I currently use the open source Paint.NET program. I actually have Photoshop CS3 but for most of my website needs, the amount of time it takes to start up is longer than the time it'd take to create the image.

I am using Photoshop CS3. Not the best at it, but im learning.

Photoshop - it does everything I need and I am used it. The companies I had worked for always had it, too, so I wound up getting some decent experience on it.

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Photoshop is the best, without it I couldn't work as designer and more. It's not so hard to learn it, but is really useful.

In fact, let me say, that outfits without out it tend to be seen as a negative, if they are using an alternative, because they seem cheap or out of sync with the graphic arts community.

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100% photoshop. there is nothing else in my opinion. It has everything and is easily the most powerful graphic design software available.

I use photoshop.
I love it.
I used Paint.NET and the only thing that I think photoshop should adopt from them is that straight line too, how you can morph it so easily, but I can do it with my pen tool so I'm not too worried lol

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i like photoshop... you can make almost anything on it...

Photoshop my entire life