Customer Reviews

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 Classroom in a Book Collection

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Being the sort of person who likes to show a quality slide show I decided to buy this learning tool. I had used both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements starting with versions 4 and 2 respectively. Since I don't use these products excessively I suffer from cold storage from time to time. A little over a year ago my daughter got married and I was compelled to become proficient(using versions 5 & 3 at the time), quickly with both products and ultimately was able to author a very nice DVD covering her wedding shower, gown selection, a myriad of other little important things regarding the wedding preparation along the way, the rehearsal dinner and of course the main event, as well as, the morning after gift opening breakfast.

Needless to say when the wedding was over I presented them with their special DVD and immeditaely set the products aside. I recently purchased the current bundled versions of PS6 & PE4. I was preparing for a one-week trip to Yosemite National Park with my new Canon VIXIA HV30 HI Def camcorder. Before the trip I decided to get familiar with the new bundled versions of Photoshop 6 and Premiere Elements 4 that I had recently bought. At first blush they looked familiar, but I realized the more I played with them that the user interface had significantly changed - I believe for the better. So I decided to buy this aid, 'Classroom In A Book' for PS6 and PE4. Since the largest changes involved the User Interface for Premiere Elements 4, I started working on those exercises and immediately became familiar with all the facets of this great product again simply by working through the exercises, in the book.

I would highly recommend this learning aid, particularly if you are a casual user who needs to get up to speed quickly. For those who wish to become advanced, frequent users, there are other excellent reference and instructional/informative books, ie., Steve Grisseti and Chuck Engels.

This is my second "In a Classroom" book purchase. I raved about the one for version 5 and wrote to Adobe asking for a book for intermediate users. I rushed to order the book for version 6.0 as soon as it was available and while it too is very good I was disappointed that some of the example graphics are the same ones as for the prior book.

This book, which I am still reading chapter by chapter, has very clear exercises to follow with step by step instructions. Ideally I think one should complete the book exercise and then look for a personal graphic to repeat the exercise with.

This book would receive 5 stars if it were not for the fact that they repeated the use of some graphics.

I had just purchased Photoshop Elements 6 / Priemiere Elements 4 software and felt that I really needed a "Tutprial" to lead me through the basics. This book is doing exactly that. As a newbie in photo and video editing, this book is an excellent starting point for learning the complexities of these programs. There are some areas, especially in Premiere Elements, that I wish they had gone into more depth, but I relaize that no single book can cover everything. There are other books available that do cover some of the more advanced features, and I plan to eventually explore some of those, as well.
I have had a few "glitches" with the included lesson files on the dvd. A couple of files were corrupted, or whatever. It was just a matter of copying the files from a different folder on the dvd, since most of the example files are on the disk multiple times.
I highly recommend this book to beginners, like me!

The file " Elephant.avi " came damaged.
Not only in my disc... I asked other users of this course and all reported the same error: They reported that this file inside
the Lesson 2 (Lesson Two) is originally damaged and can't be played inside Lesson 2 of the Premiere Lessons.
As I didnt know which is the place to make a claim so I ordered one more book with disc but it didnt help. Allways the same damaged file !.

Tell me please who can send me the corrected file...
Thank You

This is an excellent learning tool for those beginning to use Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. There are very few "rough edges" in the presentation that can confuse the starting learner due to editing that was not thorough enough. (Please note, it is my biased opinion that any self-learning product should be held to a much higher level that a text book that is used in class.) In any case, I found it to be very useful and instructive. Highly recommended.

I purchased this book after purchasing the software. It comes with a CD that has files that you use with the lessons in the book. If you are looking for a book that explains how to use the software, then this book is a good basic book to begin with. It does not, however, go into advanced techniques.

I found this very detailed in all of the information. You do need to have a good working knowledge of using files. The disc supplied was excellent in allowing you to have files to do the task required in fulfilling the lesson plan.

In the couple of weeks since receiving the book from Amazon, I have systematically gone thru the lessons for Adobe Premiere Elements 4. The book does an excellent job of introducing the learner to the program. What I can't remember how to do, I can go back later to refresh my memory. Problem is, I am running into program crashes now that I've begun to use PE4 with my own video. I've converted my video to AVI (huge files!) and am hoping I can eventually come up with a finished product using the nice features to which I was exposed thru the Classroom in a Book lessons. So, buy the book but don't assume learning to use the program will be the end of it. What a hassle!

This is an excellent book for anyone who owns the software package. The format is easy to understand and is loaded with color photographs that correspond to the lessons. The enclosed DVD contains the lesson plans that need to be downloaded into your computer. The book was shipped to me within a few days and was purchased "new."

I bought other books and always I am satisfied. It is easy to learn a new program with these books.