GIMP Tutorials

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ This one is good--it has a lot of neat tutorials to help out.

http://www.rru.com/~meo/gimp/Tutorial/ This is pretty good in describing what the buttons do but not as much how to do stuff.

PAINT.NET Tutorials http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

PDF - Tutorial Paint.Net.pdf

Adding a Picture to a Picture

This site tells a lot about what Paint.net can do, for example it explains layers and some of what the tools do.
http://www.getpaint.net/features.html

Sticky: Gradients [ Goto pageGoto page: 1, 2 ]
Sticky: Glow or "Bloom" effect
Sticky: Black & White (like a fax, not greyscale)
Sticky: Shwoops (ala the Paint.NET Setup Wizard)
Sticky: Glass Orbs [ Goto pageGoto page: 1, 2 ]
Sticky: Drop Shadows
Moved: Can I blend things?
sig bars? [ Goto pageGoto page: 1, 2 ]
Wavey Swooshy Thing [ Goto pageGoto page: 1, 2 ]
Moved: How do I resize images http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=877
Moved: Transparent colour http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=865
Fake Realistic Lightning http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=864