An Editor's Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro: second edition

I have used this book and DVD to learn Premiere Pro from scratch, and it has proved to be a great resource. There are over 70 video tutorials accompanying the chapters, and the written information is about as clear as it could be. It's a huge learning curve (more like a cliff) to get to grips with editing software, but they take you through it systematically, and the examples and demos make it easy to review one's learning. Although ostensibly written for people who are already editors, I did not find it went over my head, but it also managed not to over-simplify. I recommend it highly.

Just started to work through this book, it is definitely for intermediate and advanced users. Full of information and well written, what you expect from Richard Harrington, an expert in this field.

The book is only useful to persons' that already well versed in Premiere's Pro workings. It is not worth the price.

First off, though the title doesn't make it clear, this book is based on CS6, which is what I wanted, not CC. Also, it's for the PRINTED version, not Kindle. I gladly give the book 5 stars, though maybe only 4 for some issues I've outlined further down. I've used PPro for a while now, mostly self taught, and, as is typical of us self-taught students, I realize just how little I've actually taught myself and how very inefficiently I've been working . Remembering all the great tips will take time, but it'll be time well spent. I would knock off 1 star because of some errors which are not typos, and for difficult to follow writing style in certain sections. After spending time trying to get something to work, I then realize that instead of a certain keystroke combination, the author actually meant another. Case in point: advises using Alt-left/right arrow to nudge a clip. The correct combination is actually Ctrl-left/right arrow. This is on page 168, and is repeated on the side-note on pages 170, and on pages 173 and 175 and perhaps thereafter (not sure). It's certainly not a huge deal, but I did waste a lot of time before realizing the error. In all fairness, the key combination is correctly identified in the (printable) shortcut pdf file as well as on the video, but I didn't read or watch these until after I had figured it out on my own. While all the exercises are useful, a few are somewhat difficult to follow, either because of phrasing, or because the accompanying pictures are not clearly showing what is being described. The two images on page 196 identify the same area as being two separate things, which I found confusing. Other images show the correct area of the interface, but do not highlight what the authors are trying to point out. A red circle would be great. Also, I was left mystified by the explanation on page 200, point 6. I'm sure it means something, but so far I still haven't deciphered it. Same goes for the 3rd paragraph on page 204. And the entire section starting on page 201 "Routing with Adaptive Tracks" simply left me totally confused. Maybe it's the writing, or just as likely it's a difficult topic and I simply need to go through it again more thoroughly. But in any case, at the end of it all, I was totally unsure about the WHY of the exercise, not so much the how. But again, on the positive side, the most useful part of all to me are the included practice files, without which the book would be pointless. I use Lynda.com extensively but have opted out of their premium service (due to high cost) which includes the practice files. But at $35 or so this book is a bargain, one which I can go back to again and again. The authors make a big deal out of saying this book is great for people migrating from other NLE's. And I'm sure they are correct. But don't be fooled, this book is also great for anyone with or without prior PPro knowledge (real or imagined, as in my case). I chose it above the several other options I had for two primary reasons: one, it seemed to not be just another basic how-to book for beginners, and two, it included the practice files. As a bonus there are several hours of video training (73 videos) as well which coincide with some though not all of the lessons. In retrospect maybe I should have looked at a video first before doing the accompanying exercise. I would definitely recommend this book. There may be others good ones as well, but you will not go wrong with this book.

Buy a book or watch online tutorials? Switch NLEs? The past two years have been the wild west for both professionals and those learning the craft of editing. Not only do these three prove that asking the question, "Who edited this?" is better than "What was this editied on?", they prove that knowing the tools, organizing your stuff, and trying new approaches brings about the creativity we all want to show the world. I've been doing this for 20+ years, but I have no ego about saying I have learned a great deal from these three professionals through this book. As an editor and educator, do not hesitate to consider this for the personal, professional, or educational development. "Harrington, Carman, and Greenberg" might sound like that law firm you don't want to go up against, but these three share more than most will about CS6 Premiere Pro and how to do great work. So, yeah, you want this book.

The content of the book was very helpful. Did not enjoy experience using e-book - layout was hard to follow (side panels and captions thrown all over the place in the middle of content), and had a major headache downloading the lesson files. However, once I got the physical book, the layout made much more sense and was easier to follow (side panels actually in side panels!), and of course I had all the media on disk. The information is helpful, and got me up and running, and I would definitely recommend this to another editor making the switch. Had to jump in the deep end on a Premiere project and would not have survived without this guide. Just stick with the physical copy, cannot recommend e-book.

This is a great book. I am learning a lot and still reading it. It also comes with a DVD that helps you to practice, which I have not used yet, but will start soon as the book refers to it quite a bit - they are meant to be used together. The book refers to CS6 which was the new version at the time. I actually have CS5, but so far, it seems to be helping me anyway. This book seemed better for me that any books I saw about CS5...

I tried to research well when I selected this book for use with Premiere Pro, but I clearly did not get the best book to use as a general beginning guide. I was making my first video with Premiere Pro. In the end, I found a friend to help me get started, I found a couple youtube videos that were helpful, and a few pages on the web for specific tasks. I found it to be not easy to find what I was looking for and the writing is a bit cumbersome. It's just not the greatest for quick checks on procedures when you're learning. It's okay, but I hope to find a much better guide in the future.