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Summary: Gets the Job Done
Review: Agree with the other reviewer...this is simply the Premiere 6 Adobe user's manual with the bible cover. The only real diference is that they use more pictures (screenshots) to illustrate. I read the Adobe manual, and it was fairly useless. I looked at this book for about 30 minutes at the university bookstore and it literally followed the same sequence as the manual. Clearly, not worth $40+ as there are better books available.
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Summary: Very good
Review: although my 'bible' didn't come with the promised CD.Having said that, it is truely a very good compendium of Adobe Premiere 6 info.
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Summary: Don't buy this
Review: I bought this book out of desperate at a neighborhood book store, and found out it was no more than the User Guide came with the application. Invest your money for something else.
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Summary: Sloppy Stuff- Not For Beginners
Review: I'm new to Premiere so I thought this book looks rather promising.
I have to admit I haven't read the whole book. I'm still stuck at chapter 1 ('Premiere Quickstart'), and that's because the steps given are not entirely in sequence, some important labels in the diagram are missing (where's the thread area you're talking about?), and things work out differently than described.
In summary, this book (at least the first chapter) is a sloppy piece of work. Don't touch it if you're a beginner.
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Summary: Everything I needed
Review: Maybe some of thew other reviewers were expecting too much from this -- I dunno. For me, this Bible lived up to its name and provided me with everything I needed. I actually thought there was a lot of stuff in here that was original and definitely not included or addressed with the Adobe user's manual. The use of real-world videos, the regular presentation of alternatives for doing things, and the info on using Premiere with other software added way more depth than what was available from Adobe. My only criticism is that some of the screen shots are too dark.
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Summary: Confusing and Shallow
Review: The only reason I can see for buying this book is if you have a pirated version of the software with no manual. I know the Adobe manual well and I found nothing beyond what I knew already, except for a few ideas on how to use Adobe After Effects (which I would have expected in an After Effects Bible).
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Summary: Confusing Mishmash
Review: This book appears to have a lot of helpful information in it, but there are a lot of gaps. It takes a subject and touches the tip of every iceberg, but leaves way too much information out and assumes way too much knowledge on the user's part. The photos of the projects are horrid; just barely ledgible and convey no real information about what each step is trying to accomplish. The section on superimpostion is a hash of jargon and half formed concepts. Useful if you can get it cheap, but otherwise save your dough.
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