Premiere 5.1 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

There are generally two types of Filmmakers/Editors: The Artistic and the Technical. The Artist knows what s/he wants to accomplish from the get go and just wants to know what the necessary functions are from a program like Premiere to get from A to B - from their head to the screen. Technical types aren't as sure what they want before hand and feel better knowing everything about the tools they use so that out of all the technical options, a creative solution may arise. This book is for the former, the Artists - and it's great. I found Premiere daunting at first glance, but this book set the clear goal of learning how to edit in clear concise steps. I was ready to go in 2hrs. If you want to learn how to edit and edit fast with all the ways thereof, get this book. After you get comfortable here then you can go on to the standard manual for specific advice on things like hardware and capture and all the bells and whistles or you can use the Classroom book. But this book has no lame tutorials - it doesn't need any. For the intuitive creative artist who just wants to get comfortable with the essence of the program look no further (it also sells at a price comforting to most,um, artists : )). However, Techies and hobbyists may be very, very disappointed...

I find this book to be extremely informative, well laid out and full of valuable information. I have found it easy to read and learn this complicated program.

This book makes it extraordinarily easy to both understand and use Premiere 5.1. The organization and flow walk you through the entire editing process, and the formatting presents information in a concise and engaging manner. This book gave me answers for areas where the official manual left me stranded. A must have for Premiere 5.1 users.

This guide was just right for getting up to speed on Premier. If you want to go from confusion to a clear understanding of the basics in a couple of sessions with the application, this is perfect.

I found this book extremely helpful and a welcome addition to the excellent QuickStart line. The author makes this opaque topic very clear and understandable--even to this inexperienced user!