Adobe Premiere Pro Bible [Paperback]

Adele Droblas (Author), Seth Greenberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 26, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0764542265 | ISBN-13: 978-0764542268 | Edition: 1

• Totally revised and enhanced to cover the major new upgrade to the overall leading desktop digital video application
• Packed with tutorials, tips, and tricks, this is the authoritative and comprehensive guide to creating, editing, and outputting digital video to DVD, CD-ROM, the Web, or videotape
• Shows how to create special effects using Premiere and After Effects, Encore, and other software; how to integrate narration, music, and sound effects with moving images; and how to create digital video productions from movies shot on a camcorder
• Bonus CD-ROM is loaded with video-based tutorials, a library of usable video clips and sample effects, useful video filters and utilities, and software tryouts

Editorial Reviews

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a great reference guide no matter what your level of expertise. -- Digital Creative Arts

"...an invaluable and thorough resource...there's no other title we'd rather recommend. Buy it and be saved..." -- Computer Arts, March 2004

“…a great reference guide no matter what your level of expertise.” (Digital Creative Arts)

"...an invaluable and thorough resource...there's no other title we'd rather recommend. Buy it and be saved..." (Computer Arts, March 2004)

From the Back Cover

If Adobe Premiere Pro can do it, you can do it too...

Whether you’re an Adobe Premiere Pro expert or a beginner, you’ll find all the tutorials, tips, and tricks you’ll need to start producing sophisticated digital video productions using the latest features. From capturing video onto your desktop and editing several clips together to creating unforgettable special effects and outputting your movie to DVD or the Web, this completely updated and revised reference is the one guidebook that helps you do it all.

Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of Adobe Premiere Pro

• Save time when creating projects by customizing Adobe Premiere Pro
• Import video directly into Premiere from a digital or analog camcorder
• Add rolling and scrolling credits and create eye-catching titles
• Apply advanced editing techniques such as 3- and 4-point edits, and use Rolling Edit and Ripple Edit tools
• Integrate narration, music, and sound effects with your own video images
• Incorporate motion effects using the Motion dialog box
• Export QuickTime^® and AVI movies using the specific settings that produce best results
• Edit Premiere Filmstrip files in Adobe Photoshop and export them back into Premiere
• Design your own special effects using Premiere, After Effects, Encore DVD, and other software

The bonus DVD contains

• Tryout versions of Adobe Premiere Pro, Encore DVD, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and GoLive
• Trial versions of Macromedia Flash^M MX 2004 and Director MX along with Discreet Cleaner^M XL trial version
• Video-based tutorials, a library of usable video clips and sample effects, useful video filters and utilities, and more

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Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764542265
• ISBN-13: 978-0764542268
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,775,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Fair Reference and Poor Lesson, August 26, 2005

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John A Lee III "jal3" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Premiere Pro Bible (Paperback)

This book started out great. After some explanation, it guided me through a simple video editing project in the first chapter that worked and communicated some basic ideas. It got me excited about learning more and then it disappointed me bitterly.

The rest of the book does not teach the way the first chapter does. It does do a systematic and fairly thorough job of explaining things in the interface but the usable examples are few and far between. This works well for some people but not for me. I learn better by doing along with the reading. This guide is woefully inadequate for that. Still, it is a handy reference. It's too bad I will have to further my training elsewhere.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adobe Premiere Pro Bible Review, February 19, 2004

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M. DIAS (JOHANNESBURG, South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Premiere Pro Bible (Paperback)

I looked around for awhile, before I bought this book. I wanted a book that would teach me step by step on how to edit with Premiere Pro. Never having any knowledge on how to use Premiere Pro, this was what I needed to start editing Wedding Videos.
The book covers everything, from basics to more advance tutorials. The great thing about this book is that it comes with a DVD with all that you need to get you started. It comes with free trial versions of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Encore DVD, Photoshop etc... The down side is that the Trial Versions only last 30 Days after instaling on your PC. So that means you have only 30 days to Complete your Tutorials. It's a thick book, but it's 100% comprehensive. Great for Begginers...

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb guide, January 30, 2006

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Joanne (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Premiere Pro 2 Bible, with DVD (Paperback)

I've worked wirth and recommended the past several editions of this book -- and each one has been better than the last. With the Premiere Pro 2 edition, Droblas and Greenberg have raised the bar even further, with even more comprehensive information and valuable insight on workflow, special effects and creating smoothly running, professional looking digital video. The enhanced information on creating animated menus is especially valuable. I'm using this in my own work, as well as recommending it to my students.