Hey guys,

My wife is a photographer and she uses Photoshop. That's great for her. However, i just want something quick and light. All i ever do is crop and re size some pics. I could install photoshop on my PC, but that would be over kill. I was wondering if you guys had any opinions and recommendations on free or low cost photo editing apps. Usually I'm resizing, cropping or maybe using the clone tool to cover up text on a wallpaper or something. Thanks guys. Oh, what do you think about photoshop elements? is it a memory hog bloated pos? or would you recommend it? thanks.

If anyone is curious, here's my wife's site:

http://www.crystalizedphotography.com

You can try GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) and Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net/)

paint.net is an excellent program.

Gimp is an exellent program. But for what you are trying to do it is probably an overkill. It has far more function than you are looking for and the inherent complexity that comes with it. I use it to make photo overlays and I understand it has similar functions as Photoshop. The best to find out is when you try it. It comes with an extensive on-line documentation. For the easy functions that you were describing, I use the MS Office Picture Manager that is included in Office 2007.

InDiSent, what did you think of photoshop?
I find it brilliant personally!
and, I have your wife's website now - it is working!

Oh ok sure :)
Have fun!