Avid Xpress DV 3.5 Editing

By Avid Technology Inc. and Inc Avid Technology

Covers various stages of the editing process including how to input and organize source footage, edit sync and non-sync material, trim sequences, edit audio, create titles, and output a finished... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321162218
• ISBN13: 9780321162212
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Read for Avid Newbies and Novices

This book is a wonderful read for those who have little to no knowledge of AVID Xpress. It builds you up from the barest of bones using concrete examples. The included DVD provides editable samples and allows you to actually DO the examples in the book, instead of just reading about them. If you've never touched an AVID system, this is a must-read and your key to the AVID promised land.

Possibly the best Avid Educational Book for beginning editor

This is probably one of the best learning books available for Avid DV Xpress 3.5. As one user put it, it does assume you know nothing about the system and starts you off running with basic commands. I started this book and program not even knowing what a bin was, and in two days, I mastered basic editing on the Avid system, which is such a high-end program I didn't think it was possible. I recommend this book to anyone who is a novice. Not a good idea if you're experienced, not even as a refresher. Might wanna try another book.

Incredibly Detailed - Great Place To Start

This is the same book used in the Avid authorized classrooms. It assumes nothing of the reader and takes you step by step through the operation of XDV. It includes media files on disc that are used and referred to in the exercises that follow each chapter. The chapter and exercise on trim editing is worth it's weight in gold. I went through it twice and will probably do it again soon. The whole set of books are great to have around as reference and to revisit and review areas on the Avid to keep yourself sharp, leaving nothing to chance. I too found chapter one to be incredibly basic (but hey, shouldn't chapter one be just that?), but it does get challenging if you keep working through it.