Adobe Premiere 5.0 Classroom in a Book [Paperback]

Adobe Creative Team (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1568304676 | ISBN-13: 978-1568304670 | Publication Date: January 15, 1998

For any beginning to intermediate level course in Computer Graphics, Web Graphics, Graphic Design, Digital Imaging, or Visual Communications that uses Adobe software applications such as Acrobat, After Effects, FrameMaker, GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign, LiveMotion, PageMaker, Photoshop, or Premiere. Developed by the software-training experts at Adobe Systems, the Classroom in a Book Series offers complete, self-paced lessons for learning the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Each book includes a CD-ROM with customized files to guide students through the lessons and special projects.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you've set out to master Premiere 5 and don't know where to begin, get this thorough, well-illustrated book. It guides you through everything from basic interfaces to the process of assembling complex movies, and features step-by-step instruction and project files on an included CD-ROM. Each chapter also includes review questions and answers as well as an "exploring on your own" section.

First you get a tour of the Premiere interface. You start a project, add clips and audio, and edit and export the video. You also explore concepts central to digital video editing, such as frame size, resolution, video data compression, video capture, transparency, superimposing, audio, and output. Next, you learn basic editing techniques such as importing clips, working with the Timeline and the Source view, previewing and fine-tuning your work, and applying transitions. You go on to use audio clips, learn about three-point and four-point editing, work with clip linking, and use the Extract, Lift, Paste Custom, Slip, and Trim functions. Later lessons teach you how to create titles, superimpose clips, add motion, apply audio and video filters, and create subclips and virtual clips. --Kathleen Caster

From Library Journal

Both of these Adobe books are excellent self-paced training guides; they would also make excellent in-class texts for anyone teaching these tools. Less well-known than Photoshop, Premier allows the manipulation and editing of multimedia, including video, animation, and static graphics. The CD-ROMs include all examples and lesson files, but you will need your own copies of the programs actually to use the lessons. The Photoshop book includes coverage of Adobe's new product for web graphics, ImageReady, and given Photoshop's broad popularity, it belongs in most collections. Premier is for larger collections.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 378 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Pr (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568304676
• ISBN-13: 978-1568304670
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,210,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

102 of 104 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book To Buy For Premiere (Rated By Presky), November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Adobe Premiere 5.0 Classroom in a Book (Paperback)

I am 14 years old and am doing the video yearbook at Maroa-Forsyth High School. It is a new idea that I brought up last year. Now we are starting up and are going to use Premiere to do the DV editing w/a Sony DCR-TRV 110 D8 Handycam. The book not only is helpful on how to use this complex program, but helps me some with my settings that I need to configure the DV in/out on the Sony VAIO laptop we use. It has great descriptions, pictures, and is for sure well written (I can understand it quite well.). The CD-ROM enclosed also contains the project files for the example productions. It is not only easy to use and learn, but fun as well. I STRONGLY reccommend it to anyone wishing to use Premiere 5.x.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book truly enables anyone to use Premiere with ease., July 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Adobe Premiere 5.0 Classroom in a Book (Paperback)

Adobe Premiere Classroom in a Book is by far one of the most useful software guides I have ever purchased. The interactive style allows the user to get the "hands-on learning" needed to truly become proficient using Adobe Premiere. For anyone who uses video software to create quality videos, this is a must have for anyone who uses Premiere.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book., November 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Adobe Premiere 5.0 Classroom in a Book (Paperback)

Adobe's Classroom in a Book series are the best software training books I've ever used. This one is no exception. It's very logical, clear, and well thought-out. The CD that's included is well integrated with the training provided in the book. I also have the Photoshop 5 and PageMaker 6.5 editions, and they're great too.

I wish Macromedia would publish books like this for their products.