Does anyone know of any free photoshop-like things?

okay so im looking for something that will do the trick- but not for the bang of like $999!!! i have the software that came with my camera, which works pretty well but i want something that can do the things kind of like photoshop, like the multi-colored pictures or, making your pictures look like cartoon pictures- something fun! anyone have any good know of anything free? like a trial or something.





OH and i also already have the Adobe Photoshop trial- doesn't really do much! please and thank you!!!:)
Does anyone know of any free photoshop-like things?
lunapic.com





or


my favorite


fotoflexor.com
Does anyone know of any free photoshop-like things?
Gimp, Picasa, but they are not very full-featured.





Consider Photoshop Elements 6.0 for under $100. It does a LOT more than the freebies.
Reply:paint.net.


if you google it you will find it


it works pretty well ( i tried it out myself)
Reply:Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/windows/





Paint.net: http://www.getpaint.net/
Reply:Gimp is an open source alternative to photoshop that I use at work, it takes a little bit of getting used to, but it works great.
Reply:there are some freeware programs,





Photoscape : Photo Manipulating Suite,


http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index....


Photofiltre


http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm


Pixia


http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/


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and there are trial programs with some effects,


Photo Explosion Deluxe 3.0


http://www.novadevelopment.com/Products/...


ArcSoft PhotoImpression


http://www.arcsoft.com/products/photoimp...


Ulead PhotoImpact


http://www.ulead.com/pi/runme.htm


Virtual Painter 5


http://www.virtualpainter5.com/


Broderbund Printshop


http://www.broderbund.com/jump.jsp?itemI...





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Reply:Go with Gimp for sure. It takes a little getting used to, and you'll have to get some plugins to get good functionality but it's a a great program. You can accomplish the same things as you can with photoshop, it just take a little more work to get the program setup.