photo editing

I use CS2, and as has been said, it’s expensive, but the daddy!

However, if you want a free editing package, seriously go with The Gimp.

For absolutely no cost, it really can’t be beat!

In other words I concur with the others here, but I too have no experience with it, just loads of user feedback.

Cheers, MP.

Depends on how much editing you want to do. The image organising programmes discussed in an earlier thread nearly all have some basic editing function, but if you want to go further then GIMP that RobAnt has suggested is one of the best free ones around.
I’ve had www.photofiltre.com suggested to me s a pretty good one too, but I’ve got no first-hand experience to go on.
A full-feature image programme like Photoshop CS2, which I have access to, can be pretty daunting to a home user, to say nothing of expensive! However, I feel very comfortable with Photoshop Elements, which is £69 in its latest version, and you can download a free trial from the Adobe website to have a play around with.
Try looking for Photoshop Elements in eBay and there seem to to be plenty of legitimate copies available for considerably less than the official price. I’d go for any version from Elements 3 onwards, as these have the incredibly useful spot healing tool for getting rid of blemishes from, particularly, scans.

William

Google offer Picassa completely free of charge, and it’s a basic photo editor.

There is also GIMP for Windows, Linux or Macs. Again, this is free to download and use. I find it a bit quirky and uncomfortable to use, myself, but it is very much more comprehensive than Picassa.