Bamma - I use an older version of Paint Shop Pro. (version 5). It is similar to Photo Shop but much less expensive. The requirements to be able to compose various clips and screen captures into a good looking composition would be the ability to work in layers and to edit things like brightness, contrast, midtone, highlights, amd tints, and also be able to skew images, apply shadows, make transparent, etc.. Paint Shop is currently making version 8. Their website (
Jasc Software) has it in a trial Beta version for download.
(Plus Jasc is a Minneapolis-based company. You'd be supporting Minnesota Business!)
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