Where to begin
...... I know........
1. Put the CD back in the box.
2. Open the nearest window, and throw that box as hard as you can.
3. Shut window, and smile.
Because you can now have a LIFE, where you don't chop everything you see. Just imagine no source images...no struggling for ideas...No tutorials that you have to watch over and over. MAN, that would be one sweat life.
Ooh, wait i see you have already been bit by the "chop bug"....
.... I guess all we can do now is make your last hours more comfortable. The nurse will bring the morphine soon.
Since your life is almost DEAD.
http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/
A new video every Monday. Plus tons of previous episodes.
Mainly just don't get discouraged and don't limit yourself to just tuts on photo manip. You'll be amazed at how fast you will learn the pen tool, by tracing a kids coloring page. Then learn about layer modes by coloring it.