Adobe Premiere Elements 12 Classroom in a Book PAP/PSC Edition

Easy to follow step by step instructions made the jump from film editing to basic video editing a fun process for me..

I have used Adobe products for at least 17 years and have always learned the programs using Classroom in a Book. I have worked through every page of every lesson of this book. The product is substandard, but I believe it is not the author's fault. To begin with, he created this book and its lesson projects using a preliminary version of the software, and there are many examples of unexpected changes. For example, on page 245, unlike the illustration, "scene selection" does not appear until you have placed menu markers, which you either have to find on your own, or read ahead a few pages and work backward. Organizer is deeply flawed. It crashed literally dozens of times while I worked with chapters 1 and 4. I couldn't work Chapter 12 at all until I found the recommendation in an adjacent review that you need to use msconfig to uncheck elementsautoanalyzer. The worst problem is that Adobe does not provide a distribution disc of the chapter Lessons. You have to download them from Peachpit.com in compressed format. Each Lesson is at least 200 MB. For me the 12 chapters of download took 4 hours. While you don't have to sit and watch, you have to check your computer every 15 minutes or so to save and download the next lesson. Then, after you extract the files, APE12 fails to open most but not all of the lessons. Working through the book took me at least double the normal time because I didn't have the lesson materials available. I believe Adobe excluded the distribution disc to save $0.25 and to prevent secondary users from using the book. Basically, they failed to deliver the purchased content to those who purchased the book. I learned APE12 using this book. I am glad I upgraded. But Adobe owes to everyone who purchased APE12 and this book an apology, a repaired version of Organizer, a revised copy of this book reflecting the program as it exists, and a distribution disc of the lessons. Shame on you, Adobe.

This is the first course that I can give 5 stars. I've taken many interactive courses but this course anticipates questions and gives advice on how to re-do areas after you've tried it. It is geared to home video productions and fits my needs. The only area for improvement is a better discussion of media usage and limitations on project size to fit the media. The PE12 software doesn't warn you that the length of your production is or will exceed the capacity of the DVD media, therefore, a discussion/warning should be included to prompt the user to split a big project into parts rather than getting a message that the project exceeds the media size after doing the work and then having to delete clips to reduce the size to match the media.

I recommend this book for those who want to learn Adobe Premiere Elements 12.

Actually, I made a mistake in ordering this book. I thought I was ordering a Photoshop element 12 book. However, I have thumbed through the book and I might just do some videos as well as photos. So my rating is not really applicable since I am really not qualified to judge. I am intrigued by many of the subject matters described and will keep the book so I can become more knowledgeable.

This product is easy to use, like Microsoft Movie Maker, but also has some complex timeline capabilities. I especially like pan and zoom and working with keyframes. Premiere Elements does everything I need for the art videos I am producing. I also purchased the Adobe Classroom in a Book ISBN-13: 978-0-321-94981-3 which has clear instructions for those who have never experienced video editing before.You can't beat the Adobe products! Why else are they industry standard.

My main problem with this book is the use of "insider jargon" instead of standard English. The editor needs to frequently compare the book's text with the actual behavior of the Premier Elements software. Too often the text and the behavior of the program disagree.

Arrived as expected. Now I must learn to read...

This is a brilliant book. It's a great shame that the 2 previous reviewers were not able to get the associated downloaded lessons to work properly as - having now worked through the whole of the book myself - I can see that although useful, the book would be of limited value as it works with the lessons throughout.Of course there's no knowing until you've purchased the product whether you will have problems downloading the lessons but I would have thought that surely there must be some way for Adobe Support (or Pearson?) to resolve this. Maybe as I've had no problems acquiring the files, it's something they've now sorted out, I don't know.But if you can get the files...... you will definitely not regret buying the book. I'm not the quickest when it comes to following instructions but I have worked through the whole book in 3 (admittedly full!) days and it is written in a very clear and easy to follow manner and I was able to work through every example successfully.I have previously used video editing software for some years but much more basic, and had not realised until getting into this package just how much easier this software it is to use - and also just how much more it can do. Even though I would of course gradually learn to use the package if I didn't have the book, it has shown me what is possible in just a few days and how to do it.If you want to learn all about Adobe Premiere Elements, I honestly cannot recommend it enough (assuming you can get the lessons) and no, I have absolutely no connection with Adobe, Pearson etc!

Very poor product which did not work and was returned. I have a lot of computer experience and found this product problematical from the start when the lessons would not download and then did not work in line with the book.

I love this book got on great now editing my gopro takes.

I have just looked inside the book. It seems interesting and I think I will enjoy it.

I found it difficult to know if my digital access code supplied in the book was installed. I emailed peachpit about the matter and they looked for receipt of purchase. I emailed the confirmation of payment received from Amazon but they kept looking for a receipt of payment. In any event I succeeded in entering and running the digital content later