- and Artweaver, it's free. www.artweaver.de English and German versions.

It all depends on what you are trying to do. Whats not working for you? I have an article I wrote some time ago on differentiating between professional and amateur design if that is what you are referring to:

www.innovatewebdevelopment.com/support.shtml

Otherwise, we need a more specific question.

If you can pick up and old copy of Microsoft Digital Image you will find it extremely easy to use and very powerful. It's a shame they discountinued it. I have. Photoshop and Elements. I consistantly use Digital Image because it is so quick, easy, and powerful. I have also recently been using an inexpensive program from San Serif...Photo Plus X2. I have been pretty impressed with it for the price.

My vote would be for Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 or Corel Paintshop Pro X3. Both are around $60 these days.

Lots of options. Now all I need to do is clone myself a few times.

Well madsur... you can do that in both Elements and Paint Shop Pro...