Editorial Reviews
Product Description:Recipients of nine Emmy Awards for technical innovation, Pinnacle products have long been a favorite among professional broadcasters. Now, with Liquid Edition shipping on Alienware Systems new line of notebook computers (and capturing the top engineering award at the National Association of Broadcasters convention), the rest of the world is discovering them, too.
Here to help users get up to speed on it fast is the first guide devoted solely to Pinnacle s advanced editing system. In this book, former Liquid Edition team member Paul Ekert uses simple step-by-step instructions peppered with loads of tips and visual aids to show readers how to streamline their workflows and enhance their creativity with Liquid Edition. With sections devoted to using the timeline, creating special effects, DVD authoring, audio production, titles creation, troubleshooting, and more, experienced editors can go directly to the areas they need help in, while beginning editors can work their way from cover to cover to get a thorough grounding in all aspects of the program.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Liquid Edition for Windows, May 14, 2005
By
Andy Browne (North Carolina)
Generally speaking, the one thing that anger's most software owners is the manual. User documentation, in many cases, is written by the same people who write the underlying code of the program. Rarely do these highly intelligent people understand what it is like to really use the product. That means, while your documentation may be technically accurate, it's organization, context, appearance and overall utility pretty much sucks. While the 1000 page manual that ships with Liquid Edition is not quite as bad as I just portrayed, I can say its utility is "less than stellar."
Now, for those of us who still like to rummage through the printed page, I am so glad to see a book that is written by a film maker (who by the way) works for Pinnacle and knows this product probably better than he knows himself.
If you are reading this review, you are most likely an (avid) user of Pinnacle Liquid Edition.
. This book is an absolute must. In fact, this book should replace your official Pinnacle manual because it just makes more sense.
This book is not a tutorial, but Paul Ekert uses graphics and text to communicate almost as if he were snooping over your shoulder and giving you direct instructions on how to accomplish your task.
Kudos to Paul for writing the book. It needs to be part of your Liquid Library.
