40 ‘Cool Guides’ People Shared On This Group That Contain Information They Don’t Teach At School (New Pics)
Whether we're talking about politics or the animal kingdom, learning something new can require a fair amount of time and effort. Luckily, we don't always have to read lengthy scientific papers. Some people do it for us. And not only that — they narrow down everything to a few bullet points and illustrate them to help our minds remember.
And if you want a place that stores these effective tools, look no further than the subreddit r/CoolGuides. As the name suggests, it collects picture-based reference guides for pretty much anything and everything.
"If it seems like something someone might print, physically post, and reference then it is a good link for this sub," its moderators write in its 'About' section.
Continue scrolling to check out some recent posts that garnered a lot of attention within this online community and if you find yourself hooked, fire up Bored Panda's earlier publication on it too.
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Dana Jandhyala, who has had a long career as an educator where she has taught in different schools and institutes, believes that visuals hold more appeal than plain text to curious and intuitive minds.
"Till date, several studies have been conducted which prove the power of visual aids in eLearning," she wrote. "And there are some interesting results drawn from them. Such as, learners respond to visual information faster as compared to text-only materials. Also, visuals help improve learning tremendously and on multiple levels. Hence, around 65% of the population comprises visual learners."
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Jandhyala said there are several advantages of visual aids:
They help store information longer. "Images are the simplest and the most effective way to make sure that the information gets stored as long-term memory. As per Dr. Lynell Burmark, an education consultant, our short term memory processes words and can only retain about seven bits of information. Whereas, images are directly processed by our long-term memory, where they get indelibly etched."
They make communication quicker and simpler. "Information listed in bullets is no doubt simpler to process. But, that same information in the form of an image or a video is processed even more quickly."
As per the Visual Teaching Alliance:
- Of all the information transmitted to the brain, 90% is visual;
- As opposed to text, visuals are processed 60,000x faster;
- Humans are capable of getting the sense of a visual scene in less than 1/10th of a second;
- 40% of nerve fibers are linked to the retina;
- Our brain can see images that last for only 13 milliseconds;
- The human eye can register 36,000 visual messages every hour;
- Hence, the eLearning programs which incorporate suitable visuals gain a higher preference over.
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Visuals aid better comprehension. "They help learners grasp concepts easily by stimulating imagination and affecting their cognitive capabilities. Besides, the visual language is also known to have the potential to stretch 'human bandwidth' – which comprises absorbing, comprehending and analyzing new information."
Visuals act as stimulators for emotions. "Emotions and visual information are processed in the same part of the human brain. Visual stimuli and emotional response are linked in a simple way and these two together generate what we call memories. Hence, powerful images and visual metaphors create strong impressions and lasting memories in learners."
They drive motivation. "Most of the students struggle with some of their subjects because they find them uninteresting and hence lack the motivation to put in the required efforts. Visuals are the best bet in such scenarios. Captivating images, engaging videos, interesting infographics, etc. help learners fight the boredom and motivate them to do better."
So it very well might be that the things you'll learn from these guides will stay with you. At least for a little while.
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It really is! I used most of them at least a few times, but I can say that the free alternatives often lacks crucial features, or are cumbersome to use. I don't say they're bad at all, but sometimes they're not completely interchangeable (depending on your use case). And considering the paid applications here are so damn expensive, it could be helpful to add some "paid but not that expensive" alternatives - e. g. Affinity designer (illustrator).
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Gimp is AWFUL! Even Paint.net is a better tool, and it can't do near as much. I recommend Affinity for people seriously into photography and publishing that don't want to get raped by Adobe.
👍🏽 Affinity is buggy but it’s at least well designed and inexpensive.
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For some Mac owners, Keynote can be used for vector drawing and is surprisingly robust.
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Huh? DaVinci resolve is a color grading software and it's not free. It is not an alternative to premiere pro, which is a nonlinear editor (NLE). I'm confused and now I'm not sure if I can trust any of these others. :\
Microsoft Office —- LibreOffice. Once you get used to it, Libre is a pretty good alternative.
also though it is pay to use, a good app for rendering your drawings is procreate if you're on mobile. probably heard of it. doesn't cost too much and is worth it
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I still think it's kinda sad that people with camera's worth thousands of dollars still have to edit or enhance their pictures. People complain about fake models and s**t but this is apprently not a problem?
Blender is - mind boggling. It is a great piece of software but the learning curve is- intense. I hear Wings 3-d is a much simpler alternative. However, I am a masochist and have been trying to get my head around Blender since October of 2016... ain't quite there yet..
Blender and Gimp are about 10 times harder to learn and longer to use then PS and 3DS. Blender has made many a person quit entirely.
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Gimp sucks ass and it’s all down to UI design and sloppy/lazy implementation of features. Inkscape is buggy as hell. Blender is getting better, but was historically buggy as hell and had a horribly-designed interface. It’s still not great, but then EVERY 3D modeling & rendering product is UTTER TRASH and not meant for normal humans. Become a geek and let it abuse you and waste your time, or you will never be able to do anything with it. Bonus points if it’s the ONLY tool you ever learned, because you won’t compare it to industry standards on sane UI design.
REAPER is really good. It's not completely free. But it's only $60. And you can use it on trial for free for a month. And they don't require a credit card for the trial
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DaVinci Resolve is amazing. Gimp is quite powerful, but the UI takes some getting used to.
If you are used to Photoshop gimp is hell. One can achieve good results, but gimp imakes an Photoshop user cry.
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I've used Gimp. A better solution is PhotoPea. It is set up and works exactly like Photoshop. Gimp is good, but you have to relearn things to do them the Gimp way. If all you've ever used is Photoshop, this can be frustrating. And best of all, no download, it's completely online.
Not saying everyone has the same budget, but you can get Photoshop/ Lightroom for no more than $10/month. (I think it's $8.99). I know it's not free, but they are both great programs and the price (especially compared to what they used to cost) is excellent.
$10 here, $8.99 there, a few 10 other apps here and there. It all adds up.
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Gimp in place of Photoshop maybe 10 years ago. Still a good free photo editor and a great replacement for apps like Pixelmator but very little in common with PS today.
My daughter learned 3D animation before college on Blender. She and me also used Gimp to create illustration. Also, you have open office or LibreOffice instead of Microsoft office.
But what about Audition? Reaper only gets you so far and recording software is a pain
does anyone actually like Gimp? Over the years I've downloaded it but it's never had an integrated UI, always separate windows for everything. The last version I tried, you couldn't save in any format other some gimp format. No jpegs, gifs, etc.
I once made a short film and I had to edit out a logo on a young girls shirt due to copywrite. I was using premier pro, after effects and photoshop to do that and because they were all connected it was so easy to do. Everyone has preference but I like Adobe even with the cost.
The Industry standard is Adobe. While expensive, they are far more intuitive and easier to use. There us also more online training available for Adobe. I used both Gimp and DaVinci Resolve. Gimp was inadequate, and Resolve was so cumbersome it was unusable, even with training... which by the way is not free like with Adobe. I dumped these two pieces of software and paid for a year of Adobe CC.
Serif is also industry standard, go with Serif Affinity instead.
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also Windows--> Linux. It is now user friendly and MUCH easier to install than Windows, does not hog bandwith with spyware (Windows 10 and 11 ARE spyware) and includes many of the programs listed here.
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Bored Panda is just a content aggregator to generate ad impressions. They didn’t create any of these.
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Interesting and informative, but these are not the things you learn in school.
Maybe not anymore. I learned all that proofreading stuff in grade school. The music thing is annoying but I guarantee they teach it in some Montessori school somewhere...
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These are helpful!! I'd enjoy more content like this. Thanks for this one!!
See,you don't need a shittoker with 80% of the picture covered with face to explain it to you.Great content bp👍🏻
Bored Panda is just a content aggregator to generate ad impressions. They didn’t create any of these.
Load More Replies... Interesting and informative, but these are not the things you learn in school.
Maybe not anymore. I learned all that proofreading stuff in grade school. The music thing is annoying but I guarantee they teach it in some Montessori school somewhere...
Load More Replies... These are helpful!! I'd enjoy more content like this. Thanks for this one!!
See,you don't need a shittoker with 80% of the picture covered with face to explain it to you.Great content bp👍🏻
