Editing With Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Xpress Dv

By Inc Avid Technology

Using step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, screen shots, and an accompanying DVD that includes all of the professionally produced footage used in the exercises, this book shows how to input... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321199693
• ISBN13: 9780321199690
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

No-Nonsense Guide Delivers

Editing with Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Xpress DV is a terrific book for beginners and for intermediate editors as well. It doesn't waste time trying to interject "personality" into the text, it dives straight into teaching the Avid interface, buttons and basic editing techniques. It's organized well and can be used for quick reference, but it also contains exercises and short quizzes at the end of each chapter. The exercises contain real world footage that ranges from a PSA on the rainforest to an emergency room drama. The book gives you two ways to go through the exercises as well: 1. with detailed step-by-step instructions perfect for beginners or 2. with an outline of basic instructions that allows an intermediate editor to hone his/her skills when those step-by-steps plod you into a state of hypnosis. It's a terrific guide with good sample footage and clear, concise explanations.

Well written....very practical.

Few books are written by *educational* departments. Most software books are written by people who managed to land a book deal. Avid's own books is focused on *how to make the software work*. Editing aethetics come from you...not this book. When finished you'll know what's important - soup to nuts how the software works. You should also pick up the Intro effects and the color correcting book. In other words, each book of the series goes into how to make the tool work - having consulted with editors, Avid presents the materials in a logical, concise method to learn how the software works in the most efficient manner. Like an onion, in layers, the difficulty increases throughout each of their books.