Books

[Lynn Dryer]

Are there any books or manuals for Premiere 3 or 4? I think I am ready to try it out.

Thank you

[Barb O]

My personal experience was that the Adobe Premiere Elements 2 in a Snap book works OK with Premiere Elements 3.

There is also a Photoshop Elements 5 and Premiere Elements 3 Classroom in a Book - but it may not be too easy to find.

For Premiere Elements 4,

Adobe has the documentation on a web page from which you can download it as a PDF file - http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/premiere_elements/

However, for more quidance on both version 3 and version 4 plus some very good recommendations, look at the site

http://muvipix.com

Signing up for its forums is free. Then you can go to the Premiere Elements corner of the forum, under PE Version 4 and look at "Steve's PE4 Promo Video" as a starter. There are also other tutorials for free or for purchase.

[ATR]

A very popular "overall" book has been Adobe Premiere Elements 2 In A Snap by Steve Grisetti & Chuck Engels. They did not write a book for the 3 version and, because of some of their comments that they have made about the 4 version, my personal feeling is no Grisetti & Engels book for version 4. The basics for Premiere Elements are about the same from version to version, but there are those challenging differences. Many argue that the 2 In A Snap is still a good resource because much of the basics are the same.

One book that I liked was Hollywood Special Effects with Adobe Premiere Elements 3 by Carl Plumer. In spite of the Special Effects theme, I feel that is still has a solid core of basic information.

There is always Adobe Press. For the 2.0 version, they had Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0: Classroom in a Book by the Adobe Creative Team. But after the 2 version, I have only seen the combo book Photoshop Elements 5.0 & Premiere Elements 3.0: Classroom in a Book by the Adobe Creative Team. I have seen ads for the new versions, and here again it is the combo book Photoshop Elements 6.0 & Premiere Elements 4.0 by the Adobe Creative Team (I suspect that will not be available until after the first of 2008.)

Check out the book web sites to see what is out there (example, Adobe Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.)

Support is available at:

Premiere Elements Forum, Learning Center, and Subscriber area videos at this web site
Premiere Elements User to User Forum at http://www.adobe.com
Forum at the Grisetti/Engels site http://www.muvipix.com

Check all of this out. This is only my opinion. I would go with the PDF Help and the Forum resources when you hit a block.

Good luck.

ATR

[ATR]

Just an add on...

You did just ask about Premiere Elements 3 and 4.

If you are ever considering Photoshop Elements books, make sure you check out the Missing Manual series by Barbara Brundage. In my opinion, no contest with her content and style.

I think it unfortunate that she has not gotten around to writing Premiere Elements books? Maybe someday?

ATR

[Lynn Dryer]

I have been doing Elements since version 2 so I am okay there. Premiere is just a new venture. thank you for all the comments.

[ATR]

This morning I came across a post over at Adobe which more or less confirmed that there will not be a Premiere Element 4 in a Snap Book by Steve Grisetti and Chuck Engels.

Instead they continue to promote their web site as a Premiere Elements resource to which they heavily contribute:
http://www.muvipix.com

Other resources that you should look at and evaluate for learning as well as trying to solve your problems include:
Premiere Elements Forum at this web site
Premiere Elements User to User Forum at Adobe http://www.adobe.com

Whatever works for you.

ATR

[jag32266]

Hi,

As to what ATR said about this,,,
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One book that I liked was Hollywood Special Effects with Adobe Premiere Elements 3 by Carl Plumer. In spite of the Special Effects theme, I feel that is still has a solid core of basic information.
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*IF* you approach this with a wide open mind I do believe this will be an absolutely excellent choice. Open mind meaning 2 things,,
1- All the buttons might not be exactly the same (v3.0/v4.0)
2- Use his ideas to make you "think" not only about the problem he is walking you through but what else you can do with it.

I just bought this one and leave it at the PC attempting his projects as daily stepping stones- love it!

all the best,
Jay

[Chuck Engels]

Hi All,
Just as an alternative; for the price of a 12 month subscription at muvipix.com ($49.95 USD), which is one or two good books, you get all of the tutorials on versions 1 - 4 which have not changed much. You also get access to all tutorials in the next 12 months (we try to put out at least 2 per month) and you also get personal instruction from Steve Grisetti and myself if you need it. Not to mention all of the other stuff that is available when you join, we just made over 100 motion backgrounds available and will be releasing another 100 before the end of the year (some are High Definition).

Just an alternative to the book buying, some people do better when they can actually watch how to do something rather than just read about it.

There are also many free articles on Premiere Elements at http://www.videoinasnap.com check out the Archive page ;)

[Lynn Dryer]

I have taken heed to all of your suggestions and will address them one by one.

Heading for Atlanta Wednesday then on to Buenos Aires and South America for sixteen days. I will have the book with me and camera in the other hand.

I will put it all together when I return.

Lynn