We try to keep our standards up, but Premiere and Encore often require murdering pixels.
Also, as John Smith (a frequent helper here) would say if he were to visit this thread:
"The tutorial list in message #3 http://forums.adobe.com/message/2276578 may help."
And, in case you haven't found all the content, the main Encore hlep page includes links to tutorials, the on line help file, and the latest pdf version.