I've been using a FREE! program for a while on my PC called Gimp. It was originally ported over from linux and it's perhaps one of the most usefull FREE! progams that I have ever used. It has almost all of the functunality of Photoshop (Accept you don't have to sell a kidney to own it) including the use of plug ins (I think you can even use Photoshop plug ins). It would appear that it has also now been ported over for Mac, although I haven't used the Mac version yet. Oh yeah, and did I mention it's FREE :!: I've used Photoshop a pretty good bit at my job, and Gimp is acctually better at some things and provides more control in a lot of areas than Photoshop. The mac version is available at MacGimp.com, so check it out. Nathan