Adobe Premiere Elements Classroom in a Book [Paperback]

Adobe Creative Team (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 032126794X | ISBN-13: 978-0321267948 | Publication Date: January 7, 2005 | Edition: 1

Just because you have a small budget doesn't mean you have small aspirations. Now that Adobe is offering under-$100 video editing software in the form of Premiere Elements, you want to take advantage of all of its features, so that the only thing limiting your filmmaking efforts is your own imagination. This self-paced guide from the folks behind the software represents the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to do just that! You'll learn how to capture and import video; add transitions, titles and effects; take advantage of Premiere Element's stunning templates; use the program with Photoshop Elements to edit and incorporate still images; output your finished video to DVD; and more. Each chapter contains a project that builds on your growing knowledge of the program as well as review questions that ensure the lessons stick. Best of all, the accompanying DVD includes all of the lesson and media files you'll need to complete the book's projects.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

The Adobe Creative Team is made up of designers, writers, and editors who have extensive, real-world knowledge of and expertise in using Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and more experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press; 1 edition (January 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 032126794X
• ISBN-13: 978-0321267948
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,392,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Computers & Technology > Digital Photography & Video > Adobe Premiere Elements

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to a complex subject, November 15, 2005

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John Lockhart (Akron, OH USA) - See all my reviews

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

Not sure why someone would think this is the manual. It is not the manual, it is a separate book with a DVD full of projects to work on and step by step exercises on things like Editing and Transistions, special effects and titles and how to make a DVD.

I found this book to be a great introduction to working with video on my computer- I chose Premiere Elements because it let me burn a DVD from the program. The chapter in the book is much better than anything in the manual as it tells you how to set up chapters and make a menu.

For someone who didin't know anything about video this book introduced me to the subject in a way that was easy to follow.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a beginner in video or Premiere Elements, this might be a good "2nd book purchase"., December 20, 2005

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John W. Rawson "John Rawson" (Groveland, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Premiere Elements Classroom in a Book (Paperback)

If you have used an "Adobe Classroom in a Book" before, you know what this one is like. If you are a beginner in video or Premiere Elements, this might be a good "second book purchase". After you finish the lessons you can skim through the users manual and get what few details are left out here. The only criticism that I have about this book is that a proofreader did obviously not check it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING!!! - Useless - older version!, May 22, 2009

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J. Long - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Premiere Elements Classroom in a Book (Paperback)

WARNING! Amazon should put this label on all of its out of date manuals. This book has a 2005 copyright and is written for a version of Adobe Premiere elements that has been revised at least 4 times since publication. It is useless for the current Premiere Elements 7.0. I was fooled -- don't you be too.