Attention
Captivation
You really stayed interested through most of the training
in this series, despite it's length and the sheer amount
of data that's covered in it. Now, of course, with the
amount of information Mr. Rosenberg had to cover, there
were times where one's attention did tend to wander. However,
the fact that it was in an easily stoppable format lets
you pause the action to take a break and come back with
a clean head. (It'll even remember exactly where you left
off if you turn off the program!)
The
video format made it uniquely easier to understand and
more interesting than if it had been in a book and, because
it isn't a live seminar, you can rewind things when you
need to or, as I mentioned just now, take a break after
you've been at it awhile. All this adds up to a really
great way to stay interested for the entire training.
Reusability
TTAPP2 is absolutely reusable due to how much stuff
is covered. You are definitely going to want to refresh
yourself from time to time because of how many options
are available in Premiere Pro 2. The easy search Index
in the software makes finding exactly what you want to
go back through as easy as pie and it'll even let you
bookmark things you know you'll need to return to. This
is also a great way to get future editors up to speed
on Premiere Pro even if they're already familiar
with the basics of the program. (And, of course, if they
come from an FCP background, lots of lightbulbs will go
off in their heads as they use this training!)
Value
vs. Cost
Although $250 is a decent chunk of change, the amount
of information you will gain out of this is absolutely
huge! (And if you're already familiar with Premiere Pro,
then you can pick up their 'What's New?' Training, which
is only $79.99 for four and a half hours of in-depth training
on the new features.)
Some
reviewers might bring up the fact that 'if you compare
this to a professional training class which costs $800
for a single day course that you'll have trouble remembering
a few hours later, there's absolutely no comparison.'
However, as very few of us have ever debated whether we'll
spend $800 on a single day of training, let's break it
down into the dollars-and-cents approach that makes us,
as microfilmmakers, able to make films on virtually no
money at all. For the price of a 250 Gig external hard
drive, you can learn enough about editing to potentially
determine whether your film gets purchased or not. Plus,
you might just learn enough about file management to not
even need that extra 250 Gig drive, anyway! (Wish I had
understood more about file management when I edited my
first film, which weighed in at over a terabyte in the
end!)
Overall
Comment
The very fact that filmmakers are fascinated with presenting
stories in an audio/visual medium usually means that they're
audio/visual learners themselves. As such, it just makes
the most sense for filmmakers to look for training that
is audio/visual in nature. And you can't do much better
for an audio/visual training for Premiere Pro 2 than Total
Training for Adobe Premiere Pro 2!
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Comprehension
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9.0
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Depth
of Information
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10.0
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Attention Captivation
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8.0
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Reusability
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10.0
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Value
vs. Cost
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9.0
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Overall
Score
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9.2
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