Tch.
Get Paint.NET.
Most of the functionality, none of the cost.

www.getpaint.net/
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Wed 12 Mar 2008, 22:20, archived)

cheers
i'll give it a looksee
( Agent Muu http://www.b3ta.com/board/8809939, Wed 12 Mar 2008, 22:25, archived)