I would like to get some kind of photo editing program, but I don't know which one is best value for money. I have looked at Photoshop but it is ridiculously expensive, and Photoshop Elements (from what I can see) has a very limited range of functions. I am considering Paint Shop Pro 9, but I would like to know more about what you can do with it, so maybe somebody here who has it could tell me more. I do not want the program just to do simple photo-editing, because I can do that on the programs already on my computer, I would like to be able to do creative things on it such as making better signatures and applying lots of different filters/effects to photos. However, I don't want something that takes ages to learn how to use. Any suggestions?

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