+ Have you used the GIMP yet? It’s a freeware alternatative to using a pirated version of Photoshop. I have. I like it’s speed and versatitity, but I’m lazy. I already spent a fair amount of time figuring out the basics of Photoshop. And so I kept putting off the switch to the GIMP because of the time involved in learning a completely different menuing and windowing system. I’m not saying the GIMP’s system is bad. In fact it could be easy as breathing. Just no time. Problem solved. The GIMP has been hacked to feel more like Photoshop, and renamed GIMPshop. Grab it, try it. It manipulates colour, composition, and adds design elements to your photos and other images. It’s an easy switch. — they aught to change the name of the GIMP to something else. It sounds derogatory and amateur.

** also available for Linux, and OS X.