Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere in 24 Hours offers practical advice from an author with a strong writing background, solid teaching experience, and extensive television production credentials ¿ TV anchor, reporter, photographer, and editor plus recipient of a regional Emmy award and two Society of Professional Journalists 1st place awards. Rather than simply presenting a collection of disconnected hands-on tutorials, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere in 24 Hours will always remind its readers of the big picture and what they¿re trying to accomplish. To that end Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere in 24 Hours will supplement its Premiere functionality instruction with tips on shooting high quality video, creating professional voice-overs, and effective editing methods. Anyone with a Wintel PC who wants to venture into anything more than very simple video editing will eventually turn to this book!
I am a lynda.com author and an instructor in the Computer Studies department at Santa Rosa Junior College near San Francisco.
I have worn several hats: TV news reporter/anchor, video producer, writer focusing on PC technology, high school math/science teacher, radio station disk jockey, and music publisher marketing director.
As a news reporter I won a regional Emmy and two Society of Professional Journalists first-place awards. I am an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor in Photoshop and wrote Adobe's Higher Education, Digital Video Curriculum Guide.
I've written 300 articles, nine books, and six (and counting) lynda.com video tutorials.
You can find my lynda.com DVDs in the software section of Amazon. Topics include Adobe Premiere Pro, Encore, Soundbooth, and Premiere Elements. I've also produced a lynda.com tutorial on "Growing and Sharing Your Family Tree."
I sing bass/baritone with the Occidental Community Choir (www.occidentalchoir.org), I am a long distance runner and I enjoy playing tennis with my wife and daughter.
