Avid Xpress Pro Editing Workshop [Paperback]

Steve Hullfish (Author), Jaime Fowler (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1578202388 | ISBN-13: 978-1578202386 | Publication Date: August 2004 | Edition: 1

This book moves beyond the basics of "pushing the buttons"; explaining the most efficient and effective ways of using Xpress Pro to tell the story. Readers develop a working knowledge of the application with lessons and tutorials that cover every essential method and technique. An excellent resource for students and professional editors new to Xpress Pro, this book and DVD combo provides valuable hands-on practice with an extended example that demonstrates the edit of an entire sequence. Project media and plug-ins are provided on the companion DVD.

This book moves beyond the basics of 'pushing the buttons,' explaining the most efficient and effective ways of using Xpress Pro to tell the story.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A must have on the shelf closest to the Xpress Pro edit system... filled with recommendations based upon unique insights and extensive experiences."
--Bob Turner, Video Systems Magazine

About the Author

Steve Hullfish produces and edits trailers, TV spots, promos and DVDs through his company, Verascope Pictures, which serves high-end clients: Universal Studios, NBC Television, HIT Entertainment, Jim Henson Entertainment, VeggieTales and others. His 22 years of producing and editing TV shows and spots have garnered many national awards, including a national Emmy as part of the editing team of the Oprah Winfrey Show. He has co-written three other books including "Color Correction for Digital Video," "Avid XpressPro On the Spot," and "The Avid XpressPro Editing Workshop." He has also written for DV magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 461 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578202388
• ISBN-13: 978-1578202386
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,047,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Promise Unfulfilled, September 12, 2006

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Pi Ware (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avid Xpress Pro Editing Workshop (Paperback)

Hullfish and Fowler offer a lot of good information in their book "Avid Xpress Pro Editing Workshop", but they also squeeze in far too many attempts to make the book "entertaining". Instead of teaching you in some kind of happy-go-lucky way, their jokes, quips and quirks sidetrack and ultimately frustrate you. And while you get the sense that these guys are terrifically experienced editors with lots of tricks up their sleeves, you don't perform those tricks yourself because the DVD-ROM in the back of the book doesn't include much of a tutorial at all, just some groovy little settings that you can copy.

Unfortunately, the book is not organized as a quick reference, nor is it designed as a true "workshop"--as the title advertises. In fact, the only real work you do is wading through black and white text while you seek out those instructive hands-on lessons that never quite materialize.

While the authors offer loads of terrific information, the book doesn't fulfill the title's promise.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price the first day, February 23, 2006

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R. Buckler (Arthur, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avid Xpress Pro Editing Workshop (Paperback)

Great book for the way I learn. I don't like reading from front to back and with AVID being my new editing platform, I needed a book that would allow me to jump to what I was interested in at the time. Hullfish's book allows me to find answers that are not obvious in the regular 'help' menus of the software. This book paid for itself within 1 day after it arrived.