Pro Tools for Video, Film, & Multimedia 2nd Edition

This is a terrific guide that covers all the basics of how to set up a ProTools audio system to for syncing and mixing to picture. Whether you're doing a soundtrack for a low-budget film, amateur DV video, or a big-budget TV show or feature film, there's a lot of information covered here. And it's much more thorough than the Digidesign manuals, and deals with "real world" situations that come up on a daily basis for anybody in the business.The book is not intended for a ProTools novice -- you'll need to already have a reasonable grasp of all the basics before you dive into Shepherd's book -- but the information covered there is concise, to the point, and best of all, it's very current (at least as of Summer 2003).I'd consider this book to be a must-have for anyone considering doing any mixing of sound effects, dialog, and/or music to video or film. Along with David Yewdall's excellent "Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound" (which covers a much broader scope of information), both books should be on the shelves of anybody in the movie/TV sound business. Highly recommended.

As a filmmaker getting into sound design, this was the best book to own. Learned more from this book than I did in my sound design classes. But Pro Tools has changed so much now, there needs to be an updated edition.

This book has the best helps for using ProTools to do dialog replacement. Pro Tools is very powerful and the info is extremely helpful with tips to help you use it to dub dialog. Used with Vocalign software, you can do miracles.

One of the best book out there for Protool. Easy to understand. Just a great book to read and learn.

I had to buy this book for my Audio Production class. I can see why some people like this book. It's very basic and is probably an easy read for beginners. However, I'm a film student with prior knowledge of the subject area. I find this book very frustrating. It's definitely not a reference book for the software; it's more like an introduction to audio in general. Sometimes I just need to figure out how to use certain features of Pro Tools and every time I've turned to this book for help, I'm always disappointed. I end up using the pdf files that came with the software instead. This book talks about all the great things that Pro Tools can do but doesn't really teach you how to do it. I've also used A LOT of reference books for software before, so I have high expectations. I thought it would be like the Visual Quickstart guide for Flash or like "Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects" book by Trish and Chris Meyer. Now THOSE are great books that give you detailed instructions on how to make use of the software. If you're looking for a reference book on Pro Tools, this isn't it.

This book was highly recommended to me by a Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer working in North Hollywood as the best book on Pro Tools. I would have to agree.From the very, very basic, to the extremely detailed, it will cover just about anything you need.I am a student currently studying Sound Editing, and I have recommended it to not only my peers, but also my instructors.Stop thinking considering other books, buy this one.I also highly recommend The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, by David Lewis Yewdall M.P.S.E.

This book was written in 2003, and whereas it gives a pretty solid THEORETICAL overview of using ProTools in film, video and multimedia settings, and some historical background on audio/video synchronization, it is not at all useful for hands-on modern day applications. Personally, I have resorted to online / streaming instruction (or interactive DVD instruction) at any number of places on the web (search for pro tools tutorials).

In my opinion this book was an OK read. It is quite short so you can get a good insight into the world of audio post production and that's really what the book should be titled. Don't expect any amazing tips and tricks and don't think you'll be wowing clients with your new found post production skills after reading it either. This book is a bit outdated. It would be wise to compare it with the other books available on audio post production.It won't do any harm reading it and the introduction is very informative, but I can't help but feel that there are better books out there.