Others say...

"Liquid User"
I am just about to purchase the book. Last night at a Liquid users group I had a question about what the purpose of a sub track was. We discussed the issue because the liquid help did not even have an entry for track. However someone produced "The Book" which provided an excellent description. As I looked through the book I knew I had to get my own copy.

Alistair MacDonald


"This is what should have been in the manual"
As the ex-support manager for the Liquid products, I have known Paul for a good while. His manual represents years of understanding Liquid from the inside and is what should have been in the regular reference manual.

For every user, new or experienced, this is a great book to arm yourself with when working with Avid Liquid.

Be sure to check out the tutorial on timewarp that Paul and myself co-wrote for EventDV magazine, out in December 2006.

--Joe Figura

"A MUST HAVE for all Avid Liquid Users"
Generally speaking, the one thing that anger's most software owners is it's ineffective and poorly written user manual. In many cases, product documentation is written by the same people who create the product's underlying code. Rarely do these people understand what it is like to use the product. So while the documentation may be technically accurate, it's organization, context, appearance and overall utility severely suffers.

Liquid users take heart... relief is in sight. For those of us who still like to rummage through the printed page, I am so glad to see a book (written by a film maker) that breaks the stereotypes of what we know as "user documentation."

This book is not a tutorial, but serves similar objectives. Its almost as if Paul Ekert, the author, is looking over your shoulder and directing you on how to accomplish a specific task.

By the time Avid was ready to release their new 7.0 version of Liquid, Paul Ekert released this updated version of his book. If you are familiar with his book on Pinnacle Liquid Edition 6, he did a lot more that simply swap the name Pinnacle for Avid and increment the 6 to a 7. Building upon the success of his 6.0 book, Paul took this opportunity to fully update his reference manual. Going well beyond Liquid's new features, improvements were made to the book's organization thus allowing users to find answers in a much more efficient manner.

Most manuals sit on a bookshelf and are only utilized when you have a question. What I especially like about this book is its overall readability. Paul's friendly writing style will appeal to many Liquid editors.

Recommendation: Even if you have the previous version of this book, you will want to keep you library current with this version. The bottom line a good read and an awesome reference.