Adobe Premiere 6.5 Complete Course [With CDROM]

It's interesting that people take the time to write reviews (and post themtwice) without taking a couple of minutes to look for solutions. I hadproblems with some of the files in the book as well, and it was tracked downto the fact that Premiere was preinstalled on my computer by themanufacturer without having files installed that open all the file formats.Did you bother looking on the author's Web site? If you did, you would finda complete list of all the files in other formats you can download and useif the ones on the CD don't work on your particular computer.

I was thilled with this book. It has clear instructions with great color pictures that show you exactly what you should be doing and how it should look. I learned my way around Premiere so quickly I was surprised at myself. All "teach yourself" books should be this easy to use!I had no problems opening any files for this software - even the .mpgs (which Mac supports if all the software is installed correctly). And, although there is one set of files missing from the CD, I contacted the author and she was quick to help me. I had the necessary files within a couple of hours.I think this is one of the best books out there on Premiere. An excellent buy and read.

This is the best book I have ever seen or read on Premiere. It is a superb text. Let me state firstly that I had used Premiere 6.0 before reading this book, but when I upgraded to 6.5 I decided to look for a text that would give me a better model of Premiere than my hacking with it had done. Since I have a few dozen DV tapes I was less interested in the CD contents than in applying the lessons to work I had on hand.If you have touched on early versions of Premiere, and want to consolidate your skills on 6.5 then this book is simply superb. I would go so far as to suggest throwing out other Premiere texts and sticking with this one.Firstly, this is a book designed with the reader in mind. Every screen action and effect is clearly defined. Small red buttons show clickable areas and blue buttons indicate off screen actions or effects. Secondly, the layout is excellent, with the primary focus being on screenshots supported by textual descriptions. All the treacks are brought into use and shown, so you get a real flavour of the Premiere as a powerful editor. Thirdly, the lesson plans are well-paced and challenging. The tasks are meaningful and their purpose is made clear at the beginning of each section. Moreover, each section has a time component (90 minutes). Finally, the author is realistic about Premiere, and empahsises her own use and experiences in corporate video production.As an XP user, I would recommend this book as an excellent example of a good pedagogical style. Maybe Mac people have different experiences. The missing CD contents are a problem and doesn't speak highly of quality control at some point in the process.However, taken as a whole offering for Windows users, this is an outstanding book.