A well-priced application for users wanting a more robust feature set than most mid-level image editors, without paying for Photoshop CS.

This software’s powerful creative features can’t quite compensate for its annoying interface.

Gimp is perfect for those new to graphics editing or those not needing professional level editing capabilities. Best of all, its Free.

Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 can be rather handy when organizing, editing and storing your photos and is a reasonable choice for amateur photographers

With plenty of high-end features wrapped up in a serviceable interface, Fotoflexer is a useful tool. Unfortunately, it's not optimised for high-res photos; and you can't edit layers or effects once you've saved and closed an image.