Customer Review: When Adobe made the decision to no longer include any form of manual with its products, it strengthened the already existing industry of publishing "how to" books for Adobe products. Adobe has a long reputation of producing powerful applications with weak support. Adobe Premiere Elements 8 is a... more info
Customer Review: This book scores on so many levels I can't recommend it enough for beginners. As somebody who bought their first camcorder and will be making shorts which will involve editing software, I needed a 101 overview. And boy, did this ever fit the bill. Written in a breezy, easy-to-understand style,... more info
Customer Review: Despite claims in the product description and by the author, this edition does not appear to be updated for CS3 or CS4. Additional examples that there has been no recent update: there's no mention of Youtube and HD is considered a recent and very minor technology. Despite the lack of current... more info
Customer Review: I'm a 'dummie' when it comes to PremierPro, and I found this book hopeless. It is long on chatty asides and advice, and gets you lost in all sorts of tangents. I JUST WANT TO LEARN HOW TO EDIT!! My suggestion (beyond a new author) is to restructure the book so that it works through basic tutorials... more info
Customer Review: The author does take you step-by-step through the creation of a wireless network. All the sticking points are covered. I only wish the Figures were larger and easier to read directly.
Customer Review: I used this book when I taught how to make movies at the High school and college level. It covers all you need to know, and is easy to read and follow. It covers lighting, framing, camera settings and yes hold it steady. It adds how to change or correct colors, focus, add music, e mail it and much... more info
Customer Review: If you are a complete XP novice, get familiar with XP before trying these techniques. They are not difficult, but you need to be at least familiar with XP. This book offers a wide variety of important, but hard to find, techniques that are indispensible to XP Power Users. Keith Underdahl takes... more info
Customer Review: Coming from a Windows background, it really did not do too much for me. It may work for other Mac folk - and I would be studying this if it were a mandatory changeover, but frankly it was of limited use.