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Premiere 6 for Macintosh and Windows (Visual QuickStart Guides) [Paperback]

Antony Bolante (Author)
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  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (27 Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201722070
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201722079
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 11.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,578,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Adobe Premiere 6.0 is an impressive upgrade to a venerable digital video editing application, offering more professional features than ever. It can be intimidating for a novice, but Premiere 6: Visual QuickStart Guide for Mac and Windows eases the learning curve and helps new users get a handle on how Premiere works and how far it can take them. Like other books in the Visual QuickStart Series, this book is physically smaller and lighter than many computer books, which helps make it friendly and approachable. Every chapter is laid out in a clear two-column format, one for text and one for screen shots, and each tutorial is written in an easy-to-follow step-by-step format. (For a new user learning the basics of a program, there is no better series of books.) Upgrading from Premiere 4 to Premiere 5 was a major leap, and not without problems. The transition from version 5 to 6 is much easier--the interface hasn't changed much, many features have been fixed, improved, and new features added, and the feel of the program overall is much more solid. Because there are fewer features that are entirely new and more aspects of the program have been improved and made more robust, the book is free to teach about not only the basics of Premiere 6, but also editing (chapters 4 through 7), using the title tool (chapter 12), using effects and motion settings (chapters 9, 11, and 14), and audio mixing (chapter 10). Premiere 6: Visual QuickStart Guide for Mac and Windows makes learning this powerful tool seem more manageable. Hollywood may not be ready for your feature film, but at least you'll be ready for Hollywood. --Mike Caputo

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For any course in Multimedia, Computer Graphics, Web Multimedia, Film and Video, or Visual Communications that uses Adobe Premiere.

This task-based, visual reference guide features step-by-step instructions and plenty of screen shots—the ideal way to get students up and running with Premiere quickly.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
I bought this book because it was the cheapest Premiere 6 book around and because I wanted to get using Premiere quickly. How wrong I was, admittedly I am a novice when it comes to Video editing, but this book didn't help at all. The DV editing chapter is almost at the end of the book and walk through tutorials would have been very useful. In the end the book confused me more and I began to read the Premiere 6 manual instead. Do your self a favour and put your hands deeper in your pocket and buy another book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
I purchased this book just as I took delivery of a new PC system built around the Pinnacle DV500 capture board which comes with Premiere 6. I had hoped for a 'quick start' but was disappointed. The book is written by a Macintosh user and all screen shots, which are a grainy back and white, are from a Mac. However, the PC commands, which are basically identical, are also detailed in the text. The book is thorough and set out in a logical order, like an undergraduate text book. Every user is anxious to get started with the program and it would have been useful to have an early chapter which took you right through a basic edit, rather than waiting until you are halfway through the book before actually editing. The illustrations are there but buttons etc. are not adequately labelled for a beginner and I feel that the author expects some previous experience with Premiere on the part of the reader.

I can recommend the book if you want thoroughness or are already using an earlier Premiere and just want to upgrade. For the beginner, expect a steep and long learning curve; don't expect the 'quick start' with a 'visual' approach that the title implies. In the end there is no substitute for a teacher with a program of this complexity and I have already enrolled on a local college course!

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
An excellent guide to Premiere 6.0, for users at any level.. 15 April 2001
By Ronald K Rowland - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Premiere 6 for Macintosh and Windows Visual Quickstart Guide by Antony Bolante, et al can help readers at any level learn this very capable but sometimes complicated software. Chapters and examples are organized in the same order that most users will access various Premier 6 features, Macintosh and Windows version differences are painlessly explained, and step by step task instruction is provided in each chapter. This logical "here's how you do it" approach, plus the wealth of illustrations and non-technical explanations should be especially welcome to readers without experience. It is refreshing to read a computer book that visually educates and contains plain language instead of chapter after chapter of technical jargon. But, this is far more than just a book for beginners, as the experienced user will also find many tips and strategies for effectively using Premiere 6, too. Explanations of the many audio and video import and export settings, information missing in most Premiere documentation, were invaluable in helping me produce an acceptable end result. The comparisons between Premiere 6 and traditional film editing were also very interesting, and although this information isn't necessary to use Premiere 6, it helped me understand how motion picture editing is done. And the price is right too, especially for a 400+ page book loaded with examples. This book helped me make the fast progress that I needed to make, and did it with style. Bravo!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Fast, Efficient, No-Fluff Premiere Manual 26 July 2001
By Philip Williams - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
A comprehensive and well organized manual for Adobe Premiere 6. Includes a great Index and detailed Table of Contents, making it easy to find answers to almost any questions very quickly. Text is generally to the point and clear, with many illustrations. In addition to thoroughly covering Premiere, there are general sections related to video, such as Frame Rate, Time Code, Interlacing, Aspect Ratios, etc..

It should be noted that this book is NOT a step-by-step tutorial to teach you Premiere. It works as a reference manual, and does that job admirably. Although one could probably learn Premiere with this book, for beginners I would recommend Adobe's Classroom in a Book series and/or the tutorials that ship with Premiere.

Overall, an outstanding book and an excellent value. ...END

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
No Book can be Perfect - but this one comes close 10 Feb 2002
By Xandro - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I read all the reviews here on Amazon-- and I know that they were very extreme- I teach webdesign programs... Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver etc. I find that Visual QuickStart books (and this one is no exception) are the best in the market... try reading Adobe Premierer's class room in a book- and then get back to me- Talk about filler words and useless reading!

Maybe someone will write a Premiere 1-2-3 book... till then, this is the best book you can get!

Xandro

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