Announcing Lynda.com's Online Training Movie Library

Business Wire, March 22, 2002

Business Editors

OJAI, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002

Lynda.com today announced the release of "Lynda.com Online Training Movie Library." Over 100 hours of movie-based tutorials from the popular lynda.com training CD-ROMs are now available online in QuickTime format for Mac and PC users. For the introductory price of $25 a month, the entire lynda.com training library is available to Internet users anytime, day or night 24/7. The library is composed of over 1100 in-depth, movie-based tutorials on today's most sought-after graphics, animation, and web applications, including Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, UltraDev, and Fireworks, as well as Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator. With the cost of a single lynda.com training CD-ROM averaging around $150, the online learning program offers access to a wealth of information for a fraction of the cost. The movies are updated frequently and the library grows on a monthly basis, so this new service is now the fastest and most economical way to gain knowledge of new graphics, animation and web applications. The lynda.com Online Training Movie Library is available to the public today at http://movielibrary.lynda.com.

These in-depth tutorials are tailored to promote professional-level proficiency in applications such as Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, ImageReady, Acrobat, and many more. Lynda.com tutorials contain hours of instructional movies divided into sections that can be accessed easily from a menu. Viewers can watch a movie in one window, and work along in the actual application in another, gaining hands-on experience as they learn to use the software. What sets this apart from other online learning sites is that there are no multiple choice tests to memorize, or canned answers. Real professionals working with real applications share their tips, techniques and impartial advice. For a full listing of what lynda.com has to offer, visit http://movielibrary.lynda.com or call customer service at 1-888-33-LYNDA (1-888-335-9632) today.

About Lynda.com

Lynda.com is a training company for creative professionals co-founded by best-selling author Lynda Weinman and her illustrator husband Bruce Heavin. Known for the ability to teach digital design techniques in an approachable, humanistic manner, lynda.com is one of the most popular training companies in the business. In addition to producing training CD-ROMs which are distributed in over 35 countries, lynda.com also produces educational events, hands-on classes, and books published by Peachpit Press and New Riders Press. Visit http://www.lynda.com to learn more.