OpenOffice.org
I also use Gimp for image editing, another open source product, instead of PS. Works great for me....
Gimp
Didn't know about OpenOffice, thanks for that tip. Ad astra per aspera
CS2 can be slow and cranky, especially when starting up. CS3 is somewhat smoother. I have a beta of CS4 somewhere, but betas make me nervous so I'm waiting for the full version before I try it out.
From what I've heard CS4 has a few nice new features, but Photoshop itself isn't incredibly spiffed up or different.
Photoshop Elements is about £80, but I could never get my brain around the Elements approach. It's like most of Photoshop, only - not.
Also, the filing system is so bad that I can't even think about it without clutching my head and making pitiful weeping sounds.
