Seasoned Photoshop CS5 user; New to Premier Elements 9

I am posting for the first time after recently installng Premier Elements 9 I am a seasoned Photoshop CS5 user and I thought it was complicated but working with video is a whole different can of worms. Editing, compressing, this format, that format. It really makes photo editng look pretty simple about now. O.K. I do have a question, I have had a very shaky start with the whole video thing so far. Extending from getting videos uploaded successfully onto Vimeo to understanding how Premier Elements 9 works. I did download a video learning session from Lynda.Com on using Premier Elements and I guess it is o.k. Are there other good tutorials that I can refer to? I don't want something that simply shows me how to make something look like a cartoon for example. I want to learn this program if it doesn't kill me for first.
As I am watching the material from Lynda.com, I do have my copy of Premier Elements 9 open and try to follow along. Other suggestions are welcome and I am hopeful that this forum is the place to come as well.
Thanks,
Denny

Steve Grisettis' http://muvipix.com website has free tutorials. You can also take a subscription and get access to many more.
http://muvipix.com/products.php?subcat_id=41
http://muvipix.com/products.php?subcat_id=42
http://muvipix.com/products.php?subcat_id=44
Also Adobe TV has tutorials:
http://tv.adobe.com/channel/how-to/elements-tutorials/
Cheers,
Neale
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