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. A few here and there throughout the book but mostly readable until you get near the end where there is no text at all. the whole book was there.I bought from Amazon and half the text is missing. There are little boxes where the letters should be. All of the appendix is missing. What a ripoff.
I was looking for a book that would help me understand how to work Premiere Elements, and this book worked well. Easy to understand and lots of information.
I'm just wondering if I should get a more basic one that holds my hand as well. A good reference book I'd say. This is a pretty good book. Not sure about that yet. It's advanced, yet an easy read. I learned alot and it has been helpful. Like I said, some stuff is advanced and it takes awhile to understand and some stuff I have yet to understand. I figured if I get a step by step book, that this book will become much more clear.
But the concept is the same. I am not a fan of fat books that are over 1000 pages long. As a programmer, I understand the reason behind it. I am looking at a skinny book on video editing. It shows you everything you need to know about using Adobe Premiere Elements 7. When I saw that Steve's book was less than 200 pages and the reviews were great, I was a little taken back by it.
The way he teaches you to use Premiere Elements is one of the best I have read for any book. I do know how to pick my computer programming books. Let alone anything for version 7. I know programming and video editing is like apples and oranges. That little book is all you need to get comfortable with Premiere Elements.Steve's writing style is so good that I won't hesitate to buy more of his books in the future. When it came to picking a video editing book, I was stumped. I just wanted to say that I am computer programmer for 10 years until I got laid off. For example, the book will show you how to add text to the video but it up to you to learn how to make it animated or change colors.
Boy. When I first launched Adobe Premiere Elements 7, I was totally lost and I didn't know where to begin. Does Steve show you what you need to know. (Kinda weird coming from a guy who is a computer programmer where those application developing software is exactly the same thing). Mmmmm.So I read it in a week.
It made me wonder if it really is a good book. There were a few video editing books out there. The rest is up to your creativity and your knowledge.YES. This is what this book is about, it shows you the ropes and how to get comfortable with Premiere Elements. Remember when you first had your hand on the computer mouse and you didn't know where to click first. It was kinda hard considering my programming background with fat books.
The point is that it does not hold your hand giving you step by step to make a movie from capturing a device to burning a DVD. It does show you where they are so you can explore on your own. I have read many computer programming books and I have learned to know that there are a number of writing and teaching styles from various publishers and authors. What this book will not teach is the elements or features of the application, it is up to you to explore them. By the time, I was done reading the book, I was already making video clips and making fun movies. That is what I mean about showing the ropes.
His name is on my list of good authors who write great books. What this book does is tells you where to look for things and how to use it. The choice was few. So don't be afraid to explore what Premiere Elements has to offer you once you are done reading this book. That was a great book. If you are looking for that boring type book, look somewhere else.
It shows you where everything is (well not the advance stuff but most commonly used stuff) so you know where to go. If the other authors can copy his style on using iTunes, MS Office, etc, we would save a few more trees as the book won't be as thick.
I bought it for learning my Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0.Every subject is treated very wisely. Easy to read and easy to understand.I personally feel that I owe a lot to Mr.Steve Grisetti.(I would not improve myself without reading this book).Thanks a lot.
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