Update July 1: The assets of Bluprint have been purchased by TN Marketing. Access to classes will be preserved. Please see our post here.
Update May 24: CEO John Levisay has posted a statement informing customers of the coming closure. In part it reads: “For now, I wanted to let you know that we are looking at various options to allow those of you who have purchased individual classes to receive a copy of your classes. This includes individual classes purchased with own forever credits. We are also planning to issue prorated refunds for paid subscribers based on the last day our service will be available, which will be communicated when that date is finalized in the near future.”
In a letter sent to instructors today, John Levisay, Chief Executive Officer of Bluprint, announced that NBCUniversal will be shutting Bluprint down. “It is with profound sadness and disappointment that I write you this email,” the letter begins. “When we started the business in 2010, our goal was to provide passionate enthusiasts access to the best teachers in the world. Your classes have made people’s lives better across the globe.”
The letter continues, “After 10 years and virtually millions of customers served, NBCU has made the decision to close the Bluprint business over the next few months.”
Levisay co-founded Craftsy (originally called Sympoz) along with Bret Hanna, Todd Tobin, and Josh Scott. In May 2017 NBCUniversal bought a majority stake in Craftsy. Levisay stayed on as CEO. After the purchase, the company was renamed Bluprint and the model changed from a la carte classes that were a deep dive into a particular craft, to a subscription model offering shorter, lighter craft content that was more entertainment-focused.
“On behalf of all the Craftsy/Bluprint employees, I want to express our gratitude and appreciation to you for being with us on this journey,” Levisay’s letter today stated. “The remarkable work you have all done is unforgettable and has made a difference; however, our business is not sustainable in the current economic climate.”
Bluprint customer Annette Millard says she’s sad for everyone. “I’m wondering if all the Craftsy classes I bought will just disappear?” she asks.
Instructors are feeling shocked and saddened by the news. Kim Werker taught a series of crochet classes on the platform. “I’m really feeling for the very talented people who are losing their jobs,” she said. “And for myself, I’m reacting in two levels. First, I’ll be losing a significant source of income, and I need to look at my contracts to see if I’ll retain any rights to my work. Second, as I watch bastions of the craft industry crumble, I’m wondering what will rise out of the dust.”
Stacey Trock also taught crochet classes on Bluprint. “I’m surprised about Bluprint closing,” she said. “My assumption was that the current climate, with most people around the world on lockdown and streaming services seeing massive increases in streaming time, as well as an intense rekindling of interest in crafts and DIY, that this would have been a strong time for Bluprint. To find out that it will no longer continue is really sad.”
Do much for “lifetime classes”.
I have so many classes on Craftsy and Bluprint
what happens to my library bought classes. it said forever classes.
I have not got an email from bluprint or craftsy.
Me too I purchased numerous forever classes. Do we loose all the money we put into the forever classes?
So do I. I hate this
I’ve been a loyal customer and invested lots of money in forever classes..I’m assuming those videos will be available as will all the patterns and recipes…just not instructor feedback?
Wow… what happens to all those classes we paid for??
What happens to all the classes we’ve bought?? And the fact that we pay each month to watch!!
That can’t be right? Shouldn’t they have to provide something to keep what you purchased?
So what happens to all the classes I purchased. Are you refunding my money Bluprint? Sounds like we need to start a Class Action Lawsuit! I paid for “forever classes”, not “until you decide to go out of business classes”!!!!!
Please you who live in US, start the action, Bluprint customers aren’t only on US, we are from all over the word and we don’t know US laws nor have tools to use them. I own dozens of classes and have subscription. It wasn’t cheap for me due to the course difference and market value.
Wow I purchased a lot of class es to use it forever and also now paying monthly fee so I will loose all of these????? That’s not right !!!
What do the terms and conditions you agreed to say?
I’m thinking we all should be thinking about a class action suit against NBC to to require them tolet everyone who purchased classes, download the videos for those classes.
What the heck!!! What about all my classes!! Will I loose them?? I havent received an email
Would love to know if they will at least make the forever classes downloadable (should be free to those who already bought them) for a period of time so we don’t lose our educational investment.
I just paid for a yearly subscription to Bluprint. Will I still be able to access the classes? If not, will I be issued a refund?
Only the lawyers win in a class action suit. You may get a few pennies on the dollar a total waste of time and money
When you used Bluprint you agreed to their terms of service which prevent you from filing a class-action lawsuit:
22. Binding Arbitration of All Disputes. No Class Relief.
This Section 22 is deemed to be a “written agreement to arbitrate” pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act. You and we agree that we intend that this Section 22 satisfies the “writing” requirement of the Federal Arbitration Act. If binding arbitration is adjudged by a tribunal to be unenforceable, the provisions of Section 23 shall apply to all relevant disputes between you and us.
We believe that arbitration is a faster, more convenient and less expensive way to resolve any disputes or disagreements that you may have with us. Therefore, pursuant to these Terms, if you have any dispute or disagreement with us regarding (i) your use of or interaction with the Services, (ii) any purchases or other transactions or relationships related to your use of the Services, or (iii) any data or information you may provide to us or that we may gather in connection with such use, interaction or transaction (collectively, “Transactions or Relationships”), you will not have the right to pursue a claim in court, or have a jury decide the claim and you will not have the right to bring or participate in any class action or similar proceeding in court or in arbitration. By using or interacting with the Services, or engaging in any other NBCUniversal Transactions or Relationships with us, you agree to binding arbitration as provided below.
I both bought numerous classes when it was craftsy…. Whathappens to all those classes I bought???
Will I still be able to access all my classes? I understand that we won’t be able to ask questions like before but keep our classes available.
Are the courses downloadable somehow
I’m also saddened by this news and wonder if we will be able to access our FOREVER classes we purchased?
Ruthie Allard Moss
Wondering about my “forever classes”?! There isn’t an option to download them to my laptop, so how will I be able to keep what I paid for? Emailed customer service..no response so far…
I just tried to log in to their site and got a page not found error. Ouch.
Very disappointed to hear this. This enabled me to take classes from the best instructors all over the country. What about Craftsy classes I have already purchased?
I also have purchased numerous classes. Your company offered lifetime access. Could you give us DVD of classes that we have purchased?
I am wondering about the classes I have purchased also.
What happens to all the classes i purchased? And i am still receiving emails asking me to subscribe to website and asking for payment.
This is very disappointing. I am hoping we can trust this company to honour their commitments to provide ‘lifetime classes’ to those of us who have invested a lot of money and trust in them. Some of the classes I bought, I haven’t even viewed yet. I would like to think we will be informed of how this is going to work for us – and very soon!
I agree with the comment that now with quarantine and social distancing we need this site more than ever! Is there any chance another company will buy Blueprint? Now more than ever we need at home instruction on DIY. Blueprint is listed in Laguna woods as the site for in home learning.
….but the letter says….
…” that we are looking at various options to allow those of you who have purchased individual classes to receive a copy of your classes. This includes individual classes purchased with own forever credits…..”
Lets give them a little time to figure it out
We should be refunded the money we spent for forever classes. This is so wrong.
You can still purchase classes today. How does that work?????
Maybe all the teachers can put their classes up on youtube, surely they have made enough money and it’s not as though anyone is going to pay for them again. I think we have all learnt our lesson.
The teachers don’t own the videos that make up their classes. They don’t have access to them.
They say they are working on solutions. I think they should give us our classes on dvds, but I doubt they will. I bought 187 classes over the many years since CRAFTSY began. That’s a lot of money. I would not have bought any had they not told me that I would own them forever. I feel like I’m being robbed.
Me too! I am so upset to think I might loose all my classes. Surely the company will give us DVDs of the classes we have bought; that would only be right. I am really shocked because I thought now more than ever, people were getting into crafts and cooking to help pass time! We can only hope that they will do right by those who have been loyal customers for so many years.
Hate to say it, but it sounds like much more than “not lucrative” enough for them!! This is the time more and more people are turning to things like craft videos while being shut-in like prisoners for lack of a better word!! Does NBC Universal have ANYTHING to do with us crafters, sewers, knitters, embroiderers, etc??? Just another takeover ladies! Yes, Class Action is deemed appropriate!!!
Lost my shopping cart and was unable to continue adding to my cart at 11:23pm on May 31. It’s still only 11:35 now. So sad…
I was in the process of picking my class to buy using my last coupon perk when the option to purchase class disappeared early, several minutes before the cutoff time. Did anyone else have the same problem?
I emailed them to let them know & included the coupon code & class I was trying to get. I hope they’ll add it to my library.
As for losing access to classes, the letter posted on the website & emailed to customers says they’re working on a way to provide everyone with their forever classes so they won’t lose them.
I didn’t receive the May 24 email, but did receive one on May 29. Didn’t see it until May 30. I had 12 class credits that I never realized I had, so I purchased 3 classes yesterday, one at a time. Couldn’t get back to the computer until late Sunday night. At 10:35 Central time Bluprint switched all the classes to “subscription only.” This is very unprofessional behavior. It seems rushed and underhanded. I am a public relations professional and this is a good definition of how not to treat customers. I will give them time to figure something out, but communication this poor and lacking in detail does not bode well.
I was trying to use up my own forever classes too and was able to use a few credits yesterday and went back about 11pm EDT to use up the rest of them and the option to “purchase” was gone. Very unprofessional!
Just a comment here, but as a corporate H.R. spouse, I know that many company changeover and buyouts can end up in “asset only” agreements, whereby the purchasing company wants nothing to do with payouts of severance, liabilities, accounts payable, assumption of separate contracts with vendors or service providers. They only want client lists or member names, physical inventory and tangible worth. Usually very short notice of closing, leaving people in the dark. I look for the new ownership to come in like big heroes and offer to refresh the coursework we have purchased, perhaps for a nominal fee, or if everyone renews subscriptions, or some such agreement to make it appear that we have been spared the headache of trying to download. Stay tuned, I could be wrong, but it sure sounds like it, especially since there was no liquidation sale. We were only offered a measly 35% discount at the very end.
what about all those classes I bought from craftsy/blueprint. Will i be able to retrieve them
Taunton Press: How about Threads takes this over?
I’m very upset about this. Bluprint isn’t answering emails. I bought 39 classes that I *thought* I could watch at my leisure when I retire in a few months. I don’t have the capacity to download these on my phone. What is the PROBLEM about downloading to my laptop?????? With the pandemic forcing us to stay home, this is a really bad time to pull this crap, NBC UNIVERSAL!!!
I don’t care what you say in your fancy language. We paid for subscriptions and purchased classes in good faith. if you don’t want tp let us download our classes that belong to us, then we should be refunded all the money spent on the classes. I get the fact thatNBC is so big that they don’t have to make good on our purchases. Well maybe we can’t fight in court, but I for one will never watch NBC programs. Also I can let many others know how you are going to shaft us. I used to think you were decent people, but true colors are coming out. You are not an ethical company. I am totally taken back by your morals and ethics. Hope it makes,you happy sitting in your posh office enjoying how you cheated people all over the world.
They said that unless I cancel they are going to take money from my credit card on file to renew my membership, so if they closing why they want to take my money?
Just download them and put them on a flashdrive. I use internetdownladmanager. google it. It’s a nice little app. You can use it on youtube too.
I’m not computer literate. How do I download from their site to the app you suggested?
do you have instructions on how to get this to work by chance?
ok, can you please tell us how to go about this, thanks muchly in advance
Doesn’t work to download. Bluprint made it so you can’t…so mad
I just tried using internetdownloadmanager but every time I try to download a video it says “video not found”.
Plus, HOW can you download a class into one folder. Each class has multiple different videos for each section!! This is going to be a massive job and damn near impossible for many.
(I presume your suggestion
Any suggestions will be most welcome. I had better get started on this.
Plus, so far NO NOTICE so far on the website. Still selling courses and advertising “Own Forever” Library!
I just bought a subscription can I get a refund
@Maria Thomas-
I would contest it with your credit card company.
I own a lot of these classes and they can surely expect a lawsuit if there is not a way to keep them.
I need to know how long it will take to download all my classes,I have purchased about 350 of the own forever classes. I expect that we will be given sufficient time and notice of how to download them and retrieve them. If anyone hears anything, please let me know immediately and if there is any class action lawsuit started because of not being able to get our classes, I would like to know that as well. My email is noramnelson@aol.com
Good to know. Thankyou!
The classes can only be downloaded via the app they recently launched now, but that only stores them to the device’s internal memory, so it isn’t a permanent solution. I contacted the company tonight asking for other options besides an iOS/Android app that will soon become technologically obsolete.
https://help.mybluprint.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021279032-Offline-Viewing and
https://help.mybluprint.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007131271-The-Bluprint-Mobile-App
I too have purchased classes. Let’s watch and see how this plays out. The company is only just starting the process. Before we jump into a class action suit let’s ask them directly what the plan is .
Can you expand?
What about those of us who have a lot of patterns that we bought on blueprint will we still be able to access them
How do you download them?
I’m testing dowloading classes with Android emulator BlueStacks for Windows. So far it seems something is dowloading but how long it will take and how much space it needs…the emulator is painfully slow on my ancient PC, but if it works, it would be nice great.
Thank you
I bought forever classes from Craftsy. We should all be able to download them. Or archived in a place we can access them. I think a class action should by researched.
Looking at the Bluprint website, it says you can download via an Android or iOS. Therefore not suitable to download to a laptop or other storage media. Disappointed, as my phone could not hold all the classes I have bought!
Be careful with this app. I tried to install this on my win10 machine and the install didn’t complete. I tried re-installing it and it told me to un-install and re-install, but it won’t un-install. So now I’m stuck with thing on my pc and I don’t know what it’s doing (if anything).
caveat emptor
Internetdownloadmanager. Be careful with this app. I tried to install this on my win10 machine and the install didn’t complete. I tried re-installing it and it told me to un-install and re-install, but it won’t un-install. So now I’m stuck with thing on my pc and I don’t know what it’s doing (if anything).
caveat emptor
You could only download patterns not class content.
Does that work when there is a password to access the videos? Just curious
Thanks very much, ok.
For other people interested – I downloaded internetdownloadmanager from CNET.com which is a trusted site. Internetdownloadmanager does have it’s own website but that didn’t work for me for some reason – maybe in too much of a hurry?
Note that the downloader is an app. on your browser – Chrome, Firefox, etc. If you want to delete it, I think that is where you will have to go. When downloading Internetdownloadmanager follow the instructions as to the browser settings you need. I put it on Chrome because that is what it suggested and it installed only on my Chrome but not on my Firefox (my usual browser). What you are getting is a free trial version (28 days). It will remind you of this every so often and ask if you want to register – I clicked “No” and kept on going.
I am downloading to an older, but not ancient, desktop running Windows 7. I do not have a current subscription to Bluprint but do have lifetime access to my Craftsy classes. When you have Internetdownloadmanager installed and go to Bluprint and start running a session in one of your classes, a little box appears in the upper right corner that says “download this video.” You can then pause the video and click on the box. A drop-down menu appears which gives you different options for video quality – highest quality on the top, lowest on the bottom. Note that the higher the quality, the more space it will take on your machine. I found that using the setting second from the bottom gives me about the quality that I see with live streaming. It takes me about 1.5 min. to download 1/2 hr. of video. Internetdownloadmanager will que multiple videos but I haven’t used this feature.
My husband pointed out that we may run over our data limit – something to check if you are on a minimal subscription and hardly ever download.
Internetdownloadmanager appears to have many settings so I suspect you can set up a more efficient way of doing it than I have but I am no techie so prefer not to mess too much with settings. I have been downloading each session of the videos I most want that I’ve bought. You can choose a destination file for the video when you set up the download but that takes some scrolling each time and I have found it faster to let them go to the downloads file (the default) and then rename them (again- it wants to name each episode in a class with the same name and I couldn’t find where to change this and either way I have to type it in) and drag and drop it into the file I’ve made for the class. When the download has finished it will pop up on top of whatever else you have open and one of the choices will be “open file location” which is what I click on. The file comes up with the new video, I rename it and put it where I want it.
I hope that Bluprint decides to notify us all and gives an opportunity for us to download the classes we bought access to. The article says that they are doing the shutdown over several months so notifying creators may have just been the first step. I think that opportunity to download would be the best scenario we could hope for. So my thought is – why not do it now. Hope this is helpful – again, I’m no techie but have taught a class in helping older adults use computers.
@Karen did you play your download? I did, it has a big echo in it and video/sound is a bit distorted/behind. Has to do with the way they stream (and protect) it, I think.
Lifetime never meant our lifetime (woudlnt it be great to access this when we’re 90 :)), but Craftsy’s/BluPrints lifetime.
I too have purchased many classes to use as reference and also have a subscription paid for until the end of the year. As yet we don’t know what is planned for Bluprint but it’s hard to imagine the website will be maintained if no-one is getting money for it. I too have free classes but don’t really know what to use them on as I’m mainly a sewer and there’s been nothing new of any real interest for a long time.
Yesterday I tried various methods to download classes and found it all to be hopeless. Downloading bits of classes to a cell is a waste of time, doesn’t work very well and quite frankly you won’t need to download much before the phone seizes up. I tried my Galaxy notebook and was blocked because the Bluprint app wasn’t the right format and as everyone now knows downloading to a laptop, computer etc. doesn’t work.
Hopefully Bluprint will inform us soon as to what it intends to do. I think we should wait for that before starting any action because – even though there are a lot of us – they’re a big outfit so it might be better to put pressure on them and make them realise they can’t just abandon all those who’ve spent a lot of money over the years supporting them. We now need information from them about how long we can access our courses, if they plan to give us a means of downloading and storing courses we’ve bought and what they intend to do about refunding unused subscriptions – we in Europe pay more anyway.
Another issue is that I can’t get directly in when I try to access them through Bluprint.com. I now have to click on one of their emails to get access. Is anyone else having this problem?
That they are still selling subscriptions and courses beggars belief!
How do you download your forever classes from craftsy. I have tried and can’t seem to figure it out. They should at lease let us download to a flash drive, but give us instructions on how to.
I would have appreciated a “personal” email, not read it thru a thread on FB. All those classes (even if I didn’t have time to do them), I brought
I am so upset about this! I have 181 classes, most of which I’ve never got to do yet. That is a hell of a lot of money to just loose! Craftsy should have never sold to these people. They have run it into the ground!!!! I want to know how they will be reimbursing all of us for all of these classes that we purchased under the assumption we would have them for a lifetime! Are we going to have to file a class action lawsuit???????
I don’t think they were expecting instructors to tell people. I think instructors have been jerked around over the last few years, and finally after receiving the “notice of closure” email, they thought “why shouldn’t everyone know this is coming?”.
I also have a large number of Bluprint classes. I agree with Pat – let’s see how this all plays out before we start jumping on the litigation bandwagon. Maybe they will supply us with DVDs of the classes we have purchased?
Another retirement plan looks like it’s down the drain now!!!
I own 140 classes…
I bought classes I’ve not yet used! WTF!
This is exactly why I don’t buy lifetime anything!
beverlykurz@gmail.com
This was my question. What about the classes I paid for and was promised to always be able to view.
I would have expected that the company would have contacted their customers prior to or at the same time the press release went out about their closing. This has created a lot of confusion and speculation about the future of our “forever” classes. I too have invested a sizable sum for my educational classes. I sure hope this company will respect their loyal customers and provide formal communications with us on their closing and what it means to the thousands of us who have purchased “forever classes”.
I want my classes put on Cds and sent to me. I paid a lot of money here and do not want yo lose them. I was told they were FOREVER!!!
Me too! Spent a ton of money on forever classes give them to me in a dvd or thumb. Class action lawsuit?
In the Terms and conditions we all agreed to no class actions.
The terms and conditions says you go to arbitrarion. Also, you can bust that clause if they acted in bad faith. Plus a state AGs office could go after them, and as part of that they could be ordered to provide us with our content.
But did we agree regarding the classes bought from Craftsy?
I’m so depressed right now! I purchased 273 classes and had three classes on my wish-list; not counting the 169 patterns [over half of which I had purchased]. I can’t download to my phone; both my phone and my laptop are too old for their download application. I could download to my newer computer but, I would need to purchase an external hard-drive to archive that many classes; but, they don’t permit you to do that anyway. I’m retired, my income is fixed, and most of those classes I purchased before I retired. That was my retirement pastime also. Moreover, I have two classes that I’m in the middle of working on those quilts. I recommend while you still can do so, download whatever class materials that you can.
I’m sure NBC is sitting in some War-Room right about now, with a boat-load of Copy-Write Attorney’s figuring out how they can wheedle out of this deal. I’m not an attorney but, I do believe if they broke their contract/agreement with you and I, regarding our forever access to classes purchased; that contract is probably F.U.B.A.R. at this point… I guess we should wait and see what they have to offer, and then weigh our options; if any. Many of the classes I’ve taken also require the use of class-materials. We need to be able to download, and easily access those materials also. We also need a means to download classes so that we can easily stream classes to our TV screens; many older users such as myself are visually impaired, and trying to watch a class on a cell-phone, is just not getting it for me. I’m pretty sure NBC could/should/would/and, will come up with some means of providing their customers with hard-copies of their purchased classes, in lieu of their customers inconveniences. Moreover, preferably sooner than later…
I am quite concerned about the classess I purchased early on. I sure hope we can get DVDs burned or at least download able files.
me too
Nancy thank you for expressing your thoughts on getting DVDs of forever crafts classes. I live in a dead zone and would never live long enough to download classes. I have had trouble viewing classes but continued to do so because I loved them. I really hope this can be settled for the best of the customer.
I am so happy to see everyone speaking out. Let’s hope the people in charge keep their promise and get us a copy of all the classes we purchased. How about THREADS magazine taking the reins? PLEASE BLUPRINT, DON’T TAKE OUR CLASSES
If we have purchased forever classes we should receive the files to save on our own clouds.
I purchased 20 forever classes when it was known as Craftsy and want to know what will happen to my 20 classes I purchased. I have made several pattern cutting and sewing tutorials classes and use them to help improve my techniques from time to time. I want to know if I can download them or get them on DVD? This is very sad and concerning! I don’t know what to do now. Help?
I have bought more than 90 classes over the years and just 2 months ago paid for a one year subscription. Is that just lost money? Can we download the classes permanently before they shuts do you think? Very disappointed and feeling quite angry.
I just did the same! Hope all is not lost!
If you go to Your Forever Classes, select a class, the sections of that class open. There should be a download symbol in the lower right hand corner.
I’m in the process of downloading all of mine.
I’m using an iPad and the app.
Hi Cindy. Could you do a screen shot ‘cos I’m not sure what you mean. Thanks.
Cindy, I don’t see that symbol in my lower right hand corner. What does it look like?
There is no download symbol anywhere in mine.
I believe this only works in the app, which you can’t run on a computer, only a tablet or phone.
Do a search for “download video” in the help section
Cindy, I went to my Forever Classes, selected the class. There is no download symbol. I have a Mac.
If you do that, aren’t those classes viewable using the app…either IOS or Android? Seems like a short term fix since the apps won’t probably be updated. Not to mention the storage needed on a mobile device…
I read they can’t be loaded onto any memory card only what is on device memory. I won’t have enough on mine for all my classes. Hopefully they will let us have access to allow downloads to PC.
But most likely the Bluprint app will be shut off once the company closes, so how will we play/view our downloaded classes without their app?
Hi Cindy,
I found the download I think, it’s under the description of each section of the class, it’s a small downward arrow with a line under it in the bottom right corner of each description, right? And you have to download each section separately. I tried just a couple and it appears they downloaded, that downward arrow then changes to a small check mark in a square box.
But don’t you have to click on the little check mark in the box to be able to play the download so you would need the app to be able to view the downloads? Or is there another way to view them?
Once there is no more Bluprint I’m afraid there will be no more Bluprint app.
The issue with that is storage space and device lifetime. You can’t transfer them from the iPad, you can’t burn them to disc, you can’t upload them to a cloud service, etc., which is what everyone is worried about. I couldn’t even fit all of my classes on my phone or iPad, so 🤷🏼♀️ not a useful solution.
I also hope that we have access to all of the ‘forever’ classes as that is a lot of money invested over the years. I just joined and paid for an annual membership as well. It is so disappointing!
same kere Anne. no communication at all and I wonder about the classes I bought.
Me too, on Craftsy..
Closures like these don’t happen overnight nor the course of a year. Blueshit saw this coming yet still let its customers purchase yearly subscriptions and classes. Now every single customer is robbed of what was legally purchased. And we find out via a link sent to instructors. So, what does that have to say about customers? Who has their backs? I purchased 119 classes and was given free classes as part of my purchase. All I want is what I understood I was paying for: my OWN FOREVER CLASSES.
I received an email from Bluprint stating they will not be in business sometime in July. Before I received the email they had charged a yearly subscription to my paypal account of $127.
Paypal wants me to resolve the issue with the company. I’ve sent emails and never get a response. What do I do now?
They will have to reimburse peoples
I think we should get CDs for every class we bought otherwise they are not “forever” classes.
I agree with you
a CD or thumb drives or something so that we can at the very least keep our forever classes.
My computer doesn’t accept CDs so I can’t use those. I can only use a thumb drive or save to my cloud account. NO CDS, please!
I can download to my iphone but don’t have enough storage. 10 classes took over 33 GB! Now I am out of storage space. My computer does not have a disk drive and I do not have a cd player. I need to be able to download to my computer or a usb drive. Right now I can still play the videos on my computer but I just tried to use the app on my phone and the only thing available is the downloaded classes. There is a message at the top that says ” Updates for our Customers. Please visit our site to learn more” The site does NOT have any updates since the letter posted on May 29th. So even if I could download all of my classes on my phone, what happens when the app no longer works! I only found out that I could do any downloads by googling the internet.
Mary,
If you can make enough space on your computer for the iMazing backup program, you can back up your iPad to any destination you set, such as a flash drive or external hard drive.
To follow up on my earlier post. I just signed on to the app and now it appears to be working as normal, EXCEPT now the “downloaded” section is gone and there is no download arrow on the episodes! How can we “arbitrate” with them if we can not reach them. I have emailed to no avail. If anyone has any updates or know where to find them, please post them.
Mary, I’m jumping in in hopes that I might be able to help you. I apologize if you had some earlier message that I am not following. Are you trying to download from the Bluprint app? I didn’t have much success with the app for the same reasons that others complained about: 1)lack of storage on a phone 2)the app doesn’t always work 3)the program was downloading and the file would disappear as soon as it finished. It just vanished! That’s when I switched to Allavsoft.
If I understand, some of your files are showing as already downloaded (the download arrow is gone?) and you need to redownload? I found a way to get that arrow back. Go into your “Downloaded” folder, go into the class you’re looking to redownload, find the episode you want to redownload and at the right of the episode you will see three dots stacked on top of each other. Click on that and select delete. It will remove that episode from your downloaded videos library. If you wanted to delete all the episodes within a class, you can click on the checkmark+three dots which appear right under the image that has the class title and shows how many episodes are in that class. An option to delete all will appear. Select that to remove that class and all it’s episodes from your downloaded folder. When you go back to your own forever library to that same class, you should see the download checkmark has reappeared.
My understanding when downloading using the Bluprint app is that it’s downloading the classes to the downloaded videos folder but that doesn’t save the classes to your phone. If the Bluprint app disappears, so will your classes. Someone could correct me if I’m wrong. Mary, if I completely misunderstood what you needed help with, I apologize. It’s late here and I wanted to pipe in in hopes of helping you.
I can’t believe I got this to work but here is what I did. I signed on to my acct through the website from my iPad, not through the app! Then I went to Library and then own forever classes. First I clicked on the class name and then episodes. Once I was on episodes, I went to the top of the screen next to the address box for url. There should be an upload symbol. I clicked the upload symbol and then airdropped to my iMac. It immediately appeared on my computer screen. Then I clicked on File next to Safari at top of screen. In the drop-down menu, click Save As. and in the box that opened it showed the name of the Class. There is a box for where to save. I chose Movies. and for Format I chose Web Archive. Then Save. Then click on Finder and then Movies and the classes will be there.
I tried to play then and played just fine. I even clicked on resources and they were there too!
Hope this can help someone else. It was really quick to do.
Yes, they bombard you several times a week with emails. But this topic? Radio silence.
I also have a small fortune in classes that I purchased when it was Craftsy, then was purchased as Bluprint. They said any classes you had purchased through Craftsy would still be yours forever. I have never recieved an email either.
The letter they posted on the site states that they are looking for a way that Forever Classes will be available to owners.
They better find a legitimate way for us to get our classes (such as on a stick and in a form in which we can actually view them. I have over 105 Forever Classes. I am so furious about this. Crafty was a terrific platform and business. NBC Universal purchased it and destroyed it. Changed the platform (change just for change’s sake? since the original platform was great and the subsequent Bluprint iterations were not.), changed the business model to push for subscriptions , and with less content based teaching classes. Probably loaded up the Bluprint division with debt too (like a leveraged buyout), and now they want to close it and run away with our assets (the Forever Classes that we purchased.). I am resigned to the fact that I’ll loose teacher access and feedback, but at least make the content we purchased available to us FOREVER!
Well – lesson learned the hard way. I have a lot of money into classes i bought. No recourse for any of us . If that is the way it is with online learning and purchasing – makes me very wary of anything like this. I always liked craftsy better than bluprint and i always hated any thing that wants to automatically resubscribe you .
bluprint has set the precedent for not trusting any online craft learning and all classes. what a shame and shame on bluprint if they do not make this right with all their customers.
Levisay’s statement says they’re working on a way for those who purchased individual classes and who used own forever credits to get classes to be able to keep those classes.
I understand this to mean that all of the classes we’ve bought that are from Craftsy or Bluprint and are in our Libraries ARE going to be ours to keep, perhaps on DVD or downloaded and archivable to USB/DVD, whether we paid money and purchased from Craftsy or Bluprint OR used own forever credits through the subscription model.
Just keep checking the Bluprint site for more info.
Also, anybody out there with a fat wallet who wants to buy Bluprint and relaunch it and keep all of our classes intact for a third (or fourth) iteration?
I have classes on Craftsy that we’re lost when I didn’t join Blueprint. I would like to have the classes I bought returned to me. I found it frustrating when Blueprint didn’t honor my library indefinitely. This turn me off from Blueprint when Craftsy purshases weren’t honored.
The classes I purchased were from Craftsy. I used the same sign in for Blueprint but never had a subscription with them. However I do still have access to those classes I bought from Craftsy while on Blueprint -stored in the library. Not sure why you have lost access to yours.
I hope that Blueprint do honour their pledge to give us continued access after they close. I would have preferred to have been informed earlier but have now had an email. I was somewhat astonished that they were still accepting business until the end of May though. Otherwise I was encouraged by the tone of the email. I hope now to find time to take notes (a tedious and unwanted task) on the classes I have
, especially those that don’t tie in with books.
That is my question also. I have been housebound for over 20 years and have purchased 190 classes. I’ve loved everyone of them and some I watch over and over. I will be heartsick if they suddenly go away.
Me too! I have nearly 100 classes purchased. This is awful!
I have purchased around 70 Forever Classes and just received the email about the closing last night. That gives me only two days’ notice. I really rely on some of those classes and look at them periodically. I hope we can still have access to them. If not, that will be devastating to me.
I do too. I am so sad. Have you heard anything about if we are going to be able to keep the classes we ordered and paid for? I have a very large library…..
Will Craftsy/Bluprint be sending DVDs of the forever online classes to those of us who purchased online classes?
I too have many so called lifetime classes that I purchased and have been a member for years.
I am so upset and they couldn’t even send an email to notify me of the closing.
So sad. I need to make sure they tell us how to get our classes.
How do we go about keeping and watching the classes that we own? I haven’t heard anything about the process. Would hate to think that we would no long be able to view our purchased classes or use out patterns. Anybody know what’s happening with that?
I have spent a LOT of money on classes through craftsy with the understanding that I’d have LIFETIME access! The fact that I cannot access what I have paid for is unacceptable! I would like to be a par of a class action suit if I am not sent a hard copy of each class and project that I paid for.
Have you received a reply from them? I have not and have over 100 classes? Downloading on the app keeps locking up?
No Reply at all, Cindy. I have sent several emails & they will NOT REPLY to the individual loyal customer!
So do I! Too many. I have sunk a lot of monies into this website+ I was a monthly subscriber,as well! Now they are closing. And Then, MISS ABBY, NOW THAT YOU HAVE POSTED THE RIOT ACT ON SUING YOU GUYS, GIVE US A SOLUTION TO THE CLASSES WE HAVE BOUGHT TO SAVE THEM ALL. ITS EITHER THAT OR YOU HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM ALL OF US LOYAL CUSTOMERS THAT THOUGHT WE DID HAVE OUR FOREVER CLASSES. NOT ALL OF CAN DOWNLOAD THEM ALL. I HAVE ALL APPLE PRODUCTS & THERE ARE SOME WEBSITES THAT ONLY ALLOW ANDRIODS FOR DOWNLOADING. MAKE US CD’S & SEND THEM TO ALL OF US WITH EACH OF ALL OF OUR CLASSES! OFFER US MORE THAN WHAT YOUR DOING NOW! YOU HAVE MADE A VERY BAD NAME FOR YOURSELVES NBC! NO SOLUTIONS & STEALING FROM YOUR CUSTOMERS! SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT PRACTICING RESPONSIBILITY & SHOWING NO CREDIBILITY & NO HONESTY AT ALL TO ALL OF YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS! WHAT A MESS YOU HAVE CREATED ALL BECAUSE OF THE ALMIGHTY BUCK FOR YOUR DISHONEST COMPANY! UNBELIEVABLE STUPIDITY ON YOUR PART!
Amen! Glad to hear I wasn’t the only completely irritated to see they respond when threatened but with a general question …. complete silence. I don’t have enough storage to download on my Apple Iphone but Im given no solutions to that question.
Cindy, I’m So Angry about all of this… Like we can go out back & pull monies from our trees. This is the Most Dishonest Thing I have seen in a Long While… No Communication At All with any of us on an individual basis.. Just GRRRRRRRRRRRRR. How can we trust another company ever, when we all have been duped out of a lot of Monies??? Where are the heads of this Company? They don’t dare show their faces, let alone their voices..
Jacqueline, I understand how angry and concerned you and so many Bluprint/Craftsy customers are. I’m so sorry that I can’t help. Craft Industry Alliance is not affiliated with Bluprint or NBCUniversal. This is not something I have any control over.
I agree. I didn’t buy individual forever classes because I had the annual subscription. They’re saved in my library and I accessed what I needed whenever. I’ve been a customer for over 3 yrs and payed hundreds of dollars to view unlimited content. Why shouldn’t I be able to keep copies of the videos in my library and not just the “forever” classes? I never got an email either and by the time I saw the news of the closing, it was already too late to purchase a class or to convert anything to a forever class not that I knew how to do that anyway. I’m hoping I can find a way to download or copy the classes I use most.
I have many classes on Craftsy.and can’t afford to lose them. Any news as to if they will provider copies on DVD ? Any place to file a claim?
Mary,
There is no news yet. Last we heard was that Bluprint was looking into a way for us to keep our forever classes. However, many of us don’t trust them after the stunt they pulled on the last day of sales. So what I recommend is to read down thru all of these comments. Yes, it will take some rime and patience. But the closer you get to the bottom, the more help you will find on possible ways to secure your classes. Many people have explained different methods that have worked for them. And if you have questions, just keep on reading. It’s pretty much all there. If you still have questions, just ask. Everyone has been so helpful. All the best.
I bought a downloader called Allavsoft and it works with craftsy files and Bluprint. I bought a 30 day subscription because these will be downloaded into my computer hard drive. I won’t need it after that.
The one thing I had trouble with was that it didn’t recognize my password. Customer service at Allavsoft said to change the password and immediately it started pulling down my files. It’s been running for hours to pul in my 18 classes, but I think it’s going to Its 19.99, customer service was amazingly helpful. Wishing you success!
I also want to know what will happen to my library of “forever” classes. I have purchased them and was taking the classes at my leisure. I had no idea Bluprint was closing. I want all my classes. I am sure you can give me my 84 classes. It is possible to do.
Maybe this is the time to get legal advice from my layer.
so, I have just spent 4 days downloading the 130+ classes that purchased from Craftsy followed by Bluprint.
how did I do it
follow the instructions in the following message
https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/
yes, I did have to fairly rapidly move files from the c: drive over to a portable hard drive as I only had about 30GB free on C, and I did have to have the folks at Allavsoft tweak my connection…but they got back to me in under 3 hours with the tweak.
It took a full 2 days for me to download the patterns and recipes, ut I was able to do that directly from the Bluprint app last month.
te trickier bit was the download of the actual classes, once allavsoft got back to me. some suggestions if you decide to go this route and have more than 50 classes (about what can be downloaded and move to an archive drive in a day.
1) once the files start dumping, go through the list and PAUSE all but 15-20 of them, starting from the bottom and working up. this will allow you to do things like go to bed or leave the hose for more than a half ,hour or so (the length of time that it took my file dump to hit the space wall on my C drive)
2) I set up a separate folder for each of my classes in a folder on my archive device marked “bluprintclasses”. I also set up a separate folder on my archive folder marked “Completed Bluprint CLasses”. and a thrid folder marker”Incompelete BLuprint CLasses”. each segment of a blurprint class creates 3 allavsoft generated files – a SRT file and a VRT file (about 2KB each) and a MP4 file varying in size from 15,000 KB to 2.5 GB.yeah, they are chunky. My 130+ classes took up 390GB.
I have two courses that I am trying to figure out how to redownload as they were missing segments,somehow, but much easier than I had anticipated.
good luck all
What happen to classes That I have purchased on crafty/blueprint?
My question is the same as so many others’…can I somehow continue to access the classes I bought years ago?
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So all the money is just * poof* gone? Never received word of this.
I hear you. all the patterns that I BOUGHT are not there. I bought hundreds of dollars of patterns outside the video classes.
I have classes all over craftsy and I can’t even access my password
Wow, I just renewed my membership last week $40 down the drain. What will happen to all of the classes we have purchased forever. I guess that is money down the drain as well. What ashame….
I know i just did the same thing too. I’ve emailed them. And if all else fails will notify my credit card company.
I’d like to know also about my classes. I spent a lot of money on them and still have a subscription .not heard a word .
Would appreciate DVDs of the classes I have bought “forever”
DVD only as long they will be shipped toll free all over the world. Bluprint customers aren’t only from US
I still have a subscription and loads of Craftsy classes I bought ???☹️
I don’t care about a lawsuit. I just want my classes. I think they tried to do too much too soon. I’m so disappointed.
When Craftsy started forever classes it clearly said we could download it or make DVD’s. So accordingly I downloaded few classes and made DVD’s out of it. Then probably in 2013 -2014,I think somehow I could not download it anymore, only watch it. I think when Craftsy wanted to sell the business they stopped letting the classes be downloaded. Now they should allow us to download it so that it can be saved on USB or we could make a DVD. It will not be cost effective for the company to make DVD’s to all customers. They should just allow us to download the classes on a hard drive. Clearly they cannot do anything with these classes themselves.
Dispute it with your cc company
Disputing anything with one’s credit card company may not be feasible and/or nor possible if (as many-including myself) purchased many courses over the years and when they were cratsy. Some credit card companies only allow one to go back so far–whether the customer has used the product or not.
Funny. I’ve have been a big buyer, over 200 classes and a subscription member of Blueprint since the beginning, Craftsy before that and my renewal per year is $80. No wonder they can’t stay in business. Now everyone is angry… I’m double angry. Did we or did we not buy Forever classes. Forever to NBCUNIVERSAL seems to mean whatever they choose, whenever. Hey NBCU honor your word. Restore our faith.
Why would Blueprint throw the whole library away instead of offering it to another on line course site such as The Great Courses? Even pennies on the dollar might be better than a tax write off. Just a thought. I have no insight on the financials…
Not right those classes were suppose to be there for people who paid for then forever! You need to reconsider this idea !
What about the library of patterns etc that I am suppose to have forever? Are they all going to be available for me to use indefinitely?
Download the patterns to your hard drive.
You can download the patterns easy. Hit the download button and save them in a file in your documents section. I did that tonight.
It is a sad day for crafters . What is going to happen with all our Crafsty classes we have bought with the promise of always having them? Is Bluprint going to reimburse for the classes? What redress do we have legally?
Actually you have no recourse. You only purchased the ability to screen them on their platform. Anyone who downloads anything is in violation of copy rite law and can be sued by the teacher.
I loved Craftsy!! I bought tons of quilt kits and backing. The quilts were beautiful. When it changed from Craftsy to BluPrint, the prices increased dramatically and the quilts were not pretty at all. I subscribed to BluPrint for one year, and they promised all the classes were for life!! Bring the old Craftsy back! You
Yes I agree with you 1000% and have been saying the same things all along. It’s not surprising this happened, NBC doesn’t care about craft, just profit. The second Craftsy was sold to them it was a death sentence. They had better figure out a way to get us all our classes we have paid lots of money for over the years.
What a ripoff!!!! I haven’t even watched some of the classes I purchased! I hope they offer free DVD to us.
I agree, I had gotten some additional classes for my subscription, and I haven’t seen them all. Oh dear, my head is about yo explode!
That won’t happen. There’s no way a company is going to pay to burn tens of thousands of DVDs, especially with DVD’s becoming obsolete in the market with access digital. Best case scenario, they leave a form of the defunct app available for people to access their classes. Best case. It’s not right, but it is what it is. I own a lot of classes myself. Don’t expect physical copies, let’s hope a digital access is left for us to access the classes we own. They’re probably not going to make a public announcement until after the holiday weekend, I dint think they were expecting this to get out like it did. Poorly run company, Craftsy was better for customers and likely instructors , but not profitable over the long term. I’ve never liked the new Blūprint, it was less personal and more corporate.
When Plated, a meal delivery service, closed their subscription service, they provided all customers with a link to download all of the recipes they had purchased. Hopefully Bluprint does the same.
I am extremely disappointed to find out that Blueprint is closing. My classes were going to be there for my retirement years. Who can you trust a anymore. Would be nice to be given the opportunity to download and retain forever as was our belief when we brought these classes
I can’t use CDs. I have no way to play them as my iMac doesn’t accept them. NO CDs, please!
Rebecca, just go to the Apple Store and buy a USB SuperDrive. It’s a stand-alone device that lets you play cd’s. It plugs into your iMac.
Go to nationalquiterscircle.com and nationalsewingcircle.com for classes
The classes I purchased from Craftsy/Bluprint are not available at those two places.
Use a screen capture software, and copy your videos that way.
Which screen capture software have you used to successfully copy these Craftsy/Bluprint videos?
Techsmith’s Camtasia program will successfully copy the classes.
Kelly – great suggestion! I used QuickTime Player on my Macbook Pro and it did a great job capturing the video of a class I own in my Bluprint Class Library, however, the sound does not come over with the screen recording. I googled and learned there is an extension to download and install called SoundFlower……which became just out of my comfort zone to execute! Do you have any advice?
So much for lifetime classes is right. All that money I spent along with everyone else really isn’t very fair. Guess I won’t get sucked into that kind of lifetime deal again. I hope Blueprint is happy with themselves as I am sure no one else is.
Who’s lifetime? The site? Yours?
I am a UK subscription member and have many many forever classes. At the moment I am making an assumption we will be given an opportunity to download and keep all classes and patterns before this happens and that we will get refunds on our subscriptions. It would have been better to hear this direct from Blueprint rather than via a social media platform
I do not think for 1 minute that we can file a lawsuit, they (Bluprint) essentially the first time you used the app you agreed to their terms (no class action lawsuits) Make no assumptions, we could all see that no new classes were being added. Subscribers have known for a while that lots of instructors and patterns were deleted. Refunds? They are most likely broke, or unwilling to spend money on a losing situation. NBC ?Universal is a big company they are focused on entertainment. Make the outraged cry heard round the world, and BOYCOTT anything NBC or Universal AND contact the sponsors of all their shows on TV
exactly
Originally the forever classes were purchased on Craftsy and they were literally meant to be downloaded and kept. Most people can’t store all of their classes, but it was said we could always access them I the Craftsy app.
For those of us who never used Blūprint, we never agreed o their terms. I’ve always continued to access my classes through the old Craftsy app.
It’s just the videos, no interaction, but I was fine with that.
The Craftsy app no longer works, for me anyway, but I can access my classes on the Bluprint app currently.
I used the Craftsy app to view the classes I had paid for but today I cannot I have to go through the Blueprint app.
No email about this and I have quite a number of classes which I hope to download since they are ‘lifetime’
I just joined, does that mean I will be getting a refund?
I would suggest to cancel the payment through your credit card or PayPal account. Include a copy of their notice of closing down.
I’d like to know what is going to happen to all the classes we purchased. I’m sure they will come up with something.
They better give us instructions on how we will access our classes that we paid good money for and were promised they would be available for life. This is completely unacceptable that they should be allowed to take these away from us once we paid for them.
Lol or you’ll do what?
Who knows. They haven’t notified subscribers yet. I’m saving my outrage for then. Darn. I was even going to renew
I have really enjoyed this resource and it will be a great loss. Can we put the classes in a repository where members can access indefinitely? Can members be given option to purchase shares in the company?. Can the company be sold to another company ? ETSY Threads Simplicity ?? EDX Coursera There must be a creative solution out there. This is a really valued and used service and If you look at it from a purely business perspective it is completely strange to me that it is not profit making and successful.
Don’t expect them to be ethical. If they go out of business, we are no longer important to them.
I’m just sad I never did the spinning class I bought on Craftsy. Now I can stare at the kit I bought from them to learn to spin. Sad. I always wanted to spin my own yarn.
I can’t believe this. Why can’t they close some of their other programs. I want my class videos.
We have been ripped off…
Probably not if you read the terms and conditions you agreed to.
Companies do this all of the time, list terms that cannot be legally defended. A blurb on their website cannot and will not prevent lawsuits for fraudulent behavior.
This being said, class action lawsuits rarely provide financial remedy.
What will happen to all the classes I’ve purchased that were supposed to be mine forever? And what will happen to the annual fee I just paid?
I think these questions deserve some answers.
I have about 100 classes. I will be so angry if I cannot get access to them. I hope they make allow us to download before they close completely.
I also have purchased multiple “forever” classes. What will happen to them?? Is there a way we can “save” them????
when CraftArtEDU closed they provided links to your classes for downloading. This announcement just came out, so hopefully they just haven’t gotten this in place yet. I have to hope we will be able to do this, though if you have a lot of classes you may need to get an external drive to hold them as it’ll be a lot of space.
I am very sad. I very much enjoyed this library.
I have many classes purchased ….. not happy about this. Are they going to provide a way to watch our classes?
I bought over 40 classes some I haven’t even used.
I am SO SADDENED by this decision! I know times are hard right know, but throwing away the place with such amazing teachers and staff is going to have an awful impact on millions of crafters, wanna be crafters, and first time crafters!!! I am sure my one comment will not change anything. But I truly believe that NBC is terminating a service to the public that is needed! I Pray that you might consider just putting it on hold and bringing it back. I don’t have much hope of that but I had to share what’s in my heart!
There is something fishy with this story. This is the only sight any where stating that.
There was a message on Facebook this morning from one of the teachers who I have 2 of her classes on Craftsy telling about the letter she received about the closure so as much as we might like to think it’s not true, I’m afraid it is.
Well, we are the site that covers craft industry news.
Multiple Bluprint and Craftsy teachers have confirmed the news on Facebook.
The text of the email sent to instructors is in our article above.
Right – taught me a lesson. Never buy anything that resides in an on-line library from any company.
First I got stung by Craftsy h now Bluprint. I’ll never sign up for this tupe of service again.
Craftsy promised we would always be able to see our forever classes, no matter what.
Then, even though we’d already purchased classes they offered to sell them to us on CD when Bluprint came along.
You can download the app on your phone or tablet, download the classes,and move them to your computer.
I did this last night with the lessons for three classes but they stop playing part way through. The downloaded file plays in the app, so they are fully downloaded, but fail while playing in my players on phone and computer.
Which app are you talking about?
Yep. I just tried to download the ones I purchased to try and save and the site says can’t download. So what a waste of money.
I just renewed. When will be the cutoff?
Yup, just like retail items purchased with lifetime guarantee…then the store goes out of business!
Here in NYS, lifetime is at max. 7 years…so I’d think it applies here too.
Our outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
This is very upsetting. I use my tablet for access and would not have adequate room for my 50 or so classes. Frankly, I don’t trust NBCUniversal to do the right thing by us until I see an actual workable solution.
Why does the Blueprint website say nothing about this and still allow subscriptions. Is this actually true?
flood the presidents inbox: brian_roberts@comcast.com
nbc universal is owned by comcast
It seems like a company that big could keep this available. Bluprint is like chump change for them. I am hoping they offer an option to download to our computers and external drives. Like someone else said- with all the virtual learning and working online, I would think this site would be overflowing with use! It seems to me there is more here than we know. Fingers crossed they will do the right thing. But as my husband pointed out, there right and there real. Sadly the two are not always the same. 🙁
I just purchased a year’s subscription. Will I be refunded?
I want to know too. What happens to the classes I purchased. I often go back for refresher.
What happens to all our online classes and patterns in library
I was a member when it was Craftsy and continued when it became Blueprint.
I tried to get into my account to save my patterns Please help me with this.
I can’t see my first comments. Please send info on retrieve my patterns.
It’s really too bad. I have purchased many classes too. They should have kept it in the “a la carte” format.
I can’t find my classes, how can I get to them?
I am heartbroken.
I feel sad for all the instructors who worked so hard to bring us such wonderful classes & hope bluprint finds a way to revive its company.
Let’s use our voices and write to potential investors to buy Bluprint… Oprah, Gail King, Martha Stewart? Bluprint is too good to die.
IT is a RIP-OFF.
I was Craftsy user but I joined, used it and once again a huge conglomerate “saved the day” ending up ruining a great concept for those who were unable to get great instruction.
I feel for the instructors too, and for the others like me who had a little faith in a company.
If anything I will boycott anything NBC Universal BUT that dumps into cable tv, streaming tv and what else (?).
I don’t trust anybody any more. All I hear are lies and it is sad that blatant lies are part of USA’s culture.
So if I don’t have an active subscription and have archived classes I can’t get get access to them once they close the site. Just let me download them. I paid for them. Broken contract!!
So sad to hear. I have over a hundred classes. I want to be able to keep them. I hope it can be figured out. I liked it better when it was Crafty. The class content was longer, more detailed. I have not received an email from bluprint as of today.
I trust that we will be sent a CD or flash drive with our library of paid for classes on them. I’m sure I’m not the only one that will miss having this resource available. Your teachers are excellent and I will miss them, too
Looks like we know now how much we can trust NBC. Like any corporate shark, they move in, take over and dismantle.
I bought 78 classes, a lot of money for me. I thought that it was an investment. I hated it when Craftsy converted to Bluprint. The format was ugly and not inviting at all. I don’t know why they did it. After that, the platform looked different and “abandoned”.
#Bluprint I expect you to send me ALL my classes, please. I hope you comply with your promise.
I’m so sorry for all of those 200 employees that are losing their jobs today because of this.
I have craftsy classes but since I cancelled my Blueprint subscription I have been unable to access my purchased classes. They were supposed to be classes for life.
This is disgusting, to say the least. I “own” a lot of classes. Thankfully, I didn’t get involved with the subscriptions. I just didn’t feel comfortable with that idea. We should be given the ability to download the classes we “own,” at the very least. I agree with the person who is against the idea of a class action suit. The only ones who would get anything out of a lawsuit, is the lawyers. I wonder what the real reason for this decision is. Maybe the CEO needs a few extra million.
I know, I have at least 100 classes saved to view at retirement. Lots of money
I imagine many people have asked this, will we be able to download our classes?
I would like to be able to download my classes.
I loved this site – loved my classes! I have more than 40 classes in my library. Is there some way for longterm access?
I am in the UK and spent over £300 on Craftsy classes, expecting lifetime access. The only acceptable resolution now would be for Bluprint to send me these classes on DVD.
I have 10classes I’ve paid between 10-40 for.
Pardon my french but this is bullshit
If you haven’t logged into Bluprint to read the announcement:
From John Levisay
CEO Bluprint (Craftsy)
…For now, I wanted to let you know that we are looking at various options to allow those of you who have purchased individual classes to receive a copy of your classes. This includes individual classes purchased with own forever credits. We are also planning to issue prorated refunds for paid subscribers based on the last day our service will be available, which will be communicated when that date is finalized in the near future.
https://www.mybluprint.com/article/letter-to-our-bluprint-customers
From Bluprint support in April, 2020:
The only advantage of purchasing a class is that you will own it forever. This means you can access it at any time forever regardless if you have a subscription or not. This is more costly as you have to purchase each class you want to watch.
So as they say -you own the class. Can they go back on this promise.
I am so disappointed that Bluprint is closing, and with not so much as a clearance event to allow customers to purchase their wish list items and kits before they disappear. I have learned cake decorating, lace knitting, and most recently quilting from your instructors and have become accomplished enough in less than 2 years to purchase my own longarm machine. I have been a loyal customer for over 5 years, purchasing 95% of my craft materials from your company. I have maintained a membership since the concept began. I have purchased many classes and patterns, which I hope will be made available without a great hassle. Please keep us informed as to where great brands such as Boundless will be available after you liquidate your inventory. Too bad you didn’t give us a better chance chance.
What would be the best to go about trying to get another company to take over Blueprint so that the classes could be retained? This is way beyond my knowledge or skill. What would be involved in retaining the classes that have been online? What costs to instructors and those of us who have paid for classes? What company or person might have an interest? How can we who might be interested organize as a body to hopefully get something planned ?
I own 607 classes!!!!!!
Abby jumping in there with all her legal mumbo jumbo, no contract is iron clad don’t let her intimidate you. This is how corporations take over the world and keep pushing the little guy out – through lawyers without integrity or conscience.
Well, that’s one way to look at it. Another way is to realize that the platforms we use have terms of service for a reason, whether we like them or not. Choosing to look at the law as “legal mumbo jumbo” doesn’t mean you can ignore it.
Only just found out about this. Still had forever classes to pick. And have only just joined … not happy.
I only had chosen 1 forever class and I am screen capturing for now so as not to lose it. But not the best solution.
I am going to miss the Comments part of the lessons too. I bought all of Suzy Furrers pattern drafting classes, and people sent in photos and she then offered sound advice on what to do, you could learn so much from the pictures and what she said to do. She is an excellent teacher.
They should provide everyone with the ability to download their classes onto their PC like they allow from the Apple app on the phone. It is the cheapest way for them and everyone can download their own. It would take time, but it is would make sure that the classes would be downloaded in their entirety. It would be a massive fortune for them to mail out CDs to everyone. I have 100+ classes, my husband has sone, 3 of my daughters have some. This is a mess. I would think that many people will be angry and there would be a class action lawsuit. I hope it doesnt get that ugly. Its just sad all the way around. 🙁 I would be very happy ( and i would go buy a storage drive) if I could download my classes.
Interweave manages to provide downloadable videos of their classes, I have several of them. How is it that a major business like NBC, part of whose business is video based, cannot take already created videos and make them available to those who paid for them?
Boycott Comcast they own NBC Universal. Look up a list of all of Comcast companies and don’t use them . This is the kind of stuff that’s makes me understand protesters. Where large companies can steal and not be held accountable. If a class action lawsuit, or small claims court can’t be done, I will be looking for all ways to make sure I don’t support Comcast companies .
OK, I may have found a workaround to download classes using my Android app. I start 2 downloads. Then I close the Bluprint app. When the downloads end they are in my downloads folder as *.MP4 files. If the app is running, they are swept away into the app. I am moving the files into folders I am making per class before I re-open the bluprint app.
I am experiencing a plethora of feelings regarding the closing of Craftsy/Bluprint: anger (being “ripped-off”), the effects of capitalism, placing the trouble and issues on how to keep my forever classes on the public (buying software to do so), blaming this on Covid-19 is something I do not believe. People stay home…they DO things…; laying off 137 employees, no concerns about the instructors who earned an income teaching these classes…and on and on and on. Thanks, NBC! Call me stupid but why , in God’s name, would you want to buy this wonderful platform that serves so many people? Money. I am disheartened. This was a good, good thing destroyed. Needless to say, I, the customer, am researching ways to preserve my 20 own forever classes (what a misnomer!)that which I spent $300-$400 in GOOD FAITH. This should be your responsibility. This is theft. I am so angry I need to stop talking now.
I NEED my lifetime classes as references!!!
Has none worked out if we can still access our purchsed nd online classes please
I will love to have all my forever classes in hard copy! I’m very disappointed and I do expect my copies by mail soon ! Now, I can’t even access to anything because I’m bloqued.
How do I buy your liquidation fabric jelly rolls charm packs layer cakes any precut kits etc.
I signed an agreement with Craftsy, not Blueprint. All my classes were purchased under Craftsy. I just found out today by pure chance that Blueprint was going out of business; never got a notice that this was happening. I would think that NBC would do something so we could all have access to our forever classes. Especially if they don’t want to have ea giant smear on their good name.
Correct – So much for my “lifetime classes”
Our outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
Will we get a refund if we are paid for the year?
What’s worse, they’re still selling subscriptions. I have forever classes, but I also never deleted my Craftsy app and they’re also there. I’m not sure if they are going to allow people to access the defunct app like the old Craftsy app, or if the classes just disappear. I emailed them earlier today, so I guess we’ll see if I get a response and what it says.
Oh please keep us posted!!! I’m so sad!!!!
If you downloaded the classes onto your iPad before the old Craftsy app quit working they’re still there. Unfortunately you can’t do that with the new BluPrint app .
I use my iPad for all my streaming, how do I download them? Will my iPad have enough storage space?
My Craftsy app still works
I was online trying to chat earlier today and yes their still selling subscriptions online. It says chat won’t be available until after May 31st but its been bumping the date by 1 day since I’ve tried last week. So don’t know that we’ll ever get an answer. I emailed them to. But doubt they will reply.
I’m infuriated that I won’t have my classes anymore, unless they give us a way to download them. I just rewatched one class the other day for a refresher. I also feel like it was really stupid to go from a great Craftsy to a bad Bluprint. Manglers ruin everything.
I’ve downloaded all my patterns. I will try to do the classes as well. What a shame.
I have downloaded my patterns also, but don’t believe you can download the classes we have purchased. I will never again believe when it says they can be accessed forever. What a rip off.
Our outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
Blueprint is saying they are working on a fix. I don’t understand why they would not just have their also owned The Great Courses take the video part of Craftsy/Blueprint. Blueprint already offers some of the same courses as The Great Courses called by the same name. That is of course if destroying The Great Courses is not on the horizon. I’m a member of both. Ugg!
They never should have sold to a big media company.
This is infuriating. Promising that classes will be for lifetime then closing it on everyone who trusted it. I bought so many classes based in that trust! It’s unfair and without an iota of integrity. I expect a refund! 😡 **ANGRY!!**
I also just paid for another year, also bought an annual subs for my cousin? Where is my money gone,
I’d like to know that as well. I didn’t even get an email I just happened to stumble across this.
I just joined last week. Was really looking formula to learning so much. I wonder if any refunds will be given?
Hi Liz! Agreed!!! Same thing happened to the art school I worked for- it was actually a decent place until it was sold to a large corporation and went public. From there it was driven into the ground. So sad.
This is sad news—I wonder if Great Courses will be shutting down too? They went to a subscription model a while back and there is some crossover of Craftsy/Bluprint classes.
Great Courses has a download option – I only have 2 but downloaded both to my computer right at the start.
The interface between the two is very, very limited. I doubt the same thing will happen to Great Courses.
I’ve recently discovered my local library has ALL the Great Courses available to borrow – for free!
What is going to become of my classes that I purchased over the years? Also what about my subscription for the year?
Lisa, the moment that NBC/Universal borged Craftsy I saw all the cash heading into the hands of NBC execs
That’s what happened
Computer_Mechanic, you said “NBC/Universal borged Craftsy.” What does that mean? Borged?
“Borged” is in reference to a Star Trek (Captain Picard) group that were all interconnected. They appeared in space as one large cube, made up of many individuals.
“to be assimilated into the collective by something in an effort to forcibly take something of yours”
Think Star Trek — when Captain Picard was “assimilated” into the Borg collective.
“You will be Assimilated. Resistance is Futile.”
Too bad they didn’t take Spock’s viewpoint to “Live Long and Prosper”.
I think this fraud because they advertised and assured us they were for life Time to contact the media like 20/20 or any other media that will do a story and hold these fraudsters feet To the fire
A Star Trek meme! The Borge was a doomsday, alien culture, destroying life across the universe… mostly used by Women, our destructive, capitalist, profit over all mysogynist culture is what destroyed Craftsy, then Bluprint. Alas,
I checked on the blueprint page and it says that you need to update your app and there will be an an arrow pointing down on each episode which lets you download to watch offline.
I haven’t tried it yet as my old computer can’t find the blueprint in the App Store. I was able to do the update on my phone but would rather watch on my computer.
Very disappointed this has been announced and STILL I’ve received no notifications from Craftsy/Blueprint. Like many others I bought lifetime classes I still have and I’m wondering how these will be handled
Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
You have the option of requesting a refund or contesting the charge with your credit card company. Our outrage has been premature re the Forever content; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
I’m angry! But not surprised. They angered people so much. But so much for our ‘you will have access to all the patterns and such you have bought forever’. Now, I have to download a whole bunch so I don’t lose it.
** ANGRY **
They should ABSOLUTELY give us a way to download our lifetime classes we paid for!!!
Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
Since I’ve purchased classes and videos directly, what happens to those? I have over fifty of them and it doesn’t let me download them.
Me too! Let me know what you find out!
Ummm, I’ve paid for access to classes….BLUEPRINT! Hat happens now?
This makes me so sad. I just bought a subscription. I love the content – it’s so much more informative than relying on YouTube. Awful news.
What about all my classes? Why can’t we download them to our computers and at least get some use out of them in the future? Figure out a way to do that before you pull it all off the net!!
I’m doing that now, but I’m having some playback issues…may be the player. I downloaded the Bluprint App on my phone and you can download each lesson of a class to your phone as MP4 files. I then transferred those to my PC. I have 37 classes so it’s going to take a while. I also still have 9 credits to use. Did they give a date when they are closing? I was supposed to have until 12/31/2020 to use my credits. Now I’m scrambling to find classes.
Where do you find the files on your phone to transfer them?
My question too Sarah, and thank you for your directions Kathy Azzari.
I’m just getting started but don’t think this is going to work.
I just downloaded the first welcome segment of one of my classes which was a 21 minute video.
Seemed to be working until after about 10 minutes I got a red exclamation mark.
Have to use my phone as there is NO space on my tablet.. and not much space on my phone either despite my installing a 2GB SD card. But the Apps use the device and not the extra memory card by default which I suspect is why the Download of the first 20 minutes of 30 courses has failed.
There is NOT enough room, or memory to complete the download!
This is going to be a long and tedious process if I can get it to work at all! ARRGGHHHH!!
no idea about what phone you have but you can get a lead to plug in and on other end is a USB socket so you can move files from phone to your memory key. You need to reseach it for your phone. A bit fiddly at first but if you do it a few times it is very straightforward until you forget and then have to relearn. It has been amazingly useful when out and about to be able to film or take photos on phone then plug in lead and usb stick and then hand it to someone for them to take photos or whateer. I hope this helps
You cannot transfer them from your phone if you downloaded using the Bluprint app — the files are encrypted and stored in a “com…” file in the device’s internal memory and can only be accessed via the app.
I have tried to download to phone (smart) and then copy to pc. Please share the program you used, and how to instructions, please. I can get them to my phone but will need to move them off asap as I do not have storage capability for 60 classes.
Those of us who were instructors saw that writing on the wall. And they have a big “60% Off This Weekend” sale going on now. It seems like a smash and grab.
I’m really PO’d. I want permanent access to all the classes I paid for. Nothing less.
This SUCKS! Even if they let us download the classes, how big will the downloaded files be?? I have spent hundreds of dollars on knitting classes and knitting patterns. Am I going to have to buy a big hard drive to download and store all my purchases?? NBC Universal can kiss my ass!
The rich get richer by stepping on those beneath them; not having any empathy or care for whose lives they either destroy or harm. So darn typical.
Now, how about allowing those with lifetime access to their purchases to download their libraries? It’s legally theirs – bought and paid for.
Do the right thing!
Using a MAC, I created a folder on my external hard drive. I went into my Library and clicked on an individual class. The class and number comes up in the browser which I then highlighted and dragged and dropped into The external folder. I’ve only done a few so far but they open and play as I hoped for.
Marilyn, I a have a MAC laptop and need to purchase an external drive as I have loads of classes i have not even watched. Are you pleased with your external drive, if so, would you please give me the name / number. Thanks
Marilyn, thanks for the work around….I have a MAC and an external drive and will give this a shot.
But you only have a link not a video.
Exactly, no way the videos can be downloaded. Copying the link just takes you back to their site to open. When that gets shutdown, so do the videos.
I’ve done that with my Windows PC as well, and it works, but I am wondering if the links will disappear over time.
Has this downloaded anything though, or is it just a link to the class on the website?
All classes should be able to be downloaded – we paid for them, and I certainly hope the instructors retain their intellectual property.
I’m sad. I hope I can keep what I paid forl
This is very disappointing! I hope there will be a way to download the classes we bought!
I am upset. I just renewed my membership last week. I have several classes that I purchased as well as some coupons I havent used yet. We should be able to download our classes.
Oh no! I hope this is a false alarm! If they hadn’t shut down their warehouse for several weeks their business would have been booming. I just bought a sampler quilt kit with my 60% off coupon, that includes several video classes! I hope we keep access.
It’s not a false alarm. I’m an instructor and received the email Friday afternoon that Bluprint is closing.
Mary jo, I’m curious… how did the instructor payment system work over there? Did they just pay you guys a one time fee for each class or did you get paid based on student number, or something else? I personally use Skillshare for classes. They do have some junk on there, but the good classes made by good instructors are excellent. So, it is worth it to me to sometimes have to weed thru the crappy content to get to the worthwhile courses.
Why has this happened ? Is it Greed ? How can I save the content I have paid for ? I feel devastated
NBC lost out on revenue from covering the Olympics and Universal theme parks have been closed. They’ve taken a pretty huge financial hit.
So sad, I wonder if they are going to give us an option to download our purchases?
I just bought my subscription in April! I’m not happy!
That is bad news–they recently charged me for my year subscription (I did not get a notice until I saw my credit card statement). Not happy with this.
Craftsy was awesome. I am also frustrated with classes that I still have coupons for. Blueprint was not nearly as good as craftsy. Since this is all online, what has blueprint done with my money?
Was this in the works when my membership renewal fee was processed on 4/27? I hope a refund is involved
They just charged my yearly renewal to my Pay Pal account two days ago! I’m not happy.
I purchased around 150 classes and I should be able to download on my computer. The contract was I pay and you give me life time access. I am not dead yet!
I like your comment😅. I also bought about 150 Classes to watch until I dead and I am not there yet too😅.
NBCU, I sure hope there’s a plan to reimburse me for my recent annual renewal and give me a way to keep my own forever classes that I get along with my subscription plus the classes I paid for when Bluprint was Craftsy. I guess we should have figured something was up when there are sales after sales being offered.
I have a lot of classes I have never had time to watch and patterns I never downloaded all purchased from craftsy. So now I can never watch them? Totally unfair
I like your comment😅. I also bought about 150 Classes to watch until I dead and I am not there yet 😅.
I don’t think those who have purchased classes will have any luck getting to keep them. I’m suspect it’s like E-books on Amazon—you don’t own the books. You are paying for access.
At least if it’s downloaded on my Kindle I can still read even if Amazon croaked.
I think we should file a class action suit against them.
I agree
Unfortunately, it’s written in the TOS that you waived your right to a class action by signing up… It sucks, but there’s really nothing people can do about it.
Sign me up. I have 182 classes that I’m supposed to own since I purchased them.
Sorry, 193…I clicked on the show all instead of the one hiding my archived. I’m beyond pissed off if they take away my access.
Yes, a class action suit, and soon. I am not a lawyer, but it seems to me that someone should move quickly on this, as if the company declares bankruptcy, they may be protected from a suit.
Before anyone considers a class action suit, the Consumer Affairs Division of your state’s Attorney General’s Office should be your first stop. They can often help with difficult consumer situations, especially those that impact many citizens. Since it is a multi-state issue, they can work in tandem with other Attorney’s General.
Our outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
What is going to happen to our lifetime access to all the patterns and classes we bought????
Patterns can be downloaded, classes, not so much. I am heartsick. I suggest this site to everyone!! I too want my classes, over 100 that I purchased and some I haven’t even viewed yet. Some I just go back to for reminders how to do something specific. This is such sad news! I went into Bluprint to ask if I’ll still retain lifetime access to my digital classes, I’m awaiting a reply.
Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
very very sad but since the company changed from craftsy it has been on a downward slide, for both the teachers and the pupils. I hope we can still get access to our classes but am not holding my breath. Sorry this is coming to an end. Australia
What will happen to purchased patterns and classes?
I have things I haven’t watched yet, or tried 🙁
It would seem to me that if they don’t give us the content we BOUGHT for LIFETIME, that there is a huge lawsuit in the making.
This is so terrible. I bought so many classes. The classes were so good too. Way more in depth than Creativebug. I hope there is a way to keep the ones we bought to watch in the future.
Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
That’s what happens when big corporations get involved look what happened toNancy’s Notions the big corporations ran it in to the ground and as far as I am concerned disrespected her name and legend. They also do not think of the people that are using this service.
They shelled out a lot of money to fund Making the Cut with Heidi & Tim and having the shut down hurt. I thought the older classes were longer and better content.
I also have classes that I have bought. I would like to be able to download mine also. Will we get a refund for our renewal?
I have over 70 classes forever classes I have purchased over the years on Craftsy. Will I still have access to them or will I lose them all along with the money I spent on them?
Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
I have paid classes as well! Not fair BluePrint! Bad business!!😒
I have SO many life time classes I bought and tons of patterns. I also just paid my annual fee. This is heart breaking.
Generally a lifetime warranty is not the lifetime of the owner but the lifetime of the product. I’m just going to make sure I watch mine again and maybe record them on another device as they run on my laptop.
How do you record on a separate device while running on the laptop? I have 30 classes and that seems daunting.
I bought many clases in craftsy. And what will happen with the own forever By Bluprint?
Not really surprised. It went downhill after NBC bought out Craftsy. Hard to find stuff. Seemed like less new content too. Hopefully we can download our stuff
I just renewed my membership in April will I get a refund?
I just tried to access my classes, NOTHING ! Spent a lot of money and have heard nothing from company. Thanks for nothing Craftsy. At least let us have what we paid for!
noooo! i have a lot of money invested in forever classes.
They should have left Crafts as it was. Not only are we losing our forever classes. But also access to the files we purchased. Thanks Big Brother.
I have to wonder if this will ruin people’s appetite for online classes. Even if teachers get the classes back, I wouldn’t buy a class that I already bought from Craftsy/Bluprint. I paid for it one time, I wouldn’t pay again. I also wonder if it will ruin people for future classes. Now that I’ve had this happen, I will think twice before buying another online class from any platform or teacher. Once bitten, twice shy now on that front. I have 286 classes. I’m going to look into the Internet Download Manager that someone else recommended.
I have never had a problem downloading classes I have them all stored on my iPad.
But even though they are on your Ipad once they shut down the classes will be removed
They’re in the app though and when they pull the app there may be no way to access them.
Jean can you please tell me how to go about downloading the classes and saving them please and thank you in advance
How do you download them? I’m confused.
I really hope there is a way to keep the classes I bought from Craftsy. I joined blueprint but I don’t think I ever found anything I wanted to buy from them.
We demand and deserve answers from blueprint and NBCUniversal
Angry like so many others. How can we keep our purchased classes, several I haven’t watched yet.
Great, i just enrolled last month. Will i get a rebate?
This is BS. I just paid for a one year subscription 3 weeks ago! Why did theh have a COVID special when I’m sure they knew they were closing down 3 weeks ago!!
Is there a way to download the classes you own? I used to be able to but I can’t seem to be able to do it now. Sad day.
Agreed. But lets wait and see what their plan is
I just bought the year deal a month ago too. Now I’m wondering what our recourse is. Perhaps if we all create a facebook petition and send to NBC we can save this platform???
Seriously, is anyone surprised? When NBCU bought Craftsy they made it known to instructors that they were most interested in syndicating the content. They kept up the pretense of buy forever classes to keep the Craftsy faithful engaged. But they switched to infotainment content that was eye rolling, and the show they put on NBC was cringe worthy. Then they started peeling back benefits to members. And now they have a “60% Off Everything” sale going this weekend that feels like a smash and grab.
I’m glad I never dealt with blueprint at all since they took over craftsy. I just signed in to see if I could download the class I bought while it was still Craftsy and it’s totally gone. I guess even though I paid for the class it wasn’t a “forever class”. Though if you pay for a class, it should be yours forever and not be deleted from your account. But hey I can buy it again for twice as much as what I paid for it!They should have left craftsy alone, but greed wins over yet again. I’m glad I don’t trust these type of companies and so therefore do not give them too much money.
Where do you find the files on your phone to transfer them?
Check to see if you can view archived classes. They should be there.
That second sentence was a reply to someone else. I’m not sure why it attached to this comment. Sorry.
If those of us that purchased forever classes are no longer able to access them online the I would expect Bluprint to arrange for us all to be able to download our classes directly from them. When we bought them they clearly said they were ours to own forever and as such we invested in them.
Perhaps if they hadn’t changed the platform so much towards a lighter more tv like content they wouldn’t be in this position. If they had continued to create classes like the original Craftsy classes full of great in depth specialized content from experts in the field, they would have been more successful. I really disliked the change to Bluprint.
They are sad, who CARES IF THEY ARE SO SAD… that is crap.! What about the teachers and their contracts? I have purchased hundreds of dollars in classes since the very first year, what about my classes, I don’t want to lose them. And all the money I have spent, I’m sure the teachers didn’t receive the same as the big shots running naked now. Beware big shots, messing with the crafters of this world is really stupid, we have taken on the Olympics (ASK Ravelry) and other big shot groups and won, do not underestimate our numbers and our anger, we aren’t just little old ladies with hooks, knitting needles, scissors and sewing thread in our hands. Rethink how you are planning to walk away with our dollars and classes in your pockets
What happens to classes we bought?
I’ve got 110 classes, some of which I’ve not yet watched. I’ll be very unhappy if I can’t somehow download them for later perusal. One thing for sure I’ll never get caught paying for streaming content like this in the future, not only have they killed their own business they’ve also negatively affected any similar venture.
22 of 240 patterns downloaded – 10 more “pages” to go!!
But that’s just the “patterns”, many of which were free.
What happens to all the classes I purchased, many on sale, that I have not yet even looked at!! This was my retirement project – to go through so many of these with my “LifeTime – Forever Library”!!!!
They HAVE to unblock the access so we can keep what we have paid for!
NBC/Bluprint needs to load all those classes onto YouTube or some other platform before they destroy them so that everyone who purchased a “Forever Library” from Craftsy can download them. When that Bluprint purchase happened I knew, I KNEW that something like this would happen, especially what what they did to so many instructors who had material loaded on the Craftsy platform. NBC is insane – closing this down in the middle of everyone being confined at home looking for projects etc. Never again will I buy an online class from anyone. Never. Again.
Add me to,the list of TOTALLY DISGUSTED people! I too spend. fortune on FOREVER classes…a lot of which i have not used, and I have perks for FIVE more! Something,UST be done! It is truly an ABOMINATION! SHAME ON THESE PEOPLE!
Bluprint just recently talked me into a new subscription (which I paid for in advance) and I didn’t realize I had several months left on my old subscription. Boy, do I feel like an idiot. I never dreamed they would do this to me. I really enjoyed this when it was Craftsy and I trusted Bluprint. I’m so disgusted. We should be given refunds and allowed to download the content for classes which we’ve already paid for.
As soon as NBC Universal bought Craftsy, I knew this was doomed.
All the “entertainment” and misc. stuff that was added made it clear they didn’t take
this format seriously.
Like everyone else, I want to know, what happens to all our purchased classes?
When Craftsy was a craft class library, I purchase a lot of classes.
The change to the “Coupon for forever classes” was interesting, considering an annual subscription
was supposed to have access to the entire library of classes.
Now they are closing it down? Do we receive a refund?
What happens to the many, many classes I purchased?
Like many others I, too, have several “forever” classes and patterns which were paid for. This is disgraceful. NBC is doing a disservice to the many quilters that have purchased these.
Their mistake was when they broke Crafts down, then raised prices for everything. But like many corporations, they chose the Go Big way of doing things. Guess Bigger isn’t always Better.
Unbelievable. Well remember folks, when they screwed over all the people who had patterns posted on their site a few months ago, they gave the designers literally one or two days’ notice. Those who didn’t have the capacity to move their content someplace else in a hurry were out of luck. So I can’t believe we are going to be treated much better. A class action suit isn’t going to make up for all the lost knowledge if these classes are deleted. Imagine the teachers who put their heart and soul into those classes to teach us; wonder if they’ve all been paid yet! Now they offer short classes (if you could even call them that) by all of these “influencers” who don’t know their butt from third base and expect us to watch them, when there are so many “experts” who actually know how to teach.
I’m furious! What will happen to the Craftsy classes I bought with lifetime access? Will I be sent dvds or flash drives of those classes? Why? Why now, when so many are stuck at home and crafting is on the rise? Our local sewing shops are selling more machines now in a week than they sell in one month.
How do we contact NBCUniversal about what we have paid for and was suppose to have unlimited access?
Figures. Seems like all news is bad now.
Wow, first the dumb down, now they’re discontinuing it. One can only hope they allow us to download our classes.
I have tons of patterns and “forever classes” on Bluprint. I can download the patterns, but I’m sure the classes will now be reclassified as “gone forever”. I am so angry.
Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
Only thing I can think of doing now is to download all the class materials I can. Some of them are just literally materials list though so that’s useless. I made sure materials with patterns attached are downloaded first.
Let us download what we purchased!!
I too have a huge class library and patterns. Supposedly, we own the classes we purchased so we should be able to download them!
Can we all go in together and buy them out? Make it non profit association where people can be members to access the content. We can elect officers instead of CEO. I have experience with being a president of a few non-profit association. I have started one for a community band in my town. It’s a bit different but still a creative organization. I would need volunteers to be,o with legal, website know how, financials, etc. but I’m willing to stick my neck out to try anything to keep this platform. And let’s change the name back to Craftsy. It’s kinds more creative than Bluprint, which just sounds as exciting as an instruction manual.
Sorry for the typos. I was too excited over my idea and typed too fast without proofing. Haha
I like the sound of that.
Best suggestion yet.
There should be lots of talent in this pool.
I would chip in for this.
I would chip in as well . I am very upset as well as i did no know till yesterday and did not get a chance to buy any of the forever video classes i liked . I am happy to help as well this platform need to carry on . so so upsetting NBC….
I could help with this. If nbc is shutting blueprint down anyway, they could just hand it over to another co. or group of individuals without charging an arm and a leg for it, right? In any case, I have a lot of time on my hands..l am home all the time, so I could certainly help maintain the platform or whatever would be needed of me.
This is what I think should and could be done. It is far beyond my knowledge. What would it take to get you started along this line
I am so upset by this! Why did we not get notification! I just recently renewed my subscription for another year! I echo everyone’s questions…what happens to all of the information we have paid for and saved? What happens to our lifetime classes? I supposed that meant “lifetime of the company?” I loved Crafts/Bluprint! I am really bummed out right now !
I have too 100+ classes purchased mostly when was Craftsy. I will love to keep the access in some manner! I kept my side of the bargain, they should keep their side too
What happens to our library and paid classes
craft industry alliance is not the company that owns Bluprint. Please don’t email them with complaints.
What about the classes I purchased???
This is a huge disappointment! What about our subscription? Are you going to be refunding our money?
This isn’t Blūprint. People, stop wording your comments to this website as if they are affiliated with Blūprint, they have no connection to them and our classes. You won’t get customer care here, email Blūprint directly. This thread is for discussion only.
Ditto, what happens to the classes that we have?
Remember it was NBC that cancelled Star Trek and we see how that turned out for them.
I did not subscribe to Blueprint after the switch over from Craftsy. I figured that I had already paid enough for the classes in the first place. Now when I go to access my classes, I find that I have to subscribe to watch them. What a RIP-OFF! I have one of Jinny Beyers kits along with the video lessons. It is useless to me now unless I pay more money to subscribe. Where was the communication in regards to any of these changes? We should have been notified of any changes to access our purchases.
I see you are closing. I just purchased a year membership a couple of weeks ago! Do I get my money back. Certainly you knew as you were still selling subscriptions. What a scam!
This 👏🏼 Isn’t 👏🏼 Blūprint. Please stop directing anger and questions at CIA, they are not associated with Blūprint, this is just a discussion thread under an article. Email BP directly. We all have.
It’s shameful, after all the money we’ve spent and the trust we‘ve put into this business model. The ethical thing to do would be to allow all of us to download our classes to keep on our hard drives. Very disappointing, to say the least.
Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
I’m going through all my patterns and saving the ones I want to keep.
We were promised these classes were ours ” forever.” What is the plan for fulfilling this obligation?
You took £80.00 off me last month with out my permission could you refund my money back please .
This is unbelievable! I never want to pay for online classes again if this is how they treat customers and instructors.
Just goes to show you take something successful, Craftsy, and change the model–Blueprint, changing the formula, and it will bite you. Now, refund all that money back to the subscribers. I have life time classes too… I really feel cheated, I know I am not in the boat alone. The rich CEO’s got their money, and cheated the rest of us. I feel you owe us the opportunity to get our classes. We paid for them. I will join any class action law suit that derives from this. Horrible. I am so disappointed that people can’t keep their word. It is just shameful… Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. I suggest anyone reading this to remember the names of the owners and don’t do any other business with them in the future, no matter how “good” it looks. They have the money to keep it in operation…
I felt early on that the move from Craftsy to Bluprint was too much, too fast. They changed things frequently, and it became more and more difficult to follow.
I too, have invested money over the years in forever classes – now what?
This is unfortunate. I am also one who bought many of their classes and will be very upset if I am not allowed to keep them somehow.
I SMELL A CLASS-ACTION SUIT!
Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
Let’s get this to the mainstream press as well as the cable content people.
Bluprint is garbage, Craftsy was amazing! When bluprint took over they created a crap site and made you pay for ever single tiny thing! CRAFTSY was 109 times better. I am not sad to see them go, you get what you deserve! Our crafty community will be fine without you!
Nooooo!
I can’t believe they are doing this! We were sold forever classes and now we won’t be able to have them? Craftsy should never have sold to NBC. This is terrible. They need to at least provide us a way to retain the classes we purchased.
Let’s not forget that there are another 100+ people out of a job now too, I feel bad for them. I know we all want our classes but people’s income has just ended in this difficult time. I am holding out hope they will provide refunds for subscriptions and they will allow us to download our classes.
Shocking! When buying, everyone was assured that the courses would be available for life. They collected a lot of money and blame themselves for customers, because what can we do ???? Embarrassing.
I say bombard their social media http://www.nbcuniversal.com with questions. just keep contacting them. like all y’all i have hundreds of classes some i haven’t gone through yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just went on the site. They are saying they are closed for the holiday. Are they hiding? They are still selling their classes etc. wow. I have so many own forever classes I haven’t watched. I was saving them in case I wanted to cancel my membership in the future.
I have classes I bought and would like to retain them!
Was quoted forever classes!
I had a feeling when it switched from Craftsy to Blueprint, that this was going to happen!!
If they don’t provide access to our “forever classes”, then this was nothing better than a Ponzi scam! They all got their money, & we are left with nothing! And, that sucks!!
I’m not sure how real this post is because I keep getting emails wanting me to buy classes from blueprint!
Several designers have confirmed and the Craft Alliance is a trade organization. I am pretty sure the company would not announce to them unless it was happening. They had to know it would get out.
I forwarded this information to the editor of “Light Reading,” a content and cable trade magazine / website. And 9news (NBC affiliate) in Denver. I suggest you all find local and national news outlets and let’s raise our collective voices. Maybe the original owners of Craftsy will reclaim the business and save it from NBCU / Comcast’s egregious shutdown.
I forwarded this information to the editor of “Light Reading,” a content and cable trade magazine / website. And 9news (NBC affiliate) in Denver. I suggest send this to all your local and national news outlets and let’s raise our collective voices. Maybe the original owners of Craftsy will reclaim the business and save it from NBCU / Comcast’s outrageous decision.
I just sent them an email asking for them to either provide us with dvds of the classes I purchased or tell us how to download them for our use. This is a contractual breach. Anyone want to file a class action lawsuit?
Have you read your contract? Which clause does it breach?
Companies do this all of the time, list terms that cannot be legally defended. A blurb on their website cannot and will not prevent lawsuits for fraudulent behavior.
This being said, class action lawsuits rarely provide financial remedy.
Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
News for DESIGNERS and providers of content: If your contract says “work for hire” anywhere, you do NOT own the content. (Ask me how I know!) Always have negotiated for a designer clause; my intellectual property is mine, even if they published it (I’m a book author 3 times over and printed calendars 18 times). ALL RIGHTS is the key phrase. Once something is out of print (or not available in the initial format), all rights revert to me (in all my contracts.) I learned this the HARD WAY. For those of you who purchased your “forever” classes, I honestly hope you can find a way to download the content. I was one of the 10,000 Craftsy designers who had a short period of time to remove content online (I had 127 patterns) before they removed my shop. Yes, I had all the content on my computer, but there were things I still had to take care of and hours spent coordinating those details. And I can assure you, they will NOT provide refunds. They’re probably in the throws of Chapter 11 filings.
On second thought, either BluPrint or the designers own the content. You really can’t download it because you don’t “own” it; you just rent it. Like a magazine. You can read it over and over, but you can’t print pages and distribute because you don’t own it. I sure hope they’re looking into a way for those who’ve purchased these “time shares” can continue to view their “forever” classes. Once those classes are downloaded then it’s a scenario for the Wild West. Most people will keep the content for themselves, but there will be the “cowboys” who will share it with others – being generous with something that cost someone else to produce it. I’m just looking at this from a designer/content provider’s perspective.
Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
Debby, why did they make designers remove their patterns?
Can’t believe this. I return to the classes all the time. Have lots of them.
I am very sad this has happened. Craftsy was a great resource that will be missed. I too have invested in courses that I just hope I won’t have lost. Stuck due to CoVid away from decent WiFi so no way to download videos just now. Grrrr
Ridiculous. Sad. And thoroughly mean-spirited. You beg us to join. Offer discounted classes and memberships. Then close. With nothing to help us. Glad I only paid a discount membership. This type of thing should be illegal. This is not a good model of honest business practices. Shame on John Levisay, Chief Executive Officer of Bluprint.
Have you read the terms and condition you signed up to?
Is there any way possible that the instructors and tradespeople who have been an essential part of Craftsy/Bluprint can come together to keep the site up and running? Can’t NBC just turn it over to those people rather than completely dismantling the entire website?
I woke up to this news on my computer this morning. Posted on a couple of quilting groups I belong to on Facebook. In one of the groups, my post was taken down after about 10 minutes of people commenting about it. I guess I broke their rules by posting about it – oops! Still up in the other group. Someone said, “this can’t be true, as they are still taking subscription signups and THEY would do that if they were closing down”. I posted the link to the story and she was dumbfounded. Didn’t mean to stir the pot but I thought this was too big not to share. I am sad about it but feel things were not the same after Craftsy was changed to Bluprint. Just not the same warm site that they had before.
I have purchased many, many Bluprint/Craftsy classes over the years — both in purchases of individual classes and the annual membership. Just read the awful news about closing down. What happens to my “own forever” classes?? “Forever” is not a few months or years. These classes should be downloadable. Period.
Hopefully they will do the right thing and provide a period of time where the workshops we’ve all purchased can be downloaded. It’s entirely probable that their plans involve selling some or all of the classes to another service.
Sadly this is the challenge with digital content that is hosted versus downloaded directly to a device that is in the purchaser’s control. That’s why I’ve always loved CreativeLive classes because you can download the videos.
This isn’t NBC’s first rodeo with content cancellation. They shut down SeeSo (a comedy subscription service) a couple of years ago and sold some of the assets to other companies such as VRV and Hulu.
Let’s cross our fingers the eventual outcome is not the worst case scenario. Maybe some good guys will acquire the assests.
Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
The cynic in me wonders whether this outcome would be happening without the outrage…
Yup
The cynic in me wonders if they’re actually going to follow through.
We should all let NBCU know how we feel about this decision.
Why are so many so quick to jump to lawsuit? This was a letter to instructors that they will be ending…. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS…. let’s give the company a chance to tell us what’s going to happen.
At the same time that they told instructors they should have notified paying members. What happens not only to classes we have paid for but to our paid membership? I just received email about a product sale and they are also still selling memberships. What is the real story? I can’t even log into my account. Not a good way to do business.
Exactly. Our collective outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution re access to our Forever content is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
I thought I had 158 classes forever. I guess forever has a different meaning to these CEOs. This is particulary annoying since I renewed in January, 2020. They would have know this was going to occur at that time. Corporate greed strikes again.
Our outrage has been premature; Bluprint CEO (and Craftsy co-founder) has confirmed that “yes” a solution is in the works, and that the “timing and mechanics should be communicated over the few weeks.” https://www.facebook.com/sarah.bradberry/posts/10158325453136635
What about all my classes? An uncaring decision that will affect so many people.
I’d be happy if I could simply download the videos from the classes I purchased so I can still learn.
I have purchased classes with craftsy can’t believe I’ve waisted all my money on classes that were meant to be ‘own forever classes ‘😢
I have also purchased classes can’t believe I’ve waisted all my money on classes that were meant to be ‘own forever classes ‘ there must be something we can do! 😡
I have also purchased classes can’t believe I’ve waisted all my money on classes that were meant to be ‘own forever classes ‘ there must be something we can do!
Why are you saying I’m duplicating my response when this is my first knowledge of this issue! 😡
I agree. I purchased many classes with the promise of keeping them, and some I have not seen yet. It is very unfair if they don’t give us a way to keep them. I was concerned when NBC purchased them. From what I have heard, many on-line craft stores are doing well right now. Maybe NBC is just trying to cut costs and don’t have a close enough relationship to the crafting industry to see it’s potential now.
I suggest you all at least download the materials from your classes so you’ll at least have some benefit from your purchases in case they don’t provide permanent access to your videos. Just open the link to the materials with Adobe and then save it.
It looks like we will be able to download our forever classes. I have shared comments that came up in a friend’s facebook post (with permission).
https://www.facebook.com/681481634/posts/10158325453136635
Exactly. Give them time to send out a message to their customers.
I wish they had told subscribers and people who had purchased forever classes within 24 hours of telling the teachers. It would have saved so much aggravation.
Apparently we will be able to download our forever classes, according to John Levisay (the person who notified Bluprint teachers of the closing), but they will be taking a few weeks to work out the logisitcs.
Oh, and not taking on/refunding new subscribers would have been sensible too.
I can’t imagine classes would be available for download. File sizes are at least 10GB (think about bandwidth, storage and tech problems) plus copyright would be an issue. Perhaps there will be access to class libraries but the platform we know would likely be gone.
The CEO of the company has said they will, so I’ll remain hopeful.
Abby, thank you for sharing this information. I own classes and am very annoyed that nothing was sent by email to members and class owners. Like many people I know, I left Facebook – before the data scandal- so if it weren’t for you, I would have no idea what was going on. Would you know if there is any other site where I can get updates on the situation, please? Thanks
Sarah Bradberry–thanks for sharing. I will try and remain hopeful.
Write to Comcast / NBCU CEO, Brian Roberts. brian_roberts@comcast.com, 215-286-1700.
Very disappointed. As I just became a member in February 2020, will I get a partial refund for my membership. Also, how will I be able to access my classes?
John Levisay, CEO of Bluprint responded to an inquiry re the ability to download content by saying, “Yes. Timing and mechanics should be communicated over the next few weeks.” Posted to the Bluprint Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158325453136635&id=681481634&ref=m_notif¬if_t=comment_mention
That’s actually posted on my facebook page. I did put it in comments on some of some posts on Bluprint. I don’t want anyone to think I work for them.
Thank you for having shared it and making the post public! I had seen it on Facebook and have been getting the word out.
I am very disappointed. I have paid a lot of $s to Craftsy & Bluprint & had great service. I hope the powers that be will change their minds if we bombard them with the fact of our great use of this service.
Class Action suit
Lol. Apparently the agreement you signed says you can’t do that.
OMG! I just joined for the year. I can’t believe they let me join knowing this was in the works🤯
NBC turned an excellent teaching craft site with excellent teachers to not continuing to support the and build on those that want to share their craft. They reduced income to instructors when switching to blueprint. Now those classes that are yours forever are not going to be there. If that is the case maybe they can do one good deed and give the content back to all of the instructors for their own websites.
For those of you who have space on your devices to download using the app you’re lucky. My Samsung tablet has limited space and there’s no way it’ll store even 10% of my classes! I need to be able to download them to my PC. I thought I had a way, but that’s just thrown its toys out of the cot so I’ll have to try another program and see if I can find one that actually works.
What will happen to all the classes and patterns that I bought? I know they were suppose to be forever own but with you closing how will I be able to access these classes? My membership was renewed in March, will i be refunded for the remainder of the year? Thank you.
I say CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT if I lose all my classes! This is BULLSHIT!!!!
Crafty was excellent. Bluprint, not so much. It would be nice to have continued access to our purchased Classes.
What a huge disappointment I hate that I’ve invested in such a fraud. ! I have 100’s of classes that I bought because of the “ lifetime” access. I pay for a yearly subscription also. The quality of classes and instruction has greatly diminished since NBC took over. Fraud!
I have just bought a subscription – are we getting that back? Also how do I download all the classes I paid for in the past.
We have to be realistic it has been obvious for a long time that their business model was unsustainable, after a few years Craftsy was beginning to run out of new instructors and classes. Those first classes were built on finely honed classes that the instructors had been giving for years in person; which was apparent by how many of the classes supplemented books I had already bought. Perhaps they should have invested more in developing new content, just as Any other TV channel would do. I would have happily subscribed to a channel that was going to have a small number of quality new shows every year, so long as I continued to have access to the old Craftsy content. I could have lived with more blatant product placement or sponsorship deals if the informative content remained good. At first I treated this platform as a way to watch classes once, as if I was attending classes in person, even viewed only once they were good value ( living in the UK I Could only hope to see a couple of instructors live). However I got sucked in to the concept of being able to watch re runs and now own over 300 classes, many bought just before they went to a subscription model, so I already felt that I had wasted some money.
The new Bluprint format did not help by having the first few search pages showing infotainment classes, which a new user might not get past to find the good stuff. Anyone else fed up with multiple Angela Walters quilt shows? Too many short classes, which were frankly better done on YouTube, often by the same people, devalued the whole brand.
Beware of trying to mass download shows, as you will then be legally liable, as it breaks our contract with Bluprint. The IPad and Android app is meant to allow you to download a specific show to watch offline for a short period, not long term storage, that is why they sell separate dvds.
I am hoping that they will set up an archive website where we can access our own forever content, and will be making sure I spend the own forever vouchers I got with this years subscription just in case. (Instead of spacing out these vouchers over the year the full complement of vouchers appeared in my account a couple of weeks ago.)
The ideal would be for them to set up a site for a year, where we could legitimately go to download zipped versions of these own forever shows in a useable format, but this may cause problems with their contracts with the original instructors.
If they just close the site down they will damage the whole on line content industry, as no one will buy multiple items to watch later, if they think there is a risk the site may be taken over or closed down.
Not sure how I would feel if they sell the site and their customer details on to another owner.
Helen,
I couldn’t have said it better. They were also competing with Youtube teachers that have large followings and excellent teaching styles. My hope as an early subscriber is that the “own forever” classes will remain available.
Thanks, Helen, you wrote what was in my head as well. I hope everyone here will take a moment to read your well thought out response.
Bad, bad customer service NBCUniversal didn’t notify customers at the same time they notified instructors. While I am concerned about access to the content I paid for, I’m much more concerned about what this may mean for the the crafting community at large. Of course, it does present opportunity for other such services to step in. I strongly believe NBCUniversal has a sustainable business model in BluPrint, and they have made the decision to close for some reason they are not willing to disclose. They purchased Craftsy and made it BluPrint, why not sell the entity and allow it to continue?
what happens to the classes I bought, this is bull
What happened to Forever Classes?? I have spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars over the years. What is going to happen now ??
Well I have tried everything I could think of, 3 trial versions of internet download apps, NOPE, trying to retrieve saved to watch later on mobile and then save to pc, NO, Nope, so out of options. After all NBC has had a lot of experience making SURE you do not get what they do not want you to have. BIG Company, but no love for the little guy that brought them to the party. So as I have done with the NFL and Kampernicks shenanigans a few years ago, I am adding all NBC related product to my DO NOT watch, patronize, buy list. Fortunately there a few good places to watch quality TV, and no I do not patronize the movies, or the sites that offer them either. That leaves Amazon Prime, WISHING they would step in and scoop up Bluprint like they have been rumored to grab bankrupt JCPenney. Better the devil you already know. I DO NOT TRUST NBC to do the right thing.
Please tell me some Craftsy member has someine they knkw who’s a class action attorney. NBC should issue refunds to all the customers, at least thise who bought since the takeover in 2017.
I paid for lifetime classes PLUS an annual subscription. I want the ability to download my lifetime classes or my money back!! Those were NOT cheap for me, I had to budget and save for months so I could buy them!! Which asshat@NBCU made this stupid decision?
I hate to say it, but this goes to show – you can’t trust ANYBODY!
if you have the old craftsy app you can download the classes
Cannot download classes now. I used to do that occasionally to take with me on vacation, but now it doesn’t work. Apparently it has now been blocked.
I just posted my concerns on the NBC Universal Facebook page.
I suggest everyone go to Facebook look up NBC Universal and leave post after post about this non stop.
I wrote a post and then left nasty comments on every stupid post about their new Peacock TV!!! Apparently that’s what we paid for.
I’m so mad.
Craftsy supported small independent designers. BluPrint took established businesses, forced them into a model that was as distant from it’s origin as possible and the decimated the livelihoods of the very people who made it successful to begin with. This is something we all railed against when it happened and saw coming. Corporatizing everything does not work. Guess what? You take the pesonal connections out of the craft industry and it takes the joy with it. This was the only way this story was going to end.
I responded to a post earlier in the thread but thought it might be helpful here for people interested in downloading classes. Someone else in the thread has commented that you can do this using a Bluprint app. but I opted to go this route as I could put it directly on my computer. This is my experience using Internetdownloadmanager. I am just using their free version.
I downloaded internetdownloadmanager from CNET.com which is a trusted site. Internetdownloadmanager.com is the product website which I’m sure is fine but that didn’t work for me for some reason – maybe in too much of a hurry? If you want to download from CNET, do a search for Internetdownloadmanager and choose the CNET option. Finding the download you want on the CNET site can be a pain.
Note that the downloader is an app. on your browser – Chrome, Firefox, etc. If you want to delete it, I think that is where you will have to go. When downloading Internetdownloadmanager follow the instructions as to the browser settings you need. I put it on Chrome because that is what it suggested and it installed only on my Chrome but not on my Firefox (my usual browser). What you are getting is a free trial version (28 days). It will remind you of this every so often and ask if you want to register (for $24) – I clicked “No” and kept on going.
I am downloading to an older, but not ancient, desktop running Windows 7. I do not have a current subscription to Bluprint but do have lifetime access to my Craftsy classes. When you have Internetdownloadmanager installed and go to Bluprint and start running a session in one of your classes, a little box appears in the upper right corner that says “download this video.” You can then pause the video and click on the box. A drop-down menu appears which gives you different options for video quality – highest quality on the top, lowest on the bottom. Note that the higher the quality, the more space it will take on your machine. I found that using the setting second from the bottom gives me about the quality that I see with live streaming. It takes me about 1.5 min. to download 1/2 hr. of video. Internetdownloadmanager will que multiple videos but I haven’t used this feature.
My husband pointed out that we may run over our data limit – something to check if you are on a minimal subscription and hardly ever download.
Internetdownloadmanager appears to have many settings so I suspect you can set up a more efficient way of doing it than I have but I am no techie so prefer not to mess too much with settings. I have been downloading each session of the videos I most want that I’ve bought. When you choose to download the video a download box come up on your screen. You can choose a destination file for the video when you set up the download but that takes some scrolling each time and I have found it faster to let them go to the downloads file (the default) and then rename them (again- it wants to name each episode in a class with the same name and I couldn’t find where to change this and either way I have to type it in) and drag and drop it into the file I’ve made for the class. When the download has finished it will pop up on top of whatever else you have open and one of the choices will be “open file location” which is what I click on. The file comes up with the new video, I rename it and drag it where I want it.
I hope that Bluprint decides to notify us all and gives an opportunity for us to download the classes we bought access to. The article says that they are doing the shutdown over several months so notifying creators may have just been the first step. I think that the opportunity to download our classes would be the best scenario we could hope for. So my thought is – why not do it now. Hope this is helpful – again, I’m no techie but have taught a class in helping older adults use computers.
I tried this got a red exclamation mark, file not found or something that blocked me from going any further, like browser not supported, tried Opera, Firefox, Vivaldi. Have not tried chrome, but do not trust it either. When I tried to get from smart phone it simply took me to craftsy/bluprint site to sign in. Still looking for a work around.
Just saw a message posted today , May 24, 2020 from the CEO of Blueprint letting us know they will be closing and are working on a way for use to keep copies of the classes we paid for.
https://www.mybluprint.com/article/letter-to-our-bluprint-customers
Do we know why this happened? The model change didn’t work? Pandemic?
I just went to Blueprint and at the top of the page is a letter. Please go there and read. It says they are working on a plan to provide the forever paid for classes to the persons who paid for them. I am so glad to here this.
I just read it. I am hopeful. They need to make this access downloadable outside of the app on the IOS device. There is no way people could store that much video on iPads. Let’s see how it pans out.
I think their business model was to destroy craftsy
I hope Blueprint can figure out a way for me/ us to keep accessing all the FOREVER classes purchased! This is not right.
I am really angry about this. I bought 55 classes. I have only watched a couple of them. My intention was to get to them eventually. I don’t have room for these on my iPad, and they can’t be downloaded to the laptop. This stinks. I am losing over $1,000.00 here. I trusted them when they said Forever. Big mistake.
There is now a letter to all customers on the Bluprint website – to the effect that they are working out ways to make sure people can have a copy of the content they bought plus refund (pro-rated – can’t remember what I just read …) for subscribers.
Trying to unsubscribe to these comments.
Judy – I had the same problem. When you click in the e-mail and choose unsubscribe, you are taken to the webpage. Notice the little block next to the date? You MUST click in that and then choose unsubscribe at the bottom of the page. If we do not click in that little box next to the date, they will keep coming.
The key word was “forever.” Apparently it isn’t. One thing for sure, if this type of classes/instructions are offered again someday, I will delete the email.
Today, John Levisay, CEO/founder wrote this whiny mea culpa:
https://www.mybluprint.com/article/letter-to-our-bluprint-customers
My response in the comments, as a teacher who came on board as the change was happening is:
John, you sold your soul to the devil when you sold Craftsy to NBCU. And you made a tidy sum. I was an instructor who came on board as the change was going through and I was treated shabbily. You changed my contract unilaterally. You then changed things so I got paid less than I was promised when I first sign up. And when I was hospitalized the week my class was supposed to go live, and I asked for some leeway because I couldn’t answer questions, my content manager screamed at me, “THIS CLASS COST CRAFTSY $35,000!!!!” Well frankly, my thought was, “They can f*cking bill me.” So don’t whine about how badly you feel. You’re fine. You’ll probably start another company and sell it. I feel as much sympathy for you as you probably feel for the people who bought into your bull hockey.
Levisay made a ton of money off the backs of talented people. Then he sold the company and started spinning how great it was to be part of NBCU as they were cutting the payments to teachers and making us do affiliate marketing to get paid a pittance. One very popular teacher saw her revenues cut by 90%+. And they brought on board hacks and ifotainment types to do 15 minute “shows”. I got out quickly, thank heavens, and I never counted on them for any significant income, which is a good thing. I feel terrible for the teachers who put lots of time and commitment into that site. It was never going to be sustainable, but to see it flame out like this is disgusting.
thanks, Ann Steeves, …all respect to you…you have a great reputation….so reading what you posted here rings true.
Help! Anybody! I managed to at least download my patterns. I tried to download some lessons on my iPad and I can’t find them – they’re not under downloads – any ideas?
I can’t get any materials lists and most of my classes won’t download.
Linda all my classes and patterns are in my Library which is on the right hand side at the top if using a PC, right next to the cart.
It was never the same when it became Bluprint. The Craftsy platform had new videos and items that interested me. Bluprint… not so much. Sorry to hear because I bought several videos and was able to learn lots.
I haven’t been able to determine where the files are downloaded to either!!
I also came across another “tab” in BluPrint that took me to where the additional “files” and “patterns” were and perhaps materials lists.. Sorry, I can’t find it now. Maybe it is only available on the segments of a class that it relates to?>
I just renewed my subscription..last month…will I get a refund?
Me too Barbara, shocking isn’t it? They must have known at that point and should not have conned everyone into renewing!
I just purchased an annual subscription April 23rd. I also just checked they are still offering memberships. That is just not right.
Consumer Complaint
https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us
This letter was posted to the BluPrint Site main page (top) yesterday:
Letter to Our Bluprint Customers
May 24, 2020
To our Bluprint community:
This is not an easy letter to write. For the last ten years, my colleagues and I have worked tirelessly on Craftsy and then Bluprint. When we started the business in 2010, our goal was to provide passionate enthusiasts access to the world’s best experts and make it easier to learn new skills. Our hope was to make people’s lives better through creativity, and we’ve been honored to serve millions of customers over the last decade.
I am disappointed to inform you that Bluprint will be closing over the next few months. Like so many customers, instructors, designers, and employees, I am devastated by this news. Please know that our team is working quickly to finalize details, and we will provide more information soon.
For now, I wanted to let you know that we are looking at various options to allow those of you who have purchased individual classes to receive a copy of your classes. This includes individual classes purchased with own forever credits. We are also planning to issue prorated refunds for paid subscribers based on the last day our service will be available, which will be communicated when that date is finalized in the near future.
On behalf of all the Craftsy/Bluprint employees, I want to express our gratitude and appreciation to you for being with us on this journey.
If you have questions, please use the Contact Us feature below, and we will do our best to respond as quickly as possible.
Thank you and please stay safe and healthy.
Sincerely,
John Levisay
CEO, Bluprint (Craftsy)
why am i still getting charged for something i can’t get?
Susan, this whole situation stinks, especially for people trying to download their “own forever” classes. But if you have a yearly subscription to bluprint/craftsy, you still have the ability to watch any and all classes and download the class materials, the same way you did a few months ago. Personally, I’m taking advantage of it and watching as many classes as I can, until they shut down and refund the balance of this year’s subscription.
If I read correctly in their initial email, and the letter on the Bluprint site, they are supposed to issue prorated refunds after the site is shut down. I just signed up for another year subscription about a month before they made their announcement. So, since I can still access Bluprint I won’t get any refund yet.
everyone should have seen this coming the day they announced the sale of Craftsy to NBCUniversal. Big corporations are there to make money, and exist for no other reason. There is no one there who gives a flip about what we’ve paid, what we’ve stored onsite, or what we feel about this. Maybe now there can be some way to get back to the Craftsy type site as it was envisioned and started out -but always remember, there are corporations out there trolling the net night and day to snap up these wonderful niche sites. Always save anything you’re into and/or paid for on your own computers and back up drives (NOT even in online clouds! They can eventually hold your things hostage, too)
Having read the letter to customers on the Bluprint site I think we should wait to see how they plan to give us access to our own forever classes, before getting angry about anything. They quite rightly sent a letter to staff before telling their customers. Perhaps they should have given some indication of when they would be announcing this to customers; but even if the letter to staff had been marked confidential, it was unlikely that it would have remained so for long.
We have had ten years of good service and I for one am grateful for having been able to access so many good trainers, in one location,for often ridiculously small amounts of money per class. I live in the UK and could never have hoped to take so many classes in person. I enjoyed seeing people whose books I had read demonstrating techniques, and found new people I had never heard of before, but will continue to follow in future.
On a practical level I am making a list of all my own forever classes and making sure I download the accompanying resource documents. I have 9 forever class vouchers still to assign and am carefully checking out classes I may want to keep in the future.
If you have a current subscription, download as many patterns, recipes, embroidery files, etc from the classes that you do not own, so that you can use them in future. The downloaded files will not disappear from your local drive.
It seems they may take at least a few weeks to pull the plug on the site, so make the most of what you have paid for. We are still in lockdown in the UK and with only repeats on TV I have plenty of time to binge watch training videos.
I am sad and disgusted in hearing this news. How are customers ever supposed to believe what’s being advertised. We will see if we can trust this company to provide us with DVDs of the classes we own, especially with our forever memberships. I don’t want the classes on the internet or to be able download then due to having to pay for the data used and the space on the internet to store them. I prefer the DVDs.
I will definitely miss Midnight Quilt Show. Oh, my! There was no explanation as to why Bluprint is shutting down.
I would like the craftsy classes i paid for on DVD.
Thanks
I agree with you. I own over 150 own forever classes — I don’t have the time or the computer space to download all of these.
The letter states they will give us a copy of each class we purchased.
The letter states they will give us a copy of each class we purchased. I purchased classes I was going to get into after I retire.
Disgraceful, no email to inform customers & what happens to the classes I bought on the promise of ‘classes for life’?
Absolutely disgusted that I’ve found out Bluprint is closing down via an instructors instagram. Sold classes on false pretences & empty promises of ‘life time’ ownership.
They did not say we own classes for life… they said FOREVER. I own 230 classes and don’t think I should have to spend my time downloading them. NBCU has the means to maintain the site where we could view our paid for classes untimely the next century if they choose. Now what will they decide is another matter. The letter says they are considering making them available. Let’s hope they honor what was promised.
Okay Ladies, READ THIS : HOW TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FILES
Download this, install it to your web browser, I use Mozilla Firefox, and it is quick and works GREAT!
It is free to use for 30 days, then you have the choice of purchasing…WHAT A DEAL. Downloaded each section of my 6 purchased classes from Blueprint, HOWEVER, you must rename each file, because it tags it with the same name each download… Couldnt be simpler.
Good luck, saving you all your money spent. Im sure they will come up with a way to download your videos, but I just couldnt take the chance. I am so happy and you will be too.
Download what??
Running firefox – how do you download to PC, nothing is showing to download on my classes?
The only surprise here is that it took NBC three years to drive a successful Craftsy business right into the ground…expected it to happen sooner. Very glad i stopped doing business with them as soon as they became blueprint.
Sherry, are you talking about downloading “InternetDownloader”? Karen mentioned this elsewhere in this feed..
I tried that on Chrome, but it would not work.
Am trying the same again via Mozilla and will see if it works,
But could you please verify WHAT it is you are using withIN Mozilla Firefox? AND – What SYSTEM are you using?
Are you using a Apple product? – Ipad / Iphone, or Android – Samsung tablet? cell phone etc.
OR Are you working from a computer – again which system?? MAC or WINDOWS ?? It makes a HUGE difference.
Thanks for any clarification you can add to your comment for us.
Hi Barbara – I used internetdownloadmanager and but downloaded it from CNET as I couldn’t get it to download off their website. I used it on Chrome but I think it will work on any of the usual browsers. Here is a link:
https://download.cnet.com/Internet-Download-Manager/3000-2071_4-10071618.html
I spent the morning downloading the last of my classes and the website was a bit funky. Sometimes I could see my whole library of classes and then sometimes just a few. Sometimes I could get more classes to show up by clicking on ‘show all classes’ but then it would just show the first page. So when it went back to showing everything(can’t remember what I did – refresh the page? go on a different tab I had open?), I opened each class I wanted in a new tab (just right click and choose new tab). Then I downloaded each episode separately.
I hope everyone here who is posting here is also posting their comments on the Blueprint platform or that someone has called the CEO’s attention to this website as he needs to hear from as many of us as possible to realize what we think. Thanks everyone.
I do not subscribe to any of the classes. What will happen to your store, especially the quilt fabric and kits
Over the years I have purchased 38 forever classes on Craftsy. I am so disappointed that bluprint is closing. I hope that NBCU will provide my purchased classes to me via DVD or thumb drive. As another suggestion, it is do-able (and not expensive) that NBCU could maintain a server with the class videos so that customers still have access. I am sorry that the instructors will be losing contact with their students, but at the very least the recorded class sessions should be available to the customers (students) who paid for the ‘forever’ classes.
This smells like a Class Action suit to me… Count me in! When you dish out sh*t, ya gotta be ready to get some right back, NBC!/Disney!
I have two lifetime classes that I need and would love to keep!!! I also am extremely upset about your closing! Blueprint is my absolute favorite for classes, material, kits and I will miss it a lot!!!😩
Be very cautious when choosing download apps/software, as some apparently have security related issues for your device. I have added the Google Chrome Extension called, “Video Downloader Plus”. It puts an icon in the toolbar that looks like a Down Arrow when a video is being played. So I created a file on my computer named for the class so easy to reference in future, went to my forever class library on BluPrint clicked on the class materials download saving it to that folder on my computer, then started playing the first lesson, clicked on the downloader arrow from the toolbar, selected 1280×720 and clicked start. It downloaded that lesson, and opened a window for me to select where to save it (I also removed the size dimensions from the name and included a C1 or C2, etc. prior to the .mp4 to denote the Class lesson, then hit save. I stopped the online video for that lesson and moved on to the next one. I was able to open the mp4 files that were downloaded from my hard drive using a windows video player. All works fine. Took about 5 minutes per class. So with over 800 classes, this will be time consuming and not sure if I can get them all downloaded within the “next couple of months”. So if they have an easier, quicker way, that would be the preferred route. In the meantime, I will continue in case they don’t follow through.
This did not work for me. All I get is “No Video Detected” when I play the class. Any other tricks we need to know?
When you open up the class in your Forever Class Library, start the video for lesson 1 just like if you were going to watch it online. Leave it playing while you click on the Download Arrow in the toolbar (i.e., the one with a green down arrow in the top right hand area on your toolbar in Chrome). It should open a pop up (so make sure you have allowed pop ups). It will show various screen parameters, select the one I did or the higher level if you want it to show up as close to what you see online. Click the button/start. You leave the video playing through all of this. Once the video is downloaded a window will pop open with the file name and allow you to select where you want to save it (i.e, to your hard drive or an external drive) as well as the folder you’ve created for the class. Just note that they all seem to download with the same name and will over-ride each one, unless you change the name of the file being saved. That’s why I include C1 or C2, etc. noting the class lessons so they show up in the folder in order for later reference. Keep in mind that I’m not a tech type person, but just passing along what has worked for me thus far. Good luck!
Did you add an extension to Chrome in order to have the download arrow? TIA.
Yes, as noted you have to open up the Chrome settings on your browser, go to extensions and add it there. After install, it will appear on your toolbar.
Followed all these instructions and I’m still getting “No Video Detected.” I’m not quite sure what’s going on but I will keep on trying!
My issue isn’t with the downloading process but the large amount of storage needed to keep all of the videos I have purchased. If we could download direct to an external hard drive it would make life easier.
When the downloaded file window pops open select a hard drive and save it there instead of to your main hard drive. Or save it to your hard drive, open windows explorer and cut/move the file folders with the videos to your hard drive instead.
Once you can get it into a pc, an external hard drive will store all your files. I have several, some embroidery designs, some for music, and another for books, pdfs, quilt patterns. Only problem with these, is that they sometimes crash just like a pc, so I recommend a backup. For me it came in the form of an older pc laptop and I removed everything I could from laptop, then simply stored data as documents on the pc main drive. Thankfully I did as I lost data of embroidery designs 32G on a 1 TB external drive.
Thank you Linda. I’ve been downloading some classes too. My question to you; when you play the downloaded videos, are they good quality, meaning no echo and no shaky videos? mine do have an echo and are shaky, but it’s better than nothing. Looking forward to your answer!
I’ve not had any issues with my downloads thus far, but those have not been many and were from the Craftsy.Com days when originally purchased. Maybe try the higher resolution setting for the downloads.
This is awesome! Thanks, Linda!
The only trouble I had was getting QuickTime to play the MP4, and no way to bookmark segments. I’ve worked in graphic design and print production and tried to remember what I used to use to convert (other than QuickTime Pro).
First, I looked for free MP4-MOV converters, but that’s a pain of an extra step.
Did a little research, found I already had on the Mac exactly what I needed, a free app called VLC. It lets me make bookmarks and it plays the files beautifully. Not sure what to use on the PC, unfortunately. This will take a little work, I have 46 classes purchased, but… I’m doing it just in case.
Linda, I installed this and tried to download one of my purchased classes. I get told no videos found. I didn’t get any popups allowing me to the save a video. It does show that a video exists when I click the icon with 3 horizontal bars and a musical note, but again no options to actually save the video. I’m using Chrome with Windows 10. What browser and operating system are you using?
Thanks!!
Rhonda
Rhonda, you have to start the video and then it will show up and show you a download option. It wont’ popup, but if you press the arrow down you’ll see. Key is starting the video class. Hope that helps. I also use chrome and windows 10.
Thanks, Nina! It doesn’t work for me, at least not on Bluprint’s website. I did get a pop up on a different site. I just turned it off and went with Internet Download Manager instead. That works.
This is so unfair they better find a way we can have our classes we paid for. Or pay everyone back for the classes they bought so they are not useless.
Hey! This is so sad! Craftsy was part of the inspiration behind us founding Makerist in 2013 . I love their content model, and really hope the videos can live on! I would love to see if we can acquire them for Makerist.
That would be great!
Not surprised at all. After NBC bought Craftsy it was a downward spiral. I felt the content was less educational and more entertainment. That’s not what I paid for, I paid for education.
I wrote an emailed to Bluprint today expressing my deep sadness in their announced closure. I told them how important bluprint classes are to their customers’ sanity and sense of normal during this exhaustive pandemic. In addition to all the other comments stated here, I stated that I wanted DVD’s of my 105 “own forever” classes. Finally I begged them to reconsider the closure. If they couldn’t then at least wait until next year to close so we have this valuable service available to customers worldwide.
Here’s the link to Customer Support for you to express your thoughts. https://help.mybluprint.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007255931
I agree – I think a DVD would work the best one (if possible) of all their classes for each customer but can’t imagine Bluprint making that many DVD’s.
What a disappointment! I actually found out about Bluprint taking over Craftsy THIS month. Darn and I just bought a subscription?
I thought it would be perfect this shut in time.
I did not get notified of the closure from Bluprint but from a friend who notified me.
Hope this gets resolved soon.
Wow! A lot of really upset and concerned customers – and rightly so!! I purchased many patterns when it was Craftsy. It was my favorite site. But I was very leery of Blueprint and the subscription requirement and forever classes. I couldn’t really afford it on my super tight budget. When I did buy patterns from Craftsy it was usually with a work bonus or birthday money. After seeing so many of my favorite crafting magazines close and getting a replacement magazine that I had no interest in to “finish out my subscription,” I didn’t think Blueprint was worth the risk. I hope everyone gets to keep their content and I’m looking forward to updates on this situation from Abby. Craft Industry Alliance is a wealth of information!!
While viewers are saddened and upset, instructors are the ones who need a voice. We have no communal place to voice public questions and comments. We used to have a public Craftsy Instructor FB page, when it was sold some discussions about contracts and negotiations were heated and that FB page moderated by Craftsy/ blueprint was eventually archived. It was helpful to see questions answered in public for all to see for consistency. They kept telling us to contact them directly rather than as a group so you will see different scenarios for different instructors as this goes along. . Sadly in contracting not all instructors were treated the same. I refused to sign the rights to all of my online creative content away when sold to NBC universal and I know a few others who also negotiated that, but they told everyone if they did not they would not renew their classes- some variation of that. . Sadly, newer instructors excited to be a part signed the rights to their creative ideas for NBC to have the right of first refusal. SOOOO that is going to be a mess and instructors better get clarity on their contracts. there are so many questions. I propose a new FB page be made for Bluprint Closure. Everyone is an expert and everyone is posting this and incorrect info will be shared and people will be irate before all the facts are presented. I am not saying that this article as Abby always is pretty factual. But as a courtesy to Viewers and instructors, there needs to be a solid communal place for accurate public up to date info.
One other issue is that instructors have never had access to their students other than their screen name and answering questions in class. So if you were doing something online that would help students there is no way to notify them. I have so many tools that compliment my classes. They do NOT replace them, but further, enhance learning from engaged students. I also propose instructors have a way to contact their students or post where the students can receive follow up education after this all closes.
I have been wondering about all of you wonderful teachers. I figured something like this had gone on, because some of us noticed certain Craftsy classes never made it into Bluprint. Good for you standing up for your rights. Unfortunately this is annoying and frustrating for us, but it’s also taking money out of the pockets of all the great teachers who worked on these classes. And of course future earnings as well. Just a really crappy situation all around.
Joi, Bluprint gave me an early out, thank goodness, and I retained my rights to my content (excluding the videos, of course). I think the teachers have a good case for a class action against Sympoz/NBCU, but it takes a lot of internal fortitude and some good lawyers. Frankly, I bid good riddance to bad news when it comes to Craftsy, but that’s just because I had one class and not many as you, Kenneth, Beverly and others do. I hope you get a good result.
Joi, I don’t know what class you taught but I, for one, am noting down the instructors of classes I purchased and classes on my wish list and have started looking online for other content of theirs. I would be helpful though if there was a place where they could put that info. I currently get updates from Alastair Post-Quinn of Double-Knitting and he is beginning to do his own on-line classes. I would love to see more info. from other instructors.
So what happens to all our classes and patterns that we have paid for?
I am sad, disappointed, and angry about Bluprint shutting down. It is annoying as well not to know the exact reason why this has happened. I know that some of the instructors were unable to perform classes when it required a specific pattern because the facilities that made, warehoused, and distributed the patterns were closed during this Covid nonsense, but I do not see how this impacts the instructors that simply taught the how-to’s of sewing, painting, knitting, cooking…
It seems as if NBC is taking the resources earned from this platform to cover other expenses. For a platform that is completely online where everyone can maintain social distancing the closer of this company makes zero sense. I really feel bad for the instructors who are getting the shaft as well. I hope they can somehow join together to start a new site and continue to share their wonderful knowledge with the rest of us. Maybe many of you can go over to Creativebug. I did not like their platform as much as the Craftsy/Bluprint platform but hopefully they are better managed and they will be able to survive. I like many others have spent a great deal of money both on individual classes and the annual subscription.
I purchased Allavsoft but when I try to login it tells me I have an invalid token and to contact them. I sent them an email last week and I never heard back from them. I only purchased a thirty day use so at this rate I may have paid them for nothing. I am not happy at all with Bluprint or Allavsoft.
I have to apologize for slamming Allavsoft. I read in someone’s comments to check their spam and trash folders for the reply. I not being tech savvy just check them on my phone and computer but did not login to yahoo which is my mail server. I found that Allavsoft had replied to me back on 6/9. I just replied back to them to give them what the requested. I hope it is not too late for them to enter me in their system so I can get my videos downloaded.
Bought memberships for friends as gifts during the Coronavirus ‘stay in place”..seemed like a great idea, right?
So imagine the marketing geniuses at Levisay ‘s Bluprint/NBC thinking… NOW is a good time to suddenly pull the plug on online learning ! YOWSER!
how do I stop getting all the emails every time someone makes a comment?
Look under each comment and there is a ‘manage your subscriptions” link that you can click on and choose to unsubscribe. I know it’s kind of disconcerting to see nothing at the bottom.
I believe You can turn off notifications for the page.
It’s definitely shocking to hear, and we are all deeply saddened by this news. We are looking into various options that would allow you to receive a copy of your classes to keep, but you would not be able to resell it or post it to your website, social channels, etc. NBCU will continue to own the content on Bluprint. At the moment there are no specific plans for the content to be used on another platform, and we are not planning to sell the content back to individual instructors.
We appreciate your patience as we work through many of these details. I will be sure to inform all instructors of any updates as quickly as possible.
Sincerely,
This was in response to a question I submitted to the instructor contact. I replied with additional requests suggesting a communal FB page for instructors and one for students so we have a single place for correct info. Since everyone will be an expert we want to get the correct info. I am also requesting a payoff bonus- won’t happen, but for instructors since we won’t be able to make any more money from our classes and hard work.
I agree – I think a DVD would work the best one (if possible) of all their classes for each customer but can’t imagine Bluprint making that many DVD’s.
What a disappointment! I actually found out about Bluprint taking over Craftsy THIS month. Darn and I just bought a subscription?
I thought it would be perfect this shut in time.
I did not get notified of the closure from Bluprint but from a friend who notified me.
Hope this gets resolved soon.
This is kind of crappy to do to the customers by running a trial promotion only a month ago. I just purchased the yearly membership already paid for so I hope they either issue a refund or allow people to view the classes for the duration of the yearly subscription.
Another company simply using their customers for their own personal gain. Sick. Was an excellent product.
Is there any way this can be saved? Could you sell it? I love love love Bluprint.
I am very sorry to see Bluprint (Craftsy ) closing. It was a great place to take classes from experts and do it at our own time and pace. I hope they do come through with a way for each of us to get a copy of each and every class we have paid for. Nice to have had such talented people offering such a variety of crafts in one place. 😥😪
I would like to have a copy of ALL 100++ classes we purchased on craftsy and blueprint. You can’t just walk away and pretend nothing happened. Many of us have invested much into this. Definitely a sad day for all crafters of all fields.
I Love this website I have a subscription that has a year and a half left on it, I own a bunch of classes and I purchased several kits that are need along and the video is on blueprint for the needle law so I am terribly disappointed shame on NBC and universal for a snapping up something and then shutting it down
I followed Linda Epstein’s instructions and downloaded the Video Downloader Plus extension into the Chrome browser on my iMac. I was then able to download six lessons of a class onto my hard drive, but I’m not able to play any of them. They’re MP4 files and I tried using QuickTime on my iMac. Has anyone been able to do this on a Mac? Thanks in advance.
install the free vlc player. best player out there
thanks Linda, your instructions have helped me tremendously as well
Thanks, Nina…that worked great! I have HD video and sound…
I am running OS 10.13 (High Sierra) on my MacBook Pro. I added the VDPlus extension to Chrome but when I click the arrow it says video not detected. I am not a bluprint subscriber, all my classes are Craftsy owned classes. I am starting to believe that the old Craftsy is not compatible. My Craftsy app on iOS no longer works at all for video and the bluprint iOS app does not allow downloading. Before bluprint I could download any classes on iOS when I would be without internet. This is all so frustrating. If you had any suggestions for me I would appreciate it.
You should be able to log in to BluPrint using your Craftsy login. You will go the the Forever class section to find the classes you purchased when it was Craftsy. The subscription simply allows you to watch any video on BluPrint that you didn’t actually purchase. I have a BluPrint subscription but even before I had one I was able to login and view the classes I purchased from Craftsy.
Over the years I purchased many Craftsy classes with Craftsy’s promise that those were MINE to access forever. I paid for class content which is stored on their server. The price Craftsy charged me for each class was comparable to the cost if I had purchased a stand-alone DVD comprehensive instructional video. What sets Craftsy apart from a DVD is the interaction with the instructor. The Craftsy server was necessary for the interaction.
If Bluprint/Craftsy has abandoned its platform will not continue to maintain a server which stores MY PURCHASED VIDEO CLASSES that I can access and view forever, then it needs to provide me with DVDs or thumb drive so I can view these classes on my own at home. (Very few of Craftsy customers have the technical skills and time to download the purchased classes, and actually I don’t know if it is possible with the proprietary video that is being used.)
I purchased 38+ video classes for MY education and I will not quietly allow NBCU to keep the classes I paid for.
And another thing…….what the heck was Craftsy thinking when it sold a MAJORITY ownership to NBCU?? Didn’t they read the fine print??? Or didn’t they care.
Just got this email today from BluPrint. Hope that helps everyone.
Send in an email request for refund like i did.
Chet (Bluprint)
May 28, 2020, 2:51:57 PM MDT
Hi there, I’m Chet with Bluprint.
I apologize for the delay in responding to your message and appreciate your patience as we work through the high volume of messages we have received this week.
As mentioned in the message from our CEO posted on the Bluprint site (Letter to our Bluprint Customers), Bluprint is unfortunately closing over the next few months. I also want to address your concerns as well as answer your questions.
First, if you have purchased individual classes, we are looking at various options to allow you to receive a copy of your purchased classes. This includes individual classes purchased with own forever credits. Currently there’s not a way to download those classes directly from your library, but we will provide more information soon on how you can receive a copy of your purchased classes.
Currently, our supply shop is still open. So, if you need supplies to complete any projects, you can still order as normal, until 11:59pm (MDT) on May 31, 2020. After that time, unfortunately, no further orders for supplies will be accepted.
Please know that our team is working quickly to finalize details. As we work through this process, we will share additional details. Thanks for your patience and understanding in this matter.
With that being said, to sort this out, I’ve gone ahead and canceled your subscription and refunded that most recent charge for you. You’ll see that money back within 3-5 business days.
Regards,
Chet
only news i found today
“The company is looking at allowing people who bought individual classes to receive copies and issuing prorated refunds to subscribers, Levisay said. In a notice to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Bluprint said layoffs will begin around July 22 and continue until the offices are closed, expected at the end of August.”
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/05/26/colorado-businesses-to-lay-off-200/
I have a grand total of three classes and they are very good. However, I did see the writing on the wall for this one and have not bought any classes in a long while. I am nevertheless annoyed that forever can turn out to be as I suspected and not really that at all. I have watched my classes and they were beneficial from a knowledge view point but I haven’t used them as such – not in a practical way. Not yet and it looks like I won’t be.
The quality of the classes and the simplicity of them overall is the reason I made so few purchases. I sent back as many as I kept. I had to refer to you tube tutorials on more than one occasion for better information. However the classes I do have are excellent so I hope that I get to keep them some how. The Myra Woods information on free form crochet included stuff not found any where else and I have two of her classes with material not in any books that I can source. So a loss to me.
For those who invested much more heavily in this unworthy company, I can only sympathise and feel sorry. It is a big deal, so I hope the company will be respectful and search long and hard for a way that works for people.
I have been investing in books lately, so much more for your money and once in your hands you really do get to keep them for your life time. A lesson learned. I will be extra careful where I invest my money.
In our ‘virtual’ world nothing is forever. So many links in my etsy favourites or pins on pinterest lead nowhere, as the shops or blogs they come from are long gone. All the pictures that exist only in our hard drives……
I would have appreciated a heads up and a chance to review those classes and take notes and it is disgraceful that we were not able to at least do that.
My computer does not allow for dvds and I have a Chromebook which would not have space on the hard drive for any files to be downloaded. It’s advantage being it was ideal for streaming.
Pretty peeved to be honest. Where was any notification? They deserve to have gone under as a company, but we the customer deserve better.
I received a reply to online questions to Bluprint. Here are the emails.
# Please type your reply above this line #
Jena (Bluprint)
May 28, 2020, 3:07:24 PM MDT
Hi there, I’m Jena with Bluprint.
I apologize for the delay in responding to your message and appreciate your patience as we work through the high volume of messages we have received this week.
As mentioned in the message from our CEO posted on the Bluprint site (Letter to our Bluprint Customers), Bluprint is unfortunately closing over the next few months. I also want to address your concerns as well as answer your questions.
First, if you have purchased individual classes, we are looking at various options to allow you to receive a copy of your purchased classes. This includes individual classes purchased with own forever credits. Currently there’s not a way to download those classes directly from your library, but we will provide more information soon on how you can receive a copy of your purchased classes.
Additionally, we are planning to issue prorated refunds for paid subscribers based on the last day our service will be available. We will also of course let you know once that date is finalized.
Currently, our supply shop is still open. So, if you need supplies to complete any projects, you can still order as normal, until 11:59pm (MDT) on May 31, 2020. After that time, unfortunately, no further orders for supplies will be accepted.
Please know that our team is working quickly to finalize details. As we work through this process, we will share additional details. Thanks for your patience and understanding in this matter.
If you have further questions that do not pertain to the closure or downloading your content, please write to help@mybluprint.com. Have a great rest of your day.
Regards,
Jena
Bluprint
@therealbluprint
facebook.com/therealbluprint
Have you checked out our Help Center?
help.mybluprint.com
Lydia Threads
May 27, 2020, 9:50:04 AM MDT
I and millions of your customers around the world are deeply saddened that Bluprint will cease to be in a couple of months. I can’t understand why this fabulously popular platform will close. Do you not understand how important this platform is for millions of people during this pandemic? It is crushing and more sad news upon the horrific sad news we’ve been living through. Bluprint is our mental and physical savior during these times. I cannot imagine why it’s not financially viable–assuming that’s the case. Your customers haven’t heard the cold, hard reasons for the closure.
With regard to the “classes forever” montra, I would ask that you provide DVDs of the classes to those of us who have purchased “forever” classes. I, for one, have 105 classes that I’ve purchased.
I pray that you will reconsider, and ask fervently that the closure be delayed until at least next year when “we” are more accustomed to our “new normal.”
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Just heard earlier in the week that Bluprint is closing down and, like so many others, I am crushed to hear the news. I also purchased a good number of classes but am certain CEO Levisay and staff will work out a solution so that we may keep our ‘forever’ classes. Wished that Craftsy had not gone into Bluprint as I found the quality of the sewing section not as good as when it was Craftsy. Wonderful instructors and content.
Really, really sorry to see this company go and I plan to buy another class before they close.
Well, best get on that since they just announced we can only purchase classes (or subscriptions?!! WHAT?!) until May 31st.
I cannot imagine the GALL of this company still selling subscriptions at this point.
I’m going to buy my last four classes just to spite them.
I have been in touch with Allavsoft who said that their software could download Bluprint content. Apparently Bluprint upgraded their software this week to prevent downloading!!!
I didn’t trust allavsoft . Maybe I’m suspicious but I wasn’t so sure they could help. I use a free program and am still able to download so that statement from allavsoft is already wrong
Wow, 2020 just keeps on giving.
Calm down, everybody. Jeez. They said they would pro-rate refunds and have a way for everyone to download the classes.
Remember, patience is a virtue.
I want to buy subscribe bluprint for a month for the last time, but i cannot make any transaction..hikss so sad…
I also own a LOT of classes – forever classes. I haven’t received any notification, but they must have some way for us to keep our classes since they were very specifically sold as forever available.
This was probably NBCUniversal’s plan from the beginning. They likely saw Craftsy as competition.
There was a notification sent to us this morning. They are working on ways to get clients their classes – here’s the exact wording – “For example, we’re working on a solution to give you an extended period to download your purchased classes”. – I expect you’ve all received the same notice by now.
How they expect us to download the classes is not clear and they will take a lot of space on our hard drives. DVDs are another option but many newer computers don’t have that capacity.
I just went on the site and they’ve removed all the images – it’s looking very bleak.
I agree with Patricia G – hang on and see what happens – if they say they are working on solutions to accommodate their clients, let’s have some trust that they will deliver. It is very upsetting – it has been a tremendous source of pleasure in these terrible times.
I have a new Mac. It does not have a CD. However I purchased a separate device that allowed me to attach a USB for DVDs, external hard drive attachment etc.
my mistake re: images – it was just the internet connection where I reside.
I would also like to thank all the wonderful instructors and the support staff – very sad for everyone
I believe they should send us a usb with all our classes and purchased patterns on it, so we do not feel we are losing what we have bought and helped to support them over the past 10 years. Also they should mail free of charge to everyone as a sign of good faith to all of us who has purchased classes, followed along and encouraged friends to join crafts and blueprint.
Craftsy was a educational creative place that improved people’s minds and bodies, until NBC bought them out and closed them down. Peacock, a new place from NBC, that does not improve people’s minds and bodies. Capitalism at it’s worse.
I’m just another complaining duped bluprint customer. After investing significant , at least in my economic class, investments in forever classes with the silly expectation that forever means my lifetime for me personally, I feel scammed. Shame on them. We should beware of anything that NBCUniversal says and sells. I, for one, will boycott any further business with them.
So sad. I never received an email notifying me of this. Checked inbox and spam. I have so many classes that are supposed to be forever and I just recently renewed my membership which gave me more freebies I haven’t had time to pick. I really want the classes. How can we download or get DVDs of them at a reasonable price?
Go pick your freebies right now in the next 24 hours! I did! Then when they come up with their solution to give us copies of our classes, you will have spent your freebies and you’ll get those classes too with the ones you already own.
I was so shocked, to receive that letter! They just took out my next annual membership fee early last month. They must have known, at that time, that something was happening. I hope they’ll refund the fee! Who can afford over a hundred dollars for a year of nothing.
I’m really going to miss those classes. They’ve been my main source of home entertainment since retiring. I also feel sorry for the instructors, who have put so much into creating their classes. The classes I’ve taken have all had really great instructors. This is so sad!
As someone who just recently has been able to rekindle my creative side, I had found Bluprint to be my go-to source not only for inspiration and instruction but for product as well. I am so heavy hearted to learn of it’s abrupt closure. Not just for myself but for the extremely talented instructors all the way to the profoundly kind customer service reps that have always gone above and beyond. This is really sad and unfortunate in a time when more people are looking for positive outlets.
Please can somebody tell a Mac user how to save the video content we have paid for ? I’m on disability benefits and being creative is my therapy I’m beyond upset it was my lifeline
I saw directions for saving to a Mac further back in the comments. I have just started and it is very easy. But this can use a lot of space on your computer.
the only app they have provided to date can only be used on a phone and my phone certainly can’t accommodate that many classes. It also can only be used on the device’s memory so for those of us who have multiple classes, it’s not going to be very useful. Hope they come up with another solution.
I would like to receive DVD’s of all my classes — because I’m not sure I will be able to successfully download them– my computer is old — I would probably have to buy a new computer to accomplish this. I own over 150 classes which would take up a huge amount of space! In addition to getting DVDs we should also have the option of downloading — to put these on flash drives so these would take up less space physical space than DVDs and we would have a back-up if we want both.
me too I have 123 classes I have purchased over the years.
Does anyone have any further information?
They are not being clear at all; and have closed comments on the CEO’s announcement on their site. At this point, if they are allowing downloading classes, I would have to purchase at the least, an external hard drive — and figure out download programs, which I have no idea about. I have 75 classes, most of them purchased when it was still Craftsy. I truly wish they would have a concrete plan and be upfront and transparent about it, and give us sufficient time. The old adage the “customer is always right” — do good by your customer’s who supported your business, i.e. if you want to be in business, you don’t screw over your customers!!!.. etc. etc. I guess when you’re an ultra powerful corporate universe, you don’t have to grovel to the masses who watch your shows, or buy your products.. (rant over– ah, that felt good! not really..)
Please, if anyone hears anything, please post it here.
Just got this email from Bluprint
We recently shared the disappointing news that Bluprint will be closing over the next few months. You can see the letter to the Bluprint community here and posted below. We are immensely thankful for the opportunity to have supported you and your passion over the past decade.
We know there are many questions and we will have more information to share soon. Please note that we will provide a way for those of you who have purchased classes to receive a copy of the classes you purchased. For example, we’re working on a solution to give you an extended period to download your purchased classes.
Current subscribers still have access to classes, patterns, and course materials, however we will stop accepting new subscribers and orders for individual classes, patterns and supplies on May 31 at 11:59 pm EDT.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through these important details. If you have questions, please use the Contact Us feature on our website
I would like to know why Bluprint took £45.99 from my account after I cancelled my subscription that I was paying £12.99 for two weeks ago.
Just got this email from Bluprint
We recently shared the disappointing news that Bluprint will be closing over the next few months. You can see the letter to the Bluprint community here and posted below. We are immensely thankful for the opportunity to have supported you and your passion over the past decade.
We know there are many questions and we will have more information to share soon. Please note that we will provide a way for those of you who have purchased classes to receive a copy of the classes you purchased. For example, we’re working on a solution to give you an extended period to download your purchased classes.
Current subscribers still have access to classes, patterns, and course materials, however we will stop accepting new subscribers and orders for individual classes, patterns and supplies on May 31 at 11:59 pm EDT.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through these important details. If you have questions, please use the Contact Us feature on our website
If you have class coupons yet to redeem you need to do it today!
DVDs would be great. I’m thinking of those who don’t have enough storage space on their computer or the technical ability to download –
They should provide
I always use my iPad, so I would be at a disadvantage space wise for downloads
Although with less than classy way of closing I’m certain our needs may not be considered
I learned the lesson now, the same happened with burda style I bough tons of patterns and video tutorials there, suddenly I had to download everything and was a pain because it took a lot of memory from my computer, now with craftsy can somebody tell my how much memory will need to download around 80 classes?
I downloaded many classes and it came to around 1 GB per class. I chose the 640×360 or 854×450 resolution, so the files aren’t so big.
About “forever”, I think the word “forever” will prove to be as meaningful as the word “natural”. The digital age, aka the time in which everything got lost, just by the sheer volume of material.
I assume you did it through something other than the Bluprint app?
Because once Bluprint is gone I assume the app will be gone as well.
I thought the only way to download right now is through the app.
I’m using the info another Karen me in the comments above . Copying here for you. I don’t trust the app to be around, and I don’t trust them to come through with download options either, hence I went this route
“ For other people interested – I downloaded internetdownloadmanager from CNET.com which is a trusted site. Internetdownloadmanager does have it’s own website but that didn’t work for me for some reason – maybe in too much of a hurry?
Note that the downloader is an app. on your browser – Chrome, Firefox, etc. If you want to delete it, I think that is where you will have to go. When downloading Internetdownloadmanager follow the instructions as to the browser settings you need. I put it on Chrome because that is what it suggested and it installed only on my Chrome but not on my Firefox (my usual browser). What you are getting is a free trial version (28 days). It will remind you of this every so often and ask if you want to register – I clicked “No” and kept on going.
I am downloading to an older, but not ancient, desktop running Windows 7. I do not have a current subscription to Bluprint but do have lifetime access to my Craftsy classes. When you have Internetdownloadmanager installed and go to Bluprint and start running a session in one of your classes, a little box appears in the upper right corner that says “download this video.” You can then pause the video and click on the box. A drop-down menu appears which gives you different options for video quality – highest quality on the top, lowest on the bottom. Note that the higher the quality, the more space it will take on your machine. I found that using the setting second from the bottom gives me about the quality that I see with live streaming. It takes me about 1.5 min. to download 1/2 hr. of video. Internetdownloadmanager will que multiple videos but I haven’t used this feature.”
REALLY ANGRY.. BEEN MEMBER SINCE 2010,,,, Own over 237 classes,,, no way I can get them all downloaded over 1 TB OF MEMORY… no answer from Bluprint.
This worked thank you Nina
How did you download them? Are you using the app they provided or another software. If another, please let us know which one to use. I’m nervous about downloading software from unreliable sources
Andrea, I understand. First I was using other software that downloaded the classes but made the videos shaky and with a large echo. I found the good working download info in this thread and copied it above . See right above your comment the comment I left for Karen. Hope that works for you. It’s a lot of work, but I’d rather have something than nothing
I don’t think internet download manager works on Mac – only pc – I went to their official site
I have a Mac as well so am waiting for some instructions on how I can do downloads.
thanks so much- i will try it but I asked my son who’s pretty computer savvy and he said CNET is sketchy but seems like many people here have tried it so I will as well. I have downloaded some from their app but worry, as others have said, that once they close, it will too. Also you need a lot of memory on a phone and then can only watch it on a phone.
REALLY ANGRY.. BEEN MEMBER SINCE 2010,,,, Own over 237 classes,,, no way I can get them all downloaded over 1 TB OF MEMORY… no answer from Bluprint.
How long do we have to download all our classes over 200 classes, have from Nina IDM THANK YOU AGAIN, but success 5 classes in half hour.
I am so sad. I hope some other company would buy them out and we could continue this service. There are so many classes I wanted to buy but and afraid to do it today as the company might not find a way to give me access.
I loved Bluprint and Craftsy.
I can’t even sign in on my PC – only on iPad. Have they locked us out of PC format?
I was in the process of using the last of my credits. Their website said that we could use them up until 11:59 Eastern but it cut me off at 10:59 Eastern. grr….
My shopping cart has disappeared with all the classes that I wanted to purchase. Website states we had until 11:59 pm EST to purchase. I worked late at the hospital tonight & was not able to purchase earlier. What gives? This is from the website— Currently, our supply shop will be open through 11:59pm (EST) on May 31, 2020. I sent an email to Bluprint asking for an extra day to purchase. I doubt that will happen, but I felt compelled to try.
I’m pretty angry. I never got a notice until yesterday–I found out through another website. Then tonight when I was trying to purchase the things I am in the middle of and wanted to keep, they closed the shopping cart 30 minutes before the listed time. We are all going to be out a lot of money if they handle the rest as they handled the shopping cart today. In a world of pain and disappointment, this was my way to get away and now it is gone. Forever means nothing I guess.
They said we could purchase until 11:59 pm. I was a subscriber for years. My subscription ran out only last month. I tried to purchase some Start Up classes tonight that I knew I wanted (and bought supplies for from them). M cart disappeared at about 11:20pm, and I was not able to even restart my subscription. They lied about how much time we had. What a wretched disappointment, when we need these activities the most. These people stink rotten.
Same here. I tried to purchase a few DVDs and use my remaining own forever class credits. Would not let me do either. It was around 11:30. Plenty of time. Each class I tried, all it said was ‘watch now’ .. no ‘buy’ option!!
Very disappointed and angry too. I have 10 “Own Forever” class credits to use, and sometime before their purchase deadline of May 31, 2020 at 11:59pm MDT, they switched to “subscription only” (no purchase option) just as I was selecting my classes. I also have 10 months left on my subscription and many past purchased classes.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I understood about the 11:59 cutoff, which as crap cause it didn’t last until then. But I did not understand that to include credit for own forever classes. Well I guess we are all in a sunk ship! Will see how and if they come through on access to the classes we bought or got by credits. I have trouble believing they can do that without maintaining their site and that would cost money. Download all we want, but how will we access it!?!
I agree, I have credits and thought it was only new classes not ones to be acquired with credits.
Same here. Managed to use 8 of my 12 Own Forever coupons before they shut down an hour early! I’ve emailed them too. Hoping they’ll remedy their error but not confident.
I am reading all the comments. At 11:15 pm EST on I was no longer to choose the last six classes from my subscription. I emailed Bluprint and received no response. I just sent another email. I have so many classes that I need to download.
Hard to understand with all the distance learning for adults and now for children receiving instruction at home at least for the remainder of the school year that BluPrint was unable to change the direction or create a new dimension to their product Take a look at what Amazon and Whole Foods (just one example) are doing with teaching and learning for our school age children. Very sad to think that all the years of hard work, great teaching and great customer service building relationships is going down the drain – and let’s not forget the investment that customers have made with their time and money. I always thought that there was a give and take between the instructors and students in the classes that set Craftsy/BluPrint apart from other platforms. I recently viewed some BluPrint instructors on YouTube and they are impacted along with the students and customers. While this may be unrealistic, it would be fantastic if BluPrint could pull off a comeback!
I did send them a complaint about shutting off our carts before 11:59 pm Just got the usual auto reply. Will see if they respond and what they say. Ugghhh!!
same thing happened to me at 11:30 pm EDT; when I attempted to use my last coupon. I was livid. What is up with these people?
Send them a complaint if you had class coupons left but they didn’t let you get them before 11:59. Probably will fall on deaf ears with some sorry explanations. They should have given everyone more notice, a week is ridiculous! I didn’t get the May 24th email either. I only found out they were closing down when I saw mention of it on Instagram. From there I googled it and found this site. Crazy!!!
In this situation, we had better to find a method to download our purchased classes offline.
After trying so much methods, I find Allavsoft may help.
It provides two methods:
Method 1: Record. This method may take too much time.
Method 2: Copy and paste the video course url to Allavsoft and click Download button. This method need to provide the bluprint account log in information.
I prefer method 2 and have contacted Allavsoft’ support to support bluprint.
At first, they replied that they do not support bluprint. After 3 days, I received a letter from them and knew that they have found a solution. However, this solution need to provide my bluprint account log in. At the beginning I hesitate to provide it, but i do not want to loss my classess, then I sent them my bluprint account log in, and they sent me a updated version and it finally works. Now I have all my purchased bluprint classes downloaded to my computer with the help of Allasoft.
Hi Henry. I tried Allavsoft (about a week ago). I copied and pasted the URL but kept getting a window that asked me to log into Bluprint. It would not hold my Bluprint credentials. I contacted Allavsoft who told me that Bluprint have changed their software in the last few days to disallow downloads using Allavsoft. They said they were working on a solution. Have you tried it recently?
If Allavsoft does find a solution, do you know if it works on a Mac? I’ll try to contact them as well
I have a Mac. Haven’t tried again but the software looks very user friendly and if they can get it to work it would be a solution.
I have just bought Allavsoft, contacted them by email and they replied instantly. Gave them my Bluprint login details and they are sending me an email with directions once they have accessed my account. Another lady on here suggested this and they have been so helpful so fingers crossed
Let us know whether it works and I will email them again. I only got the “working on a solution”. However I had only downloaded the free trial of the software intending to buy if it worked. I would definitely purchase if it works as it wasn’t very expensive.
I just got a response from them as well – within minutes of my question. YOu have to buy the software, it won’t work with their free trial. I will purchase it later today and let you all know …here’s their response:
Dear Customer,
Currently we have found a solution to download the videos from bluprint.
This method needs your log in information and only downloads the
videos you already purchased.
After you purchase our Allavsoft, please do download the purchased
version of our Allavsoft and then write to us to provide your order
number and your bluprint log in information.
We will manunally make it log in to bluprint. Then you may use the
purchased version of our Allavsoft to download the videos offline by
copy and paste the video url to Allavsoft.
Thank you for contacting Allavsoft. I am running Mac OS10.13 (High Sierra)on my MacBookPro. I downloaded the trial version of Allavsoft and successfully downloaded a Youtube video. It’s a very user friendly app. Then when I tried to download from Bluprint, it continually asked for my sign in credentials and I couldn’t download.
I understand why the app developer is proceeding cautiously about this. These Craftsy/bluprint videos are copyright protected thru a paid subscription/ownership.
Please let us Mac Users know if the registered version of Allavsoft will work for you. I will purchase if it works!
Thank you!!
Well, Allavsoft are brilliant at replying to you quickly. However, although I can now download, it is section by section rather than the entire class in one go. Obviously if I have to do this I will but I have emailed them again to see if there is a quicker way before I do too many and waste time on it. I have over 70 classes!
Were you able to save directly to an external hard drive?
Hi, I bought Allavsoft, it cost me £20 because I found a discount coupon code in Google. I am delighted. I was downloading the classes section by section and I just thought there had to be a better way so I emailed their support, they tweaked their program and emailed me back with a link, I clicked it, downloaded their new software, followed their instructions and, boom, all my classes downloaded in one click!!!! Thrilled. However, you will need a large storage space. Luckily I have 4TB but the classes sure do need space! Good Luck 🙂 I cannot recommend Allavsoft highly enough
I wish I could download all at once. I only have 500G on my computer. I bought a 1 T external drive and in “preferences” indicated to download to the external hard drive thinking I could ask for for the key from Allavsoft. I found it hung up on me and just didn’t work. I have tried twice. So am going to have to go back to downloading one class at a time on my computer and drag and drop to the external drive. I will email Allavsoft for help re the external drive.
Janice did Allavsoft work?
This is absolutely ridiculous and unconscionable that all of us here are scrambling to figure out how to fix this mess that NBCUniversal has created. We shouldn’t have to put any effort or expense into determining how to access and keep what we have already paid for. This should be THEIR problem to figure out how to deliver to us what is rightfully ours and that we’ve all spent our hard-earned money to purchase what they promised–not OURS. Shame on you, NBCUniversal!
You are absolutely right! Here, here.
Ditto this. I’ve seen much smaller independent message boards that had closed up in the face of fb/ig social media who left their content and site online as an archives, — and I’m sure NBCU could do the same to allow us to access the class.
After following the download instructions posted and installing both chrome and firefox, both failing to download the video and just downloaded the front page description of the class, I’m coming to the terms that I’m not only out of all the substantial cash investment, but the worst is losing all the knowledge and learning from the classes I’ve yet to watch and absorb and put into creative practice. Sooo totally bummed, I can’t even express it.
Does anyone here have any media connections? There is power in numbers, and it would be fantastic if the media reported on how NBCUniversal has screwed over its customer with their abysmal handling of shutting down Bluprint, lack of communication, forcing them to scramble to figure out how to access and save products that they spent their hard-earned money for, etc. Perhaps NBCUniversal would find it so uncomfortable to be lambasted by the press that they would actually do what is right by their loyal customers. Please, if anyone has any media/press connections that could get the word out far and wide about this mess, perhaps the pressure that would come down on NBCUniversal might have some sort of positive effect!
As I advised last week I trawled through the older Craftsy classes and spent my 9 forever class vouchers on classes I might want to watch in future. The email says they will give us an extended period to download these classes, but no details on how to do this yet. I have 359 classes, so would want to download them in a standard format, probably as a zipped file. It will be a pain if I have to do this 359 times, but if they want us to download individual lessons as separate files it will take forever to do. I will buy a separate cheap backup drive for this much data.
Meanwhile whilst we can still access the site, it would help to know how long for. I downloaded the pdf resource files (recipes, instructions, patterns, etc) for classes I have not purchased, so at least I have written information for classes that were part of the subscription. I will watch as much as possible until they turn off the site.
Completely agree with you..so sad that i can’t make my last subscribtion on bluprint yesterday 😭😭 just wanna buy some sewing class more
Which email said such… extended period to download… I have not seen such. Please share. Thanks
When I was doing a google search on bluprint closing, I came across an article in a Colorado newspaper site that mentioned they would be closing down on or about July 22. Now, I have no idea if this is true, just what I read. This is very upsetting for all of us. More notice should have been given to us. This also brings up the question about other companies that sell on line classes. Should we purchase anything on line that we do not physically get. If bluprint can do this, so can others. What bluprint is doing could cause distrust in purchasing from others who offer similar services.
And last night I got an email reminding me that I had “left something in my cart.” Even following that link, I couldn’t redeem my code.
I too now have the email from Allavsoft regarding their software. I will purchase and give it a try as I think one years subscription is about $19.99. I use a Mac and there is ability to download straight into Quicktime. So am interested to see how it works. I will keep you posted on my success.
Here is a copy of my email from the company
Dear Customer,
We have found a solution to download the videos from bluprint.
This method needs your log in information and only downloads the videos you already purchased.
After you purchase our Allavsoft, please do download the purchased version of our Allavsoft and then write to us to provide your order number and your bluprint log in information.
We will manunally make it log in to bluprint. Then you may use the purchased version of our Allavsoft to download the videos offline by copy and paste the video url to Allavsoft.
This only works after we manually input the log in information.
I had reached out to their customer support, and also received a similar letter. So I am asking, HAS ANYONE purchased and given their login info to them, and if so what results?
Downloading very successfully right now. They got back to me within 12 hours. I was asked to download the software again to refresh it. Only thing that I can’t quite master is saving to the external hard drive (I will email them) so just dragging and dropping. Playing very nicely in Quick time from the external hard drive. It is a bit of a slow process. Each section of the class is taking from 2-5 minutes but I have created a folder for each class and the download has a description of the section it is covering.
Yes I am in the process of downloading on the allavsoft site as well. It’s very tedious but seems to be working. I also made separate folders for each class. You first have to buy the software and register and then as Lesley said, you have to reinstall their free version because it has the update necessary for Bluprint – which was not clear to me and it took several emails for it to click in. On top of purchasing the software ( which for me is $41.50 as I’m in Canada ) I had to get a large USB and that was an additional cost and I’ve been dumping large files off my computer to accommodate all the classes. It’s a lot of work but the classes are so important to me.
I’ve seen on some FB posts that the instructors were only told the day before the announcement went out to the public – the Friday before the long weekend. They had no prior notice either and are rather stunned.
I wish you all well – these are very trying times and it would be good to hold on to this source of enjoyment in our lives.
Don’t forget to google for a discount code if you are going to download Allavsoft. In Canada I ended up paying $28 with the 30% coupon. Secondly make sure that the password you are using is only being used for Bluprint and it’s not the one you use for banking. Third – I am dragging and dropping on to the external hard drive. Then, after every full downloaded class deleting the downloaded files on my computer and emptying the trash so it does not take up room on my internal hard drive. it’s easy to find all the files when you have downloaded. Just right click and the menu asks whether you want to open location of downloaded files.
I just got mine for $19.22 US for lifetime access! There are tons of coupon codes available online, some better than others. Do I understand correctly, you need to download the trial version, not the full version, to get it to work with Bluprint? Lesley, can you give me a quick idea of how you’re selecting the individual URL’s…are you selecting each episode individually, copying & pasting the URL or do you just select the URL for the first video and it picks up the rest of the episodes? How many URLs do you recommend adding at once? What download quality and what conversion quality are you selecting and why did you choose what you did?
Just to clarify. You have to pay for the Allavsoft first. Then email in your registration number and log in email and password for Bluprint. They will then manually manipulate it so you can download. You will get an email confirming you can now download but firstly you have to download the software again to refresh it. They provide a link. When I started I was only downloading one section of a class at a time to get familiar with the software. There is a window to paste in multiple URLs. I am just at this moment downloading all 7 sections of one class to see if it works. It seems to be downloading OK but I am not sure my computer liked it 100%. I might stick to 3 or 4 sections. As I have a Mac it is also converting to QuickTime at the same time. If you are just downloading and not converting, it might be quicker. So far I am very pleased with the ease of use of the software. I am a senior citizen and I can handle it !
I just heard back from Allavsoft. It seems like I key in the 1 URL they gave me and it will download all my classes at once. He told me to select worst quality only but didn’t explain why. I will try the process now so it can run overnight when no one is on the internet. I’ll see in the morning what happens and will give an update. If in fact it downloads all at once, I think everyone will need to know about it! 🙂
I didn’t get key for downloading all my classes. (I have 192!). Are you downloading directly to external hard drive Rose? I don’t have enough room on my computer to download all of my classes and then move to an external hard drive. It would take up about 500G. But I might try downloading a few on a lower quality to make the process faster.
wish I’d known about coupons prior to purchasing – I paid 41.5 in Canada. I also used normal quality – not the worst – I’lll downgrade it for the rest. You do have to post each episode but can use the multiple option and post up to 6 or 7 at once. It did crash on me a few times but it’s working and I’ve saved all the patterns to pdf files
Allavsoft – update – So here’s how it’s worked for me. I came across this site last night and read through many of the posts. I kept seeing Allavsoft popping up in conversations so I thought I’d look into it further. I contacted the company 3 times and each time, they responded quickly so by night’s end, I knew this was the way to go. I found an online coupon…saved me $40 on a LIFETIME access and paid only $19.22 U.S dollars. Haha….Lifetime? Anyway, as long as it holds up for a couple of weeks. Oh…you can use this software for other purposes besides just Bluprint videos…think Spotify, Youtube…etc.
I did not download the trial version, only the version from the website after purchase and it’s working with Bluprint. Here’s what Allavsoft asked for. In order for it to work with Bluprint, they need to set up our account to log into Bluprint to access those videos. I needed to give them my login info for Bluprint, so email address and password. I was hesitant because in essence, they can get into the account and have access to my payment information. It was a chance I’m taking. I changed the password and will change it again after these files are downloaded. I was told to select “worst quality” under the option to select “download quality”. He didn’t answer my question as to why but I am thinking it may be the download/internet speed it’s referring to. Allavsoft emailed me 1 URL to put into the program. After I keyed that in, it asked me to log into my Bluprint account and it started pulling all the videos into a huge list. Regarding this list, you can deselect some of the videos if you’ve already downloaded. Here’s the problem. You have no idea what the video is until it’s working on downloading the file at which time the program has assigned the file an actual name and created a thumbnail image for that episode. Essentially, you’re stuck downloading the entire batch unless you want to sit at your computer for days downloading it episode by episode. The next prompt was “Do you want to download the first or all videos”. I told it “all” but had to tell it all many times (guessing it was prompting it for many of the classes). It started downloading. I woke up a couple times and checked it. Each time, I found that same prompt, asking if I wanted to download the first or “all”. Again, I clicked all several times. My guess is it downloads so many in the cue and goes to the next batch. You would have to check your computer every so often to be sure that prompt hasn’t popped up again and needs your attention.
My thoughts: So it’s still downloading and will probably continue for a couple of days..maybe longer since many of us are accessing internet during the day. I LOVE that I do not need to sit at my computer for days to keep selecting the next video. I do not like that it’s appears to have downloaded the first video of each batch and then is coming back and downloading the additional videos. Unless the program is smart enough to renumber, I think the files will not be in class order. I will have my work cut out sorting these files but I do think that it may not be such an issue if I use the search bar to search for the class title. Each match would pop up, I highlight, and move them to their individual class folders. I checked one video out briefly. The quality seems to be fine. Maybe selecting “normal” for download quality might give a slightly better quality but I would inquire about that to be sure it’s not just referring to the internet speed. I wouldn’t want to waste extra time if it’s not referring to video quality. When this is done, I may download one class with a different setting to compare. To give you an idea of ending file size, here’s what I got. I own 135 forever classes. With each video, the program downloads a couple extra tiny files plus a thumbnail of each video in a separate folder. So far, it’s downloaded 194 videos (would have taken me days to manually download them) and it’s a 58 GB with tons more to go. You figure, most classes have about 7 episodes so this means, I have a few more days to go. If the count is correct, it says there are 1010 files to download. Yes, I did select it to download to a separate drive. Thankfully, I do have a 5TB hard drive which was meant for a different purpose. It will work for me now.
Overall, I think this will work out great. I don’t like that I need to invest more by buying outside software and use up a large hard drive, but I’ve invested hundreds and I don’t want to wait to find out that Bluprint will not come through for us. It’s not a risk I wanted to take.
I hopes this helps many of you!
Allavsoft – file labeling update – So I just checked to see the progress on my downloads. I see that the program started to go back and download the rest of the episodes. It appears that through the night it downloaded the first of each class but now is starting the next round. The program assigns each class a number and then each episode is numbered after that so they’re being put in the correct order! Yeah!
Ex: 64-01, 64-02, 64-03, 64-04 and then 65-01, 65-02 etc. for the next class.
Bad news from Allavsoft. Their content will not work downloading to an external hard drive. I absolutely do not have enough memory for my classes. To be honest I had already realized that. On the good side, I have found the “worst quality” video is perfectly acceptable. It downloads much faster and each class is only taking up about 2.5 G. So I would still need 300G of space on my internal hard drive.
I am copying the URL’s for each section of the class – pasting into the multiple URL window and I have been able to download portion of the class together in about . There is an occasional glitch when one section pauses itself and I can’t seem to fix that and have to reload. The videos work perfectly well playing from my external drive.
Lesley, mine are downloading to an external hard drive. I’m not sure why they say it won’t work. When asked for the file location as to where to save the downloads, I selected my external drive and so far, I have 244 of 1010 downloaded there so far. I checked out only 1 video and it seemed to have worked just fine. This way, I’m able to keep plugging away on my remodeling project while this will be working for a few days in the background. I would suggest trying to copy just 1 class to an external and see if it doesn’t work for you. I agree, the worst quality for download still produces a good quality video. I am not converting though, so I am guessing it may make a difference for you. Is it possible to just download now and come back later to convert?
Rose – I tried overnight and again this morning to save to my external drive and it froze – only trying with one class. I was disappointed. I must say, the technical support guy I have been contacting does not seem nearly as helpful as the one you have. He didn’t tell me that I could get a key to download my files, and even when I asked, still did not offer that option. He also told me that I could not download to an external drive and I did believe him as my computer keeps freezing each time I have tried. I will email him again and tell him that you are not having a problem. – thanks for the input
My support emails were signed by David, if that helps. Also, I was using this support email address rather than the sales email address which was given in the emailed receipt. support@allavsoft.com Here are 2 of his replies. I do think they need to do something from their end to link Bluprint to your account so I’ll exclude the exact link he sent me..just in case, but the rest of the email is here. I noticed that he did say I need to download to my hard drive and then transfer to an external. I’m grateful that it appears to be working for me, directly to an external, as my internal drives are small.
Here is one message:
Please download the latest version from our official website to support bluprint.
Your license will work on any updated version of our Allavsoft during your subscription period.
https://www.allavsoft.com/download.html
You may copy and paste the following url to Allavsoft and click Download button to download all your purchased videos in the background.
https://shop.mybluprint.com/XXXXXXXX (the link he gave me is here)
Please do let us know if it works on your side.
Best Regards
David
Here’s another of his earlier replies:
Dear Customer,
If you firtly test with the free trial version, please copy and paste the episode video url to Allavsoft. There is no need to purchase before testing.
If you buy the full version of our Allavsoft, we will send you the video url, you may copy that video url to download all the videos you purchased at once.
About the download time, it depends on your network speed, it may take about 1 day, 2 days or 3 days.
You need to firstly download them to your computer hard drive. After you download the videos offline, you may transfer them to external drive or anywhere you want.
By defualt, it download the original source file.
You may set Download Quality as low.
Best Regards
David
Thanks for the info Rose. I too am dealing with David. I tried again to get the videos to download to my external drive. It’s just not working. On the upside. I takes me under a minute to paste all the URLs for each section of the class into the software. I am using worst quality and it’s fine. I,ve had a couple of crashes as it doesn’t like some of the really big classes (maybe 2?). Each class takes about 20 minutes and I take the time to do something else. I then come back, drag the videos into the class folders I’ve prepared on the external hard drive, erase the originals on my computer and start again. I am now in a rhythm and have downloaded about 45 in 2 days. They used 117G. On the other upside, I had forgotten about the wonderful content of some of my videos. As I’ve quality checked a few to make sure they are working OK, or copied the URL and seen some of the bakes I haven’t yet made! I was salivating by the time I finished loading some of the baking classes. I think I put on weight just watching them. I realized the content is quite precious and will get my son in law to copy to a second external hard drive so I always have backup.
Question for those using Allavsoft versus the Chrome extension and who are Mac users:
1. does the file open automatically in QuickTime without playback issues or needing to convert MP4 to MOV?
2. when you launch the video, do the bookmarks/chapter markers still function (so if a lesson has six parts, you can jump to part five easily without scrolling)?
3. it’s been so long since I burned a DVD or tried to compile a movie on the Mac, and apparently all the great user-friendly software that used to come with Macs is no longer supported (like Toast, iDVD, or making chapters in iMovie). Anyone know of a good workaround? I mean, I realize this is a “luxury” question because the content with or without ease of use is the most important thing–just wondering. If I take the time to try to rescue my classes out of a distrust of large corporations caring about their customer’s desires, I’d like to make them as user-friendly as possible before burning to DVD.
Hi Jeanne. I have a Mac and to begin with I selected to convert to Quicktime but my videographer son told me it would work just as well in MP4 (which he said is a more useful format) so that is what I am now doing. I made a list of my classes and then created all of my labelled folders on my external hard drive. The software will download 7 videos at once although I find big files can cause it to crash so I look to see how long the videos are. If it says 3 hours, I will download ½ the classes then the other half. I then drag to the external drive and trash the files on my computer. In the file – they show up with 1.2.3.4.5. etc with the title of each section next to the number. Worst quality download is still excellent quality. I now have the whole process per class down to less than 20 minutes for downloaded, dragging to the file and clearing the content from my computer that I just downloaded. Some lessons are only 10 minutes
I find this software incredibly simple to use..
I just sent the following email to Mr . Thomas Gounley of the Denver based Buisness Den who reported on the NBCU closure of Bluprint, I recommend that others do so too. Let’s set a fire under someone to do more reporting on this problem. Maybe that will prompt NBCU to do the right thing by us all. Mr. Gounley’s email address is Thomas@businessden.com. It’s small, but it’s a start. (Craftsy was based in Denver. This decision has caused layoffs there.)
Dear Mr. Gounley,
Thank you for your article on NBCU’s closing of the Craftsy/Bluprint website. I am writing to ask you to please go further with your investigating and reporting on this story. There are tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people worldwide who have spent thousands of dollars each purchasing classes that were supposed to be available to them forever. (You can go to the comments at https://craftindustryalliance.org/nbcuniversal-to-close-bluprint/ to see the anguish and anger of the people who have purchased these classes.). I personally have spent more than $1600 since 2012 on the classes that were supposed to belong to me forever. They are called “Own Forever Classes.”
Craftsy was a wonderful business. The video platform was stellar, and the instructors (at least in the sewing classes where my passion lay) are world class professionals. Once it was acquired by NBCU and changed to Bluprint, both the business model and the video platform were repeatedly changed, and not for the better.
While I and the other thousands of purchasers of Forever classes are resigned to the loss of access to and personal contact with the amazing instructors for our classes, we want access to our classes. (I am not sure the instructors are resigned to that loss of personal contact and probable loss of income stream, however, nor likely are the thousands of persons who sell patterns and other related items on the website – see https://patternsandmore.com/nbc-closes-Craftsy-and-Bluprint/). Please know that those classes are not viewed by us only once and then put aside. They are sources that we refer to again and again as we continue to hone our craft.
You should also know that on the same day that the letter to instructors is dated, stating that NBCU is shutting down Bluprint (May 22), they sent me an email offering 50% off on an annual subscription to Bluprint. I received an email notification of the closure from Bluprint on May 29.
We are angry. At this point, it’s feels like a theft on the part of NBCU. We want access to our classes, either through the ability to easily download them to our computers for storage on our hard drives or sticks in an accessible media player format, or having NBCU send them to us on stick or CD in an accessible media player format.
Alternatively, perhaps the original founders of Craftsy might be interested in “repurchasing” their wonderful business back. That would bring back those jobs in Denver. I don’t recall hearing or reading any negative comments about Craftsy. Bluprint, on the other hand, was not well received by the users or the instructors.
Please investigate this further on behalf of all the people worldwide who have purchased Own Forever classes. What is NBCU going to do about the Own Forever Classes? How are they going to insure us permanent access to the classes?
Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Deborah Castle
Deborah Castle, thank you for your great letter. I put my own first paragraph and copied and pasted the rest of the text to Mr. Grounley. I think you have a great idea!
Betty
Why doesn’t Blueprint/Craftsy just merge into The Great Courses website? It too is owned by NBCUNIVERSAL. Some of The Great Courses classes are already offered on Blueprint/Craftsy so they must have the technology in place now. Why “burn down an entire library”?
Deborah,
I too agree that your idea is a great one! There is power in numbers, and the more of us who speak up, the bigger the PR problem for NBCU—and ultimately, hopefully, the more likely it will be that they will clean up this mess in a way that satisfies its customers. Let’s all of us who are so inclined take action by emailing Mr. Gounely as Deborah suggests above. Thanks for the idea and email address, Deborah! I’ve got to go now and send my email . . .
Deborah,
I too agree that your idea is a great one! There is power in numbers, and the more of us who speak up, the bigger the PR problem for NBCU—and ultimately, hopefully, the more likely it will be that they will clean up this mess in a way that satisfies its customers. Let’s all of us who are so inclined take action by emailing Mr. Gounley as Deborah suggests above. Thanks for the idea and email address, Deborah! I’ve got to go now and send my email . . .
Thanks Deborah – I’ll write a letter as well – agree there is strength is number and we are numerous. Also noticed another comments about contacting media which is another great idea.
This is so unfair, please do the right thing so everyone who has bought classes can get them not everyone have high speed internet to download, so we should be asked do we want a dvd or usb and mailed free of charge to everyone even outside the us
I wrote also!
Thanks
It would be good to have followup from Mr. Levisay regarding his May 24 letter. In that letter he indicated they are researching ways to get everyone their purchased classes. Since we all seem to have a lot invested in our “forever classes” it would be good to get some communication from him regarding the progress they are making on this front. Thank you.
I gave annual Bluprint “Gift” subscriptions to friends as presents 3 months ago…i’m assuming this money will also be refunded?
This is all really terrible but honestly, there are bigger problems in the world right now to be worrying about.
Dear Melissa, yes, of course there is. There are always bigger problems in the world than most every problem most of us in the US ever imagine. But take the time to read through the comments in this string… there are hundreds, you will hear that some folks worked very had for the money they spent for a tiny bit of escape from their otherwise tough life. A few folks that are shut ins and Craftsy/Blueprint classes have helped them through their permanent health condition. So let us all be thoughtful, be kind and be understanding. I’m happy that you can shrug off the loss of your classes but to some people they are much more than just that.
Hear, hear ~ I completely agree! I have been so impressed by reading through these comments about how much Bluprint/Craftsy customers CARE about the classes they’ve purchased. The classes apparently have been a wonderful outlet for the stresses of these challenging times and a great resource for becoming a better creator of whatever you may be or become passionate about. They can enhance the mental health of folks who rely on them to focus on positive, productive, creative activities verses a myriad of reasons to become overwhelmed with anxiety during these troubled times. This is no small thing, especially in light of the financial investment we have all made in these classes and the faith we had in Bluprint/Craftsy when we handed over our hard-earned money.
Rebecca and Soshesewstoo: Thanks to you both for your comments. I certainly couldn’t have said what the two of you did with such calm and clarity.
I know it might be costly but is there anyway to give each customer a CD with their purchased classes on them? A lot of people made an investment into these classes I for one have not gone through all of them and there are several larger classes that I have purchased and now that some health issues have been resolved I was looking forward to going through them. Please try to find a way to give the loyal customers of 10 years a copy of their purchased forever owned classes!
Anyone else experience this while trying to download their classes? I tried downloading the classes through the Bluprint App for Android on my Chromebook. It downloads a video then disappears from the downloads folder just as quickly. I managed to get a few copied over to an SD card but can’t seem to catch any others quickly enough before they disappear. I don’t believe it’s a space issue. I downloaded the app onto my phone and tried the same there. I watched in Download manager as it downloaded the file and then disappeared just as quickly! Like most others, I invested heavily in the forever classes and I do hope that Bluprint provides us a way to probably download or give us the classes on cds.
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media conglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and is headquartered at the Comcast Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It has film, television, cable networks, and publishing operations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_NBCUniversal
Look at the bottom of the page it it says they own My Blueprint
Their revenue as of 2017 was $32.997 billion Their operating income is $4.530 billion- I would think they can somehow someway offer us access to our classes that I am guessing they contracted with Craftsy back when they purchased it to keep the forever owned going….time to speak up to them if you want your investment
Good luck reaching them. I have personally emailed now on at least 3 separate occasions and have only received one “canned” response back from them regarding my 438 classes which I have invested over $7,800.00 in over the last five years! They are NOT responding to the many, many emails they are receiving which are probably overwhelming them because someone let the cat out of the bag that they were closing! I don’t think they had any intention of telling all of us until the last minute! There is NO phone number to call. I have searched everywhere including the Colorado Secretary of State website for mailing address, telephone numbers, etc. They are owned by a Foreign Limited Liability Company and there are address for the corporate location in Denver, then in New York, another address for the agent of service and then another address in California. All of the documents state that the addresses are for various purposes, but I have not been able to locate where consumers should write with comments/concerns! MAYBE WE ALL NEED TO BE WRITING TO THE COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE IMMEDIATELY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING! It’s really concerning when you cannot even call a company with a complaint and can’t even locate their corporate office address for mailing complaints. If they close down and disappear we are all screwed and our Own Forever Classes will disappear FOREVER! I suggest EVERYONE start writing to the Colorado Secretary of State IMMEDIATELY! Flood them with letters about the “non-response” we are getting from Bluprint. They promised in writing on their website they were working on a solution to get us our classes, but the only one they have provided does not help those of us who have more classes than can be downloaded to our phones & Ipads! This is pure and simple corporate greed and evil!
In addition to the Colorado Secretary of State I suggest a complaint to Colorado’s Attorney General. Attorney Generals in all states do take on consumer complaints as well as criminal ones. I had an experience with an art gallery who would not send the item that I had fully paid for. I called that art gallery’s state attorney general and filed a complaint, the AG investigated, including visiting the gallery owner and, yes, I got my item very quickly after that.
I spoke with someone tonight who is quite tech savvy. He mentioned he’s used Bigasoft Video Downloader for years and it works very well for him and his purposes. There is a trial version; he has the paid version. He says you just key in the URLs and they will download, up to 3 at a time and works it’s way down the list of URLs. I’m not sure how that would work for this project but I will definitely be looking for a program to download while we can cause the Bluprint app just isn’t working for me!
I know there are people who have downloaded classes via the Bluprint app but that app will disappear when Bluprint disappears won’t it? I can’t imagine they will leave the app intact for viewing downloaded classes. Who would maintain and troubleshoot the app if there’s no Bluprint?
I see the comment that “Lifetime never meant our lifetime” However the actual term used by “Bluprint themselves” is “Own Forever” . Surely that means they have an obligation to provide use with a way to access our class material etc or provide us with them on DVD ?
Lindy Lou
Linda, exactly. If they would have said “lifetime”. Lifetime in business speak is usually 7 years. They said “FOREVER”. In the fine print on the freebie coupons I used on May 31 it said own forever. I own about 240 classes. I paid full price for some, some discounted, some deeply discounted, some free. The point being I was told they would be mine forever. I guess they are. Whether I can view them… well that remains to be seen.
I’m not sure if this means anything or not, but I can now access my own forever classes on the Craftsy app again. I couldn’t access them for awhile & needed to go through the Bluprint app to watch them. I’m hoping that they will leave the Craftsy app accessible for our own forever classes (it would be nice if they left the Bluprint app operational as well.) I wish the powers that be would give us more information. This is so upsetting!
This is not a true surprise to me. When they merged Craftsy files with the Bluprint platform, I lost a lot of my patterns, and those designers that lost their store where striped of photos so all of those patterns in my Library were still there but there was not picture. It was a guessing game as to what kind of pattern it was and had I downloaded it before. That was red flag number 1. Number 2 was the designers that were gone. What was wrong with them? The way they just dismissed them was what my grandma would have called down and dirty. It certainly was not a way to manage a business relationship. Red Flag 3 came when that notified me that they were eliminating the one free class per month . I had already decided I would not renew just because it changing so much. I must say that I truly hope some one is genius enough to find a way to restart Craftsy or a new site based on that platform. Why Bluprint wanted to change the way Craftsy worked is totally unexplainable. If it aint broke don’t fix it and if it is what got you off the ground successfully don’t change it add to it. Keep what you started with but grow and add to what you have. NBCU knows this, they are not that dumb. I really don’t believe that all the losses mention by Ms Glassenberg will be made up with the closing of Bluprint . They have to have some other reason behind this. There are more reasons to keep it open and expand the streaming of classes on more subjects than ever. All you have to do is look at how many Ho to searches and videos there are on one page of Google. And as for Arbitration, there may be a block to a class action suit, but there could and will be an arbitration if consumers lose access to the classes and patterns the paid for or were given by way of promotion, or that they selected and put in their library. I am still trying to recover a class that was not transfer when Craftsy became Bluprint. So well will see what happens. I know there are a lot of unhappy crafters now.
So disappointed in Bluprint closing. I too have purchased alot of classes. I havent even had the opportunity to watch them all. I was so excited about quilting and now all my classes will be gone. What happened to own them forever??? This is not only NOT FAIR but really BAD business. I need those classes to help finish my training
Yes there are other bigger problems in the world. Unfortunately, this too is a big problem to all of us who have invested heavily into our Own Forever Classes. I personally have well over $7,800.00 invested in 438 classes. Please kindly do not disregard peoples feelings or concerns…this is a big issue that a large corporation is trying to take advantage of all their clients who have been loyal to them! Being so callous to state what you did is exactly part of the problems that we are facing in this world today on everything, lack of empathy and concern for others! It is not right for corporate America to do what NBC Universal is doing to all the members of Craftsy Bluprint that have loyally purchased classes from them under the guise of “Own Forever Classes”. I am personally very, very angry! You should be as well!
They are ceasing business but have said they will find a way to give us access to our own forever classes. I may get annoyed if they fail to deliver on this promise, but I am not going to slander them with no reason.
People talk about Craftsy as if it was some sort of precious thing that was taken over by wicked big business. In reality it took tried and tested courses from well known crafts people and made them available online. As far as I can tell they never spent that much on developing any brand new courses. Once they had sold as much as possible to their core market, the only way to keep the money rolling in was either an annual enrolment fee or selling out to a larger content provider, which in theory could have invested in new programming. In effect they did both, with disastrous results, as the resultant infotainment new courses alienated existing users and failed to attract young people who could get better instructions for free on YouTube. Highlighting the new lightweight infotainment products whenever you logged in would not have helped their cause. New users may not have bothered to page through to the end, to find the earlier in depth quality courses, during their free promotion periods.
I have long thought this was an unsuccessful business model, so maybe we should be grateful NBC Universal kept it going for a few more years and appears to be working on a solution for our own forever courses. Without the takeover Craftsy may have gone bust years ago, with no hope of retaining access to our classes.
Much of what you say is true. Once Craftsy was taken over there was little to no investment in new courses – particularly in sewing, embroidery etc and the infotainment was nothing more than annoying when you tried to access the site and get to your courses.
Craftsy got together an amazing number of courses when you consider they were trying to produce something that looked professional with people who were able to craft but certainly weren’t TV presenters. Having myself worked in TV I know what a nightmare it can be working with non-pros in this field. One of the Craftsy presenters I know would, I’m sure, have been extremely difficult to work with as she’s always more interested in presenting herself than her work and the focus was supposed to be on the craft. I’ve watched some bits of her courses and have to say they’re thin on technique and a lot about her. Working with people like this is expensive and time consuming. On the other hand there were some excellent instructors on Craftsy and the time and effort that would have been needed to record their courses was really worth the effort and benefited those of us who purchased them. As a business model I was amazed it survived as long as it did but once Bluprint took over I too felt – especially in view of the total lack of investment in new courses – it was only a matter of time as to how long it would/could continue. No-one runs something like this for fun – it either meets the margins or they shed it one way or another. Having paid a subscription I was sometimes annoyed to see others got free access here and there for a week or so and course prices were considerably reduced meaning the so-called ‘own forever’ courses they gave us were of limited value especially as there was nothing much new on the site. However, in view of the number of people who invested heavily in ‘own forever’ courses they need to come up with a solution. Whether they will or not is another matter. They won’t keep the website running forever because all websites need maintenance and in a case like this with hundreds accessing it that will be expensive. I can’t imagine they’ll send everyone CDs or anything else with their courses because setting his up would be labour intensive and I gather they’ve already shed most of the staff. Downloading courses is probably the only option. People would then have to be selective and take what they really wanted and would use as not all the material is really worth keeping. Admittedly it’s annoying you’d be forced to make this choice but it’s probably better than nothing.
Allavsoft update: For those who are considering downloading the classes software other than the bluprint app, I wanted to share my experience, now that it’s done!! 1,011 videos later! I own 135 Forever classes and needed to find a way to preserve my investment before they can the website. I read on this forum about Allavsoft and purchased it that evening. I went into great detail a couple days ago as to how I was able to download “ALL” the videos at once, without having to do a few at a time. Do CTRL+F and search for Rose if you want to find those posts. There were a few of them within that thread. Something I can add to that now is that if you click on OPTION on the top blue bar, click PREFERENCE, click UI SETTINGS tab, and in the 3rd box down select “Download All Items in Playlist” and then click OK. This should stop the computer from asking you with every class if you want to download the first or all the items. What it was doing was downloading episode #1 from every class and then waiting for you to permit it to go back and download all the episodes. I’d wake up and have to click download all items maybe 35 times because the software was set up to ask me every time instead of just doing it. I know a lot of you are downloading just once class at a time and you will be there a long time doing it that way but some have no option. I was able to run it all day and night, downloading directly to my external drive. I did run into a huge hiccup whereby I gave my son permission to install new power outlets in my basement, not thinking that my PC is on the same breaker! I messed up by moving all my files into their individual class folders as I was worried about duplicates when I restarted. If you run into this, leave your files in the original folder it downloaded! There is a way to tell Allavsoft to only download the items which did not download. In the same UI Settings tab I just spoke about, you would check the box “Don’t Overwrite the Video Downloaded” and click OK. When you restart, it will pick up where it left off. All the videos will still be in the list but it will skim it and if it finds it’s already there, it will move onto the next item in the list.
My computer took about 48 hours to download 135 classes. It took up 464 GB on my 5TB external drive. This is not even on the highest speed network and with 6 of us using internet during the day, slowing it down. Average class size is approx 4.75GB but there are some with much less, others with much more as some classes only had 2 hours of content while some that I owned had 4.75 hrs. Great courses obviously would have considerably more than the average. Someone asked if the bookmarks and such are there. That are not, at least not for me. I simply downloaded them in the file format that it came up… mp4s; I did not convert the files to any other format. Each episode is its own video and does not automatically jump to the next episode. As for copying them onto DVD, a standard single layer DVD holds 2 hours. Most of these classes are just over 2 hours. My recommendation would be to get them all off the website while you can and onto an external drive. Remember to backup the external too so you have 2 copies of it, just in case.
I realize the ideal would be to have Bluprint come through and provide us with dvds, or jump drives of our classes, but the likelyhood that will happen is next to none. I’d highly recommend you invest a little more in Allavsoft (I got it super cheap with an online coupon I found…$19.22 total) and an external drive. I’ve given you an idea of how much space it took for 135 classes, the video portion anyway. Do remember to go back under the resources tab in each class to save the important PDFs offered there.
That’s where we’ll find the recipes, instructions, resources, etc. for these classes.
I hope my detailed replies will help many of you get your classes quickly! Allavsoft was so easy to use, and I love that this was done in the background while I did other things in just 48 hours! 1,011 episodes later…I’m done!
Rose. I just timed my download per individual class. (I don’t usually sit and look at my computer as I am doing other things at the same time) To select the class, download, check content all there, drag to external drive folder, erase content I have just downloaded and clear download from Allavasoft – 8.5 minutes. That was for a 2 ½ hour class. So, if you can’t get the computer to download to external drive and have to do this individually it would take 17 hours for 120 classes. Most of my downloading has been in the evening while watching TV at the same time. If you put in 2 hours a night you would be done in 9 days. My 120 classes took up 355G
What web browser did you use? I have all the settings in Allavsoft that you mentioned and I’m still only getting one class at a time. My Google Chrome doesn’t seem to work that well for moving around the website, so I’ve been using the Microsoft browser.
Rose, Did you find a way to download the Resources sections please? Thank you for all your comments, most useful. I bought Allavsoft, done 23% so far, it kept going overnight.
Cynthia in UK
Cynthia – all you have to do for the resources is print it to a pdf file on your computer. Just select pdf when you go to print.
I’ve been doing that with many classes – even ones I don’t own, so that I can get the patterns.
someone on the FB page said that Allavsoft had been ordered to stop downloading Bluprint files. She didn’t give the source and it seems that people are still able to use it but I would suggest doing it asap, in case that happens.
Andrea, I have been doing that when I bought my classes if they were cooking recipes, I just wondered if the software could do it?
I’ll just carry on downloading the lessons for now rather than slow down the speed generally.
Cynthia
Resources, no I did not find a way to download them easily. I did all those manually, but I do have a couple thoughts that might speed it up a bit. First, do you have another computer that you could use while your main computer is downloading the video portion? I would recommend going to another computer if you can and start the process of downloading the resources too just so you can multi-task and pull those off while you still can. Downloading the video portion almost locks your computer from doing anything else. Some classes have more than one file to download so skim the materials list of each class to see what you want to keep. Also, when you go into your list of classes, I found it easiest to right click on MATERIALS just under the image of each class and Open in a New Tab. Do that for a pile of classes (or even all) from each page and then go to each class tab to view and save the materials. If you open each class in a separate tab by clicking the class title or the class icon, you will be creating yourself an extra step. I feel this project is all about racing time since we have no details of our deadline! Who knows, you may get this downloading done and if you have a membership, still have time to view some of the other classes you thought you’d get to watch before your membership was up. I have a whole list of ones I made note of as I was scrambling to create my wishlist less than 2 days before purchase deadline. I hope I have a chance to watch those before they’re gone!
OH, one last thing! Before you get started, and you should later do this for all classes and even your saved patterns if you have any, just in case, watch that you don’t have any iclasses/patterns archived. On the left side of the class list, I think it’s the bottom option, it shows All Classes and Hide Archived. I don’t remember ever archiving any of mine but I did have some items archived. Click on all classes (or all patterns..whatever the exact wording is). For the classes, look under each class, to the right of where I said it would say materials, and it will either say Archive (meaning you can choose to archive it) or Unarchive. If you see Unarchive, click it so it changes to Archive. This should ensure that nothing is hidden from view and you don’t miss downloading items. Since you’ve already started downloading, watch that none of your class had Unarchive underneath because you may have to go back and be sure the program found them and downloaded them or you may have to do those few manually.
I am having the “token invalid” glitch that has already been discussed here and at sewmodernbags. How do I get ahold of Allavsoft to get it fixed? I have followed the directions, emailed their support but get no response.
Has anyone encountered Allavsoft not having a valid digital signature. Norton advised do not breach firewall, so basically Norton does not want me to download this software. This concerns me but I really want my classes! Can anyone enlighten me please before I proceed? Thank you.
I use Intego for Mac and it has had no problem with the software. You can tell Norton to trust the software in the options.
Joyce if you lookin the url infront of the allavsoft you will see a padlock. Click on that to see that it is a secure site and there is a valid certificate. Your setting may need to be updated with Norton.
Rose, I have bought and downloaded this app. How do you get to the download all from bluprint. I really haven’t figured out how to anything into this Allavsoft program.
Thank you
Joyce, you need to email Allavsoft support and tell them you’re trying to download your classes from a membership site, Bluprint. To save time, you may as well provide them with your login email address and login password for Bluprint right away because they will need that to create your URL. They usually responded within a couple of hours on weekdays. They will provide you with a URL that you can key in. I selected an external drive and it worked for me. Others said it didn’t work for them and it had to be downloaded to their computer hard drive and transferred. Read my posts from June 3rd where I was going back and forth with Lesley and also the one from earlier today as I learned a few things along the way. Did you download a trial version of the software of only the one after purchase? I only downloaded after purchase and it worked. Others said they needed to redownload it. You select worst quality download, copy and paste the URL that Allavsoft will give you specifically for Bluprint, you may need to log into Bluprint when prompted by Allavsoft the first time, select which hard drive you want it to download to, you will want to tell it to download all items in playlist (check my post from this morning for instructions) and hit the big blue down arrow to start the download. Please let me know if you have additional questions. I’ll keep checking emails throughout the evening. I would post a direct email address here but it appears that when I did that earlier, it waited a long time for moderator approval before posting my question. I want you to get this message now so you can contact Allavsoft for that URL link and not have to wait.
Rose, thank you for the quick response to my questions. I understand about posting a new post taking longer than a reply. This would be better for everyone 😊 I’ll definitely take you up on your offer if I have more questions. You are so gracious to help out with such detailed information. I will probably do it on a new post even if it takes longer so more of us can see the conversations easier. Thanks again!
Hi, did you get through with downloading via Allavsoft? Did Allavsoft assist you? Im trying to access my forever classes.
Hi Ali
I downloaded with Allavsoft and had a few problems but they helped me all the way. I’ve just counted the emails I’ve had from them in reply to my queries – there are 14 in all and each time they came back to me within a couple of hours max. I have no problem now and I have checked all of my classes and the lessons within each and the quality is at least as good as accessing through Bluprint and if I want to move forward there is no drag at at all. As a complete technophobe who can use programmes that have a shortcut on the desktop, I know absolutely nothing about the way things work beyond that but Allavsoft explained everything in laymens’s language and I can only sing their praises.
I know some people have had problems and it may be that they purchased their Allavsoft later than I did when it did start to get really busy for the company but my last email from them was only yesterday and I bought mine on the 11th June and have been watching my classes for the last 3 days.
I did feel quite frustrated at times but kept my emails pleasant, thanking them profusely each time and maybe this made the difference.
Rose and Lesley,
Thank you for the helpful info. Do you happen to know if this process/program will work on a windows 10 computer? I noticed you both mentioned having Mac computers. But maybe you noticed on the website or whether the staff mentioned if it will work on other platforms? Thank you so much.
PS: After all was said and down, how was the playback? And did it play straight from your external hard drive, or did you have to move the class to the local drive for it to play?
Marie, I know a couple others said they have Mac computers but mine is Windows 10. I was concerned when David at Allavsoft told me to select worst quality when it asked me to select the download quality. He didn’t explain why but I have to say, I felt the quality was fine enough. If you’re concerned, maybe download just one class or just one episode at each quality. You can see how long it may take on my your computer and internet speed to download, compare the file size relative to how long each video is and decide which quality you like best. I’m guessing you may have seen mine and Lesley’s posts which hopefully will help give folks an idea of download time and space required on the “worst quality”. I was able to download straight to my external drive and play it straight from there. I believe Lesley had to do it the other way around where she had to download to her main drive, copy it to an external, and delete the original from her main drive so she could continue downloading. I’ll be up for a little while yet so I’ll check in again before bedtime.
To Everyone with Windows 10. I found out that when using dl all videos it is only dl’ing the first session. I am having to go back and bring up the video and click on each session and copy the url to Allavsoft. When you say copy all and then go to the folder where it is stored it plays the video you want to see but only Lesson one appears. If you click on the next arrow on the right portion of your screen it takes you to the next 1st lesson video. I havent heard back from Tech support but I am having to do each individual lesson within the title class. If anyone knows what I am doing wrong, please correct me.
Karen,
I have downloaded all of mine in Windows 10, using download all. I am guessing you haven’t gotten very far along. Allavsoft downloads the first episode for each class then goes back and downloads all the rest. I have no idea why it does this but that’s how it worked for me and I successfully downloaded all of them. If you go into your folder on your PC, scroll through and see if any classes are showing the class # then -2, -3, -4, -5, etc. That’s how you know it’s downloaded the following episodes. It doesn’t download in a logical order for whatever reason.
Unknown if this will work. Twenty years ago I bought a Panasonic DVD recorder ($200), it still works. This DVD recorder was also capable of recording 720p wide screen tv shows. HD was not yet around, but on the horizon. Twenty years ago I had a tv that had output jacks for recording machines. Many cable tv boxes also has output jacks for recording machines. When HD came out such recording machines became obsolete as DVD-R’s cannot hold that much information. My DVD recorder still can record old style tv shows just fine. Now some shows has a code embedded in the videos that can prevent recording the show. Unknown if Craftsy videos has those built in no copy codes, I have a feeling they do not since some are able to copy and watch the shows from a hard drive.
I no longer have a computer. I do have a loaded 512Gig iPad Pro that has downloaded all of my 18 Craftsy/Blueprint shows with plenty of room to spare. However when the App becomes obsolete the shows will disappear.
I have always watched my Craftsy videos using Chrome or Airplay from my iPad Bluprint App to my 50 inch smart tv. Again my tv does not have output jacks. My cable box has output jacks but does not support Chrome or Airplay. I wonder if I purchased an Apple TV box or a Chrome device and connect to it my DVD recorder, I think, no completely sure it would work and could record my shows.
In the old days my Apple computer also had a DVD burner and had video input jacks. I was also then able to convert some old VHS tapes to DVD’s.
The drawback to all of this, one has to watch the shows as they record. This can be time consuming and hard on your DVR machine if one has a ton of shows to record. The plus to this, who needs to buy the shows, just watch and record them with the unlimited watch option. Only if I knew then that Craftsy/Bluprint would go out of business, I would have recorded the shows long ago. I thought it would be around for a very long time.
The resources can already be copied to iBooks PDF using app or web site with the up arrow share option.
I doubt I will be doing any of this I listed above. Since I have so little invested into Craftsy/Blueprint.
I provide this information because it may be of some use to others.
I have lost out in the past. Ebooks from devices no longer supported. eMagazines that went out of business and their apps disappeared. Old versions of digital music, VHS, CD’s and vinyl records that went into the history books.
I used to have over 2000 books. When I moved to smaller home I got rid of most of my books, they took up to much space. Almost all of my media is in the cloud using my iPad, movies, 400+ books are in digital format at my fingertips. I also have recorded tv shows on DVD’s that are now available for free from the networks themselves and YouTube, therefore a waist of time recording them.
Yes, it is sad and will I miss Craftsy/Bluprint.
I hope someday, NBC will do the right thing and find another place for the Craftsy/Bluprint videos. Perhaps an add on to their new Peacock network app.
Now if the internet or electric power becomes permanently unavailable, I will miss my old hard bound books 😩
One thing I will never ever do: is give my passwords to anyone that has my credit cards attached to it.
I am also a Mac user. I have been using the “iMazing” application on my imac to backup my iPhone and iPads. With this software you can copy data from your device to your computer or to another device, etc.
Anyway, I am copying my Craftsy videos I had downloaded in the bluprint app on my iPad and then saved them to my imac. I have over 600 GB available on my imac so I have no problem saving there for now. This is working for me and goes pretty quickly. I have to do this in batches because my iPad does not have enough storage to hold all my classes at once. iMazing is available for Macs or Windows.
I no longer have Mac computer. Only an iPad and iPhone. When I got my iPad my computer started to collect dust and gave it to a family member.
Does iMazing software allow independent watching of the Craftsy videos without the original app?
Gretchen–thanks for the recommendation for iMazing. I’ve downloaded it to my mac laptop, but do not see the class files that I downloaded in the Bluprint app. There are several folders, but none of them have class videos in them. I’ve looked for information on the software’s site, but am unable to figure out what to try next. I have maxed out my ipad storage and have more classes to download. Can you tell me more about where you find the class files in iMazing? Thanks!
Okay, Everybody! Listen up!!! I just made a terrible discovery!!!
I went to the trouble to buy a new iPad so I could download my classes into the app and save them to watch offline. That’s the way it’s supposed to work right? You touch the down pointing arrow under each lesson and when it’s done downloading, it changes to a little check box? Well, I just spent the last two days downloading classes, & I’m still not done. But something kept telling me to put it on airplane mode (disconnect from the internet) and test the playback.
Well guess what ??? IT DOESN’T WORK!!! The one I had just finished downloading played, because it was still open. But it said the materials and comments were MOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE I WAS NOT ONLINE! Well, darn! But at least I have the videos, right?
WRONG!!! NONE OF THE PREVIOUSLY DOWNLOADED VIDEOS WILL PLAY, BECAUSE IT SAYS I AM NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET!!!! ALL OF THE LITTLE CHECKBOXES ARE STILL CHECKED OFF! That’s supposed to mean it’s saved on my tablet, right? Well, it’s not!
So, the way iMazing works (I already have it on my windows 10 computer) is that it saves a backup of your tablet or phone, just like iTunes. BUT, the difference is that with iTunes, you cannot access most of your data from the backup. With iMazing, you can access it (like your notes, contacts, etc.) So, we’re all thinking that if we download our videos into the Bluprint app, and then back it up through iMazing, we will have a backup copy saved in iMazing, right? Well, not if it isn’t actually saved on our iPad, like we though it was!!!
My computer is too full right now to test this out, but I thought if I saved them to my iPad, I could back it up later, after I made some room on my computer. But it’s not really saving it onto my tablet if I cannot access it unless I’m connected to the internet! This seems like the dirtiest trick of all, letting us think we’ve saved it, when it’s not really there!
You guys who have iMazing, (and those who just put them on your tablet or phone) please test it out and get back to us on what you find, okay?
This is a brand new iPad, and I just got it yesterday. There is still plenty of room on it, BUT, HERE’S THE WEIRD THING: ALL THESE VIDEOS I’VE DOWNLOADED ARE EATING UP MY HARD DRIVE SPACE AS IF THEY’RE REALLY THERE! But I still cannot play them unless I’m connected to the internet! I thought the whole purpose of being downloadable was so that people who don’t have WiFi at home could download and watch later?
I just tested again. If I switch to a different class WHILE I’M HOOKED UP TO THE WIFI, THEN WHEN I SHUT OFF THE WIFI IT WILL PLAY THAT ONE CLASS. BUT NO OTHERS WILL PLAY UNLESS I HOOK UP TO THE WIFI WHILE I START IT. THAT MEANS FOR THESE DOWNLOADS TO WORK, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO CONNECT TO THEIR WEBSITE FIRST. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS NO MORE WEBSITE?????? I was trying to be tolerant, but now I’m just plain mad!!!
On my iPad, I turned on Airplay that turns off WiFi and Bluetooth.
I started up Bluprint and all boxes was blank.
I was able to tap on the Library button and my downloaded videos was there and I was able to play my downloaded shows.
The resources and comment are gone. However I have the resources downloaded to iBooks in PDF form, so I still most of what I want.
As for the iMazing thing I am not aware of what it is or tried it because I no longer have or want a computer.
Hmmm…sounds like I may have had a similar issue. I tried downloading them through the Bluprint app on my Chromebook. I was able to catch a few of the episodes and copy them into a separate folder but I think I actually moved them a split second before the download completely processed. After that, it would show it’s downloading in the download manager and when I went to my folders, it wasn’t there. I tried the same on my Android phone but couldn’t get any to show up after that. I had data shut off and never messed with airplane mode. I gave up pretty quickly because neither device had enough storage for even 1 class and I didn’t want to mess with it. All the downloads had their little check marks though! There is a way to clear those check marks and redownload but offhand, I can’t remember how I did it earlier this week. For me, when the app had downloaded, there was no way to redownload it until I figured out how to clear those checkmarks and start over. I can check tomorrow how I did that, if anyone needs to know.
Marie,
You can’t watch the videos from the same place where you downloaded them. Don’t click on the little check mark in the episode that indicates that it is downloaded. Offline You need to go to the home page and at the bottom click on the little library icon. You should then see Downloaded. Click there and you should see a list of all your downloaded classes and how many episodes are in each.
I have downloaded 30 classes and now my iPad if full! But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get them over to my Mac computer!
Once Bluprint is gone I’m afraid the app will be gone as well. It may still remain on your iPad but I’m assuming will not work for viewing the classes once Bluprint is no more. So, downloading classes just to the iPad is probably not an answer to keeping the classes “Forever”. I, like you and thousands more, am still looking for the best answer to that question!
Karen & Micky,
Thank you. I’ve been messing around for quite a while and now I think I realized what’s happening. I actually WAS in library when I was having trouble but now I realize that the menu under library changes when you are off-line. if you’re already in one segment of the library when you turn off airplane mode you can’t go into any other of the menu options; you have to go out to the homepage, and then click on Library. And when you’re off-line the only option available is “Downloaded.” And then if you click on that, the downloaded classes ARE in there, and ARE able to be played off-line. Then the alert message changes to say “materials are not available off-line.” Then when you hit CANCEL, the flag goes away and you CAN watch the videos!
But, when you are online, inside the Library, the menus options are:
SAVES
DOWNLOADED (This is the one you need to watch offline.)
BOOKMARKS
OWN FOREVER LIBRARY (This is the one I Was in & couldn’t play them while offline)
RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
COMMENTS
But now, when I go back into “Downloaded,” while offline on my older iPad, it once again has deleted most of the episodes!
And Karen, I do believe the app will still work for viewing, AS LONG AS THEY DON‘T INPUT CODE THAT BREAKS IT !
But if they don’t, it should still work until the iOS changes to the point where the app won’t work, which usually will be several major updates. Or until / if it gets corrupted on your device.
So, it’s temporary, at best.
But then, once it doesn’t work with the current iOS, your classes are toast. Unless you don’t update to that version of iOS. I imagine it’s the same for google apps.
And if the content keeps disappearing out of the app, then it’s no good, anyway!
So this is why we’re all looking for a way to back them up, play them back on our computers.
And forgive those of us who don’t trust Bluprint to follow through on their promises to provide us a way to save the classes, but after the stunt they pulled last week,
1. Only giving us one day’s notice, (I actually didn’t get my email till noon on 5/31/20)
2. NEVER mentioning that we needed to redeem our class coupons
3. Closing down the site AN HOUR EARLIER THAN THEY SAID THEY WOULD,
4. NOT RESPONDING to any of our inquiries, Seriously, who can blame us for being upset and not trusting them to fulfill anymore “promises” ?
I have not tried any of this so I am guessing.
The Bluprint app has support for chromecast within the app on the iPad. Unknown about other devices. I imagine one can connect a chromecast device to an hdmi device (computer or DVD recorder) that can record videos. Play the video you want and see if it can record the show.
The “Apple TV” device, that I also do not have, I believe also has support for Airplay that an can enable your iPad to play shows on your tv or connect an HDMI port on your DVD recorder.
My old DVD recorder has an HDMI and other inputs and I often recorded shows from over the air, cable and from a VHS player. The only video output from an iPad is though Airplay or Chromcast.
This setup I am describing is expensive, how many people here actually own an external DVD recorder?
However, I do believe many people own a computer that can record and burn DVD’s, mostly from their own digital movie cameras.
I often wonder if chromecast device, that I believe does not cost that much, can be connected to a USB port as well and be connected to a computer that might would work for recording shows?
I am just throwing ideas out there for people that may or may not help. I cringe when others hand out their passwords to a company to save what they already own.
Gretchen,
How do you use iMazing to transfer the class videos to your Mac? Do you have to use the payed version or can you use just the free download?
What are the steps you go through to move the classes downloaded in the Bluprint app on your iPad or iPhone to the Mac?
Where do you then see the videos on the Mac and how do you watch them on the Mac?
I can’t figure it out! I’m not overly savvy with the Mac. I know just enough about my Mac to be dangerous!
Also what exactly do you use iMazing for beyond this Bluprint issue? I have not heard of iMazing before.
I really need to find another method for saving my “Own Forever” classes other than Allavsoft, which obviously has worked for several people. I’m glad for them. But I’m too much of a “Nervous Nellie” to give someone my login information. I’m recently retired but I can still hear the IT department at work saying “Never give your login information to anyone”. They really drilled that into our heads so I just can’t do that.
Thanks for any help you can provide 🙂
I have the paid version of iMazing since last year. I use it to back up my devices. You don’t have to use iTunes or iCloud to do that. It is useful if you want to copy something off your device to your computer or vice versa.
I successfully copied 10 craftsy classes from my iPad to my Mac. I then deleted those classes from my iPad and downloaded 5 more to my iPad. But the bluprint app was acting wacky. The boxes were checked and those classes were in the download library. But when I checked the storage size in Settings, it did not show what I thought should be approx 40GB of data…..it showed approx 10GB.
So I deleted those classes and downloaded again. This time after each download I checked the data storage setting before proceeding to the next and it was increased. OK Good, I thought.
Then I connected my iPad to my iMac and opened iMazing.
I went thru the steps as when I copied the prior 10 classes:
I backed up my iPad. Then followed this path….
Apps >bluprint >Backup >Library >ApplicationSupport >downloaded_content.
(that final folder is the stuff you want to copy to your Mac.)
After you click on ‘downloaded_content’, then select ‘Copy to Mac’ on the bottom toolbar of the window. The next window allows you to choose a location. (I created a folder in my Movies labeled Craftsy classes.)
The classes have been copied to your location.
But it’s not Happy Hour time yet. Each Class is a numbered folder, not labeled, such as ‘How to Make Cookies’. Inside each Class folder are individual numbered folders each with a class segment. those are mp4 files and very good quality.
The bad thing is that you need to label your main Class folders. I added the Class name after the number, but the good thing is that the class segment folders are numbered so they are in order even though the numbers seem random. So don’t label those, otherwise you can’t keep them in order.
There is a lot dinking around with this and it is very time consuming. But I don’t have a LOT of craftsy classes and I already have the iMazing software. And I have copies of my purchased Classes.
I do think that the bluprint server may be acting up. There are a lot of customers trying to download their ‘Owned Forever’ classes.
FYI….in the folders with the mp4 content there are files which seem irrelevant but I don’t what they are and I left them in place. The mp4s in Quicktime look great.
Gretchen，
Thank you for that detailed info. I have iMazing on my Windows 10 laptop, but I have not had time to figure out all of how it can work for me, and I think you may have just solved that problem.
I have many voice memos filling up all of my iDevices. I record interviews, I’ve heard, and stuff that I want to listen to again. But normally, if you delete it off your device, the next time you back up with iTunes, it will delete it off your computer backup, as well! (Another annoying blackmail scenario.) So, normally, you’re either stuck with your devices all filled up and out of space, or if you try to get it off it gets deleted! So, that’s what I bought iMazing for, because it gives you access to your stuff and the ability to MOVE IT. But I didn’t know how to relocate the files, and I think you have just told us how to do it. I’m assuming that windows will be similar to Mac. I sure hope so.
But my new, related problem is that my computer is extremely full, because I have tried to back up all my devices. So I need to be able to move stuff off the computer onto an external hard drive, in order to free up space on my computer or else I can’t back up anything else. So, thank you for that.
Now, after you moved the videos, did you try playing them back? And did they play ok?
So, I’m still having this problem, and it makes me nervous: I bought a brand new iPad, downloaded the class videos to it; but if I turn off Wi-Fi and I go to play them back I get an error message that says “Unable to load playlist data. The Internet connection appears to be off-line + Please try again.“ And you can’t click around it. If you click OK, it takes you right out of that class, back to the library menu.
Now on my old iPad (which is not really old; I’ve only had it for 1 1/2 years), I get the same exact warning flag, except the videos go ahead and open up behind it. And I can touch off the flag and it goes away and the class will play.
Now another interesting thing is that yesterday when I went to try to play some videos that I had saved on this older iPad, it would not let me into the Bluprint app. It forced me to get the update because there was no way to click around it. (I had just updated it last week, and was afraid they would put code in there to break it, so I wasn’t going to update it again, just yet.) I absolutely could not enter the app unless I agreed to download the update. I never got these warnings before. And last week I had tried to download some classes that I don’t own, but I just wanted to watch them. It did download them into the app but after I updated yesterday, in some of the classes most of the segments were missing, and it will not allow me to download the missing ones anymore. But one of the classes, it did save all of the downloaded lessons in there, and they played just fine.
So, I’m trying to figure out why I have to be hooked up to the internet in order to play the classes I’ve already downloaded, on the new iPad. They obviously added code to the app to force us to do this. But for some reason, the result is different between iPad mini 4 & iPad mini 5. I’m out of space on my 4, and I’m afraid to go to all the trouble you’ve outlined above only to discover that while saving my classes to my computer works, they won’t play if I’m not hooked up to the internet. So, did you try playing them while off line? Because I’m worried that if we have to be online to watch them, what happens when their website goes down??? Then maybe nothing will work!
Please try watching one offline and see if it still works, pretty please?
Gtetchen,
Thanks so much for your instructions on how you use iMazing! It sounds rather complicated to do the classes transfer to the Mac so I’ll have to go over it again and see if I think I can figure it out. Like I said I’m not overly savvy with the Mac. LOL!
But I did find a $10 off coupon for iMazing if I decide to purchase!
Truth be told I’m not overly computer literate in general! I have an iPhone and iPad and all I do with them is plug them in at night and have them set to auto backup. I assume they back up to the cloud. I’ve never used iTunes to back anything up. I don’t even know how to use itunes!
Thanks again for your help!
Marie,
When you go to play your downloaded videos on the iPad in airplane mode where are you clicking on them? You can’t click on the the little checkmark that was a downward arrow before it completed downloading and turned to the checkmark. You have to go to the bottom of the screen and click on the Library icon. Then you should see downloaded. Click on Downloaded and you should see a list showing each class you have downloaded and how many episodes are downloaded for each class. Click on the class and you should see each of the episodes to the right, that’s where you need to click to watch the episodes of each class offline or in airplane mode.
Micky,
Good point about the credit card info being attached! We must be careful not to panic and do something we will regret, even worse than losing our classes!
Re: the Apple TV box: Does it have in and output jacks?
Thanks for your helpful input. Even if we don’t do these things, everyone’s ideas are helping us all to think outside the box for a solution. 🤔
It works with a slight modification.
I thought I should try my own suggestion to see if it would work. It Did with a slight modification.
IPad Pro (Wireless)- > Chromcast (Wireless receiver) device -> HDMI to RCA device -> DVD recorder machine -> HDTV.
My Panasonic DVD recorder did not have an HDMI input jack and had to use a HDMI to RCA device to be connected to my DVD recorder. I had to buy a Chromcast device $40, an HDMI to RCA device $40 and blank DVD-R disk 50 Pack for $20. I spent an extra $100 to see if it would work. I already owned an iPad Pro, Panasonic DVD recorder and and HDTV and cables.
After setting up the Chromcast device, I was able to burn my own DVD disk of my own forever classes that I purchased from Craftsy using the Bluprint app. I have to watch what I record. My DVD recorder does not record in HD, it does support wide screen, I think it is 720p and lower resolution. Two hours per disk for very little loss in video and audio, Four hours per disk with some loss in Video and Audio. If I backup all of my 24 forever to own classes, it would take me a month to back it all up, spending two hours a day watching my shows.
So this method is not practical if you own a great many classes.
I also discovered my Panasonic DVD recorder is no longer in production. I think they went the way of the VHS recorders. I also noticed used Panasonic DVD recorders cost two to three times what I paid for mine. I paid $200 for my machine more than ten years ago. I found this amazing.
I found that I could record almost anything that supports Chromcast from my iPad to the internet onto a DVD disk.
Like many here, that has invested hard earned money into Craftsy / Bluprint classes wants to preserve that investment. I have lost from other digital companies as well, like digital magazines that promised I would always have access to my past magazines. When they went out of business, the app that supported those magazines quickly disappeared. My self space is limited to paper based books, magazines and video media. The digital world has so many promises that that has often failed to come true. I now can free up valuable space on my iPad.
I have my doubts however, I do hope NBC will find a solution for all of us to be able to use what we paid for our future use.
Has anyone else had this problem using Allavsoft? It worked beautifully for about 12 hours, downloading my classes until it had downloaded about 21% of my content, then it stopped dead in its tracks. It didn’t download anything for about 36 hours. I was communicating with “David” (personally, I think that is a generic name everyone at Allavsoft is using) and I did everything he told me to do. (He just keeps telling me to do the same thing over and over in what looks like a boilerplate response.) I even uninstalled and re-installed the program (which came back up with the queue still there) and nothing worked. It started downloading again sometime in the wee hours of the morning (I had finally given up and gone to bed at 3:30 am with no success in getting it to download.). It is downloading now, but at a snails pace of about 4 class episodes (not a full class, just episodes) in a half hour. We have 20mbs speed and plenty of disk space. As I said, initially it was working fine. I’m on Windows 10. Working with Allavsoft has not been productive. Any suggestions?
Deborah,
Is it possible it’s taking so long because maybe thousands of people are trying to download classes at the same time? Their servers are likely being overwhelmed, and maybe in the middle of the night there is less of a demand.
That’s my husband’s theory. 🤪. It finally started downloading again yesterday. (I went 36 hours with no downloading, (no matter what I did it wouldn’t work) and the download logs showed error messages.). But now it’s working, and has downloaded 62% of my classes so far. 🥳. It did download a full 21% overnight. It’s slow still, but at least it’s working now. (I cannot have any other program open on my computer at the same time. Nada! Those programs stop responding, and the downloading stops. This is very weird, as it’s not using much of the cpu processing space, nor the ram, but it does blow my computer out of the water. Fortunately, I have plenty of sewing I can do to occupy my time and don’t need to be on the computer while the program is running.)
Downloading is not an option at all where I live which is why the “forever classes” appealed to me and I purchased them along with my memberships to first, Craftsy and then, Bluprint. I live in a very small town and the internet literally sucks big time. I hope the company comes up with something better than “downloading.”
NBC needs to communicate more with their customers. With more than three-million customers world wide, you would think NBC would like to keep those customers happy. I received one email from Bluprint the day after they closed their shop; I checked my junk files and I did not receive any other notice from them. Many users have stated they did not recieve any notices at all. I had purchased 273 classes, 169 patterns, & two class kits via Craftsy & two Great Courses via Bluprint [note: Great Courses are apparently excluded forever classes]; I believed I would own those classes forever; many of the classes I purchased, I purchased on sale and have not even viewed them yet,
I was never happy with Bluprint in agreement with, most original Craftsy customers, after they bought Craftsy out; however, I did subscribe to Bluprint for more than a year and a half, in hopes Bluprint would go back to the original model. Perhaps, NBC only purchased Craftsy in order to eliminate the three-million-three-thousand-seventy-one Craftsy Viewers from their competition.
Moreover, I just wasted $53.00 by purchasing a piece of software that is supposed to allow you download video streams; did not work for me…
Unless, NBC-Bluprint follows through in some manner of permitting their customers to preserve & download the class & class material’s their customers purchased as agreed upon FOREVER; this user will never view or purchase another item from another NBC affiliate again! Furthermore, I expect many original Craftsy/Bluprint Consumers feel just the same…
Francine,
What software did you try that didn’t work?
Marie, I purchased Allavsoft. I have written to tech support for help but, I don’t expect to hear from them over the weekend.
I am having the “token invalid” glitch that has already been discussed here and at sewmodernbags. I have email Allavsoft but get no response.
HONESTLY, I DON’T THINK THERE IS A WAY TO DOWNLOAD OUR SO CALLED “OWN FOREVER” CLASSES FROM CRAFTSY/BLUPRINT UNLESS NBCU COMES THROUGH. AND IF THEY DO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION WE THE CONSUMER MUST BE ABLE TO CONFIRM WHAT CLASSES WE HAVE. THE DAY I FOUND OUT THAT BLUPRINT WAS CLOSING I HAD ONE CLASS MISSING. THE VERY FIRST CLASS I BOUGHT. I HAVE NOT HAD THAT CLASS SINCE BLUPRINT TOOK OVER. BUT AT THE TIME I SAW THE EMAIL THAT THEY WERE CLOSING , IT WAS MAY 29, 2020. I HAD 274 CLASSES IN MY LIBRARY PLUS MY MISSING CLASS FROM ANGELA WALTERS. NOW THEY SAY I HAVE 136. WHERE DID THEY GO? RIGHT NOW, I WANT ALL OF MY CLASSES ON A DVD. I KNOW IT MAY TAKE MORE THAN ONE DVD, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE CLASSES. PATTERN TAKE LONG ENOUGH. I JUST HOPE NBCU IS LISTENING.
We got the allavsoft set up, the blueprint downloading. But the first part was asking download first or all. I clicked all. Went along and downloaded 10 or so, now almost every other one asks the same question first or all. I click all every time but this message keeps coming back.
Has anyone encountered this and if so was there a fix for it?
Joyce, you can follow these instructions to take care of this problem. What the program does, is download the 1st episode for every class. As it’s going through Bluprint and selecting your classes, it will give you this prompt for every single class. If you have 300 of them, you will have to tell it 300 times that you want all episodes! When I had to restart (because my son turned the power off to install new electrical outlets), I found this feature and then the message stopped popping up after that!
I’m copying this from one of my earlier posts.
click on OPTION on the top blue bar, click PREFERENCE, click UI SETTINGS tab, and in the 3rd box down select “Download All Items in Playlist” and then click OK. This should stop the computer from asking you with every class if you want to download the first or all the items. What it was doing was downloading episode #1 from every class and then waiting for you to permit it to go back and download all the rest of the episodes.
A step by step tutorial on using Allavsoft:
https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/
Donna – these instructions are brilliant – thank you. I have already downloaded all my classes but couldn’t work out by phone why my girlfriend was having issues. I went through the steps with her using this tutorial and it turned out she had not hit the button “download all” but “ask me first”. She has been trying to download for 48 hours with nothing happening and now we have liftoff!! even the instructions for single classes are great – just paste the main class uRL instead of pasting the URL’s for each section is great advice – I also love the explanation on filing after download. Thanks so much
Donna,
I purchased the Allavsoft program and I’m still waiting to hear back from their tech-support. I did send them the needed password and myclass URL. Question: When you download the videos will it include the resource material link; or do I need to download the materials separately.
Thank you,
Francine
No, you need to go in and download the class materials separately.
Well, I just had a shocking experience. I was in the middle of a class lesson, when I was suddenly locked out.
A few days ago, I had contacted Bluprint, to ask about the fact that they had automatically renewed my subscription, just days before the big announcement. I asked if there was going to be some way of viewing my “Own Forever” classes, that I’d never gotten a chance to view.
After getting locked out of that class, I checked my email. There, I found a response from Bluprint, saying they had issued a partial refund. Still, not a word about my Own Forever classes. Looks like we’ve been had, everyone. So much for promises. This is the last time I’ll purchase any online subscriptions, since we seemingly have no recourse for broken promises.
Good luck everyone.
Denise, I’m afraid I might end up agreeing with you. I’ve noticed AQS has online classes (there may be others I don’t know if) that appealed to me. Since this happened with Bluprint, what’s to say it won’t happen with them or anywhere else one day. I guess if I can’t get something physically it just might not happen again. Bluprint hasn’t paved a very good road for anyone else offering online classes, etc. It’s a shame!!
Do the DVDs have PDF resources/class materials? If not, for those of you who have a membership, I’d recommend downloading it from the website while it’s still available. I was able to download for several of my DVDs but not the great courses, which sort of makes sense. The PDF may already be on the dvds…I didn’t take the time to check as I was on a roll downloading the materials from all my other classes.
Rose, Are you talking about AQS? If so, how does it work? What does a membership cost and what do you get?
No, I am referring to the Craftsy/Bluprint dvds. I’ve heard others refer to AQS but I have no idea what they’re talking about. I purchased a Bluprint membership back in November and for the most part, it appears I can still access classes which I did not purchase….at least for now.
Rose, what did you mean about DVDs? Aren’t DVDs disks (like what you put in your DVD player or computer to play)? Did you get disks of yours classes somehow? I have a Bluprint membership and can still view classes on-line but don’t know anything about DVD disks.
Karen, both Craftsy and Bluprint offered for purchase, some of their classes on DVD, while majority were the online version. I chose to purchase a number of classes in DVD format so I didn’t have to be connected to the internet all the time. I was also able to take the classes with me when I traveled. I’ve waited many years for them to offer a download version of the classes but never expected I’d be forced to download all of them so quickly!
Thanks for the info Rose. I never knew there was a DVD option. I never saw that for any of the classes that I purchased. I must have glazed over that option! LOL! Bummer! I wish I had them now!
I am one of those who is concerned about giving Allavsoft my login information. It just makes me nervous I guess. This is such a mess, Thanks to our buddies at Bluprint!
I can see a lot of people here are really anxious about downloading classes and can they get it done before BluPrint shuts. I tried a few different ways and it took forever to download each lesson individually, but then I found this one. It really takes a couple of minutes to set up and then you just leave it to run and it does everything for you in the background. All the classes and lessons all clearly identified, even the subtitles saved too if you want them.
Hands down the best and easiest way to download and save your Own Forever classes with minimum effort.
https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/
Did you have to give Allavsoft your Bluprint login information including your password? Or is there another way to do the downloads without giving out your personal login information?
You have to give them your log in. Only an issue if you are using the same password for other things. I also removed my credit card from my account information but that is a bit of a waste since, unless you are paying Allavsoft by PayPal, you have to give them your credit card information and presumably the same email address you are using for Bluprint. So what are they getting? Just a password to a service that is going defunct and hopefully a password you are not using for anything else.
Lesley, were you able to remove all forms of payment from your account? I was able to switch it to Paypal and make that the default payment and remove the credit card, but can’t delete all forms of payment.
I’m just a worrier is why I’m concerned about giving Allavsoft my email and password. My luck I’d give them my password and they would somehow delete my account! 🙂
I got notice of a refund of my subscription and I’m locked out now.
Linda, Did you ask for a refund? Or did they just arbitrarily close your account?
Carol, I just changed my BluPrint password to something different from anything else.
I never had my cc info on file with BluPrint, but if you do have an auto payment process set up with them, just delete it – and delete any cc information you may have had with them —
If you have on record with BluPrint to pay through paypal, I would also make sure your paypal account password is different again. (I use a completely different email address and password for paypal). You should have your paypal account set up to require login —
Also, check your PayPal account settings: / Payments / Automatic Payments..
Click the “Show Active: radio button and if BluPrint shows up in the list
you can select it and Click on to remove the option for PayPal to automatically process a payment to that vendor.
I find you have to allow auto payment with some vendors in order to process an order, so you need to remember to go back in and cancel that option every time you order from such a company. That way you can control which of your accounts/cc the funds are drawn from.
Either way, BluPrint is NOT accepting any orders or payment, so nothing can be processed through them by you or anyone else!
You just need to give Allavsoft your login information so they can give you a link that will connect you to your Forever Library so you can download all the video files that are assigned to your account.
Once you have downloaded all your files, just change the password to BluPrint again so it isn’t on record with Allavsoft anymore.
I don’t think you have anything to worry about.
In the midst of downloading all classes with Allavsoft now, but don’t expect to do much else with your computer in the meantime. It takes lots of memory, so other apps and links may not work in the meantime.
Time to go out and do some gardening here now!!
Barbara,
Thanks for the information! I still could not figure out how to completely delete auto pay info. It will not let me take out the Paypal acct. without putting a credit card in it’s place so I just left it as Paypal. I have a different email and password for Paypal than for Bluprint. I did also change my Bluprint password to something I’ve never used before.
I rarely use Paypal so I did go in the account and tried to figure out exactly what you were meaning by:
“You should have your paypal account set up to require login —
Also, check your PayPal account settings: / Payments / Automatic Payments..
Click the “Show Active: radio button and if BluPrint shows up in the list
you can select it and Click on to remove the option for PayPal to automatically process a payment to that vendor”.
but I didn’t find those things (:
I’m beginning to lean towards going ahead with Allavsoft since that seems to be the best option anyone has found. I assume it works as well with Mac as it does with Windows. Which are you using?
How many classes are you downloading? I have I think about 110 if I do them all. It appears that will take days!
Please let me know how your downloads progress!
Hey Everyone! In case you missed it…Some of our fellow Craftsy/Bluprint members have started up a Facebook page to hold NBC Universal accountable for doing what’s right by us. Please join and put the pressure on NBC Universal: https://www.facebook.com/groups/753792008489685/
For those who have downloaded classes to an external hard drive, can you recommend a hard drive, and what size you used? I’m going to use Allavsoft. Thanks!
Depends on the number of classes you have. I have 192 and it filled just under 600G. (some of my classes were smaller mini classes). So you can take a guide from that. Since I am going to only use the external hard drive for my classes, I didn’t want to pay extra for a 2-4 G if I wasn’t going to use the space. Incidentally, I have now, just for exercise, singly redownloaded some of my favourite classes (10)in “best available quality” to see if it made a difference. Some of the classes had a slightly higher file size – one was actually fractionally lower so the “worst Quality’ setting is really not worst quality.
Ps in terms of external drive, most are good. My son in law is a videographer and swears by Lacie as they are very rugged but a but more expensive. WD are also good I bought a SP Armor which is also supposed to be shock proof. I actually bought 2 drives. I have saved my classes on to one drive and I am going to copy to the second so I have a backup. A few years ago the Apple store recommended I move all my photos to an external drive. It was good quality and I purchased it at the Apple store. 6 weeks later if froze with all my photos on it. I had to pay to recover my photos. So now I keep backups of everything.
I got a 2TB Seagate external drive, I’ve used the brand in the past and have found them to be reliable. I didn’t use all of it, my 144 classes came to 369GB at top quality. I used Internet Download Manager for my downloads.
Rachelle,
I’m not familiar with Internet Download Manager. What does it do? Is that for PC only?
Did you use it in place of Allavsoft?
Hi Dana,
I’m not sure if it works on MAC, I have a PC. It is a download manager like Allavsoft and they offer a 30 day free trial without limitations, only an annoying pop up to ask if you wanted to buy it. I couldn’t find a way to use it to download my whole list in one hit, had to do them individually which was a bit of a pain, but being free I was happy to put in the extra effort. It downloaded them all in .TS format so I’ll still need to convert them if I want to put them on a flash drive to watch them on my blu-ray player, but that won’t be hard.
I did remove all forms of payment but I was only a Craftsy member and never Bluprint. You are probably safe leaving PayPal on there.
So far, I think we have a ton of people downloading and no one has had an issue with losing their account. Good luck with this and I don’t blame you for wanting to be careful in this age of cyber theft
Thanks Lesley!
Are you using Windows or Mac? How long did it take you to download your 192 classes?
I am leaning more towards taking the plunge into using Allavsoft, just not quite there just yet!
So once you get the classes downloaded onto your computer? how do you move them to an external hard drive?
Hi Carol. I am using a Mac and we have pretty fast internet. I was one of the ones that could not save straight to an external drive as it kept sticking on me. I did not have nearly enough memory on my computer for the size of these files. So I downloaded all one by one. It was actually very quick. I did go off and do other things. I first created all of my file folders on the external drive for each class. Then, while it was downloading, I would save the materials file on to the drive. I reckon it was taking 8-10 minutes for each class to download, drag to the external drive, erase the content I had just downloaded and start again. I was doing other stuff in between. This is much more laborious than downloading all at once though I was able to check each file as I went along that everything was complete, I had the materials in the file.
I now have all my classes complete, neatly in files with all the materials and a very happy camper!! If I had thought about it, I could probably have archived ¾ of the classes. I did have enough room on my hard drive for 25% – downloaded those, filed them all on the external drive and erased from my computer. I could have then archived the ones I had downloaded and unarchived the next 25%. So it would have taken my 4 separate downloads. I had not taken my smart pills when I started.
Rose,
Do you know possibly know what the current waiting time is for Allavsoft Tech. Support for getting back with their customers. I purchased their program late Friday night, and tried contacting them Saturday morning right after I received the dreaded Token Error message. I also sent all the information required for them to provide a working link.
Thank you,
Francine
Average time to get back is 12 hours -even sooner sometimes. Look in your Spam or Junk mail – their responses always go in there. Good luck
Francine, I would send another message. It should not have taken this long. Can you find an email address for their sales department? I would try sending a message to that address too. I reached out to them yesterday morning (support email address) and had not heard back by evening. I sent another message (to the sales email) because that was unlike them not to reply within a couple of hours. I received a reply back to my 2nd message quite quickly.
FYI, I learned last night that the program downloads the exact file that’s on Bluprint regardless if we select worst quality download or best. I first downloaded at the worse quality as instructed but thought, hmmm…I’ve got at least some copy of my files, I’ll try to redownload it at the best quality. Funny thing, the quality looked the same and the file size was exactly the same! Allavsoft told me that it will be the exact file as Bluprint has unless we ask it to convert and change it up there. I never told it to convert cause it didn’t make sense to me to tell it to convert to MP4 when it’s already an MP4 file! Anyway, just food for thought! I’m done downloading and don’t think I’ll mess with trying to get better than Bluprint quality.
I hope you hear from them soon. Depending on the # of classes, it could take up to a couple of days. I had 135 and it took about 48 hours. It does pretty much lock up your computer for that time….everything else will run SUPER slow!
Rose,
Your emails on this issue have been most helpful. Thank you! I had some trouble with Allovsoft. It completely stopped downloading for awhile. I finally got it going and now have all my classes downloaded. How did I get it to work?. Make certain that nothing, and I do mean nothing else is running (open) on your computer. No email, no Word, no file managing, Nada! ‘Cause, as you say, it completely locks up your computer while it’s running (even though it wasn’t really using much of the memory space or cpu processing.)
LOL! Thank you Deborah. I did have stuff open and running but I wasn’t really able to do anything on the PC. It was crawling at a snail’s pace but funny thing, my downloading didn’t seem to affect the other 5 internet users in the home. No one was complaining so I was thankful that it was hogging just my computer!
I rejoice for all who have successfully been able to get their classes downloaded. For a number of years, I had wished Craftsy/Bluprint would have offered a download option but never expected the answer to come in this form! It has me thinking about other online classes that I have and I suppose, I will start to download those too in the near future!
Please – everyone – it’s time to boycott NBC’s new streaming service they just launched called Peacock.!! This is the reason they’re shutting down Bluprint, so all resources are focused on a streaming service that’s just another Netflix wannabe. It’s time to be heard crafters … and our pocketbook is a powerful force.
Hi Ruth,
As someone else said earlier on this thread, NBC is owned by NBCUniversal, not the other way around! NBCUniversal is owned by Comcast and GE if I remembered correctly. NBCUniversal owns a bunch of different companies. So I see no point in boycotting NBC! I actually watch NBC and the Hallmark Channels almost exclusively, but I don’t pay for any streaming services.
I am not happy that BluPrint is closing, and I am not happy with their lack of communication. I think it is a major shame that NBCUniversal is shutting down BluPrint! I have been discovering classes that I didn’t even know existed. There is so much great content! It is very sad to lose it!
Why do I keep getting this feeling that we are being completely kept in the dark about what’s going on because, well…they think we’re a bunch of old grannies who don’t matter? We do need to let NBC Universal hear our collective voice. Maybe we can scare them into treating us with respect. BTW…for those who missed it…there a Facebook page that’s been set up recently called “Hold Bluprint Accountable.” We need to all join. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/753792008489685/
I have tried Allavsoft on my Mac and it would not allow the download.
Do go back to the article on Sew Modern. Its now been updated with troubleshooting for the few Mac users who are having this problem. There are a few small things that could be causing it.
https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/
I have tried Allavsoft on my Mac and it would not allow the download.
Do go back to the article on Sew Modern. Its now been updated with troubleshooting for the few Mac users who are having this problem. There are a few small things that could be causing it.
https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/
I have tried Allavsoft on my Mac and it would not permit the download. Followed all the instructions I could find but still would not download.
I have a Mac and had no problem once I had given my log in info for Bluprint to Allavsoft. Also the free version does not work. The only problem I had was downloading with my Mac direct to the external hard drive so had to download each class separately. We have fast internet so it was only taking 10 minutes per class which included putting in the folder on my drive and erasing content on my computer. Have you followed the instructions from the “ sewmodernbags” website? It’s brilliant. We found my girlfriend had missed one small check and it was preventing download.
Just a thought. Anyone on the fence about buying Allavsoft or something else to download your classes, might want to do it now. We don’t know how much longer we will be able to access Bluprint. They said a few months, but could be a lot less. Just like they didn’t let us make purchases until 11:59, cutting the purchase option off about an hour sooner so a lot of us couldn’t get our remaining forever class credits. Once they issue us a prorated refund for our subscription, that’s it, we will be locked out.
Hello! Anyone here have 2 accounts with Bluprint/Craftsy?
When I finally decided to sign up for Bluprint I did so with a new email address. So I have my older Craftsy account with my old email where I have 80 “Own Forever” classes (crazy title now HuH!) and my Bluprint account with my new email address where I have 27 classes. I of course have to sign out of one and sign into the other to move back and forth.
Is there a way to merge the 2 accounts without fear of losing anything? (Big fear of mine!)
I haven’t purchased Allavsoft yet, (I’m in that “little nervous about this” camp), but am beginning to see the light and the writing on the wall!
I am assuming Allavsoft could work their magic with both my accounts if needed. Wondering if anyone has needed to do this with 2 accounts and how that worked with Allavsoft. I think I might just as soon leave them as 2 accounts unless that’s a problem with Allavsoft.
I also have a Mac, but it sounds like there has been some success with downloading with Mac, right?
Any help is much Appreciated!
Karen, I only have 1 account so I cannot relate. Because so many people are jumping on the Allavsoft bandwagon right now, it might take a bit longer to receive a response from them since so many of us needed them to set up our URL to download all at once. If you go with Allavsoft, I would recommend you ask them right away or even now so you at least know, how they would handle the 2 accounts. When I used the software the first time, I was asked to log into my Bluprint account to get the download going. You may want to ask Allavsoft now how you would get access to both accounts because of this extra log-in step. Would you have to do one account at a time? Would it prompt you right away to log into both accounts? If Allavsoft cannot add both accounts at once, you may want to start with your smaller batch so it’s done quicker and you can get in touch with them quickly to switch to add your second account….unless….you don’t purchase until later in the day at which time, you may want to do the bigger account to take advantage of the time it has to download all night and get your further along. You have 80 in the one account…it may take approx 24 hours to download those. I had 135 and it took about 48 hours on slower internet connection.
I download Allasoft and registered and followed the directions. Now I’m waiting for Allasoft to get back to me, I got the token error. It’s been a few hours, I hope they will get back to me soon
Has anyone else seen or heard this:
Sewshesewstoo on June 9, 2020 at 11:20 am
***BLUPRINT ORDERS ALLAVSOFT TO DISALLOW DOWNLOADS? I just saw something posted on Facebook that mentioned this. Does anyone know what is going on now. I have 234 classes and am trying to do the right thing by waiting for NBCU to allow me to own what I already legally do own. Did I shoot myself in the foot by not getting Allvsoft ? Help me!
It appears there is more than this one string of comments and conversations going, even though they both are linked to a Craft Industry & Alliance article about Bluprint closing. I wondered because I will sometimes get an email of a new comment but it doesn’t show up in this string.
There was one of those this morning in my email:
Author: Andrea
Comment:
Cynthia – all you have to do for the resources is print it to a pdf file on your computer. Just select pdf when you go to print.
I’ve been doing that with many classes – even ones I don’t own, so that I can get the patterns.
***someone on the FB page said that Allavsoft had been ordered to stop downloading Bluprint files. She didn’t give the source and it seems that people are still able to use it but I would suggest doing it asap, in case that happens.
If this is true then I guess I may have missed my window of opportunity. I don’t want to purchase it now and go through all of that only to find out they can’t make it work any longer. This is so frustrating! I have a major headache now!!!
Karen- I posted that comment but I haven’t seen another reference to it and it seems that many people are successfully using Allavsoft. I’m sure their support person can advise whether you can still use their system
Jumping in from UK. I’m pretty sure outside of USA there will not be any recourse. I used internet download manager and have downloaded all my classes onto my PC. I dont know if this works on a mac. I’ve had no problems, it was fairly straightforward and free! I did section by section which has taken sometime but I’m sure if you are more computer savvy than me you can download a whole class.
I emailed Allavsoft again since I have not heard from them and I got a formal reply that they received my request and they’ll get back to me, so I am being put off. I guess I stupidly spent more money to get the classes I already paid for and I have nothing. So if you haven’t done it yet don’t buy Allavsoft.
Ruth
Ruth — I contacted them today and there’s a note on their website specifically for Bluprint customers. They’re working as hard as they can to keep up, but since all login information has to be typed in by hand, it’s taking time. I can imagine that the first few people who posted here got through to them quickly. However, so many of us are trying the same software, the line is starting to back up. I would advise you to give them a bit more time before writing them off.
Be patient waiting for response from Allavasoft.
Allavasoft appears to be very helpful. I pretty sure they want you to be a happy customer.
So……..Imagine that you have an established software company and your tech support staff are familiar with responding to routine tech q/a which come in, and staff are used to a certain level of support activity.
Then SUDDENLY thousands(?) of new customers, who are unfamiliar with the program (and probably most computer issues) need help NOW?
AND…..the tech support solution is individual for the customer’s own specific use of the software?
Be patient, if you got an auto-reply, you’re in the queue.
(I’m just channeling my own feelings of frustration at work before I retired..LOL)
Hi Andrea,
There was another post that I copied at the top of my post from Sewshesewstoo. So I have seen 2 posts, hers and yours, saying Allavsoft was ordered by Bluprint to stop making this work. Like I said above, not all comments and questions are being posted on this string. I have seen two different strings going now, this one and another. So unfortunately you don’t see everything that people are posting by reading just this string. There could be more strings going, I don’t know. Not sure how that happens. It is frustrating that you can’t see all the information here.
It appears Ruth in the post below here has contacted Allavsoft twice for help but has not received any assistance yet.
I did email them too but have not heard anything back either.
Has anyone been able to do the downloads in the past 24 hours with Allavsoft?
I have re downloaded some of my classes in the last 24 hours to ascertain whether it made any difference to the file size if I downloaded on best available quality vs worst – it really didn’t. I also have a friend who went off to work today leaving her computer downloading and it finished all her classes – so absolutely still working. The only issue I see is that Allavsoft must be overwhelmed. If only 1% of the current subscribers decide to purchase software and download their classes – that would be 30,000 emails. I am not counted in those. I, and 2 of my friends purchased all of our classes from Craftsy which at one point had 10 million members. In those days we purchased all of our classes. Allavsoft must be thinking that all of their Christmases have come at once. I have been thrilled with the responses from Allavsoft – but I was one of the first to use them and I now have all of my classes neatly filed, resources saved and all backed up. There was one thing I found on researching Bluprint and Allavsoft. Back in 2018 Allavsoft was advertising that one was able to download the classes from Blupirnt with their software whether you were a member or not. I am sure that NBC put a stop to that. They were quite firm that I could only download purchased classes.
Lesley, I’m glad to hear you’re done now too! What a journey we had. I’m just wondering, did you compare file size when you redownloaded? After I downloaded the first time through, I decided I had a bit of time before losing access and would try redownloading at the best download quality. Turns out, the file size was the exact same and Allavsoft told me afterwards that it downloads the exact same file/quality that Bluprint has. I was just curious if anyone else redownloaded any and found a difference in file size. It might make a difference if someone selects “convert to” and then highest quality but as far as I’m concerned, there’s no point in converting to MP4 as the file is already an MP4.
Hi Rosina. I did compare file size. Only one of the ten I downloaded was slightly larger. The rest were the same and one slightly smaller. I have watched some of the videos and am very happy with the quality. Nice to know we have them. As well as all of the baking and cake decorating I had 5 art classes for my wonderful granddaughter. I would have hated to lose them and I really don’t see NBC coming through. It would not benefit them to shut down Allavsoft. The more of us who download, the more it takes the heat off them unless they were intending to sell the content,
Hi. I just heard back from Allavsoft and yes, they are absolutely overwhelmed by the response. I also asked if they were told to stop aiding us in downloading our classes and was told that no, they are still setting people up to do so, but it does take time to manually enter the data for each request. I will be patient, I will be patient, I will be patient .
I too have an email from Allavsoft. I have already downloaded and sent an email about 3 days ago thanking David for his help. I also found out that they absolutely have not been sent any cease and desist from NBC. If anyone is emailing in now for their log in in formation to be set up and has information as to when Bluprint will actually close can you let them know. I don’t want to email again. Anyone who is happy and downloaded should let the others in the queue get their chance. I could just tell Allavsoft that all of the employees are being let go in July and August. Allavsoft is trying to get every email processed by June 15th as they realize time is of the essence. To be honest, their tech support is good but Rose was as helpful on this site and just to reiterate – for successful downloading all you need is this https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/. So once you have your confirmation that you are set up, use the sew modern bags site. Their explanation is actually much more user friendly than the techies.
I am now on a new downloading path. Have used Allavsoft to download some of my favourite Youtube cookie decorating videos So easy to use!!
I also received my “good to go” email from Allavsoft! For those downloading using Allavsoft, did you d/l directly to an external drive? My laptop doesn’t have the capacity for all my classes.
I just bought a 1 month subscription to Allavsoft specifically to download my classes. Unfortunately the download button doesn’t work ! I’ve emailed their support but am waiting for a reply.
Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know how to get around this ?
Linda, do you know you have to have your Bluprint class library open on screen… at least this is what I do
and make sure all the classes are selected with the tick at the left hand side and also in the download toolbar set it to download all selected.
Have you done the settings in Allavsoft too?
Thanks Cynthia, I had done all of the things that Allavsoft suggested but it still didn’t work and then they sent another email suggesting I try downloading again from the trial version and this time I had no problems. One other thing I’m unsure about is how do I view my downloaded classes except through the Allavsoft icon ? And if this is the only way, what do I do if the icon disappears from my Laptop ? I’m not very familiar with the workings of the laptop, just how to use it when the programmes are already there.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Hello Linda. I did the downloads on an iMac. I made a new Folder on the desktop and set Allavsoft to download into that folder. To play them, just open the new folder and click on them and they play, without having Allavsoft open.
Cynthia
Hi Linda. Allavsoft is merely a software that downloads your videos and like a letter posts the videos to a file on you computer. If you had just started to download, we would have told you to create a folder on your desktop and told the software to post it to the folder. I have a Mac so don’t know what the headings are but I would go up to the top menu for Allavsoft, click on Preferences (I thinks it’s options on windows and you can see the name of the file that Allavsoft have sent your download to. You might want to get a techie to rename that file for you so you can find it easily
Hi Cynthia and Leslie
Thanks to both of you for your invaluable help. I’ve just set up a new folder for the files and Hey Presto ! Everything is working fine now. : )
It would have been good to have a desktop icon but I don’t mind having to go through my folders.
It’s just a pity that Bluprint haven’t offered any help or advice : (
I did hear back from David at Allavsoft saying they “still support Bluprint”, is how he worded it. He asked that I post a comment saying they still support Bluprint and I told him I would.
I’m still waiting to hear back how they would handle my having 2 Bluprint accounts.
Has anyone else who has purchased Allavsoft and given them your login information had 2 separate Bluprint accounts? (One is my older Craftsy Account, and the other my Bluprint subscription which I used a newer email when I signed up so ended up with 2 separate accounts.)
Does anyone know if you download via Allovsoft to a PC desktop/external drive—is the format mp4?
And can you transfer or play these files on an iPad? Thank you.
I can answer only part of this. The download is mp4 format. I was able to download directly to an external drive while others said they had issues and had to download to their main PC and transfer to an external. Best of luck! It’s worth it when all is said and done!
Thank you Rose!
you can play from your PC to iPad the most easily if you load on an App such as Airstream which is free. there are videos on YouTube on how to do it. Otherwise, if you are looking to play from an external hard drive, you need to plug in a lightning to USB camera attachment plugged into a powered USB hub then plug the external drive into the powered hub. You need the powered hub to give the external drive enough juice to run. You’d probably get a better picture than streaming but you now need to have 2 extra pieces of equipment!!!
Thank you Lesley!
I still have not received an email from Allavsoft, but just tried downloading again for the heck of it ands it’s working!
Im not having much luck – keeps saying download failed? I open the class and paste the URL just like the instructions says but I must certainly am doing something wrong since its not working. Do you have any suggestions – what did you do to make it work for you? This is terribly frustrating. Thanks.
2 things. Did you refresh the software? After Allavsoft emailed that I was set to go they also told me I had to download the software again. I too had frustration as I wanted to download straight to my external drive. I couldn’t – it kept freezing. Some people have managed it. I ended up pasting in the class URL for each class. Sounds a pain but it was only taking 10 minutes per class. Don’t forget, if you are doing it this way, to paste the class URL into the “multiple URL” screen. It then makes sure it downloads all of the sections of each class.
Has anyone lost access to Bluprint BEFORE they received a prorated refund, and has anyone received a refund yet then lost access? I’m just curious as to how this might workout for us. Seems I remember someone commented she had received a refund, then she lost access to Bluprint. I would think (hope) we would keep access until we at least get our refund.
Joyce,
I think that was me. I emailed them for a refund when they close but they sent the refund (!) and locked me out.
I emailed them 4x to reinstate my subscriptionn til the end, but no response. I wanted a refund when they close because I just renewed 2 weeks before all this, but I wanted to keep my ability to get into classes as long as I could.
Joyce,
I think that was me. I emailed them for a refund when they close but they sent the refund (!) and locked me out.
I emailed them 4x to reinstate my subscriptionn til the end, but no response. I wanted a refund when they close because I just renewed 2 weeks before all this, but I wanted to keep my ability to get into classes as long as I could.
I still haven’t figured out what to do!
Linda, I guess I misunderstood. I thought maybe Bluprint was starting refunds on their own, then denying access, which I imagine is what will happen. Or I suppose they could just shut down then refund everyone. I hate you couldn’t get renewed so you’d have access until they totally shut us out. I don’t know what you could do at this point. But if you’ve bought any classes or have forever class credits, you should certainly be entitled to those just like the rest of us. I hate all this!!
We best not lose anything or we have a class action lawsuit and I for one have a lot of money invested in classes that I need because that’s the way I learned things and I have things to make and these are necessary to keep. You can’t tell me that somehow this can’t be turned over to someone maybe Oprah would be so kind as to keep our classes going since NBC can’t do it. I spent hundreds in classes and subscriptions yearly and then they just ditch it. At particularly a time when people have been locked up in their houses and will be again this winter. This is unconscionable. We all want our classes in the form of being able to get online for them or send us DVD’s of all that we purchased something fair for “forever” classes. Thank you
I couldn’t have said it better, Karen. I completely agree.
When you signed up for Craftsy/Bluprint you agreed to their terms of service which prohibit you from filing a class action lawsuit.
Abby,
What do you think Bluprint will do to so that members that purchased our own forever classes will “receive a copy of your classes?”
If I go the route of the app they have provided, I need to buy a new very large capacity iPad ($$$) to be able to download my classes.
How long will an app last if they are closing? Until they close or until they no longer support it? These are my some of my concerns.
I’m sorry, I have no answers. I don’t know any inside information about this.
I agree Karen that we purchased those classes and NBCUniversal should find some way that we can be in possession of them, however I think the only way we can be 100% sure of getting our classes in our hands is to take the plunge and download them for ourselves. Pull in a student to do it for you, a child, grandchild if you aren’t comfortable in downloading them. For those with only an iPad, find someone who can help by downloading to an external drive. it’s a bit of a nuisance buying the 2 pieces you need to play on your iPad from the external drive but the quality is good (I have tried).The content is so valuable and downloading has made me watch some again with a new appreciation for the content. Big business does not have much regard for the consumer unless its affecting their bottom line. At this point the last statement we have is May 24th that they were looking at options for us to get our classes. A plan could have been formulated within a day and we should have heard back by now. I am not holding my breath.
Lesley, I just want to double check with you. You downloaded pc videos to a pc version (not apple) external hard drive and with the equipment you mentioned you were able to watch on an iPad?
I actually have a Mac Elizabeth, but I did format the external hard drive to exFat which is supposed to be recognized by PC or Mac though apparently Windows 10 doesn’t like the format much. The other thing I tried today and it worked, I saved a class on to a flash (thumb) drive from my external hard drive. I did find I still needed the powered hub to play it and used the same Lightening to USB 3 Camera Adaptor that I use to attach my external hard drive to the iPad. The flash drive played very well and you don’t need to worry about whether the it recognizes the format. If you are going to buy the camera adaptor you are probably better off to buy the one I have stated as you can charge your iPad at the same time as using the USB port. And I have bought generic before for a little less money. I didn’t find the charging port worked so it is perhaps better to pay the little extra for the apple
Hi Everyone,
I just heard someone on a vlog say that it is illegal to download these classes without permission because they are copyright-protected. Does anyone know if this is true? If so, there is now a record here in these comments that certain people have downloaded this copyrighted material.
We were able to download before in the App for off line viewing – so I already had some downloaded. And we purchased “forever classes”.
FYI – I purchased a number of classes on DVD on the Saturday, a day before the deadline. I just received notification that my Bluprint order is being shipped and should arrive tomorrow. I’m just sharing in case anyone also ordered and had been wondering when (or in my case…IF***) I would receive it.
Sorry…., just checked the details and it’s the baking supply I ordered, not the DVDs yet. They were still available for sale on the website at the time so hopefully they’ll be on their way soon too.
I purchased my software on the 6th [last Saturday] and received a receipt of purchase but, had not yet received needed corrected download link from Allavsoft. I do know they are swamped; big time! I had the same Token Error everyone else was getting. I just went in a few minutes ago and thought I would try again just to see if maybe they had forgotten to notify me that my Bluprint URL was ready for downloading. Anyway, to my pleasant surprise, when I cut and pasted my URL this time it seems to be downloading just fine.
I imagine they probably had to hire more help with the deluge of orders they were getting from Bluprint members. I would suggest that everyone that is still awaiting Allavsoft Tech-support to contact them; try downloading your software again. I have a large number of videos to download and it will probably take a couple of days before the downloading is complete. I will let you know how my download turned out after it completes. Unfortunately, to my Dear DH’s angst I did not direct the download to his external drive; it’s okay he has enough room on his hard-drive to accept a few terabytes. I will just have to transfer the videos to the external drive after the download is complete. My husband plans on saving the videos to ITunes afterwards; that way I can still watch them on TV.
Some extra thoughts. From an iPad point of view.
I thought I would disable my automatic apps updates option. For the time being I will manually update my apps. Just incase Bluprint changes something that prevents me from something unknown, like removing access to my downloaded files.
I might also disable the removal of apps option as well.
The iPad system folder is no longer that easy to use thing anymore. The iPad system folder is so convoluted it is difficult to find or make any simple changes. So remember or write down the changes you made, because a time may come when you may want put back what was changed.
Just a thought from a pessimist.
Does anyone know where you go to see all the posts in one place? I keep getting emails that there’s a new comment on Craft Industry Alliance but many of those I get in email are not posted here.
I don’t get it!
To All Allavsoft Users: Questions???
Has anyone in this group downloaded more than 275 videos in one shot? I started my download 50 hours ago and I’m just now at the 50% download mark. Should I have downloaded this many videos in batches? I don’t want to turn it off. Is this an unusual amount of time for downloading? Also, is there a way that I can pause my downloading and try one of the earlier videos that show to be 100% complete?
Thank you,
Francine
Yes, I had 498 classes which came to something like 3,480 videos and I actually had one archived. They all downloaded within 3 days. I did not turn my computer off when I went to work or sleep. If for some reason a program fails to download, go back and fix it after your download has finished.
More to think about.
I see that many people here are downloading very large amounts of data. My small amount of 24 classes used up slightly over 120 Gigs of data. My data plan has a max of 1000 gigs per month with 100 MB per minute download rates. My internet provider temporarily is allowing unlimited data until the end of this month because of the pandemic. Normally I rarely go over 100 gigs on my data plan per month. Plus my iPad backs up changes to the cloud using up even more data.
I have no doubt as I reach those data limits, my internet provider will start to throttle my download speeds to prevent the lines from being overwhelmed.
Glad to see that you didn’t have to pay extra for the download and your classes are now safe. I had downloaded about 15 of my favourite classes to my IPad and the other 173 are on an external drive. I too was backing up my iPad to the Cloud and had to change and back up to my computer as I was suddenly looking at a big jump in my iCloud storage costs!
Yea, I had to increase my iCloud account to 200gigs. I think it cost like $3 more per month. I am in the process of backing up my classes to a DVD burner that I own. When I back up all my classes I can then remove them from my iPad. In a way, it is nice to just pop the DVD in any player and watch my classes over and over. I printed up the resources for each class as well.
All of which I would not be doing if Craftsy/Bluprint was not shutting down. Time I need to spend in my garden rather than dealing with this mess that NBC has caused. My garden is full of weeds.
I live in an area of the USA where you have to pay $149. per month for 30 gigs of wifi and it’s slow with many time outs so downloading is ridiculous. There is no way I can download my purchased classes and patterns. I can only hope they provide those of us who bought so many classes with DVDs.
By the way, my provider told me to expect slower service because of the increased demand the pandemic is causing. There was no reduction in my monthly charge and there are entire days when I can’t get online long enough to check emails on my desktop or laptop. So at least those of you who have unlimited wifi have an option. I can’t even go to the library to download anything because it’s closed!!!!
On 12th June I paid for 1 month subscription to Allavsoft after reading what others were saying. I hit a number of stumbling blocks on the way but Allavsoft were there all the way and came back very quickly on all my queries which have been quite a few ! As a complete technophobe who can use a computer when the programmes etc are there but know nothing about the workings, I genuinely thought that I needed some kind of programme to run these downloads. I know now that all I needed to know was that the classes are in my “Folders” and are simply “Files” to be clicked on to be able to run them.
It took 1 day 12 hours and 14 minutes to download my 32 classes and used 107 Gigabytes, but it was worth every minute. The MP4 quality is far better than I expected and in fact it’s just as good as when viewing them on Bluprint. Also I can now do whatever I want with them.
I’ve heard nothing more from Bluprint since the first and only email on 29th May and nothing else about the refund of unused subscription period.
Meanwhile, I can still login to Bluprint but there is nothing much there except my “Own Forever” items and I don’t expect to hear much more from them either.
I doubt Bluprint have told Allavsoft to stop what they are doing to help us because it saves them the cost or the bother ! I think they will wait to see how many of us sort the problem for ourselves and then possibly help the ones that are left – Or Maybe Not if there are only a few Members left who are still waiting !
I’m very pleased with what Allavsoft have done for me and I think we are all going to have to sort our problem for ourselves.
I also downloaded my 48 classes, but when I log on to Bluprint I can still watch the classes that I don’t own as part of my subscription. You can also download class materials for those classes as well. I watched a Fench bread class this weekend and downloaded the recipes. I’m trying to make the most of my remaining subscription time before it all goes away.
Hi Kathy
After reading you reply, I decided to check my Bluprint account again and surprisingly all of the other classes are back !
There are some strange things going on with the Blupint site at the moment
I knew this would be the case since Craftsy sold company its been downhill from there. Like many I have over 100 classes paid for. That is a lot of money!! Downloading is feeling impossible due to the app locking up every five minutes not to mention the ones downloaded do not play in full. I would like a real answer to my dilemma – not a robot answer I received. You owe us all that much don’t you think?
I purchased Allavsoft but when I try to login it tells me I have an invalid token and to contact them. I sent them an email last week and I never heard back from them. I only purchased a thirty day use so at this rate I may have paid them for nothing. I am not happy at all with Bluprint or Allavsoft.
Laurie, try writing to support@allavsoft.com rather than completing the form on their site.
When I need my number from them I wrote to both so I don’t know which was answered.
Also try using allavsoft again, in case they have done your url and not let you know.
Open Blueprint and be on the your Library Keep Forever page, then open Allavsoft.
You could try putting this url into Allavsoft, this is what mine said after it was authorised.
https:shop.mybluprint.com/account/class-library
Hope this helps, Cynthia
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Hi Laurie
I had the same “Invalid Token” message but Allavsoft came back to me within a couple of hours and told me to download the programme again from their website and to click on the “trial” option I did this and it accepted my info and has worked perfectly even though I had a few more queries. They did come back to me very quickly each time and I now have all of my “Own Forever” classes to keep “Forever” and no longer need anything from Bluprint who I don’t think are going to help us at all and are expecting us to just go way when the site closes.
I have also saved all of my class tutorial info etc to pdf files so I have everything, albeit not in the same place.
As for refund of unused subs I don’t know if we’ll get this or not but in the big picture it was less important to me.
I am having exact same issue with Allavsoft
Just a Thought!
I’m also enrolled in “The Great Courses Plus”; I guess when Blueprint negotiated with “The Great Courses” they agreed for The Great Courses to own their content. Great Courses have many Bluprint courses on their website. Their are two Quilt Classes, which I already own via Craftsy/Bluprint. I just replayed one of the courses via Bluprint; moreover, they stream far better on The Great Courses Plus Stream rather than the Bluprint platform. For those interested in doing so, perhaps we could all contact The Great Courses group and request they take over the craft courses; Great Courses does have a Hobby & Crafts Category, Food & Wine Category, and many more. I think it would be worth a try…
That is a great idea, I will contact them as well
Hi Laurie
I had the same “Invalid Token” message but Allavsoft came back to me within a couple of hours and told me to download the programme again from their website and to click on the “trial” option I did this and it accepted my info and has worked perfectly even though I had a few more queries. They did come back to me very quickly each time and I now have all of my “Own Forever” classes to keep “Forever” and no longer need anything from Bluprint who I don’t think are going to help us at all and are expecting us to just go way when the site closes.
I have also saved all of my class tutorial info etc to pdf files so I have everything, albeit not in the same place.
As for refund of unused subs I don’t know if we’ll get this or not but in the big picture it was less important to me.
Linda,
If you are interested in investing a little more tedious (but in my opinion we’ll worth it ) time in this, you can also copy the “table of contents” of the classes. Click on the episodes tab on the class. Using your mouse copy all the info in that section (list of the episodes and topics in each episode), then paste that to a word document. It will come up black. Go to the top of the document, and use your mouse to scroll down, selecting all of it. Then, remove the formatting. Voila, there is your list of the episodes and the topics in each episode. You can then format it as you please and save your word document in the same folder where your class is. It was worth it to me to do this, because, if I want to go back to rewatch a certain technique in a class, I won’t have to guess which episode it was in. I’m on a PC, so don’t know if it works the same on a Mac. You can also move your resources/materials info for each class into the same folder with the videos so that everything for each class is in the same folder.
I think people who are waiting for NBC/Bluprint to do the right thing are making a huge mistake. Those of us who took the bull by the horn and got copies of our classes will be glad we did.
Hi Deborah
Thanks for your tip. I’ve saved all the resources/patterns etc to pdf in the same folder as the video. But it didn’t occur to me to do the same with the Episode details. What a great idea !
I’ve just done my first class and it’s well worth it. I’m also on PC and now I’ve started the journey I’m not bothered whether Bluprint come back to me or not. There are plenty of classes and patterns on the internet for free and I can now access my classes whenever and wherever I want to without their “borrowed” downloads of our “own forever” classes !
I agree that waiting for NBC/Bluprint to come back to us with a solution is a mistake and I think they are quite happy for Allavsoft to solve the problem for them. It means they don’t have to bother and Allavsoft can make some money out of it too.
Great idea to save the episode info! Thanks for sharing. May I add?….Use your mouse, scroll over all the episode descriptions/images, right click and select print. When the print dialog box comes up click on destination and from the drop down select save as PDF. It saves a bit of time from copying/pasting into Word and doing it through there. Further down that print box is the additional options where you can select to add headers/footers. If I click there, it puts the class name at the top of each page which helps connect that document to a given class once printed. Test one out and see if you like the format (all images will be included) before you go ahead and save all the classes this way. Some may prefer the PDF, some may prefer doing the copy & paste into Word and reformatting. If you do this via (save) print to PDF, remember the next time you need a document printing to your actual printer, you will have to change “save to PDF” by selecting your actual printer from the list.
Oh, Thank You, Rose. I just tried that with the descriptions with images. It works great, and is much easier than what I was doing. Now I can have all of those overview descriptions as well.
It does work on a Mac Deborah. Just got to episodes. Go to the edit menu, hit select all then copy and you can then paste into Pages or notes. There’s just a small amount of editing to do. I had done a few of them but am nowhere near finished.
Hi Deborah
I’ve eventually copied the Episode info in the way you suggested and also Rose’s method, both to PDF. The method Rose suggested does give all of the Episode Titles and photos but not the breakdown details of each Episode. Your method gives the Episode Titles and breakdowns but no photos.
It’s taken a while but has been well worth the effort. That said, I only have 32 classes with, say, an average of 8-10 Episodes, so for anyone with a lot more classes or maybe not much spare time it may be a step too far.
Keep at it ladies because I really don’t think we’re going to get much help from Bluprint and we’ve invested far too much time and money to lose everything we’re entitled to “Own Forever”.
Many thanks to “Craft Industry Alliance” for giving us a platform from which we can contact and help each other through this very annoying time.
Has anybody else noticed that when you save your class instructions and materials list to “PDF” it still goes on to the internet to access the file and guess what the address is ?
Yes you’ve guessed it ! Bluprint !
Does this mean that when the site closes we lose access to all of our patterns etc ?
Can anybody enlighten me please ?
Hi Linda,
I’ve saved my docs to PDFMax and if I go offline, or put on airplane mode, I can still open my docs on my iPad. Try going off line and see what happens.
Thanks Marie
I’ll give it a go and see what happens
Hi Marie
I’ve just tried it and it works fine with the internet disconnected.
What would we do without all of the help you folks out there are giving
What a relief !
If you have Adobe Acrobat on your computer – the pdf’s should just open straight in that program.
I have been highlighting the different episodes of classes which will cause them to turn light blue. Then I copy it and paste it in Word. It makes it a bit easier to read.
I have just finished downloading 251Classes on Bluprint! I thought it was going to be a pain, but once I cleared the necessary space on my computer and set it not to go to sleep, 3 days and it was done with Allavsoft. I have all of my classes on a hard drive, and once I sort them into folders for each class name, I will transfer them to my tablet, which has 500GB of storage.
Kathy Azzari, yes, as a subscriber, you will still be able to watch any classes you want, and save recipes, instructions, etc to your computer or iPad. Take advantage while we can. Of course this will only last until Bluprint shuts down. After that we won’t have access to anything. I hope, but doubt, they will give us much notice, if any, of when they will permanently shut down. We received very little to make any final purchases, which included ordering any forever classes we still had credits for. They were supposed to give us until 11:59 and cut it off 11:00 or shortly after. I wasn’t able to get my last three forever own classes because of this. I’m just trying to binge watch as much as I can at this point.
Hi Kathy
After reading your reply, I decided to check my Bluprint account again and surprisingly all of the other classes are back !
There are some strange things going on with the Blupint site at the moment
I just purchased Allavsoft and am getting the “invalid token” – I tried to download the free trial as everyone is
Getting results with that, it can’t download it.
What next?
Thanks everyone!
LInda. Did you email them your log in info? They have to enter it manually before you can download. Allavsoft should then send you an email telling you that you are good to go and please refresh your software before starting. Look for their reply in Spam or Junk mail.
Help Help I’m old and have these classes to fill my day. I;m on a fixed income .Now you big guys just shoot the little people out.If i can’t get copy’s I would like refund .on the over 300 classes i Own.
I am so sad about this company shutting down. But what makes me even sadder is that there has been no communication to us lifetime customers since the May, 2020 letter regarding the content we purchased. There is no way to contact the company either.
Please have some integrity and figure out a way for us to download videos we purchased, and let us know.
I didn’t see that some of you have been downloading your class videos.
I’m sorry, how do I do that? Thank you!
Sandy, go to this site for detailed instructions on how to download your classes. You have to purchase the software first. Good luck! Lots of help on this site if you need help.
https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/.
Thanks a lot!
Just a heads-up for anyone downloading classes: be sure to spot-check each and every episode after they are downloaded. AND, be sure to check to see that the patterns and such are in the Resources section on Bluprint–to my disappointment, the free mask class patterns had to be acquired free from Bluprint, and I can’t get them now.
By spot-check episodes, I mean launch the app you’ll be using to watch the videos. Start each episode (i.e. Sew This Bag 01, Sew This Bag 02, etc.) and let it play through for a minute. Make sure it makes it past the opening credits–this is where it is most likely to stall out. Move the cursor somewhere random in the middle. Make sure it’s playing (it might take a second for the image to catch up to the words–that’s OK). Move the cursor close to the end and make sure it’s still playing. If it passes that test, you’re good to go.
Yes, I spot-checked every single episode of all 53 classes that I downloaded. I had to re-download a couple of episodes because they wouldn’t play (started fine then stalled), and one entire class gave me fits–all seven episodes glitched like that, and “converting” them (still as MP4, just running through a converter) resulted in grainy pixels and such.
How I fixed them: I’m on a Mac. I used the Chrome extension to download at 1280×720 initially. MOST of them worked just fine at this setting. I play in VLC because QuickTime won’t open them and when I tried converting to .MOV files, they lost saturation and quality. Bizarre. I’ve opted to keep them as MP4 files.
For the glitchy ones that stalled after the opening credits and would’t play when I moved the cursor, I first tried just running them through the converter as MPEG-4 with Video Bitrate, Frame Rate, and Resolution all set to “Keep Original”. MOST of the ones I “converted” that way played and looked fine in VLC.
But a couple of episodes of a couple of classes as well as one entire class didn’t resolve using that method. I went back to Bluprint and downloaded every affected episode at 1920×1080, the highest resolution available.
They were still glitchy when playing in VLC, stalling out after the opening credits. But I was able to fix it using AnyMP4’s FreeMP4Converter.
I opened the files in that application.
I chose Free Video > MPEG-4 , the top-most selection.
I went to Settings, and set the Video Bitrate and Frame Rate to “Keep Original”, and set the Resolution to 1280×720 to downsample to a smaller file size (and match the size of the others in that class).
Then I returned to the main FreeMP4Converter window and clicked “Apply to All”.
Then clicked “Convert”.
Worked like a charm after that.
Thank you Jeanne B. For your detailed advice! I’m curious, how much space did 53 classes take up? I know I need to buy an external hard drive, trying to estimate how big?
I will have to do this thru my pc desktop and then hope to find a way to play the videos on my iPad. If anyone has done this, can you please share how you did it?
Thanks to all for sharing!
Hi Elizabeth,
Maybe I can help. I had 67 classes. Some were free mini classes that were smaller, but some were really big!
I used almost every last drop of 256 GB on a new iPad. Only other things were the few apps that came on it and the Bluprint App.
Thanks to some helpful sharing by Gretchen (thank you Gretchen) and all the other folks who were willing to share, I solved a lot of issues.
I know bunches of people are using Allavsoft, but Gretchen and I already had the paid version of iMazing on our PC computer. It is backup software that lets you have access to many of your files on your iPad or iPhone backup, from your computer, that iTunes won’t let you see or edit.
So once you have iMazing on your computer, you just backup your device. Now, what I didn’t realize, as my computer was full and I spent many days moving stuff off onto an external hard drive, to make room for this huge backup, is that you can tell iMazing where to store your backup, EVEN STRAIGHT TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE!!! YAY! Could have saved myself a bunch of time there!
Once you have backed up your device, you can move any of your documents to another folder, for safe keeping. Which I did, because I still don’t know, if I delete those files from my device, if they will also go away from my backup in iMazing. Just make a folder on your external hard drive (mine happens to be 2TB) and copy those files from within the Bluprint icon, inside the iMazing app, to this file. It will make a separate folder for each class, but they will be numbered, NOT NAMED. (You will have to Name the classes yourself) Inside, the lessons for that class will all be numbered and in order.
Here is the path, as Gretchen explains in her comment, dated June 7:
“Apps >bluprint >Backup >Library >ApplicationSupport >downloaded_content.
(that final folder is the stuff you want to copy to your Mac.)
After you click on ‘downloaded_content’, then select ‘Copy to Mac’ [or ‘Copy to PC in my case] on the bottom toolbar of the window.”
Note: You can access this all from within the iMazing app; it’s not necessary to go searching through the back of your computer someplace to find this path (which is what I thought, lol).
Also, if you don’t have that much room on your iPad, get as many classes as will fit, then backup to your computer. Move the files and check them. Then delete off your iPad, and download some more. Backup again and move them. Repeat until you’ve got them all.
And, I might add, it’s perfectly legal to backup what’s on your iPad to your computer. That’s how these devices are designed to work. If it’s legal to watch on your iPad, it’s legal to watch on your computer. Period.
PLEAS NOTE 3 THINGS [or 5]: (THIS APPLIES TO EVERYBODY, NO MATTER HOW YOU GOT YOUR FILES)
1. Many of the classes will have an extra 18MB lesson that is really no lesson; it’s just this Craftsy intro telling how great their classes are. Those extra MBs really add up and eat up space, so you can delete those ones. Just be careful.
2. As several others have mentioned, you MUST CHECK AND PLAY EACH AND EVERY LESSON IN EACH CLASS TO MAKE SURE ITS REALLY THERE! I kept getting a ‘Corrupted file’ warning on several, so far, that wouldn’t play. When I hover over the file name (number) if I wait a cpl seconds, it will tell the size of the file. Now, each lesson should be at least some MBs (most several hundred MBs, but some smaller, but still MBs. But the “corrupted” files were only some KBs So that’s a quick way to scan for a problem. But still make sure you open, play, & check each file. I’m still working on this as it takes some time, and I’ve also been blessed with a bunch of other serious, unrelated problems to deal with at the same time. It would be terrible if in a few months you go to play your classes and they are not there! Anyway, I noted which lessons were “corrupted” and then went back to my iPad and they wouldn’t play on there either (in the Bluprint app) so something must have gone wrong during the download of those. So I had to go back into Library/downloaded/ choose the specific class, uncheck the corrupted lessons to delete them, and then re-download those specific lessons. I did, and now they play fine on my iPad. Next, I will have to back the iPad up AGAIN in iMazing to get these onto my computer. But I want to finish checking my other files, first. I actually had to delete one of the good classes off my iPad to make room for the re-download ones, as they took up more room, now that they were really there.
3. Don’t neglect the “Comments” section. Much very important information is there. Especially if you haven’t had time to watch a class, you will likely have questions, and they may have been addressed in the comments and answered by the teacher. You will be sorry not to have those resources, later, when you go to watch the class. Also, if you have watched the class, you may have asked questions of your own, that you’ve forgotten about. You will kick yourself later, if you miss getting these. It’s a real pain, because for each question, you have to click on it to go to another page to get the answers. But if the Q resonates w/you, copy and past into a doc to save & label it with the class title.
[4] Now, something I hadn’t thought of, someone else just mentioned, today I think, to also copy and paste the class itinerary so you don’t have to guess which lesson has the part you’re looking for. That’s really good advice.
[5] And don’t forget to download the class materials and patterns. Obviously, the classes and patterns are the most important, and get the rest as you have time. Unfortunately, we don’t know when the sudden cut off will be, but just do the best you can.
At this point I would like to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all those who have shared their help and expertise. I’m sorry I don’t have time to look up all of your names. I have wanted to answer some Qs and respond with thanks, before now, because haven’t had the time, with my other problems. Many of you have helped me and many others. And to some I’ve tried to help by passing on what I’ve learned. And what I’ve learned is much more than I’ve shared in this one comment. But, I’ve left other comments. If you are struggling, I strongly recommend reading through all of these comments, as you will learn a lot. This thread was already so long when I found it several weeks ago that I almost gave up! But most of the help is near the end!
It’s okay to keep asking. It’s wonderful the support everyone is giving to each other. Too bad Bluprint isn’t willing to give any. Keep on keeping on. BTW, the playback is amazingly good and with this method I didn’t have to convert anything. In checking the classes I was reminded how good they are! Well worth saving!
BTW, it only took one night to backup about 250GB (67 classes) not days! I just started it and went to sleep while iMazing did it’s magic! It took a bit more to copy the files, sorry, I don’t remember. But I probably did it while I slept, too!
Thank you Marie!
You are welcome, Elizabeth.
I keep thinking of important tidbits to share. Once you get me started, you can’t shut me up, lol!
IMazing is an own for life program (I know, I know!) , not a one month rental. I got mine on a Black Friday special, for $14,99 from the iDrop News Store. I think you can search for coupons for it online. I don’t remember the regular price. But if you’re going to invest in a program, why not get one you can keep on using for other things as well, even after the Bluprint fiasco is over with?
Isn’t it weird the different experiences we are all having. I was having trouble downloading all 192 classes to my external drive and so did them individually (only took 10 minutes per class). I was able to spot check them as I went and I have a Mac. I downloaded in MP4 and am having no problem with them opening in Quicktime – no graininess and great resolution. I actually started out converting them to Quicktime but did not like the results so reverted back to the MP4 as the standard download. According to Allavsoft, the download in “worst quality” is pretty well the resolution that the videos are on the Bluprint site. It makes no difference to the file size if you download in Best available – I tried about 10 classes as a comparison. (I do have VLC on my computer as well but it’s preferentially opening in Quicktime). I wonder if the individual download resulted in a more consistent result. I have also downloaded my free mask pattern with no issue!! And all the other patterns. I must have just got lucky.
Jeanne, you are so far over my head, I’m not sure I’ll be able to do. However I’m on a PC. I should be getting my external hard drive tomorrow so I can begin downloading as my PC doesn’t have enough memory for this. I so much appreciate all the women on her that have talked about Allavsoft. I would never have know about this if it wasn’t for you. Thank you so much.
I hope I can come back to all of you if I run into trouble downloading. Btw, I was going to download using the multiple videos for like an entire class…would that work or is that not a good idea.
Hi Anne
I’m using Windows 10 on a Laptop and after a couple of hiccups I managed to download all of my 32 classes in one – but it did take 37 hours non stop and used 107 Gb . My downloads went straight on to my internal Hard drive which had 400 Gb free. I haven’t checked all of my classes yet but I have looked at 5 classes and they all appear to be ok. Just one thing, I know that some others have had problems downloading to external drives, so just be a little careful and watch what is happening to begin with.
I’m now enjoying watching the classes I thought I was going to lose : )
Thanks, Linda. I downloaded Allavsoft. They sent me an email about 2 days ago that I was in queu because of the huge volume of people emailing them. Today they sent me step by step instructions. My new External hard drive arrives tomorrow, I was thinking maybe I could load to my PC and cut and paste them or just send them to my Ext HD. We’ll see .
It’s my intention to copy them to an external drive eventually rather than cut and paste. That way I can check that it all worked BEFORE deleting from my hard drive and from there I can copy individual classes if we are going away on holiday to be able to work on instead of taking my main Laptop
I just want to tell you Gretchen: You are a GENIUS!!!
I finally took the plunge and purchased iMazing (with a $10 off coupon) to use on my iMac. I did figure out there are other things I can use it for with my iMac, iPhone and iPad so I thought even if I can’t figure out how to do the class downloads I could still use it at least.
If anyone is still needing to do this and have a Mac you can do the class downloads with iMazing! And you don’t have to deal with the software company at all once you purchase the software. You can also do a trial run to see how it works with the free trial version before you purchase. It lets you do a few downloads on the trial free version just to make sure it works for you.
Look at Gretchen’s posts from June 7th. She spelled out the exact steps and it works like a charm! Even for me who isn’t very computer savvy! LOL!!! I can’t thank you enough Gretchen!!!
The only downside, as Gretchen mentions, is that the classes download as a number, not a title, for example 11409. So as you stated Gretchen, “It’s not Happy Hour time yet!” (Made me laugh!).
Anyway, In the Movies folder it then lists each class number. When you click on the number there is a jpg picture which shows what the class is, and then each section of the class is also listed as a number. When you click on each number it will have a jpeg again, and an mp4. If you double click on the mp4 the video segment pops right up and you can hit the play button right there. You don’t have to open another program to play the videos. You can also do some fancy fast forwarding things (without voice) or you can hold your cursor on the little button thing and drag it across to somewhere you want to stop. I have used this to make sure the entire episode has downloaded. And the video quality is quite good.
I have downloaded over 150 classes and never had one fail!
I also did what Gretchen said about labeling: Behind the class number I added the instructor’s name and class name. You can also do that with each video segment: add the title of each episode of the class. I have done a few but that will require a lot more work for over 150 classes, but is doable!
I also created a spreadsheet in Numbers (like excel but for Mac) of all my classes, listing the instructor, class title and class number, just because I guess.
Well as far as I’m concerned it is HAPPY HOUR now!!! It’s 5:00 somewhere, Right? Thank you again Gretchen! I wish we could enjoy Happy Hour together!
Hi Lindsey
Thank you for your kind words but I am definitely not a genius! I am so glad it worked for you, too.
By the way there is a PC version of iMazing as well.
Saving the videos was simple because we downloaded the mp4 files directly to our iPads which was permitted via the Bluprint app. Then we just copied those files over to the imac. The video quality is excellent.
Like you, I made a spreadsheet with the class name and folder number. I saved that as a pdf and it is in a file with all my course materials
Yep, Happy Hour time!
CHEERS!
I sure hope others hop on the iMazing train! It certainly doesn’t take days to do the downloads!
Double Cheers to you Gretchen! GLASSES CLINKING!!!
I bought the Allasoft software two weeks ago, cannot download classes due to the token invalid glitch, I have contacted Allasoft but had no response whatsoever. I have contacted them again today. Can anyone suggest a way to get through to allasoft so i can get my downloads. I have given them my bluprint email and password.
Check your spam email. Or junk email.
I have checked, nothing in spam or junk, I bought the software on June 6, it downloaded correctly but I still couldn’t download the Bluprint classes – I emailed Allavsoft on June 6, never heard from them. I emailed them again today.
I’m in the same boat and I’m really angry. I’ve spent my money on software I can’t use. If they ever give me what I need Bluprint will be closed and I won’t be able to download my classes. My opinion of Allavsoft is as low as my opinion is of Bluprint. I’m being screwed out of a lot of money between the Bluprint videos I’ll lose and the money I paid for Allavsoft. This should not be left up to users to figure out. I’m not a tech person I just want what I purchased. I might have to contact a government agency to get a resolution. I hope NBC Universal goes completely belly up in all their divisions for the way they have screwed over their customers!
Did you try redownloading the software. It is the process you have to take to actually start your download. Some people have found that Allavsoft has entered their info, but not got back them and as soon as they refresh the software they can start getting their classes
I will try this. When I opened the software today it said an update was available so I downloaded their update but still getting the the “token invalid” error. But what you are describing–I think– is different?
I downloaded the free version of iMazing. I would pay for it, but I can’t see how to find my videos. I did download a few to my iPad, but I have no idea how to find them in iMazing on my Mac. I looked in the Apps section in the Bluprint app, but see nothing.
Hi Terri, Lindey here!
If you follow Gretchen’s directions in her post from June 7th she spells it out step by step. I actually did a copy and paste of her steps and printed them so I could have them right in front of me to follow step by step, because as I said to her I’m not overly Mac or computer savvy!
(Hope you don’t mind Gretchen, but I added a couple comments in ( ) to try to clarify what I think Terri might be having trouble with.)
Follow Gretchen’s comments once you have your class(es) downloaded in the Bluprint app on your iPad; it also works on your iPhone! And have iMazing downloaded on your Mac, free trial or purchased version.
Gretchen says:
I connected my iPad to my iMac and opened iMazing.
I backed up my iPad. (using iMazing) Then followed this path…. (in iMazing on the left under your list of device(s), scroll down and that’s where you click on Apps)
Apps >bluprint >Backup >Library >ApplicationSupport >downloaded_content.
(that final folder is the stuff you want to copy to your Mac.)
After you click on ‘downloaded_content’, then select ‘Copy to Mac’ on the bottom toolbar of the window. The next window allows you to choose a location. (I created a folder in my Movies labeled Craftsy classes.)
I did this exactly as Gretchen said, including making a folder in Movies. (I had to figure out where the Movies folder was on my Mac! You probably know–but just in case you might be not so savvy like me–it is in your finder window on the left side where you find your documents folder, your applications folder, etc. (I swear I had never seen movies there before! LOL!).
Anyway, before you start all this, open the Movies folder and make your new folder, labeled what ever you want to call it, so you can choose that folder when you are ready to transfer your classes from the Bluprint app to your Mac.
Also just incase you did not see my post just above here, where I told Gretchen what a GENIUS she is, I describe how I was able to view the videos. Check it out.
It really is easy once you do it a couple of times. I practiced with I think 5 individual classes in the free trial version of iMazing then when I was feeling brave (after I purchased the software) I went for 28 classes (that’s all that would fit on my iPad at one time!). By that time I could do it without Gretchen’s written directions!
Give it a try-if you have more questions just ask!
Even though it is Happy Hour Gretchen, since you are the Genius who figured this all out, jump in here any time, if you wish! I sure don’t want to steal your thunder!
Hi Terri,
Lindsey’s advice is good. But I admit, I floundered a little when I first went looking. If I remember correctly, iMazing wanted me to keep my iPad connected to look inside the files within the backup. So, if you still can’t find them, try connecting your iPad while you look. I think that might help.
Marie and Terri,
I guess I tend to leave my iPad connected to the Mac whenever I have gone into iMazing and even after that (even though it says it is Wifi connected too. Always charging that way!)
But once the class videos are transferred from the Bluprint App, on the ipad, to the Mac, I don’t watch the videos using the Bluprint App or iMazing.
I transferred the class videos to my Movies folder located in Finder on the Mac. So I open my Finder on my Mac and go to the Movies folder, and then to the “Bluprint Classes” folder I created there. I click on one of the numbered classes, then on one of the numbered files there under that class, then on the mp4 under that number. If you double click on that mp4 the video pops right up and you just hit the play button.
Marie, did I read somewhere that you are using a PC version of iMazing? If so I’m sure it looks really different. I only know the Mac way–and even that I don’t know that well! And there’s probably more than one way to get to things. I just know this is how I do it and it works great!!!
TO THE MODERATORS OF THIS PLATFORM: “IF YOU DO NOT POST MY REPLY TO YOUR CLOSING, LET IT BE KNOWN, THAT I HAE DOWNLOADED THE ENTIRE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE (EVERY POST, INCLUDING MINE PENDING APPROVAL) AND I WILL FORWARD THE ENTIRETY TO THE FTC (https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement) IN A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST YOUR ENTITY. YOU TOOK MONIES FROM ME IN “BAD FAITH” KNOWING YOU WERE CLOSING. I RETURNED MERCHANDISED IN “GOOD FAITH”, AND YOU HAVE FAILED AND REFUSED TO RETURN MY MONIES AS CREDITS TO MY VISA ACCOUNTS.
Yes, Lindy, I’m using a PC. It’s a laptop, and it’s kind of a pain to keep everything from falling on the floor when I’ve got an external hard drive dangling off one side and my iPad hanging off the other, not to mention the power cord, lol. It’s like an octopus, lol. Just try to get up for a break with all that on your lap! So when I finished my backup a cpl weeks ago (I think, man, time is flying!) I unplugged my iPad. But then I couldn’t see all the info, and couldn’t find my classes. But once I plugged the iPad back in, there they were. I had forgotten about that important detail.
Once I copied them to another folder, I didn’t have any trouble finding or viewing them. Except for the corrupted ones.
BTW, the “extra” file in each folder (besides the picture and the video lessons) is the transcript of the teacher. I’m not sure if it was for closed captioning or what, but I opened it in WordPad, and I could read it. Interesting, I thought. Actually, this might be helpful for those who are hearing impaired.
This website is NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BLUPRINT!! All of you people who keep posting incessant threats are wasting your time. This is simply an non-associated entity passing along the information so that we all were informed. If I owned this website I would have shut off comments by now. Honestly you are all just making yourselves look foolish.
Dee Cee. We are all informing& guiding others on this site! This just so happens to be on this site for connecting everyone’s disappointments & anguish with all of this happening suddenly! So I’m thinking, Your the Only one that is Looking Foolish right now! If your not here to help or guide, then Why Are You Here?? These women are reaching out with info & what has worked for them to help others! So Very Sorry you cant see any of this!!
Thank you 🙂
Lindy,
But how do you get the files from the iPad to the Mac. Where are they on the iPad?
Terri
Terry, go up a bit and read the comments; it’s all there. You back up you iPad to your computer through iMazing. Then everything is right there inside the app.
Um, Cheryl, it’s a common mistake, but ‘this platform’ is the Craft Industry Alliance, and they have no affiliation with Bluprint. They have just been kind enough to report on its’ closing, which alerted a lot of people to the fact that they are closing. They also have been kind enough to host all these comments which have actually helped us, the customers of Craftsy/Bluprint.
Copying and sending this forum to the FCC May cause a lot more unforeseen trouble for the already wronged customers, so please think before you act.
If you want to reach Bluprint, try emailing them directly. They are not responding, but I’m sure they are reading them.
Keep in mind, too, that one of the original owners still works for Bluprint and now finds himself between a rock and a hard place. I’m sure this is not what he envisioned for all his hard work (going down the drain) when he sold out to them. He is tying to help us but has to convince Universal to treat us kindly and I don’t think they give a rip. So, for us to have a way, provided by Bluprint, he must think up a way they will agree to, and personally, I think that’s why we haven’t heard anything more. I think they are negotiating, and who knows whether that will be successful or not.
PS to Cheryl:
Also, copying and pasting all these comments to Bluprint just might cause them to shut down the site even sooner and might prevent many people from finding a way to obtain their forever classes that they have paid for, including you. So, again, please think before you act rashly.
Thank you.
Marie,
Regarding iMazing, I have read the previous posts, but they are not helping me to find the files on the Mac. I have confirmed that I have videos on the iPad for three classes. I have the iMazing app opened on my Mac, and I have the iPad connected to the Mac. There are two places I see Bluprint in the iMazing app. I see it under files, but clicking on it displays nothing. I see it under Apps, Clicking on it shows a backup icon and a folder called Documents. The documents folder is empty. It holds nothing. Where else can I be looking for the videos? I expect to see the videos in the iMazing app so I can select them and move them into the Mac Finder into folders of my creation, but they are nowhere to be found. I wish I could post screen captures here so you could see this. Better still I wish I could see a screen capture of what you are seeing.
Terri
Ok, Terri,
I have to go to sleep now, but tomorrow, I will open iMazing and check exactly where they are. Then I will let you know. I do remember I had a little trouble finding them, at first. But rest assured, they were in there. Try to get some rest in the meantime. 😴 💤
Hi Terri, Lindey here again! It is confusing–Right?
First have your videos downloaded in the Bluprint App on iPad or iPhone (which I think you said you have.). And have iMazing open, connect your iPad to mac and do the backup using iMazing. The Backup is what puts the Bluprint downloads into iMazing so they can be copied to the mac.
Ok, where you said:
“I see it under Apps, Clicking on it shows a backup icon and a folder called Documents. The documents folder is empty. It holds nothing. Where else can I be looking for the videos?”
You need to double click on that “Backup icon”.
Next Screen double click on Library
Next Screen double click on Application Support
Next screen single click on Downloaded-Content
Then at the bottom of the screen click on Copy to Mac
Next screen it will ask which file you want it copied to. That’s where Gretchen (and I) set up a folder under Movies to copy the videos to.
You will not see the videos until the files have been copied to the Mac. (There is a way to look at them before but you don’t really need to see the videos before copying to the Mac. If you want to know how later, let me know!)
Once it says they have been copied successfully then you open Finder and go into the Movies folder on the left side and then click on the folder you copied them to.
Then you’ll see a list of numbers, each will be a class. Single click on a number (which is a class).
Then click on one of the numbers which comes up in the next list, each of those numbers is one of the video segments of the class).
Then double click on the mp4 that shows in the next list. Then the video pops up. It will look black at first but just click on the play button and the video starts! Yipee! I’m telling you, this works like a charm and you’ll get the steps in your head pretty quickly!
It is kind of late (and I did have Happy Hour earlier!) so I hope I got the steps down correctly. If it’s not working for you let me know and I’ll try again tomorrow!
Good Night and Good Luck!
Hey Lindey. Quick Question:
Could I download the IMazing App to my IPad & have the classes download to go directly to that IMaze File? Then, plug my IPad to my MacBook Pro Laptop & have the entire IMaze File with all the classes downloadEd to my laptop? Eliminating a step in the process. Just curious & hoping this will be possible! Thank You Very Much for your Input & Advice!
Sue
Hi Sue,
As far as I know you cannot do that. You need to download iMazing to a computer. It is a software download. It’s not an app available on the App Store, it’s a download from the iMazing website. On the Mac it’s called an application, but it’s not the same as apps you purchase in the Apple App Store,
Too bad though, that would have made this much easier Right?
Anyone else care to weigh in here?
Good Luck!
Lindy,
Your post in which you say how to find the videos will be helpful. I never would have thought to look in that tree of folders. Thank you very much. I would try it right now, but I am doing a backup, and it is still,preparing, so I guess this will have to wait until tomorrow. Thanks again.
Terri
I think everyone should start leaving comments at NBC Universal’s Facebook account as I have just done. They also have an Instagram account and they are on Twitter. If enough of us complain, maybe they will pay attention.
People should stop attacking this website. It’s not Bluprint and has no connection. If it hadn’t been for Craft Industry Alliance many wouldn’t have realised what’s happening. If they close this site – no-one could blame them if they did – there’d be no outlet for people’s concerns and anger at what Bluprint is doing – although that’s still an unknown entity. Maybe they will still service the existing website so people can access courses – it’s certainly time they told all of us who’ve invested a lot in them what exactly they’re planning!
I realized in all of this that I had not properly thanked the Craftsy Alliance for alerting us to the Bluprint closing. I believe it was pressure from the site which made the President post the letter acknowledging that they were closing. I wonder if they would have just quietly slipped away without it. The letter basically covers anyone who was concerned about copyright. Copyright theft is if you find a way to download something you have not paid for. To quote the letter from the President “we are looking at various options to allow those of you who have purchased individual classes to receive a copy of your classes. This includes individual classes purchased with own forever credits”. This is an acknowledgement that we paid for those classes and the intention was to make sure we got them (Dream on). Also we can download as many as we want to keep on our devices but we don’t have room and therefore had to find alternatives to downloading. I found Allavsoft on a Google search very early before they became overwhelmed and for a not very techie person, they were a godsend – incredibly user friendly and helpful. Those seeking to use their services now may have to be a little more patient. Normally if you purchase their software, you buy it, you use it, occasionally you might have a question for their support people but the onslaught of thousands of angry crafters for whom they are having to manually enter all of the log ins must be mind boggling. Thank you yet again Craft Alliance. My classes are all safe and working beautifully and you renewed my interest in many of the classes that I had left dormant for a while.
Thank you Lesley. I appreciate your calm in the midst of the storm.
Lesley,
I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. A great big thanks to the Craft Industry Alliance for reporting on this issue and for hosting this forum and for patiently enduring the emotionally charged comments from many mis-guided, but well intentioned, upset individuals who didn’t realize they were venting their angst toward the wrong entity.
We appreciate you. 😊
Dear Gretchen Lindey and Marie,
(and anyone else who answered my questions who I may not have mentioned)
Thank you so much to you all for your patience. It is difficult to explain in words alone, and equally difficult to follow that kind of explanation. When I finally understood the things I needed to click through to see the video files it became more clear to me. I had some kind of a mental block against clicking the download folder, and then, of course, there were so many more clicks to make.
Currently I have copied the contents of the “downloaded_contents” folder to a folder I created in the Movies folder on my laptop. So I know I can copy files now. By the way, did you folks realize that the “Downloaded_Materials” folder contains the PDF files? Take a look.
What I am going to say next is going to make you think I am crazy. I had already downloaded the videos through Allavsoft before I started questioning.
I asked these questions about iMazing in order to decide if I want to purchase it for what it could do other than save these videos. I started my quest to save my videos by downloading the trial version of iMazing. I got frustrated with it. Not having been able to figure it out, I decided to purchase a month of Allavsoft software and try that route instead.
Amazingly, Allavsoft support, the many Davids, have been very responsive to my questions, and I was able to finish downloading all of my videos a couple of days ago. I spent yesterday dividing them up into folders for each class. The thing I like about Allavsoft is that the files are named logically. The names start with the code number which is probably the same as the one on the files in the download in iMazing, but the remainder of the name is very descriptive. I still need to download PDF files and put them into the folders. As some have suggested, I might make a document with text describing the contents of the videos. I might even copy the discussion threads, though I doubt that. I have a lot of work ahead of me. Now that I know where PDFs live in iMazing, I might even copy them from there.
In spite of already having my videos I really wanted to understand iMazing because I just purchased the new 12.9 inch iPad Pro and I got 1000 gigs of storage for it. So I was thinking that I might load the videos on the new iPad since I will have plenty of room there.
If I do a blog post with screen captures about any of this I will post a link to this thread.
You ladies are iMazing. 🙂
Thank you again.
Terri
Hi Terri,
You are welcome! I’m glad you finally got it to work! I have just realized this forum doesn’t automatically refresh when someone posts a new comment; you have to manually click the refresh button at the top of the browser, even if clicking on a comment link from an email. Therefore, many of our comments, intended to help each other, have been crossing over, resulting in a lot of duplicated effort on the same topic. But it’s all good.
Now, regarding the PDFs being in iMazing; I didn’t realize that. I had hoped they would be there, but I checked all the folders and couldn’t find anything. What about the comments? Are they in there too? That would sure save a lot of trouble, as I still have a lot more classes to verify the integrity of the downloads. I will go back into iMazing and see if I can find the PDFs.
Now, as regards loading the vids onto your new iPad, let us know how that works. Because the only ways I can think of to put them on an iPad, once they have been deleted off, (Or onto a new iPad) is 1. Restore from backup (which would mean over-writing anything more recent that you have put on your iPad since the backup with the videos). Unless you only use it for the classes; then you could delete some off, then restore from backup without losing anything. But if you have that much storage on there, why would you need to do that? All your classes will fit and the computer versions would just be a fail safe, in case anything ever goes wrong; or 2. Re-downloading from Bluprint into their app (which will not be possible, once they shut down their website.
This is why, I too, bought a new iPad, because I don’t want to have to fire up my computer every time I want to watch a class. My health is not good and it is very convenient to just wake up my iPad and watch, even if I’m laying down. However, it’s better to watch on the computer than not to watch at all!
But, that being said, it would be nice to be able to exchange the classes back and forth between the computer and iPad so you could also use the iPad for other things. It is a huge investment, after all.
So please, let us know how it goes, and I’m glad you got it to work! Yay!!!
Marie,
In the “downloaded_materials” folder you should find multiple folders named with numbers. Open one of them and you will see PDF files for the corresponding class.
About me getting the videos onto my new iPad… I only have three classes on the old iPad because of lack of storage space, and I only wanted to test out the iMazing software. So I will not be attempting to transfer any videos to the new iPad. Instead I will simply download the videos through the Blupint app on the iPad. And I now know that the PDF files will be available too. I tested this by putting the iPad in Airplane Mode and turning off Bluetooth. I opened the Bluprint app and accesses a downloaded course. I opened a PDF from within the downloaded course. They are there.
So if I save the classes to the iPad I will have them there, and I will have the files I saved to my hard drive through Allavsoft, so if the Bluprint app stops working I will still have my videos and PDFs.
Let’s say that some day the Bluprint app is gone. I’m storing my videos in Dropbox, so I can access them through the iPad file system. I tried this with one of my videos. I clicked the blue folder icon in my dock on the iPad which allowed me to choose Dropbox as the location to search. I navigated to a video and clicked on it. I had to wait for it to download before i could play it, but that did not take long. So if your files are on Dropbox, or iCloud you can access them anywhere you have an internet connection or you could use cellular.
I decided how I am getting the PDF files onto my Mac. The easiest way is to do it from within the Bluprint app on the iPad. Once I enter a course I can download each PDF from there directly to the folder location of the video it corresponds to. The best part is that once I save one video to a folder that folder is remembered until I change folders, so it is much more convenient than saving to the downloads folder and having to move them.
My iPad came two days ago, and I have yet to open the box. I knew that I had to get the Allavsoft situation figured out before I got involved in setting up the new iPad. Glad I seem to have gotten iMazing solved too. The only thing I worry about with iMazing is that with so much storage on the new iPad I may not be able to sacrifice that much space to backup on the Mac. I have to think this through.
Terri
A question: are your videos in mp4 format? If so, how do you play them on your iPad? I have a few of my videos (mp4) in my iCloud Files structure and can ‘see’ them with my iPad but am not sure how to play them. TIA..
Hi Terri,
So I tracked down the “downloaded_materials” folder. It’s equal in the hierarchy to “ downloaded content,” not inside It, not inside each numbered folder.
Inside the “downloaded_materials” folder there is only one folder, numbered to match one class, and the only pdf inside is the metric conversion chart.
I’ve looked inside of many class file folders and the only things inside are the jpeg, the video, and vtt (text file for the closed captions). That’s it.
Hello Marie and all who are using iMazing,
After you backup, if the downloads_materials folder is empty or is missing class materials, it is because you haven’t downloaded those into your iPad/iphone.
(I downloaded all my class materials directly to iMac from the bluprint website. It was faster and easier for me to do it that way.)
On iPad/iphone, the bluprint app saves the downloaded class videos as .mp4 files, and the class materials are saved as .pdf files. Both of those types of files are widely used and there are probably hundreds of apps and computer programs that will read them. When (or if) the bluprint app and website is abandoned we won’t have to worry because we will have all our data on our own drives.
On another note…..I am still concerned about bluprint/craftsy “forever customers” who don’t have the financial resources, time or tech skills to transfer multi GBs of proprietary data to personal drives.
I am patiently waiting for bluprint/craftsy to make this “whole” for everyone. For many years Craftsy provided its customers with high quality instruction, videos, and unique shopping. I thought they hit a successful niche market. I don’t know the financial reasons for the change of ownership. But, it was a mistake to sell a majority share of Craftsy to a giant Media/Entertainment Corporation.
Thank you Gretchen! I never noticed before, that we could download the materials directly into the Bluprint app. I just checked it and sure enough we can! But, for the longest time the Bluprint app wasn’t working too well (and for awhile the Craftsy app wasn’t working) so I had gotten into the habit of watching thru Safari and I usually downloaded the materials and patterns to pdf Max, an app on my iPad. Last week I went through all (I think) of my classes and made sure I have them all on my iPad. But when Terri mentioned they should be in iMazing, I thought, “Great! Then I can have them backed up along with my classes!”
But, actually, pdf Max is also backed up in iMazing (
now that I think about it) so I guess they are already there, just not in the same folder.
Do you happen to know, in your experience with iMazing, if you delete something off your iPad, will it disappear out of iMazing the next time you back up, or will it still be there? I haven’t had time to experiment. Thanks so much for all you “iMazing” help, 😂 🤣😆🙃😀. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate it!
Dear Gretchen Lindey and Marie,
(and anyone else who answered my questions who I may not have mentioned)
Thank you so much for all for your patience. It is difficult to explain in words alone, and equally difficult to follow that kind of explanation. When I finally understood the things I needed to click through to see the video files it became more clear to me. I had some kind of a mental block against clicking the download folder, and then, of course, there were so many more clicks to make.
Currently I have copied the contents of the “downloaded_contents” folder to a folder I created in the Movies folder on my laptop. So I know I can copy files now. By the way, did you folks realize that the “Downloaded_Materials” folder contains the PDF files? Take a look.
What I am going to say next is going to make you think I am crazy. I had already downloaded the videos through Allavsoft before I started questioning.
I asked these questions about iMazing in order to decide if I want to purchase it for what it could do other than save these videos. I started my quest to save my videos by downloading the trial version of iMazing. I got frustrated with it. Not having been able to figure it out, I decided to purchase a month of Allavsoft software and try that route instead.
Amazingly, Allavsoft support, the many Davids, have been very responsive to my questions, and I was able to finish downloading all of my videos a couple of days ago. I spent yesterday dividing them up into folders for each class. The thing I like about Allavsoft is that the files are named logically. The names start with the code number which is probably the same as the one on the files in the download in iMazing, but the remainder of the name is very descriptive. I still need to download PDF files and put them into the folders. As some have suggested, I might make a document with text describing the contents of the videos. I might even copy the discussion threads, though I doubt that. I have a lot of work ahead of me. Now that I know where PDFs live in iMazing, I might even copy them from there.
In spite of already having my videos I really wanted to understand iMazing because I just purchased the new 12.9 inch iPad Pro and I got 1000 gigs of storage for it. So I was thinking that I might load the videos on the new iPad since I will have plenty of room there.
If I do a blog post with screen captures about any of this I will post a link to this thread.
You ladies are iMazing. 🙂
Thank you again.
Terri
Hi Terri!
Glad you finally got iMazing to work!
And WOW you have now done the downloads both ways, iMazing and Allavsoft! You must have a very large storage on your computer. Is it a mac or a PC? I only have 1 TB on my iMac (it’s 5 years old) and I only have about 200 GB left. Have to get an external hard drive to store these class videos on. Not sure what to get? Any suggestions?
We should call you the “Overachiever”!
I guess you would be the one to ask which way to go! I just couldn’t see taking days to do the downloads and I was nervous about giving my login information someone. (Nervous Nellie that I am!). I’m glad Allavsoft has worked for so many but iMazing was more for me (again with Gretchen’s help!)
Do let us know if you find a way to load the videos back onto your iPad. That would be the ideal for taking them with you, especially for someone like me without a laptop, only an iPad, since my mac is the desktop iMac.
Good Luck with that mission! We will be waiting to hear what you come up with!
Thanks, Lindey
Lindey,
As I said in my note to Marie, I am not planning to transfer files from the Mac to the iPad. So that mission is not accepted :-). (Though it isn’t beyond me to rise to a challenge after all this work is finished. We don’t know how long we have.) I am going to download the files through the iPad app from Bluprint instead, and just leave the entire collection there because I will have the space on the new iPad. it is a TB.
Also, I have not downloaded all the videos using iMazing. I only did three classes to test the process. I see no need to download them through iMazing since I already have them through Allavsoft. I just wanted to prove to myself that I could. I will likely delete the ones I tested since they are redundant.
You do realize that you can access any files on your Mac Desktop using your iPad, right? So the easiest way to have files available to you short term would be to move them to your desktop. Make sure you give them time to sync to iCloud so they will be available to you via wifi if you want them when you are out and about.
My laptop is old. It is a 2012 model and has a TB hard drive. Therefore, I really don’t have enough storage to keep the downloads from Allavsoft and to also back up a full TB iPad. So I have some thinking to do. I might end up using an external drive, or not syncing the videos back to my laptop from Dropbox.
Terri
Hi terri and lindey,
After saving the classes to my iMac, my next step was transferring a class from my iMac to iPad. My iPad only has 128GB total so I would not keep more than a couple of classes on it.
iMazing has an option for Quick Transfer and it is Quick! You don’t need to backup. Connect your iPad to iMazing, select Quick Transfer, drag a folder to the window, then select the destination app.
To test I chose a big class file to transfer: BOM-2012 has 17 classes in it. I transferred to the iPad’s AppleTV app. I didn’t like that choice because AppleTV didn’t maintain the order I expected and I couldn’t do much without dinking around with iTunes, (which I don’t understand anymore after Apple has mushed it all together with Apple Music, Store. ) The only advantage of using AppleTV is that you can save battery time because it is part of the iOS so it works more efficiently. Whatever.
I usually watch videos via individual apps and streaming, (ie bluprint/Craftsy, showtime, TCM, etc.) I needed a Video player for my iPad.
I sampled a couple of Players at the App store and found I really like “Fast Player-video player”.
The entire Class folder contents transferred and it maintained the individual class files. It was interesting because I discovered what the extra .vtt files are. Someone mentioned earlier those are the scripts and that is correct. When I played the videos, the script was included as Close Caption at the bottom part of the video. I deleted those files, but they are still in the folders on my iMac.
I also downloaded a couple videos from my iCloud, and Fast Player is a good destination for those.
So far, so good.
Hi Terri,
Sorry I was tied up today and I guess I did not “refresh” as Marie described so I didn’t see all the posts. Darn! I was looking forward to you telling us how to move the videos back to our iPad! We’ll, you did say maybe later on! I’ll be waiting! LOL! I guess I also misunderstood about what you had downloaded using iMazing.
Also, NO I was not aware that you could access any files on the Mac Desktop using the iPad! So if I’m traveling somewhere (not that there’s any of that going on now!) if I move what ever videos I want while I’m gone to the desktop I can access and watch them with the iPad? I will definitely be checking on that to see if I can figure it out. I assume you sign into iCloud to do that, Right?
Also, you must pay the monthly charge for dropbox to be able to store videos there? I only have the free small amount of storage-3 GB I think it is. The monthly charge is quite a bit isn’t it? I need to investigate external hard drives.
Thanks!
Lindey
Hi Gretchen!
Thanks so much for this info regarding the Quick transfer in iMazing and the video player! You’ve done it again!
I would never have figured this out. I did test it the way you did and found it to work fine! The only thing is the adds that keep popping up in video player are somewhat annoying, but it is Free! I guess if I decided I was going to use this lots I would splurge and buy the payed version for the $1.99! LOL!
Thanks again for your expertise! I have learned so much on this journey!!!
Lindey
Gretchen, Marie, Lindey, and Terri,
Hi, thank you for all of your guidance!!
I really need some advice/assistance on the iMazing to PC desktop route back to iPad.
If your files are in iMovie folder, how did you get them into Fast Player? I tried to import a test file from iMovie folder and it “grays out” the contents like I can’t select them.
Is there a way I can leave the files in iMovie folder and play from there?
Did you have luck with playing in iMovie? Or any other ideas or players?
THANK YOU for your assistance!
Hi Elizabeth,
I did backup my iPad using iMazing on a Windows 10 laptop. I backed up straight to an external hard drive. Then because I’m not that well acquainted with how iMazing works, I copied all the vid files to another folder called Craftsy Classes, also on the external hard drive (outside of iMazing). This because I’m still not sure if I end up deleting any from my iPad, then back up again to iMazing, whether they will disappear from the iMazing back up. iTunes does make deleted things disappear from subsequent backups, so this is why I’m nervous about that.
When I checked the files, they play fine on my computer, whatever is the default video player. I can’t remember whether I had to download an app/program for videos when I first got my computer or whether it was already on there. I don’t see an option for slow-mo on there; but there is a 10 second repeat and a 30 second skip forward option.
As regards putting them back on the iPad, I have not tried that yet. I’ve still been verifying the integrity of my vid files so far. So I’m sorry I can’t be more help. I would probably start with trying to put them back into the Bluprint or Craftsy app, to see if I could make that work; then I would know for sure it’s possible, and that I was doing it correctly. This, of course, won’t help us if those apps become defunct, so next, I’d probably start experimenting with other apps. Sorry I can’t be more help at this time. It’s a work in process, and some are moving thru the process faster than others. Hopefully they can shed more light! Others’ experiences have helped me so much!
Please help a dummy! I stupidly didn’t designate a download place, so all my videos downloaded into
Allavsoft/documents and apparently to open in windows media player which doesn’t support these videos.
Anyone have any ideas to save my bacon besides re downloading properly?
I got a video player from the web, but it’s not playing them.
I would create a new folder in the location where you want the files. Move the files to the new location. Am I missing something?
Please help a dummy! I stupidly didn’t designate a download place, so all my videos downloaded into
Allavsoft/documents and apparently to open in windows media player which doesn’t support these videos.
Anyone have any ideas to save my bacon besides re downloading properly?
I got a video player from the web, but it’s not playing them. I have not said this before
Bluprint site seems corrupted today
I noticed the corruption notice too. I switched from one server to another and it worked for a few minutes, but then the corruption notice came up there as well and I gave up collecting the Episodes for my classes. I am, however, quite happy with the quality of the downloads I have using Allavsoft.
https://course.mybluprint.com/play/50
Peer’s Certificate has expired.
HTTP Strict Transport Security: false
HTTP Public Key Pinning: false
Apparently just viewing my classes gets this. If the website didn’t renew certificate after today it will continue to show.
Well, I strike that info. I can access them on Microsoft Edge Browser not Firefox. SO weird.
This is a Hallelujah Update:
For all of you that are out to lunch about using Allavsoft; don’t be! Two-hundred-seventy-three downloads, and five days later and we have complete success. Admittedly, I was pretty up-set with Allavsoft at first; I had purchased my software on the 6th, downloaded it, received the dreaded Token Error, then immediately tried contacting their support group for help; as of today, and 5 requests for help, including a call to their sales group, and I still have not received, other than a sales receipt, help from their support department. Alas, after three days waiting for Allavsoft to contact me, I cut & pasted my class library URL into the Allavsoft software again and, Bingo We had blast off! I was so afraid to stop the downloading I just let it run. I could have however saved myself a whole bunch of time had I not instructed it to convert to the MP4 format; the video’s to be downloaded were already MP4 formatted. Moreover, I could have saved even more time had I immediately stopped the download and rechecked my settings. My initial download ran an error about 12 hours into the download. I hit restart thinking that it would pick-up where it left off. That would have been just fine if I had first checked “Do not override files”. Well, by not checking that one option had left me with 12 hours of over-ridden duplicate videos which needed to be deleted afterwards; in other words a a whole lot of unnecessary mess needed to be cleaned up afterward… Remember to check the do not override option.
For anyone as angry with Allavsoft, as I was at that time with Allavsoft, with not getting back with me; don’t be! Their software works just fine, even when you don’t check-off their ” Don’t Override Option”. Do as I say and not as I did; it will save your a boat-load of clean-up time! No one was more shocked, than I was, while fiddling around with it the evening I got my download to work without getting the “Dreaded Token Error”. I suspect that, Allavsoft Support Center, is so overwhelmed by this point with Bluprint Member’s, they don’t have anyone , or the time to notify us when our URL’s are good to go! Just keep trying; trust me it’s not going to break anything. I strongly suggest that you do stop the download immediately if you suddenly see your videos downloading like I did, and recheck your Allavsoft download options .
If any of you, like me, are not a Technocrat. When it comes to preserving your order-history; don’t ask your Technocrat DH to help you with a speedier way of cutting & pasting lest, you want to hear those DREADED words; YOU SPENT HOW MUCH… There is a speedier way of doing it but, you will be exposing yourself to a whole lot of grief asking those of us who know how to do it, from those of us who do not know how to do it.
Lastly, I can’t thank Rose, Leslie, and too many others whom have offered help & Craft Industry Alliance for the use of their platform in helping all of us not tech-types get through this mess. I’m still working on saving my material list’s and organizing my files.
On the up-side my DH Network Technical Expert Adviser got over my 10 year spending spree, after I informed him how much I saved. I had to point out to him I live in California. All of the Quilt Stores I used to visit, and [btw] pay three -times as much for classes vs. Craftsy; have closed, left the state, or, re-located two to three hours away ; which would then require me to, pay for gas, travel out-of-town, rent a motel room, and pay for three meals/day, in order to attend my classes. Once my DH realized just how much money I had saved him via Craftsy. He is now moving all of my forever class videos to an iTunes Playlist; now I can play them the classes via iTunes/Apple TV; I can’t be happier. the video/sound quality and streaming is far superior than I ever had via Craftsy or Bluprint. YES! Allavsoft rocks; works like a charm…
That being said Allavsoft is still not out of the dog-house as far as I’m concerned totally. I’m sure Allavsoft feels their is no need for them to produce, provide, or clarify their software to their users. Because, all you simply need to do is cut & paste your video URL into their browser and hit enter; true! However, Allavsoft, for those of us who are non-technical uses; at least provide your user with a Syllabus explaining in user-friendly-terms, what each one of your options can do. e.g. at first I was merging all of my videos; which, afterwards, I really did not want to do; unless, I planned on watching a 6 to 20 hour class all in at one shot… Granted, Allavsoft, does provide a help screen with very limited definitions. When I entered the word merge; nothing came up. I would give Allavsoft 5 stars if they would provide the user with a user-friendly-manual…
Thank you, to everyone on this board who have been so generous with your time and extreme help in getting so many of us through this nightmare. I foresee after all of this in about a month or so, we will probably get a letter letting us know that Bluprint has merged their craft classes over to their NBC Peacock Streaming Services; Cha-ching!
Moreover, Thank you Bluprint for redefining to many of us what the word “forever” means…
Cheers,
Francine Epstein
Yeah Francine! You survived the journey! I am glad that the time I took to type up detailed messages was able to help others. I’m sorry that my messages were scattered throughout this thread. I feel the sewing website shared on here put together a great step-by-step tutorial for Allavsoft purchasers although I experienced a few things differently and had shared my experience throughout my posts. I am grateful that I took the leap of faith with Allavsoft early on and could put those downloads behind me! Now when time permits, I can try to enjoy other videos for classes which I did not purchase before Bluprint closes our membership down. There is soooo much good information on there yet to view! I love how you justified to DH, your hundreds of classes!
Rose,
I have a feeling Bluprint has shut us down. I can’t get into any of my classes now; nor download my class materials; arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Thank goodness, I can at least watch my videos… It would have been nice to have had all the patterns and machine embroidery files that went with some of my classes…
Rose, you have truly been a real Gem to all of us. I’m just getting over Cataract Surgery and I’m still having a bit of vision problems; so you have no idea how much help you have been to me. I really can’t thank you enough…
Thanks again,
Francine
Hi Francine
I have only 32 classes but have downloaded all of them with Allavsoft and also managed, before the Bluprint error messages appeared to copy to PDF all of my class instructions, episodes and material lists. There must be quite a few people out there who have also manged this and it’s just such a pity that we have no way to pass these on to each other. If anybody knows a way this could be done to help each other further this would be great ?
Hi Francine!
Congratulations! What a job!
So you said your husband is now moving all of your forever class videos to an iTunes Playlist; so you can play the classes via iTunes/Apple TV. Can he tell us how you do that??
Thanks,
Lindey
Yes, as soon as I can get back into Bluprint; I just started trying to download my class materials, and all of a sudden I can’t get into my classes. I can log into Bluprint, and I can see my classes; I just can’t open them. Do you know if anyone else has had any issues with the Bluprint website today?
I had just finished downloading my classes yesterday; and my husband was showing me how to move my files to an ITunes playlist. He has our computers networked to the TV sets via Wi-Fi.
I just asked him if he would write up directions for those who have their internet connected to other devices, TV, iPad’s, iPhone’s, It works great! The streaming , visual & sound is so, so, so much better than it was before! No more of the annoying streaming pauses while playing videos. He has an early appointment tomorrow. He will try to get to it tomorrow afternoon.
Just a question Francine. Have you been trying to contact “support@allavsoft.com” or respond to the original saleS receipt? I emailed the support email yesterday to tell them some of us were getting an expired security certificate notice on the Bluprint website. I had an answer back in 3 hours. They asked me to send in a screen shot of the warning message. I did and had an answer that tech support has looked at it and we are still safe to download. Of. Of course went I went back later on Safari and Chrome the message had disappeared. Luckily I had take a screen shot earlier.
Lesley,
I have my husband working on typing up, exactly how he set up our home-sharing network. Our set-up was set-up years ago utilizing Apple TV & ITunes so we could transfer our Music Collection of CD’s on to ITunes. He has spent years improving upon his original, home-sharing set-up. I feel by the time he has noted everything he has tweaked on our set-up he will have probably written a book about the subject[grin].
In the meantime I’m posting some YouTube Links I found that will provide you with some general directions on how to set up a home-sharing system. I also included links for hooking up Mac’s and IPad’s/IPhones .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjLbmoiDtg Apple TV With Home Sharing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJONBIZGcRo How to Stream Media from iTunes to Apple TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_fLXO0TbU Home Sharing with iPad and Apple TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlfQeT2reJM How to set up Family Sharing on iPad & iPhone
I will post his notes here as soon as he finishes writing them out…
What I do know that we have here at home is Three, TV’s Three computers, Two Lap Tops, 4 IPad’s, & 2 I Phone’s; each is set-up for Home-sharing via Apple TV, One Babylock Destiny Sewing Embroidery Machine; all are hooked up to Home-sharing via WiFi/Apple TV/ ITunes. ITunes Communicates with Apple TV. We do have Apple TV Boxes on all three TV’s.
The Video Streaming Quality via ITunes is far superior to that of either Craftsy or Bluprint; that being said, the one down fall is that you still will still need to access your material resources & History else where. I already have to run out and purchase another external drive just to save all of my material lists & Patterns on. Once I have all of my video’s transferred over to ITunes I will be able to take the external-drive that I saved my class videos on and store it away for safe keeping. I will need to print out a complete materials list of classes once I’m through downloading
all of them; and once we have transferred all the class videos, I want to organize the playlist folders by subject e.g. Quilting, Bread Baking, Crochet, Home Dec, Sewing, Gardening. As it is now; the more classes he transfers over to the ITunes Playlist the more visually polluted the individual classes look. Merging the classes is visually more appealing setup in ITunes; but, then you have no chapter separations. The one thing he is doing which will ease finding classes after ward is assigning numbers to each class: e.g. all of the classes in each playlist/ chapter are being prefixed with a number. Quickly Quilting & Quickly Quilting are 1. & 2…. ITunes has a limited search. In my case I have 273 classes, which breaks down to 2121 separate videos; Once we are thru, I will be able to print out a copy of my play list with all of the 2121 separate videos broke down by number… I should be able to bring up a video search by number assignment. Hope this helps.
Just when I thought everything was going just fine; I started trying to download my Resource/Materials to a PDF from my classes. I keep getting the notice below every time I try to download my materials. Am I the only one having this issue?
Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from course.mybluprint.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more
NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
Help improve Chrome security by sending URLs of some pages you visit, limited system information, and some page content to Google. Privacy policy
I think yur connection is not private because of your computers security. Scroll down and you can just proceed anyway. It isn’t private because Allavsoft has your password. That’s my opinion. I got that and just continued..
I feel as if I have hit a real milestone today. I just finished downloading my PDF files from Bluprint using the iPad app to copy files to Dropbox where I am storing my video files. I have not copied tables of contents, and don’t know if I will, but if Bluprint pulled the plug today I would be okay.
My files are living on my MacBook as well as within Dropbox, but if anything happened to my MacBook all of my videos would still be safe in the cloud in Dropbox. Someone asked me about the fee for Dropbox. I forget exactly what I pay, but with a yearly subscription I think it comes to less than ten dollars a month. Long ago I decided that if I put all of my files into Dropbox that, even if I had no backup of my hard drive, that the worst that could happen to me is that I would need to reinstall programs and settings, but my files would come down from the cloud onto a new computer. So I consider it money well spent on insurance for my files.
There are times when I have thought about moving everything to iCloud and dropping Dropbox, but I have been doing it this way for awhile now.
Time to relax for a little while.
Terri
Success! I did finally get my downloads working using Allavsoft. I’m on a PC, not using tablet or phone to do any of this.
Anyone using this product and getting errors – send Allavsoft your product purchase receipt (they sent it to you in an email) and your Bluprint login and password. I know some have expressed concern about giving them your login information but Allavsoft cannot help you without it. Once I sent that info I got a response from Allavsoft within 12 hours. I downloaded the software again as they instructed and have been downloading Bluprint classes since. I was able to download 7 classes in about 9 hours overnight–but those were the “early days” Craftsy classes with longer episodes and much more content.
So I’m happy with Allavsoft, happy with the directions given at sewmodernbags.com.
Thank you to everyone here who has asked and answered questions. I learned a lot! And I appreciate Craft Industry Alliance letting us use this space to exchange all this information and yes, to vent our frustrations with this situation.
For those interested in compiling a visual list of your Forever Classes, here is an easy way.
I accessed my Forever Classes in the iPad Bluprint app. I did screen captures of the images which gave me nine classes per capture. In the Photos app I selected all of those screen captures, then clicked the share icon (the upward facing arrow in the upper right). I saved to the Books app. It created a PDF with with a page for each screen shot.
I was actually looking for a save to PDF option, but I knew that saving to Books would create a PDF and that I would later be able to share that PDF from within Books.
Terri
You can download your classes through Allovsoft. I downloaded 35 classes to my external hard drive
They work perfectly. It’s easy just takes some time. You can Google Allovsoft and bluprint. Others have used it as well. I dont trust bluprint so i wanted to get ahead of this before they give any kind of a time limit.
Marie,
In iMazing inside the downloaded_materials folder I have multiple folders. I only downloaded a few classes. The folders are labeled 101, 10613, 1192, and 4870. Each of these folders contain PDF files.
10613 contains the Better Faster Log Cabins PDF and also the Metric Conversion PDF. The code number for that class is 10613.
There is also a 10613 folder inside the downloaded_content folder which has six sub folders inside it, each of which contains a video file, a jpg file, and a vtt file.
I am not sure why you are not seeing these folders and files.
Terri
One thing that I’ve found which helped me with the tedious task of downloading all of the materials resources; and it really does not take that long to do. I had 12 pages & 273 videos; when it came to downloading my materials list, I was easily losing my place and getting distracted if I had to stop and go do something else.
After about three pages of that mess; I made a copy & paste of each of the 12 pages of class thumbnails. I copied and pasted each page of thumbnails [24] thumbnails/page into Outlook subjected by page number, and emailed them to myself. e.g.
It made it so much easier to have a visual reference on hand of the class materials I’m downloading. As I’m saving my materials list to PDF’s, all I needed to do is reference each class thumbnail with the class video number; this eliminated one more step of cut & paste. Also when I save the materials PDF I don’t need to go back & forth to cut & paste the class title when I goto save the file. I can just type in the Thumbnail title. If I would have thought about it, I wished I would have made a copy the thumbnail pages before downloading the videos. When I was downloading videos, as I got tired, or was running short of time; I had started short-cutting some of the video titles while saving them; later this will make searching more tedious unless I go back and edit the titles consistently.
Interweave manages to provide downloadable videos of their classes, I have several of them. How is it that a major business like NBC, part of whose business is video based, cannot take already created videos and make them available to those who paid for them?
I can’t believe I got this to work but here is what I did. I signed on to my acct through the website from my iPad, not through the app! Then I went to Library and then own forever classes. First I clicked on the class name and then episodes. Once I was on episodes, I went to the top of the screen next to the address box for url. There should be an upload symbol. I clicked the upload symbol and then airdropped to my iMac. It immediately appeared on my computer screen. Then I clicked on File next to Safari at top of screen. In the drop-down menu, click Save As. and in the box that opened it showed the name of the Class. There is a box for where to save. I chose Movies. and for Format I chose Web Archive. Then Save. Then click on Finder and then Movies and the classes will be there.
I tried to play then and played just fine. I even clicked on resources and they were there too!
Hope this can help someone else. It was really quick to do.
Mary,
You get a great big gold ⭐️ for thinking outside of the box!
I have two questions:
1. Did you have to download each segment separately? Or were you able to download the entire class + materials all at one time? If it’s the whole class, and it retains its name, that is way, way faster that what anyone else came up with!
2. I’m not sure what “web archive” format is. But did you try disconnecting from the internet or putting airplane mode on, and THEN playing back your videos just to make sure you don’t need to be connected to the Bluprint website for them to play back?
I have an iPad, but not an iMac, just a PC, so the iDrop thing won’t work, but I’m wondering if the same technique would work straight from the computer? By that I mean, could you just have signed into your account thru Safari on your iMac and downloaded right into your computer?
At any rate, thank you so much for sharing this method! 😁 💡
I will have to experiment. But, I’m still going thru and verifying that each lesson survived intact. That’s a long process, for me, and some have been corrupted. So make sure to check yours, ok?
Hi Mary and all the Mac users,
I am also an iPad and iMac user.
Unfortunately you are not downloading any class videos or materials when you save as a .WebArchive.
These are not saved on your computer.
When you are saving as a WebArchive or PageSource, it is similar to saving a bookmark or link. The WebArchive is a direct path to the bluprint site. When you clicked and opened the saved WebArchive, it launched Safari and mybluprint.
If you are not online the link will not open. And when (or if) bluprint closes their site the links will be dead.
Oh Gretchen, that is exactly what I was afraid of! Thank you for clarifying!
Unfortunately, I was afraid of that too.
I did try air dropping one and when I clicked on it in the finder movies folder it went right back to the Bluprint web site but I couldn’t get mine to play for some reason.
Sorry Mary, as Gretchen said that won’t work. It sounded like a wonderful plan! Bummer indeed! Thanks for trying.
For Mac users I’m still a firm believer in the iMazing plan, Thanks again to you Gretchen!!!
Lindy,
It works great for Windows 10 on PC, too.
So, I’ve learned, thanks to help from all you guys, is to make sure to download the class materials, too, into the Bluprint app along with the videos. That will save a lot of time after you back up to iMazing. It was pretty slow downloading each one individually into PDF Max.
It’s just SOOO SLOW checking all the vid files to make sure they work, and renaming just the main folder for each vid. Plus I get distracted because they’re so interesting, it’s hard not to sop and watch, lol! 😂
That’s’stop and watch.’
Hi Marie!
Yes, I hear from this site that iMazing works well with PC as well! I only know the Mac way so that’s my 1st thought of course.
Unfortunately I did not learn soon enough about downloading the class resource materials with the videos. So I had to do them all individually and save them as a PDF document to my documents folder. Oh well! I’m in the process of checking to make sure I have them all and doing some organization in my Mac folders. Like I’ve said I’m not very computer savvy so this project has forced me to learn more about working with my Mac along this journey. Thank goodness for You Tube!!!
I feel so much smarter and my files have never been so organized! Now my house: well that’s a different matter!
Maybe it’s different on a PC, but when I have checked my videos:
when you double click on the mp4 icon the video segment pops right up. You can do some fancy fast forwarding things (without voice) 2-5-10-30-60x for speed, or you can hold your cursor on the little button thing and drag it at any speed across to somewhere you want to stop. I have used these methods to make sure the entire episode has recorded, just spot checking in a couple places for the voice. But I know it’s hard not to watch the videos in normal speed with the voice–I did get distracted a few times and found myself engrossed in a class!!!
I haven’t found one video segment that has not recorded correctly so I’m pretty impressed!
Lindey
Hi everyone, I’m an Aussie. Like everyone else I have purchased a number of ‘forever’ classes from Craftsy / Bluprint. I have used Allavsoft to download my classes. The classes do take up alot of disk space so I have now transferred them to an external HD. Allavsoft were very helpful and answered my questions within 12 hours. I have had to manually transfer class notes, supply lists etc. There maybe an easier way to do this that I haven’t found it.
I have also purchased a number of classes from Interweave (download instant) and in the future will only purchase classes I can download right from the start.
Yvonne
Hi All
I’ve now downloaded and checked all of my classes using Allavsoft, who as I said in an earlier comment have been absolutely fantastic considering they were sort of “dropped in it”.
I have found one 5 minute segment at the end of an episode which has recorded voice only for some reason, but having listened to it I realise it’s a section I don’t need so I won’t bother trying to fix it as I’d hate to lose everything else trying to sort that one out !
As for Bluprint I no longer need them but I know there are many out there who do and they should do the honourable thing and sort it out or pay up ! I don’t hold out much hope on either count ! And I doubt I’ll get back my half year unused subscription either !
I’ll still be looking at all of your comments but no longer need to comment for myself.
Thanks for all of your help along the way.
Well said Linda. It’s a wonderful feeling to know that your promised forever classes are forever safe. I had downloaded very little in video format prior to this. It was a sense of accomplishment to know that even the less techie (like me) managed to successfully lay claim to what we had paid for. One for the little guy over a big corporation. I have no confidence that NBC will come through with our classes and the frustration left me as soon as I knew my classes were safe. I would encourage anyone who is angry to turn that energy into finding a way to safeguard your classes. Find a child, grandchild to help if the technology seems daunting. My son in law finally came over this weekend. From 6 feet of separation I showed him the Allavsoft platform. He is a videographer who does a lot of his video editing on line and is familiar with most downloading platforms. (The ones he had suggested for me before I found Allavsoft did not support downloading from Bluprint). He was most impressed with the user friendly software and the ease of download. Consult your family techie, find a way to get your classes and enjoy.
To anyone who is still hanging on the post rather or not to use Allavsoft to download your Bluprint Forever Classes; I can’t recommend this software high-enough. Allavsoft offers a free trial or, you can also purchase Allavsoft Software at a starting cost of $19.99… Allavsoft comes in either Microsoft or Mac formats. You will need to download & save your class material PDF’s separately.
Here is a link from Allavsoft on how to download Bluprint Classes:
https://www.allavsoft.com/how-to/download-blueprint-video.html
You are right Francine. And just to add. If you google “coupons Allavsoft” you can find some good ones. I found a 30% off and applied it at checkout. As well – these ladies have a wonderful tutorial on their website which walks you through the Bluprint class download screen by screen. One of the other ladies posted it and I wish I had seen it before I started – although I still found the process very simple
https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/
Help! Anyone! I’ve asked Allavsoft for help and although they respond quickly they don’t answer my questions. They just tell me I did something wrong. I downloaded over 1TB of data so had to go out and buy a second this time 2 TB external drive. I have 233 classes. My download says 67% 1229/1667 so I know it can’t be finished and it is frozen. I have been trying for 7d 7m18sec to get this done. I only have 238GB C drive so have had to transfer data many times. I don’t understand how to restart the downloading so have messed up the setting and have a lot of convert failed messages with 50 % progress green bars. I’m afraid to close and start over. Will I lose the BLUPRINT URL and have to get Allavsoft to set it up?
How can I just start over? Please…
Hi SewSheSewsToo,
My download was interrupted by a power outage due to a storm. I thought I was toast and didn’t have the heart to even look at what happened to my Allavsoft downloading.
Well, I started the program up again. And was very pleasantly surprised to discover the “ACTIVITY” Tab.
There were ALL the files listed – indicating which had successfully downloaded, which were “paused” and which had “failed”.
To avoid overloading my network again, I started a “batch” of files manually by clicking on the little arrow at the right hand side of the ‘bar’ that shows the progress of the download. And they started up again!!
This time around I would select a half dozen or so – or more (depending on what time of day it was – and expected network load/interruption – or if I wanted to stream a Netflix or something!)
Even those that indicated had “failed”, I just clicked on the arrow at the right end of the progress bar and would do those selectively. They all worked, eventually! Yes it took me a number of days and I only had 30 classes to download.
All I can say is be patient, and check back periodically and keep starting (restarting) the downloads individually and/or in batches (a selected number at a time).
I suspect that even if your external drive gets full, you can unplug it, plug in another one (make sure the destination drive letter is the same) – and start ‘er up again.. (I’m not sure if you can change the destination drive letter of the downloads mid stream or not – I wouldn’t try – I would rather let the program continue along as initially set up.)
Your classes will be on the two different drives, but still organized by filename etc. How you refile them after the fact into folders is the next step in the exercise!
Good luck. Let us know it this works for you. You won’t be watching any NetFlix in the meantime. Keep at it and you’ll get them all done – eventually!
Good morning. Hold your CTRL key down and click the letter F. When the search box opens, copy and past ththe following into that search box. Rose on June 6, 2020 at 8:24 am I had a post about this back on June 6th.
I did mine in Windows 10 on a PC and was able to have it download directly to my external drive. When it asked me where to download, I selected external and it worked perfectly for me, while others I know had issues with that. I didn’t tell it to convert anything since all the files were already in MP4 format so I can’t help you on the conversion part as I don’t now what you’re converting or what operating system you’re using.
Here’s the thing about when I had to restart. I had gone through and started moving files to other folders as I was worried about losing data so when I went to restart, it didn’t see the files in there so it was redownloading them!! After many redownloads, I realized what was going on, paused all downloads, copied all my files back into the main folder where I was telling Allavsoft to download to and when I started it again, it recognized all the files which were already downloaded. At that point, it quickly skimmed through files and got to the new stuff and continued. I was at about 95% done when I had to restart!
I have no idea what you clicked on or changed but maybe compare what your Allavsoft says to what this tutorial shows. https://sewmodernbags.com/how-to-download-video-classes-from-bluprint-or-craftsy/
To me it sounds like you’re copying directly to your hard drive and transferring everything over. Since I did not do that, I do not understand how the program pauses and restarts when you’ve maxxed your hard drive space but it seems like you’ve been transferring over while it’s copying over. I wonder if you copied it all to your 2TB drive, changed your folder to copy directly to the external, and restarted it that way, if it would work. Check my instructions in the June 6th post to see what settings Allavsoft told me to change.
Did you try to copy directly to an external drive when you first started? If you did and had issues, then I’m guessing this is why you’re doing it to the hard drive and then transferring. If not, personally, this is what I would try before starting it all over again, although that might be the best option. I also don’t know if you can switch the download folder in the middle of a download but if I was at a point where you are, I would try it just cause I wouldn’t know what else to do. You can always recopy and paste the URL that Allavsoft gave you when you provided them with your Bluprint login details just hopefully you don’t run into that error that many of us have had where you need to ask Allavsoft to clear it so you can move on. (sorry don’t remember the error name but many have been chatting about it here)
-First, I would make note of the files in Allavsoft which appear to be 50% or partially downloaded so that I could check them later to see if they downloaded fine by the end of all this.
-Then, I would copy (not cut & paste) all the files from the 1TB to my 2TB drive.
-Then I would go back into Allavsoft and change my download folder to my new 2TB drive. You do this by clicking on blue Downloads folder tab, then the yellow folder which is under download quality (which is set to worst). When you click on the yellow folder, find your new drive and select that.
-Next, I would follow the tutorial given above to hopefully set the settings back to what you originally started with and follow my instructions from June 6 as to how to tell Allavsoft to restart and not redownload files already downloaded. I would hope the computer would continue on its merry way.
Here is another thought to avoid wasting time copying everything over and just started anew…..Plug in your new 2TB drive, select that drive as the drive to download to, follow the sewmodernbags tutorial to reset anything you may have accidentally clicked on and before telling it to download, follow my tutorial for redownloading. I can’t remember exactly what the final step shows to get the download to start again but I am thinking it’s the blue blue down-arrow at the bottom of the download tab (sorta the home screen in Allavsoft). What I am thinking will happen, it will start downloading all the files again from the very beginning because your new drive will not have any of the files on there, it would not know which ones are already downloaded.
The third option might be to uninstall Allavsoft and reinstall it to clear all the settings you may have clicked on when desperately trying to get it going again. I would only do this as a last resort as I am guessing you will need Allavsoft to go back in re-add your Bluprint login info so you could get started again. Actually….maybe you wouldn’t need to contact them again because they would have done it already from their end and it may automatically be in there when you reinstall.
I hope this gives you some food for thought and that it helps you in some way. The key to restarting where you left off is having your files in the same folder as you’re downloading to otherwise it starts over cause it doesn’t know what’s it’s already downloaded without already seeing the file name within that folder.
Please let me know how things are going and what you tried. All the best!
I would like to add just a bit more. I had problems downloading and my download froze up too. I did download the software again. I was able to just paste in the same URL that Allovsoft gave me. I downloaded directly to my external hard drive. It was slow going. It took probably 5 days for my 105 classs. After all was supposedly downloaded, I had a bear of a time getting things pulled up in my hard drive. It either wouldn’t open something on the drive or it opened extremely slowly. (We had purchased a new 2T drive to do this download.) We finally called in our “computer guy” to see what the problem was. He diagnosed a bad hard drive. Sooo, we went back to the store with the drive, bought a new 1T drive (because it was clear that I wouldn’t need more), had the store transfer what was on the 2T drive to a new 2T drive for an extra backup. Turns out, that they could not transfer some of the files because they were corrupted (probably due to the original bad external hard drive). I started my Allovsoft download all over again (no need to convert if you are using a PC, because the files are already in MP4 format), had it go directly to my new 1T drive. (Make sure your computer is in never go to sleep mode — although I think it’s possible that the Allovsoft software directs it to do that anyway during the download.) It took less than 48 hours to download all the classes. This time, the hard drive works beautifully and the files pop open right away. The original download on the bad drive showed a total of 365GB of downloaded files. The new download was over 500GB. So some things clearly didn’t even download on the original drive. So, I would start over if I were you, and have the classes directly download to your new 2T drive. (And hopefully it is a good drive, and you don’t have the bad luck I originally did.) I now have also copied all of my bluprint files to the new 2T drive, which also works great, so I have them backed up as well. I hope this helps. I was afraid to restart everything too. But, I jumped in and did it, and it worked. Since you have over 200 classes, it will probably take four or five days to download, since my 105 took almost two. But, hopefully, it will run smoothly this time.
Rose, Deborah, Barbara, Thank you. It is going again after changing the setting I could. Still failing to convert but Allavsoft said files download as mp4 file so it doesn’t matter. I will check later to see if they play. I feel the Peacock (NBCU) may pull the plug July 1 as that is the usual fiscal year. So am a bit panicked. They have lied before so who knows. I may cry out for help again if you won’t mind. Bless you all!
Here’s my two cents on what’s going on with Bluprint:
(Now, this is just my opinion, not fact)
The more I think about it, I think Bluprint sold out to another company. I think that’s why they didn’t have any clearance or liquidation sale. I also think it’s why they suddenly shut down the purchasing option early on May 30. I think they had to guarantee a certain dollar value of merchandise, and were not expecting thousands of people making last dash purchases.
I also think the reason they are leaving us hanging is because they don’t know the exact closing date. For example, when you buy a house, they give an approximate time for closing, but the exact date depends on how long it takes to tie up the legal details. I’m pretty sure it works the same when buying a business. I think they figure it won’t hurt to allow current members to keep watching videos, in the meantime, because they won’t lose anything by letting us watch, and also, the longer this goes on, the less annual fee money they have to refund.
And, I hate to say it, but the letter stating they are “trying” to figure out a way for us to save our forever classes might just be to pacify us, and to keep thousands of people from inundating them with letters, emails and lawsuits, in the meantime. I think they could have come up with a method by now, just sayin’.
And so, I’m afraid the end will come very suddenly, when they find out their closing date, which is usually at the last moment, without much notice. And I think they are hoping it will be too late for any lawsuits, after that, because it will be a done deal. And I imagine the new owners have stipulated a clause that says they are not responsible for any previous transactions. Just my educated opinion. I could be wrong.
What do you say if those of us who are upset submit a complaint about at the Better Business Bureau’s website found here: https://www.bbb.org/us/co/denver/profile/online-education/bluprint-0885-90143675/complaints. There is strength in numbers, so please consider taking action in this way!
Rebecca.
I believe your idea is a good one but, I think we would get a better result filing complaints on the “Rip-Off-Report”. Now that Better Bluprint is closed down, I seriously doubt if the BBB will do anything. It could not hurt to file a complaint on both boards.
It’s been over a month now since NBC first made their announcement that, they were closing the program down. I’m imagine in the face of their silence, which speaks volumes is best answer we are going to get from them. I would like to think NBC will do the right thing but, I would not seriously count on it…
I’m willing to wait until August before I file a formal complaint; in hopes they might surprise us. That way we can at least say we gave them the opportunity to do what they said. In the mean time if you can I would highly recommend if you can, download any classes, and class materials you might have purchased.
Currently, NBC has given me a bad taste in my mouth; I’m privately boycotting the NBC channel, and all of their affiliates. Which was not that hard for me; I unplugged my cable about three years ago.
Francine
As the odd out here, I am backing up my Forever to Own classes to DVD’s and not to a hard drive, I am one third the way of baking up my 24 forever to own classes. I should be done in two weeks at my rate. Most classes are on more than one DVD with each subclass having it own segment. I am using light scribe disk that can be etched for a nicer looking DVD cover at another time.
I am putting my Disk and printed resources into Binders so all will be available to me anytime.
There are so many more classes I want to watch that I will never get to watch. Most of my forever to own classes are cooking classes, the most enjoyable were the odd ones like making strudel dough and making spaetzle dumplings. I wanted to watch some Beginners Cake Decoration classes and Beginning Sewing Classes (soon to disappear).
This pandemic changed my plans, I have taken many cooking classes from SurLaTable and was going to take a few more, I wanted to take some Cake Decorating classes from local cake and candy shop and some beginners sewing classes at Jo Ann fabrics. Now I am afraid to stick my head out of the door as being a retired senior that is no spring chicken anymore.
I have purchased a few classes under Craftsy. When the pandemic hit, I turned to Bluprint big time. I really never new the vast amount of hidden treasures that were buried in Craftsy/Bluprint until this pandemic hit.
I am so depressed that Craftsy/ Bluprint is closing.
I did say I wouldn’t be commenting anymore as I now have all I need (except return of my half year unused subsrciption fee !)
I’m sure most of you out there already know, but for those of you who don’t, “You Tube” has a quite a lot of classes in many different crafts and is well worth the effort. Also, you don’t have to pay for most of them !
Good luck to all who are still trying to get there rightful settlement from Bluprint.
I recommend Allavsoft as well. I had 30 some “forever classes” and was not happy with the “download via the Bluprint App” option. I went ahead and purchased the lifetime license for $59.99 and it paid for itself in one day. I have downloaded half of my classes and am very pleased with the software. They have great instructions and if you have questions, they respond via email very quickly. I see myself using this software a lot for other things; often I see a video on youtube that is very helpful; now I can download it quickly via Allavsoft.
Hi. Does anyone have a recommendation on external hard drives? I appreciate the advice. Thank you!
I’ve used Seagate HDD with success, got 2 that are several years old that I’m still happy with so I got another for the Bluprint courses. I’ve also found Western Digital to be good. I bought a 2 terrabyte drive for 144 classes, I could probably have got away with 1 terrabyte though.
Thank you Rachelle!
I use an Armour A30 1 TB for 192 classes. It used just over 500G. It was highly rated on Amazon and is drop proof. The cord neatly slots round the device. I have been running the classes with no problem. I actually ended up buying 2 as I wanted a back up. I could not get my classes on my computer so have copied them from one hard drive to another. Seagate are good, WD are good. My son in law loves LaCie but they are more expensive and again the drop proof one.
I have bought several classes on Craftsy and then Bluprint with understanding they were “forever” classes. I watch these classes as teaching and also as reference when I need to review a technique. So these classes are watched over and over. Now you are telling me Bluprint is shutting down. I paid lots of money for these classes. I believe Bluprint needs to make these classes available to me in some form. It’s shameful, after all the money we’ve spent and the trust we‘ve put into this business model. I hope you do the right thing and allow all of us to download our classes to keep on our hard drives.
This is what I think should and could be done. It is far beyond my knowledge. What would it take to get you started along this line
Hi SewSheSewsToo,
My download was interrupted by a power outage due to a storm. I thought I was toast and didn’t have the heart to even look at what happened to my Allavsoft downloading.
Well, I started the program up again. And was very pleasantly surprised to discover the “ACTIVITY” Tab.
There were ALL the files listed – indicating which had successfully downloaded, which were “paused” and which had “failed”.
To avoid overloading my network again, I started a “batch” of files manually by clicking on the little arrow at the right hand side of the ‘bar’ that shows the progress of the download. And they started up again!!
This time around I would select a half dozen or so – or more (depending on what time of day it was – and expected network load/interruption – or if I wanted to stream a Netflix or something!)
Even those that indicated had “failed”, I just clicked on the arrow at the right end of the progress bar and would do those selectively. They all worked, eventually! Yes it took me a number of days and I only had 30 classes to download.
All I can say is be patient, and check back periodically and keep starting (restarting) the downloads individually and/or in batches (a selected number at a time).
I suspect that even if your external drive gets full, you can unplug it, plug in another one (make sure the destination drive letter is the same) – and start ‘er up again.. (I’m not sure if you can change the destination drive letter of the downloads mid stream or not – I wouldn’t try – I would rather let the program continue along as initially set up.)
Your classes will be on the two different drives, but still organized by filename etc. How you refile them after the fact into folders is the next step in the exercise!
Good luck. Let us know it this works for you. You won’t be watching any NetFlix in the meantime. Keep at it and you’ll get them all done – eventually!
Download solution via Android app
I am re-posting because my first got lost in all the comments. I have the newest Bluprint android app. I noticed when I download a class episode, it shows up in my download folder until the download completes, and then it is whisked away into the app and basically invisible to me. This concerns me because the download will also disappear if my android device crashes or is replaced. Plus the Bluprint application will eventually not work on newer Android OS versions. My android device is not “lifetime” access.
My solution:
1. Using the newest Bluprint app, start 2 downloads
2. Close the application. I do this by clicking the “overview” button (the one with the home and back buttons) then swiping the Bluprint app away.
3. When download complete, move *.mp4 files from the downloads folder to another folder. I am creating a folder per class.
4. Re-lauch bluprint and repeat for the next 2 episodes.
You might be able to do more than 2 downloads at a time. With my Internet bandwidth, it appears to be the sweet spot. Otherwise, they stall with connection issues. Also, in the downloads folder, my *.mp4 file icons are black boxes while they are downloading. Once complete you can see the first frame of the video as the icon. I also can track download progress due to the download icon in the home screen top toolbar, and see more details if I swipe down on the top toolbar.
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to post an update. The assets of Bluprint have been acquired by TN Marketing, the company that owns National Sewing Circle and National Quilting Circle. Access to your classes will be preserved. You can read our full post here: https://craftindustryalliance.org/bluprint-assets-acquired-by-tn-marketing-access-to-content-to-be-preserved/ Thank you.
Thank you for the information! It is very much appreciated. I’m really thankful that our classes will be preserved for us.
Yea, I got the email from Bluprint that my life will continue and the earth will also keep rotating around the sun.
Finally some good news that my subscription to Bluprint will continue and will I make the best of it. However, my heart did a pitter pat when I got the news that Bluprint was going to close. I can now relax a little and not worry so much and give my iPad some breathing room by removing the downloads.
I still might backup my forever to own classes to DVD’s. Have to see how things turn out. Fool me once…
I also see a big price increase in the near future. If it is equal to “The Great Courses” or “Masterclass” in price, I might move over unless Bluprint or the new entity adds a lot of new programming of interest to me.
I am too old to go back to college for learning new things. I like this new world order of learning.
Hey Mickey, didn’t hear about the Big Price Increase.. Like, how much of an Increase?? Thanks..
I have no idea if there is any increase in price.
I happened to be born with pessimism and skepticism, It is embedded into my DNA. I always see the worst of all possibilities. It seems like every time a business gets bought out, something bad happens: layoffs, price increases, products degrade and so on.
I enjoy Craftsy, it was new, innovative and I enjoy learning new things. Somewhere in the back of my mind someone or something is going to ruin it. Perhaps it is an emotional protection thing, when something fails, I do not get crushed by it and say to myself “it figures “ and move on.
Thanks, Mickey.. I think I shall take Lemons & Make Some GOOD Lemonade, no matter! I appreciate your response back. You Have a Blessed Day!
I received the email as well. I am extremely happy to hear that Bluprint is not going away. I’ve downloaded all my classes but just knowing I can login to Bluprint to watch them instead is great. They eat up a lot of space on my computer. I’m also glad that NBC Universal kept their promise in finding a way for us to keep access to our classes.
Ms. Abby Glassenberg, prior to Bluprint notification that they were closing, I purchased almost $Hundreds$ of dollars worth of merchandise. Unfortunately, a few of those products purchased were not satisfactory and Bluprint sent me several Fed Ex labels for their return.
There were a few labels I did not receive and through communication with Bluprint representatives, they said they would have Fed Ex resend them; which I ever received. After additional communication from Blueprint representatives, and days in with our correspondence, I received notification that the warehouse was closing due to COVID-19. I was instructed not to Fed Ex products back until notified. I was never notified when to mail. When I discovered Bluprint warehouse was opened, I Fed Ex (6) products back with the labels I had already printed. Bluprint received my (6) products shipped in 5 separate boxes according to the Order #. Bluprint received the returns on 06/05/2020, when your warehouse was open. It is now 07/13/2020, and I have not received my refund, nor have I received my products back? I have sent multiple emails to Bluprint, without results. Please respond to me. This is in regards to my refund after you received the products back.
Hi Cheryl, Abby Glassenberg does not own Crafty or BLUPRINT and never has. She has just been kind enough to allow us to discuss the closing and then the sale of the BLUPRINT. The new company who bought BLUPRINT seems reasonable and may be able to straighten out your problem. The name is TN Marketing. Cal Franklin is the CEO and President of TN Marketing. Try signing in to your account still called BLUPRINT and look for the customer service. I hope this helps.
Sewshesewstoo, thank you.
I just heard today July 2, 2020, that someone (a company, I assume) has bought the Bluprint/ Craftsy business. Everything will stay the same and it will continue to be used a an educational platform.
Hi Gretchen, Lindey here!
I assume some people are no longer even looking at this now that Bluprint seems to have been preserved for now (Yeah!)
but I have an iMazing question for you if you are still reading here. Or anyone else also who might have the answer!
After transferring most of my classes to my Mac using iMazing I still have this long list of the class numbers in my downloaded content in iMazing Backup. I assumed once classes were deleted from my iPad and another Backup was completed, with no downloaded classes in the Bluprint app, that list of numbers (classes) would not be in the new iPad Backup in downloaded content, but they never go away.
Yesterday I even deleted all my iPad Backups from iMazing and did a new Backup but all the class numbers still appear in my downloaded content in iMazing. Any ideas how I can delete that long list of class numbers? I realize you can’t delete from a Backup because it’s basically just a snapshot of when the Backup was completed. But they should not be in new Backups when there’s nothing in the Bluprint app, right? Or am I crazy?
Otherwise if I can’t get the number list to go away is there a way to at least organize them into folders in the downloaded content?
I see an icon for new folder and click on it and give it a title but I can’t find it. What are the folders for and where are they hiding?
Any Help is Much Appreciated!
Have a wonderful Holiday! Well as much as one can with all the Covid issues.
Lindey
Hi Lindey,
I would like to know the answer to this too! I am on Windows, not a Mac.
As I understand iMazing, it does incremental backups; meaning if you add five things, then back up again, instead of doing a whole new backup, it just adds the changes. So if, for example, you have 200 GB on your iPad and backup, the first will be 200 GB stored wherever you tell iMazing to put it. Then if you do a second backup, that is 205 GB, it will only add 5GB of data changes to your backup location, not ANOTHER 205 GB.
What I didn’t know is, if you REMOVE 100 GB of data from your iPad, would that 100GB get deleted from iMazing backups, next time you back up to it? (I’m working on some changes now, and will try this soon.)
But, it sounds like that is what you did, and it did not delete the data that was removed from your iPad also from your backup. That is good news to me! But because I didn’t know, that is why I copied all of my classes to another folder, just to be on the safe side. I did try to rename them first, in iMazing, to save confusion in case I added more later, but it would not let me do that. So I copied the numbered files, then renamed them. (Using twice as much storage space.)
But, what I don’t understand is, now that you deleted all of your old backups, why those files are still there! Does the size of the new backup match the amount of used space on your iPad currently? Can you tell how much storage space iMazing is currently using?
Because I moved all of my old backups off my computer to an external hard drive to make room on my computer for the classes, not realizing I could back up straight to the ext hard drive. When I moved those backups (to a folder called “Old backups” ) iMazing couldn’t see them anymore and showed as if there were no backups in iMazing from my iPad anymore. So I, too, can’t figure out what is happening to you!
Hi Marie!
Yes, this has me baffled! I only have the one backup in iMazing now from today, since I deleted all the previous ones, but all the downloaded classes are still in the backup and only the one class from today is on the Bluprint App on my iPad. It doesn’t make any sense to me!
I have even been communicating with a support person at iMazing and so far they haven’t figured it out yet. They asked for screen shots so I have sent them late this afternoon but now with the Holiday weekend I’m assuming I will not hear from them until Monday.
My iPad size is 128 GB. Under iPad storage it says 42.7 GB of the 128 GB has been used. My iMazing Backup size is 27.9 GB. I didn’t think the iMazing Backup backed up absolutely everything on the iPad. If it should then the size of my Backup is way off.
I didn’t know you could save your backups to a different place other than in iMazing. I just now see the export option. But if you save them somewhere else can you still go into the downloaded content and see it like it looks in imazing? Wouldn’t you need the iMazing app to get to the downloaded content?
What do you mean when you say you copied all of your classes to another folder? The way I did it was:
I went into each of the numbers (classes) in the iMazing downloaded content list and clicked on copy to Mac, and it then asked me where to put it. I had folders by class categories already set up in my Documents Folder on the Mac and I selected the one I wanted for each class. Once copied I then went into the My Documents Folders on the Mac and retitled the classes there with instructor and name of the class. Do you have to do it differently on a PC?
Well, to be continued I guess!
Lindey
Hi Lindy,
So, we’ll start with the last first. I copied the numbered classes pretty much the way you did. I must have selected them all. But, instead of moving to my documents, I made a folder on my external hard drive called “Craftsy Classes.” Then put all the classes in there. Then, as I scanned each class to make sure it worked with no defects, then I renamed it with the name of the class, leaving the number at the beginning, in case I have to cross reference with the backup, since iMazing wouldn’t let me rename in there. Later, I plan to make additional folders in there for class categories, to simplify looking for classes; something I wish Bluprint would have done. It was a nightmare trying to choose a new class when I could hardly tell which ones I had already purchased because they were all mixed up with no order, whatsoever!
Now, as regards the general backups: iMazing will ask you where you want to store your backup when you first do a “new” device. I think you can change it later, in settings. (I don’t have my computer on right now, so going from memory. I told it to save to my external hard drive.
BUT, originally, I let it save to the default location on the computer’s hard drive. To make more room there, I later moved all of the previous backups (I have several devices) to the external hard drive, to a folder I named “old Backups.” NOW, iMazing cannot see those backups, so it thought I didn’t have any. It made a complete new backup, including my classes.
If I ever need to restore from one of those old backups, I would have to move the old backup file back into iMazing’s default saving location, in order for it to be able to “see” it. Does that make sense?
So, you are correct in that if you have moved your backup to a location iMazing can’t “see,” then no, you cannot open any docs from it and look at them while in iMazing.
I just moved them to make room, and probably will delete the extras, once I have created new backups for all of my devices. But I’ve been concentrating on the device that had most of my classes first. I had a bad experience once when asking for help from Apple, they caused my backup to be overwritten when that was exactly what they were supposed to help me avoid, and I lost a lot of important data. So, now I’m nervous and don’t like to delete or overwrite until I’m sure I have a new backup safely stored. That’s why I bought iMazing (one reason, anyway) because I’m pretty sure it doesn’t overwrite, but just adds to the previous backup. So I hope, and soon I will find out, for sure.
The only thing I can think of to explain the discrepancy in the size of used data on your iPad vs size of backup, is that although you can tell iMazing to save copies of your apps, I don’t think it does this automatically; you have to tell it to do so. That way, if a favorite app ever disappear from the App Store, you can still restore it to any of your devices. iTunes doesn’t save copies of your apps; just notes which ones you have. And if you ever have to restore from an iTunes backup, it assumes it will just download them again; but it can’t if they’re no longer available, so that could be a problem later. I think they do this to save space on your computer.
So, have you tried opening and playing one of the numbered classes in the downloaded content’s folder? Or compared the total size of classes you moved to my docs to see if they match? That doesn’t seem much for the classes you downloaded, but I can’t remember how many you moved.
I want to know too I hope we can get them I had awefull time trying to download classes and I have missed some.
There’s a new message from mybluprint we will continue having access to the classes since they sold part of the business to another company so we are good now
Hi Marie!
Yes everything you said does make sense. I just wanted to ask:
because you put your classes on your external hard drive yourself, not via a backup like mine presently are being added to my external hard drive, you were able to view, and rename them in the external hard drive correct? You cannot edit backups right? That’s why iMazing has told me I cannot just delete the classes from the downloaded content in a backup, right?
(Like I’ve said before, I’m not very computer savvy, but this project has certainly forced me to learn lots! Yikes!)
Yes I have spot checked every single video segment of each of my classes, I have saved 92 to my Mac from my iPad in several sessions, since my iPad is only 128 GB. I have no idea how many GB that is and no idea how I figure that out.
I assume it looks the same on the PC: I just double click on the mp4 of each class segment. It pops up and you can start and view it there. I drag the little bar across the video to move fast and stop in 3-4 locations to make sure the voice is there. I have not had one that has failed! Yeah to that!
How do I tell iMazing to save copies of my Apps?
I did get an email response from iMazing but unfortunately it was not the same woman. This was a man and he obviously did not read the entire chain of emails between her and I because he responded:
We’ve had several users asking us the same, and one has successfully recovered videos. To recover your videos, back up your device, select your device from the Backup List (https://imazing.com/guides/backups-list-in-imazing) and go to Apps >bluprint >Backup >Library >ApplicationSupport >downloaded_content. This folder has your downloaded videos and you can copy them to your Mac.
I responded back to him, that was not the issue!
I said I have already saved all my videos to my Mac. Again I stated that the issue was the list of classes keeps showing up in the Downloaded Content of all Backups, even after previous Backups have been deleted and all video downloads have been deleted from the Bluprint App.
I’ll see what he comes up with!
It sounds like you have left all your downloaded videos on your iPad, have saved them all to your external hard drive and have the numbered list so you could restore any if needed. Have you tried deleting just one, then do a current Backup to see if it disappears from that new Backup Downloaded Content? If your deletes and mine doesn’t then I know the issue is with me and perhaps with some setting.
Thanks,
Lindey
Hi Lindy,
I did backup thru iMazing to my Ext hard drive. Then I tried to rename IN iMazing, and it wouldn’t let me, for some reason. Can’t remember the error msg. (But one class did end up renamed anyway to “Q”, lol. )
I’m guessing it wants to keep them named the same so that future updates to the backup will be added incrementally. If I would change the name, and an item stayed on my iPad, next time it would probably have to backup the entire thing, because it would think it was a different item.
THEN, because that didn’t work, I copied the files to another folder ON THE SAME EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE WHERE THE BACKUP LIVES. And yes, I can play from there, as long as the Ext drive is connected, lol.
I’m not sure about all of the rest of your questions. I’ve been delayed on this project because I’ve been dealing with other multiple crises at the same time.
Soon, I will go back on my computer and check stuff out. I DID have some corrupted lessons that would not play; they were only a few KB in size, vs MB.
When I tried to play those same classes in the BP app, (on the iPad) they wouldn’t play in there either. So it was an issue from the original download. I deleted from BP app, then redownloaded those segments*. So, we will see what happens when I backup next time, which I hope will be soon. AND, I did delete some classes off my iPad, so we’ll see what happens with that, too. I will let you know. [*I have learned, in my limited experience, that if I turn on airplane mode on the iPad, (no WiFi on) then see if all the lessons play on THERE (which is way faster and easier then checking ea folder on the computer, BTW), if they play well on the iPad, then they seem to transfer ok to iMazing. You must have airplane mode on to test this, otherwise it will just stream the class from the website, and you’ll think it’s downloaded safely but it’s not necessarily so.]
As to playing classes right from the iMazing backup, I can’t remember if I tried that. But I do know I can open notes and read them in there. I can listen to podcasts and audio recordings in there.
When you plug your device into the computer and iMazing is open, a menu comes up that covers almost the whole page with options such as: do you want to password protect your backup; where do you want to store it, do you want to backup the apps, plus’s a bunch more stuff. Snoop around in that menu without changing anything at first, to see what your options are. That’s what I did. I’m certainly no expert, as I’ve only had iMazing since the end of Nov, I’m just feeling my way thru, as I go. I’ve had lots of problems all winter, even before Covid 19 and Bluprint. It’s been a bit overwhelming and the problems keep piling on. And that’s why I’ve hardly watched any classes, even tho I’ve been subscribed. It floors me to hear of ppl who are “bored” being stuck at home. I would love to spend all my time quilting and crafting, lol 😂 But never bored!
Oh, on the size: I only tried to move 67 classes, and they all didn’t fit on my 256 GB iPad. Most did. The only other thing on the iPad are the basic apps that came installed on it. Not even the “materials” for the classes. So your classes should take up AT LEAST 300-350 GB, I’m thinking.
I hate it when reps don’t read the full story and you have to keep repeating yourself. Maybe copy and paste from your previous email!
Hope this helps for now. I’ll let you know when I find out more. 😊
Thanks Marie!
Did everyone see the news! CRAFTSY is COMING BACK!!! We can keep our classes! I literally cried! LOL!
Did everyone see the news!? CRAFTSY is COMING BACK!!! We can keep our classes! I literally cried when the email came through today! LOL!
Yes. Wonderful news!
But think that I will still be offloading any new classes that I add, just in case.
Also gives me something to watch during those prolonged winter power failures.
I also am a Crafty “Forever” customer. I invested over $600 in purchasing forever classes. I received an email stating that Crafty customers would be given an opportunity to download their forever class purchases. I am very concerned about the loss of my investment. I favor a class action lawsuit. I would like to sign on to the lawsuit. It’s a very unfair situation. It would be legalized thievery and false advertising for sure.
Are you aware that Bluprint was sold and so the platform will continue? You are still be able to access your videos. Just login to your account and you will see all of the classes you purchased are still in you Own Forever library.
I am glad classes are available for now at Bluprint. I am wondering though about the wording ” Your subscription services, course materials, and individually purchased classes will continue through http://www.mybluprint.com until we transition to the new Craftsy website.
I take that to mean we won’t without a membership with the new company?
I have 420 classes. This is outrageous! Need I say more other than “I second that” to every entry of those of you that feel very angry!
Craftsy is back, your classes are safe
I have 420 classes. This is outrageous! Need I say more other than “I second that” to every entry of those of you that feel very angry!
I tried to download the app where you can have the videos copied and it brought up an error message that it is no longer allowed by Bluprint. WHY!?
Contact the software house directly. They did a tweak to the app for me and classes downloaded quickly. Bear in mind that if your pc is like mine, it does not have the free hard drive space to download more than 10-29 classes at a time. You will need to move downloaded classes quickly to a portable hard drive. I spent several days off loading the classes, PDFs, and patterns for my classes.
But at least now I have them all..forever. Oh yeah and you will probably want 2 portable hard drives, so you have a backup of the backup. Small price to pay for insurance. This is the second company like this to go south on me.
Software house? Can you tell me how to contact please?
Vicki,
Apparently having the software will do no good.shortly After downloading my 200+ classes, there was a copyright issue raised and we can no longer get the software to work. So, for now, you need to just be patient. My classes are slowly popping up, and those still not currently converted, I can watch real time.
What’s coming on the horizon? Given the nature of the company that bought out the assets, I would probably be safe in assuming lots of sewing and quilting classes. Cooking, photography and painting? Probably not. Too bad, because therein lay most of my interest.
Threats and complaints are probably not going to speed the process up, and may have the opposite affect. Now that I can see that the process is working, I’m going to settle back, wait to see what pops up as new once the conversion process is completed, and enjoy a mojito while I wait.
Vicki: If you’re referring to Alavsoft they announced sometime in early July (I think) that their software could no longer be used to download classes from Bluprint. I believe it was due to copyright issues. Now that TM marketing is bringing back Craftsy you should have access to all of your classes but not for downloading to your computer. At least this is my understanding of this ever evolving situation 🙂
Thank you Donna for your reply. It has all been very vague! And why didn’t Bluprint issue an easy fix for us all that have made a sizeable payment for many classes? But in real time that is not the case. It seems to be a mystery as to how we can have access to an “Own Forever” class. Never say never and never say forever. And I am not glued to my computer that all of this was evident to me in early July unfortunately… 🙁 I was busy doing what I learned from Craftsy and Machine Embroidering. Urgh!
Please see our post today regarding what you can expect from the new Craftsy.com launching this week: https://craftindustryalliance.org/what-to-expect-from-the-new-craftsy/
What to expect? Exactly what we expected! They did not honor our Own Forever Classes. I saw someone with 278…I purchased over 400 classes. Do I see my classes on the once again Craftsy website? Noooooooooooooooooo. I have the opportunity to purchase the same class all over again! Pathetic. Oh and thank you for my 2 month premium mbrship. My classes were worth thousands of dollars. How bout a lifetime mbrship?
I think it may just take a bit more time for TN Marketing to load all of your classes into you account.
Abby that is reassuring to hear. I hope so.
I am a prior member of the original Craftsy, and continued member when renamed by Bluprint. When Bluprint went back to Craftsy, I was a member was assured that I would still have my forever classes? I do not see any of my account history on the new Craftsy? And, I do not see any of my “Forever Owned” classes? When I signed in to the new Craftsy, which has been over a month ago, I thought I would see my “Forever Classes” within a reasonable time? How need to use a few of those older classes purchased (which is no longer being viewed on the new Craftsy platform) do you know how long it is going to take to update and make available
my “Forever Classes”?
Please contact Craftsy directly for customer service questions.
Hi, Vicki,
The FAQ states that it may take up to 72 days to get all of the Own Forever classes restored to every individual account. They ARE being restored, however. For me, it’ll probably be easier, because I only have about 53 classes. For you, with 400+, it might take a minute longer.
In the meantime, we have all been granted a 45-day period of free access to everything. That way, we can watch our classes while we wait for our accounts to be updated. There is no need to buy a membership nor to repurchase any of our previously-owned classes.
After that 45-day period ends, we do NOT need a paid membership. Craftsy operates for us the way it did in the past (well, more like Bluprint in that we can buy classes individually as desired, or choose a subscription model).
Log into Craftsy, click “Forgot password”. When you receive the Password Reset email, click that link, and log back in. Note: you CAN use the password you’d used previously. That’s what I did, and it worked just fine. My classes aren’t there yet, but I read the FAQ and I’m not worrying until November 12th or December 16th, depending on whether they’re counting all days or just “work week” days.
Hello all!
I know this is a frustrating time for some of you with not having your new Craftsy accounts working. I guess I am one of the fortunate ones because mine seems to be working.
I actually have two accounts: subscription account (the old Bluprint acct. Where I have about 3 dozen “forever classes” and I have an old Craftsy acct. where I have over 100 “ forever classes”. I signed into each acct. and changed each password as the email instructed us to do and both accounts do work I think.
I haven’t had time to investigate much but have watched parts of the same class with both accounts and the few minutes I watched worked. Unfortunately the videos aren’t the same the way they run: no 30 second repeat, no speed setting, etc. : (
The emails from Craftsy seemed to make it sound like it would take them a few weeks to get everything loaded into our accounts, so fingers crossed!
Has anyone had any of their “Forever Classes” show up in your account? And if so, where do you see them? I haven’t found any yet, but am trying to give them the time Craftsy said they needed to accomplish that but don’t know where to look for them either.
I sure hope it all starts working for everyone. We all went through a lot of trauma and drama over this whole thing!
Thanks for any info you can supply!
Lucy
Has anyone seen their Forever Classes show up in their Craftsy account yet? If so, where do you see them?
Thanks,
Karen
I have gotten my Own Forever classes, but the entire platform has changed., not only the classes to view with a subscription. All the video notes are gone, the entire feature is gone. Along with no 15 second repeat. There is no question and answer side panel that pertained to the spot you were in the video. There is no asking the instructor questions anymore. With that feature gone, they didn’t even retain the old questions and answers that were already in the Own Forever classes. They don’t even have the original table of contents, it is an overview style, with no ability to go back to a section, and with no notes to search for, you have to start from the beginning. Same with watching part of the class and then trying to take up where you left off on another day. In short, all of the platform features which made me buy Craftsy classes, as opposed to the myriad of others out there, are gone.
The new owners have said they plan to have the Own Forever classes on DVD for owners, I hope they don’t plan on charging us again for the hard copy of the classes.
I chatted with a Craftsy representative and was told that my own forever classes will be available on 10/16/2020. I specifically asked about the Stephen West Shawl knit class and was told that some classes are not available for the free streaming right now. Since I paid for that class, it will be in my library once my library is transferred over. In the announcement about Craftsy coming back, they said it could take up to 70 days to transfer so I guess the wait continues.
I have been emailing Craftsy for the last few weeks about my classes as I have not been able to get into the website. I purchased about 10-15 classes and up until the new Craftsy went live, I was able to view them. However, now the Craftsy website does not recognise my email address, or my former email address and I can’t get into the website.
I emailed Craftsy and was asked to name all the classes that I had purchased – great! I don’t have a full record as the email address was my work address and I no longer work there. Then I sent them a copy of my credit card statement showing all the payments to Craftsy. Yet again they have come back asking for more detail. I have listed as many of the classes as I remember, but am very frustrated and more than a little miffed that I have to try and get all this information for them.
Has anyone else had this issue?
I was a former Craftsy and had a few forever classes. I never subscribed to Blu Print. On May11, 2020, my credit card was charged $65 by Blu Print. Investigation with my credit card company revealed this charge was a point of sale manual charge — meaning I had to have spoken with someone at Blu Print. I never spoke with someone at Blu Print between the time Craftsy was sold to Blu Print. In speaking with Craftsy today, their records have no transaction of this amount. I find this very strange. May 2020 is when everything changed. Has anyone else experienced this? Thank you.
It took time, I am now satisfied with the new Craftsy website.
I now have all of my 26 forever classes available to me. The web site still needs work, I still preferred Bluprint’s app with their thirty second rewind and bookmarks. I admit I did not miss blueprint / Craftsy during the summer with so much outdoor gardening and canning to be done. Between Thanksgiving, Christmas and remaining winter months, I am staying indoors, trying to be safe, and will be watching the new Craftsy more often.