Originally posted by No Such Agency
http://www.gimp.org/
Free!
If you aren\'t already savvy with graphics programs, I recommend staying well away from GIMP. It\'s a 100% free, wonderful, highly complex and powerful program, but the price you pay may be in hours of frustration. Also, it\'s designed to run on Linux, and crashes unpredictably on a Windows based PC. (like mine just when I had figured something out after hours and hours!! :flame: )
Instead, I\'d recommend
Pixia.
It\'s certainly not bug-free, but it is also 100% free, and has a much simpler interface.
I get a lot of my freeware from
Snapfiles. They have an entire section devoted to graphics. Under \"image editors\" in graphics, they have 18 different freeware programs at this time.
Should you choose to buy, I\'d recommend Jasc Paintshop pro. You can usually pick up a used version for $40-$50 dollars, well worth it IMHO.