Is photo shop a program that usually comes with a computer or is it an after-market purchase? Is the program actually called "photo shop" or does it have another name in the Windows system? Thanks.

Adobe Photoshop is an aftermarket purchase. It wil run you about $700.00

I like MGI Photo Suite.... but use a few different ones...

I got the lastest ... Adobe Photoshop C2 for $299 (half price) direct from Adobe ...

... but had to buy a $1200 camera that had Adobe Elements 2.0 bundled with it in order to get that offer from Adobe.

I likes it ... a very powerful and professional program, nothing yet even comes close to it.

Photoshop is a powerfull program that most people will never need all the features, But yes photoshop elements is a cheap alternative, and will satisfy most peoples needs.

or you can just go to a filesharing site and..........

thats how I got mine. I downloaded it over 10 years ago, and it works fine for me.

I got Photoshop Elements 3.0 for $100. Works fine for what I do. Still more powerful than most others, and more affordable.

Like Andy said... I got Adobe Photoshop 7.0 the same way via my brother-in-law. Thank god, because yes if you buy it, it is very expensive.

I need to get something like this. I am seriously contemplating a digital camera and will need something to resize my pictures so I can post them here.

I have been using my son's camera. But I need one here, so I can take some pictures.

Photoshop Elements is the way to go. I think it works better than the MS photo editor.

I have an old version that came bundled with a Cannon digital camera.

I would be willing to share.

for most elements is all they will ever need. Photo shop is a great tool and allows you to do some amazing things to photos trust me if i hadnt lost much of my stuff in Katrina i could show yall some neat stuff done in there.

Elements will get just about everything you have ever wanted to do done and then some. Crop edit colors convert to black white etc and some cool little things.

Shawn ,if you set your camera at the lower resolution they don't need resized ,and for regular sized and internet pics the lower settings look fine. Also if you have Windows XP a resizer is built in, Just right click on the picture and your options come up, usually small works ,but if not there are custom options.