Also check out the "Classroom In a Book" for Photoshop. When I took a Photoshop class as college, the teach used this book to take us step by step through all the various tools and their abilities. You get the basics in a straight-forward clear presentation.

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"This...this is magnificent!"
"Oh, yeah. Ooooo. Aaaaah. That's how it starts.
Then, later, there's ...running. And....screaming."