God fucking dammit I hate you, GIMP. I hate that you are the backwards of the way I want to manipulate images, and yet I don't want to steal Photoshop.
@Soreth adobe put up cs2 for free since it's so old, if that helps at all. I'm not sure how it compares to GIMP, tho. If you use PS enough for it to be worth it, they have a photography only subscription that gives you PS and Lightroom for ten bucks a month.
@angrboda CS2 for free? I cut my eyeteeth on CS2 doing photo edits at the camera place!! :D :D :D
@Soreth Is paint.net still a thing?