what is a really good photo editor?

photoshop is the best, and it's expensive.

here are some alternatives

Downloadable opensource freeware:

"The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) does most of what Photoshop does; the Gimpshop project (plasticbugs.com) even makes it look like Photoshop."

http://gimp.org/

http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294

(hall of fame - best free software - pcmag -

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2260070,00.as...

Online aps:

"Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.

It's fast, easy, and fun."

http://www.picnik.com/

"FotoFlexer is the world's most advanced online digital photo editor. It performs advanced effects previously only available to professionals using expensive software. FotoFlexer was founded by Arbor Labs, a team of graduate students and alumni from the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, University of California at Berkeley (and just one MIT/Stanford alum too)."

http://fotoflexer.com/

"Splashup, formerly Fauxto, is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With all the features professionals use and novices want, it's easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once. Splashup runs in all browsers, integrates seamlessly with top photosharing sites, and even has its own file format so you can save your work in progress."

http://www.splashup.com/

"Do what you want with your photos. Give them cartoon colors. Distort them. Go nuts. Turn average photos into jaw droppers with options like Pop Color, Sketch, Hue, Black & White, Tint, and more."

https://www.photoshop.com/express/

Animated images:

http://www.lunapic.com/editor/

http://www.blingee.com/

http://gickr.com/

http://animator.iconator.com/animator.php

Hands down, Adobe Photoshop CS3. It is an absurdly incredible photo editor with so many features that I doubt I could ever discover all its uses.

The GIMP (just Google for that) is a free image manipulator program that is (this is the best part) FREE! It does most of what Photoshop does, but it's FREE.

For something that will help you organize your pictures primarily, and will do a little bit of editing VERY easily, check out Google's Picasa. This is what I use to organize my photos, due to the fact that it's simple, clean, uses a lot less memory than Photoshop, and the one-touch editing does a fairly good job.

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop CS3

Photoshop CS3 or PaintShop Pro.

There are some free trials on certain websites. Ebay has some for more lower prices!

i agree. photoshop is the best. can't be beat. it is expensive, however, are you a student? you can get student discounts. i got the entire creative suite CS for $99 thru my college.

lunapic.com

IT IS AWESOME!

you can do so much to your pics and it is totally free.

it's the only pic editing site i ever use and the only one i have ever found that works so well but is free.

it animates pics, Adds backgrounds, changes colors, and allot more

trust me it's amazing

you wont beet photoshop, but its expencive.... i personally prefer CS2 although CS3 is newer. i use both, i have CS3 but have kept CS2 with all my filters on, as some of them were non transferable