Okay, so I see tutorials for Photoshop and Photoshop plus and all those, but I'm working with Ulead Photo Express and when "Opacity" and "Sharpen" and whatnot, I honestly have no clue what to do. Are there other selections for that? Or is mine just a cheap program and I need to get another one?


Also, I try to combine different gradients and textures into the icon and it looks like crap (I'd rather not show an example, they're that bad :-/). So, suggestions?