When creating complex graphics, professionals use PhotoShop. But this is a high-end package that costs hundreds of dollars.
But there is another choice that meets many of the same requirements and costs nothing. And that is Paint.net
Paint.net offers a simple, intuitive, and innovative user interface along with advanced tools and special effects.
The program is a open-source and updated on a regular basis. So before you go out and pay hundreds of dollars for a graphics package, check out Paint.net.
To Get Paint.net, visit: http://www.getpaint.net/
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