[Pen Tablet]

Hey I just got the graphire pen tablet and was wondering how the hell to use it. does it work well with paint.net or should I use it with another program. It only came with Photoshop elements 5 and corel painter essentials 3. Im sure these cant be the only ones it works with. If any body has any further info on this awesome thing id really appreciate it

[Lighting effect?? like the Gimp]

So i recently was looking at the gimp software and was wondering...there is an effect in it whee you can control the way the lighting is effecting the picture. You can chose from an angle or centered light. The effect takes care of the shadows for you ...is there way to make this effct in PDN??