Hey, I just thought of the BEST free image editor invented ever !!! .... The Gimp - originally designed for *nix, but now available on Windows. It is VERY technical, almost to PhotoShop level and is distributed under the GNU.
Most, if not all companies let you do a trial of their software. Just download a few different applications and see which one suits you best. Then get that.
Hey, I just thought of the BEST free image editor invented ever !!! .... The Gimp - originally designed for *nix, but now available on Windows. It is VERY technical, almost to PhotoShop level and is distributed under the GNU.
Yeah, Gimp is very nice. For image creation I either use Fireworks or Gimp. For other stuff (converting etc.) I use Xnview.