damnd you Twestern you beat me to it.
I don't like GIMP. I do like Paint.net. Theres also Inkscape and various other tools that can be used. Photoshop is top notch because it's large packages of features. If you don't mind hunting down all sorts of crazy mini tools you can pretty much get everything you need free. It's highly inconvenient to use, but hey. You get what you pay for.
Adobe = Convenience + Bloat
Squilliam: On Vgcharts its a commonly accepted practice to twist the bounds of plausibility in order to support your argument or agenda so I think its pretty cool that this gives me the precedent to say whatever I damn well please.