Learning the concepts to make image adjustments?

Can anyone make some recommendations for learning how to make changes to an image's color using settings in PS or ACR such as Temperature, Tine, Exposure, Recovery, etc.
I can learn how to adjust the sliders, though how do you know what to even look for? How does someone without a photography background learn how to make an image look good?
Thanks.

here's a Russell Brown video on ACR, it's a much older version of ACR (PS7) so "recovery" is missing and the layout of ACR is also a bit different from the current version, but the concepts and workflow might be a good base.
http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/tips/phs7rbrawbasics/movie_qt1.html
and here's a pdf on recovery which is missing from above
http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/phscs2ip_hilight.pdf

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Is there an order in which i should learn the CC/CS applications? Does it help in a certain order?

I'm new to all CS applications, though I'm familiar wit the concepts. I just bought CC and want to start teaching myself how to use each app (primary end goal being photoshop, illustrator, and inDesign). is there an order in which i should learn the apps that makes it easier to comprehend it and others?
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Hi Blair,
Personally, I think they are all unique enough in their own right that the order wouldn't really matter. I'm biased towards Photoshop. You might want to spend time going through the content here:
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-cc/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-illustrator-cs6/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-indesign-cc/
and here
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/products.html
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