[.ca] 50 Fast Adobe Premiere 6.5 Techniques (ISBN 0764524453)

Least professional of all the Premiere Books?:
Unfortunatly I bought this book "blind" after just slightly browsing the previewpages. Having spent a night with it now I am truly dissapointed. Apparently the authors are "recording artists" or something - they certainly are not Adobe-experts that have worked their way through version after version of AP and user feedback. Several of the 50 techniques are just using filters like the distortionfilter or crazy overuse of colorfilters to get "a creative look" or adding fire-effects. The worst is that most examples are uninspiring, or something that would make your production look really cheesy. The video on the CD is 10fps lousy footage. "Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere 6.5 in 24 Hours" has so much more informative content, and professionalism, that its hard to believe. It's two chapters on tips and tricks has more info. Please, please pick anything else - or even browse the web for better tutorials. If you live in Oslo, Norway I will give this book away for free to the first interested - or basically throwing it away.

great book!:
Excellent book for beginner. I was able to create really slick video effects using the techniqes in this book, without having to read the manual! great shortcuts, excellent tips, fast results. Highly recommended...A+++

Great book of video editing shortcuts:
I love this book! It's my #1 reference for creating quick, exciting video effects. All the "recipe" work has been done for me, so I don't have to interrupt the creative flow to read a boring manual in order to find out how to apply flashy techniques. I recommend this to anyone, especially beginners!