PhotoScape

Has anyone tried free PhotoScape www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php and have any views on its abilities? I've been trying it for a week or so and find it quite effective compared with my rather old version of PSP8.

I haven't downloaded it but i can see that it wouldn't really meet the needs of a serious editor but if you needed some quick effects or retouching it looks ideal. My only problem would be the lack of control and variety of options....if you need a ps replacement for free try GIMP
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
this has all the features of ps

Thanks for comment. Photoscape actually has quite a few hidden attributes that aren't obvious until you get into it!! I have GIMP on my Linux PCs and find that rather hard work as I lack the patience to learn

Patience is the key Andrew.I've just started using bridge and cs3 what a minefield that is.But once you've played around a bit and got advice it can work wonders

Well, i would still highly recommend GIMP and if the multi-window format presents a problem, the new GIMPshop is presented just like ps.

Never heard of Gimpshop, thanks! Downloaded it on my XP box and it keeps throwing up 'exception' errors : Will try on one of my Linux machines later to see if it behaves there.