If you're serious about video, get a tripod. In most cases you should not have camera shake. They call this "locked down".

There are some inexpensive alternatives for editing software, too. I use Final Cut Pro, which isn't all that expensive but requires a MAC to use it. I adjust color, contrast, sharpening, masking and remove audio with it. 

My time lapses are done mostly in Photoshop CS6 but I may pull it into FCPX to see if any other tweaks might boot the clip's appeal. 

As far as keyboarding, I used to do it manually but now I have created CSV files for each agency.  It's a bit of a hassle maintaining multiple CSV's but very fast when uploading them to the bulk uploaded clips.  Some agencies claim they can accept other agencies' CSV file but I have found that to not be true. Search for each agency's CSV video requirement and they all have samples that you can exploit.

I'm using Adobe Premier Pro - as I am newbie too I find it functional for what I need (just a few tweaks to color and saturation)... my Laptop is so slow though....

Biggest challenge for me is storing and handling large file sizes, both for storage and uploading and keying. I am using cut and paste to upload which is slow - I will also look at CSV uploading if it saves time

Also what are some good places to learn basic video shooting and post processing. Would love to know more about what goes into a good video

Cool..  And is there a better way to upload than using an FTP client one by one for each site