( 5 reviews )
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( 5 of 5 found this review helpful ) Posted: Dec 3 2002
Sure its simple, but if you need something that'snot then you could probably figure out Adobe Premiere 6without a book. I'm a 17 yr. old amature moviemaker and was somewhat stumped by Adobe Premiere. I skipped about the first five chapters and went to the stuffI couldn't figure out on my own. It's step by step process took out the guess work.
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( 5 of 5 found this review helpful ) Posted: Nov 28 2002
This book is clearly for beginners, who are willing to sit down and spend the time going through the steps of the many tasks that make up the book.The book is organised such that you basically have to follow through all the tasks in order not to get lost.The tasks are bite-sized, occupying 2 pages and made up of about 6 steps, each step illustrated in color. If you do follow the steps, it's hard to get lost, since every step is well-illustrated, and they even point to you exactly where to click (which borders on being insulting).It is important to bear in mind the fact that this book is not meant to be a reference book, where you flip to a particular section to find out how to do stuff. You'd probably be disappointed.Also, since this book as task-oriented, it does not really show you the steps involved in a real project. In other words, going through this book may not properly equip you do successfully complete a large scale project. More experience would be needed. Otherwise, get another book.All in all, this is great for true beginners, but if you want to go further in Premiere, be prepared to buy another book.
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( 16 of 17 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 2 2002
I found the picture by picture style of this book not only anoying, but void of in-depth information. Premiere is phenomenally complicated. This book's "Simple Simon" approach shows how to do the basics step by step without explaining the fundamentals and technical information necessary to master video editing basics. My advice to someone who actually wants to LEARN Premiere? Don't try to take a short cut. If you need a picture book with step by step instructions to work through a software program, Adobe Priemiere is probably not the best video editing tool for you to learn. This book fails to explain the importance of the "Render" command thus confusing the begginer who can't understand why none of the technical tricks of the book are not working. In a nutshell, buy another book.
