New to Amiga OS and need help

[SSRockman83]

I bought Amiga Forever and have been playing with it off and on for some time, but I've barely figured out how to do much with the workbenches. I grew up using GEOS on an old C64 my family has, and learned to use Windows and Mac pretty well in school, but with Amiga there's a lot of things I simply haven't been able to figure out how to do. For example, I would like to set a different backdrop on Workbench 3.x. I figured out where to change the backdrop in the preferences, but I don't know what file types I can use of how to get images to begin with to set up as a backdrop. I know using an emulator isn't the same as using the actual system.

I've checked used book stores in my area for Amiga books with no luck. I've also searched the web, but all I keep finding are pdfs of old programming books, and the Amiga videos I find on Youtube haven't helped much. I also tried the links on the Tutorial list thread, but half of them are dead to begin with and the ones that are active don't really give me the information I need. I need something on the lines of "Amiga for Dummies".

Any suggestions?

[SSRockman83]

Thanks for all the answers! Usually, I don't get responces on forums. I did find one video on youtube yesterday that helped me on some things... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fBvRBTmCzI) I really appreciate all the links and informaton you all had given. I'll check all of it out.
 
 

And you guys thought nobody new adopted an interest in Amiga. I didn't have one when they were current either.
This is just one way to keep my interest in the 68K processor alive (using the best 68K system made).

Well, I was 10 years old when Commodore shut down and my family was too poor to replace our C64 and C128s until around 1998-1999. I was given the old Commodores to play with.
 
I've never been happy with the Windows computers and Mac has been okay for me. I got interested in using the C64 regularly again after getting increasingly frustrated with the other systems and the fact it's outlasted every other computer I've had. I started researching Commodore some years back. One thing led to another and I got the Amiga Forever. I'm teaching myself animation and from what I've seen of the Amigas capabilities and after trying some of the art programs on the emulator I'm seriously thinking about picking up a A1200, or one of the new computers running OS4, or one of the alternative OSs to do my work on. I was thinking about switiching to Linux, but I'm really drawn to Amiga.