Richard Ragon wrote:

Wait until you use this convoluted mess. A well designed piece of software
shouldn't require a book to learn how to use it. I'll stick with Vegas 4.

John wrote:

What the hell are you talking about.. The Vegas manual is over 2 inches
thick!!! Are you one of those people who think they don't need a manual
for anything?

-Richard

Richard Ragon wrote:

The Vegas 4 manual may be thick but you don't need it 95% of the time to
get the job done. Unlike the user unfriendly FCP 4.

What are you talking about, Lots of very good programs need a book or
training. The fact that a program is deep like say photoshop, or After
Effects and can not be instantly learned and requires some study does
not mean they are bad programs. FCP has a lot to offer especially
under the surface--this is part of its strength.

Anyway I like Lisa Brenneis's book on FCP. I don't know what the
tittle is for FCP 4. You might check out the www.lafcug.org for more
information.

Yony

Absolutely. Take Flash for example. I think it's designed very logical
and straight forward. But, I have several books, in fact, I have 8 Flash
MX books. Read them all, and got something from each one. Does that make
it a bad program?

... but I love these people who think that don't need books for
anything.. They remain stupid and don't even know it..

-Richard


Tony wrote:

John wrote:

ahhhhh.. Now I'm starting to understand.. I know this is hard to believe
and all.. but my retention in things I read is probably a little better
than yours.

This is probably why you don't read books. Because you can't remember
what you read. So you probably assume everyone else is just like you.

-Richard