Adobe Premiere for Dummies

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 360 pages
• Published by: For Dummies September 12, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764516442
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764516443
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
Adobe Premiere For Dummies reviews the basics of digital video and video editing including installing a video card and/or hooking up a digital camcorder to the computer as well as basic information on the world of digital video in general - frame rates, aspect ratios, time codes, and more.
This book helps the confused beginner by making sense out of all the video editing terms and jargon that fills the manual and the other picture/lesson books covering Premiere.
Adobe Premiere For Dummies covers the tools used for a typical video editing project including importing clips, editing clips, applying transitions, mixing in audio, adding superimpositions, creating titles and exporting files to various output sources.

Book Info
Reviews the basics of digital video and video editing including installing a video card and/or hooking up a digital camcorder to the computer as well as basic information on the world of digital video in general - frame rates, aspect ratios, time codes, and more. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

Reader Reviews
If you are just entering the digital video world, and you don't know what a codec is, you need this book. The author explains everything and creates a foundation to build the concepts of video editing. If you're already familiar with digital video, and you just want to know where all the buttons are in Premiere, simply to skip to the chapter on Video Editing and you're there. The first half of the book drones on a bit about every possible preference and setting. This gets a bit dry. Be prepared to read the book twice, as much of the terms you won't understand until you experiment. Some things were glazed over e.g. I found 3-point editing to be an amazing feature. Like other books I've read, the author really pushes single-track editing. I think single-track editing may be easier to explain, but A/B editing is much easier to visualize and work with. If you are familiar with other Adobe products, such as Photoshop, A/B editing works just like blending layers of a photograph. This book covers version 6 as well as 6.5 - there's not a big difference between the two, unless you are really big on 'Titles'. There is a lot of great information getting your feet wet as a small-time movie producer - patents, royalties, and where to go for more information. I was left with the ability to do just about everything I wanted to do with my movies, but was left with some questions. This will not be the only book you buy on Premiere, but it should probably be the first.