Helping icon makers one tutorial at a time.

I've been searching through the Memories on here, and I've tried everything, but I can't seem to get it to work.

I have WinDVD 4 on my computer. It came with it. Even the help file says:

WinDVD allows you to take snapshots of your favorite scenes during a movie's play back. The images are automatically stored as bitmaps on your hard drive. To take a screen capture all you have to do is click on the Capture button or press "P" on your keyboard. WinDVD 4 also includes a Capture browser to manage your favorite images. It also includes a rapid-capture capability to easily capture images in a series.

I can hit P all I want, but C:\Documents and Settings\Me\My Documents\My Pictures still doesn't have anything, nor does my clipboard.

Do I need another version of WinDVD or something? Is there some free program that can take screenshots?

i'm STILL going insane.

the whole brushes thing.
can someone please step by step take my through this damn thing b/c i save the brushes that i dwled under psp8/ brushes and them i go to custom and they are not there.

i 'm so effin stupid and i'm apologizing for it.

i use winzip and psp7.
am i unzipping them wrong? idk.

once aagin, if someone could be lovely and help me i will love you forever.
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Wondering if anyone knows how this light effect was made Icon made at artificalicons

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and how do i open them/use them???

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