or else people could get confused



*NOTE* Part 2 of this tutorial will be added soon also an update for this tutorial will be made asap.

Any Part Two to this Boogie

Awesome tut

Maybe 13dots could host those icons and then make them icons for example :crop: becomes

Just a suggestion

good suggestion, would be very useful!

So, how about my suggestion

All in good time