Released by Video Professor:
Video Professor Wins Aurora Award
(Lakewood CO)-Lakewood, Colorado based Video Professor is this year’s Aurora Gold Winner for accomplishment in the Technology and Computer Training Category in the annual Aurora Awards for their work on the company’s popular PhotoShop tutorial.
The Aurora Awards recognizes individuals in the film and video industries who have achieved that same ability to captivate their audiences with the displays produced from their own creative forces. Competitors come from private and corporate production groups, advertising agencies and television stations throughout the country.
The Competition
The Aurora Awards is a national competition designed to recognize excellence in the film and video industries. It specifically targets programs and commercials that would not normally have the opportunity to compete on a national level, by focusing on non-national commercials, regional or special interest entertainment and corporate sponsored film and video. Entries have come from every state in the US and is now expanding internationally, including Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong and others.
“The entire team is thrilled to be recognized for their work,” says Chip Hopkins, Video Professor Production Manager. The production group at Video Professor is comprised of 16 photographers, graphic artists, editors and writers. Hopkins has been with the company since it started 17 years ago. Hopkins and his team also produce the commercials and infomercials seen by millions of Americans on television every day. “We’re proud that this is an in-house team,” Hopkins says. ‘It allows us to maintain the most rigorous quality standards not only for our PhotoShop Tutorial, but our complete line of computing self-tutorial lessons.”
Video Professor is the leader in computing self-tutorial lessons. Over 5-million households use Video Professor tutorials to learn everything from the basics of computing to advanced work with programs like PhotoShop, Outlook, MS Office, Quicken, PowerPoint and even how to design and create websites with FrontPage and HTML.
“Chip has been with us from the start of Video Professor 17 years ago,” says John Scherer, CEO and Founder of Video Professor. “I’m gratified to see him and his team get this award as he has been improving our lessons with each technical advance, making our learning product second to none. The Gold Aurora award testifies to how well our lessons teach computing, it also confirms that the presentation of our Video Professor graphics and animations set the standard for the industry.”
Video Professor’s proven “Step by Step easy learning method” is available on CD-Rom. For users with high-speed Internet access, Video Professor Online provides the company’s complete library of instruction available to stream direct to your computer 24/7.
To learn more about Video Professor, visit their website at www.videoprofessor.com.
