Which Premiere Elements guide book should I choose?

[rockhead]

Hi,

I'm a total novice when it comes to video editing and just purchased the Premiere Elements/Photoshop Elements package. Never having done this before, I want to purchase a guide book to Premiere Elements.

The three books I've seen the most on are:

1. Adobe Premiere Elements - Classroom in a Box - by Adobe Creative Team

2. Adobe Premiere Elements for Dummies - by Keith Underdahl

3. Premiere Elements for Windows - by Antony Bolante

Classroom in a Box comes with a tutorial DVD, which I like, but I've seen some good reviews on the other two as well.

I need something that will hold my hand, step by step, providing all the information and instruction, however I also want the book to provide all the details, from the most simple to the most advanced tasks possible with the program.

So, if I had to choose one book, which one should I choose?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[tfry]

Hi,

Im not familiar with 2 of the titles, however I do have the Classroom in a Book and is covers from the very basics all the way up to advanced editing features.

When I am unsure about book purchases I generally read the Amazon.com reviews that are written by people who have actually purchased the book in question :) Rather than the marketing material from the publisher.
Let us know what you decide.

[grumpygreta]

Don't waste your money buying anything Adobe puts out. I paid for their books and they don't tell you any more than what's on the tutorials that came with the software. Best place I've found for information is this forum!
GG