photoshop
 

I need some sort of photoshop desperately. Any suggestions? Which one is easiest, cheapest, best value,the holy Grail........

gimp is probably the best thing you can get without pirating photo shop.

paint.net

I second the Gimp.

I am on Photoshop 7, the later PS's have only a few add-ons that are not a major deal, but allow for a few more options. BUT the program is super expensive and I would be warry of it unless you are going to use it in some professional capacity (BTW I do so there you go).

but I would recommend useing gimp if you are looking for an alternative, it does almost everything PS does (with only a couple of minor exceptions that are really related to graphic design and such, things the adverage person would never use). I have it on my spare computer and use it all the time. If you are used to PS there is a bit of learning curve but there are PLENTY of tutorials online to help you out. It's not much different, but there are a few common items that are not the same on PS as on Gimp. Seriously I would highly recommend Gimp. Great program.

where can I find Gimp?

Just google it and download. Most of your tech sites (C-Net, ext) have links to download as well if you are nervious about any kind of badness in the download.

thanks
 

thanks guys. useful Intel. I'll look it up when i get home from work.

http://www.gimp.org/

There you go! :p

Rogue
 

Thanks for the link chief.