Personally, I got premiere, took a good look at some of the videos, and messed around with premiere to figure out how to do most effects. I still have no idea how masking works, but if and when there comes a time I need to know, then I wont learn it.I was wondering what some of you guys or gals used to jump start your knowlege.
If you have an obscure question, thats what the help forums are for. Make sure, if you use them, that it is truely a weird problem, and not something you should know.