The Gimp is free, photoshop is the dog's bollocks though. <a href="htt[://www.fpsbanana.com/tuts>click here for tutorials.

Photoshop is like 700$...

Photoshop is a very versatile program that provides a lot of control over graphics, both in terms of creation and alteration. If you're used to nothing but Paint, downloading a trial version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 at Adobe would be a good idea. It will help you get a feel for the interface and the tools. It would probably be a good idea to look up some tutorials for beginners that will help you get around the program.

1. Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop
2. Tutorials for Photoshop Beginners
3. Photoshop Tips and Tricks for Beginners

• For texturing, you can find tutorials and download texture packs that you can apply to your images. It's not exactly simple if you don't know what you're doing, but you eventually get the hang of things and they get rolling along pretty well.
• The tools are excellent and downlowdable textures/brushes bring versatility.
• It's not easy to use, but it's easy to learn to use.
• Unfortunately, it's $649 for Photoshop CS3, the latest edition.
• It's very stable
• GIMP is free. I don't know whether it's any good because I've never used it, but some people swear by it.

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In sweden PhotoShop CS2 costs 11000 kr and its like 2000 dollars. But i prefer Gimp! :)

Woah, that's horribly expensive.