It's possible if you learned matrices outside the context of a linear algebra class that you might be mystified about what's actually happening.
I took Linear Algebra the same semester I took Computer Graphics, which worked out really well for me - the first half of LA taught me everything I needed to know about transformation matrices, and the second half of CG covered 3D graphics in OpenGL. The first half of CG was all 2D graphics stuff, and the second half of LA was about eigenvectors/values - I've forgotten everything from that part of the class.
I took Linear Algebra the same semester I took Computer Graphics, which worked out really well for me - the first half of LA taught me everything I needed to know about transformation matrices, and the second half of CG covered 3D graphics in OpenGL. The first half of CG was all 2D graphics stuff, and the second half of LA was about eigenvectors/values - I've forgotten everything from that part of the class.