All three are very good. Adita's is very thorough and detailed - as are all of the above tutorial authors. The extent of Adita's thoroughness in my opinion is both a plus and a minus. Throughout Adita's tutorials, you are told and shown how to accomplish the task -  which is also true of all these tutorial makers.  The difference is that Adita will repeat detail throughout most of it's lessons, even in advanced lessons, either presumably assuming that you may not have heard it before (as if you may have skipped previous chapters) - or assuming that may have forgotten the information.  To me,  that repetitiveness is the plus and minus of Adita's tutorials - depending on how you like to learn.  After the first few chapters,  I found myself wishing there was a way to speed through the later part of the Adita tutorials - yet I found myself  reluctant to do so to avoid missing any of those great editing tips that show up at any unexpected moment. More than once I found my eyelids getting heavy waiting for those tidbits to show up. Still - great material - just a bit draggy for me.

I would say Adita covers more finite detail than the other two tutorial makers do (especially color correction, multi-cam, and dynamic time warp).  Some great trainers have said to "tell your audience the same thing three times". Adita does that - and sometimes more. If you find that helpful (and many of you will), than the Aidta tutorials are for you. Both Paul and Tony's are a bit faster paced - not as repetitive on basic points - and just as full of  the pertinent details. I get the impression that Tony and Paul assume either that you got it the first time or that you will replay the chapter in order to get it - although both are known to make their point a second time on occasion or two.  Paul's humor will bring a smile to you - perhaps even make you laugh.  Tony's "Tips" are highlighted and animated and much appreciated.

I could try to rank these great training tools - but ranking is such an individual perception that I thought I would list some links to similar trainings by these great folks and  let you decide for yourself. 

That being said, I feel a true beginner would best be suited with either Paul Mitton's or Myron Achtman's series as Tony does speed through a lot of his material and appears geared towards the advanced editor -  but hey - what are the pause and rewind buttons for ?  I found that all three were excellent and at times found myself having to re-listen to parts of all three of these great tutorials. You can't go wrong with any of them. And maybe, if your pocket book or wife or husband agrees, you might want to purchase a couple of them.  But don't forget the free tutorials from Avid (Pinnacle) - they too are very informative.

So Give these Author's FREE Sample Tutorials a View... and make your own mind.

(Note: These are just comparable samples. The author's web site may contain other samples and you should visit the websites to make a full comparison)

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