Would love to get creative links from new retouchers would love to learn a bit from from u. I started a cs5 course but the teacher left while we was half way threw .i am thirsty for more

Youtube is your best friend for self learning (In my opinion) there are beginner tutorials, advanced tutorials. I have learned a lot of what I know from Youtube alone.

Natalia Taffarel - DVD, live courses
Gry Garness -DVD, book
Katrin Eismann - books, live courses
Patrik Naim - live courses
Carrie Beene - book, live courses

also, once you've done all that, check out videos for rent at retouchpro.com

Thanks

you can learn a shitton right in this forum. I have.

Doing a Google search this morning for 'photoshop elements editing tips' I checked out dozens of sites, some of which were actually helpful. (Saying edit your photo isn't much of a tip) I learned a half dozen new edits and tricks and several manipulations I haven't yet tried and this was just text based! I haven't even touched the videos yet. There are also dozens of podcasts out there on the subject.one of my old favorites ("closed" but the tutorials are still there) was at phototips.biz.

Good luck to you, I'll be checking back here to find what others recommend.