Hasta La Motion!

Hey guys! I’m new on here but already like the way the site is set up and how helpful you all are. I am of course trying to get started in compositing but literally have no idea where to start. I currently do film work for the Army. I am a camera man, audio, lighting, edit (Final Cut Pro), motion graphics (Apple Motion) and do some other misc. tasks. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good "curriculum" to follow in order to get a good knowledge of compositing and doing VFX. I think my number one goal is to learn Adobe Photoshop as it seems to be the backbone to all visual work. Please let me know if this is where you think I should start and concentrate first. Any and all advice would be extremely helpful to me.

Also, is compositing something you need to go to school for or is it something you can pick up as you go? I would rather not spend the 60k on a degree but I guess if I would have to… crap.

Thanks guys! :splat: