I haven't graduated from my Photo Deluxe class yet. :) Has she got you started in there?
I don't have Photo Deluxe, although I think Dan does on his 'puter. It's Adobe, right? He got it with a scanner I gave him eons ago.
He and I both have Paint Shop Pro which is not a very user friendly program, although the updated version 8.0 is certainly an improvement. I can make backgrounds and enhance graphics. I've done all of my "Welcome" graphics lately, some pledges and I've even made a couple of animations, but there is still so much to learn. When I have "free time" (what *is* that?) I play in it and learn more.