Curious if there is any dvd or book on what all the effects do specifically, I am sure they do lots of great things but so far I mainly know what curves, levels, color correct, grain and lens flair do, some are sort of obvious like unsharp mask, others are not like what exactly does Bump Map Do? what is a bump map?

So I was curious if there was anything out there to simplyfy the learning through trial and error process?

hi, you could check out what books/dvds they have over at www.vasst.com or i think if you refer to the manual for vegas (under the help option) it may explain the filters there

Use the help file. These are standard filters, so you can search Google too.

Just try "bump map" and see for yourself!