Try PhotoImpact. I've used it for years and all the plugin's and such that are made for PhotoShop work just fine in PhotoImpact. HTH. Tee :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacqueline MacWhirter To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:17 PM Subject: [CTS] need some help I would like a program that I could edit photo's scenery and edit with a professional editing program adding text- I would like to add gold lettering with maybe some shadowing- something that doesn't look homemade I was looking at Photoshop -- its quite expensive anything else that would fit the bill and not cost an arm and a leg? These photos I took with my Nikon Digital Camera Zoom 8.1 pixels Thank You Jackie Mac ** YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED ** DONATE to Hurricane Katrina victims: http://www.redcross.org/ DONATE Housing (Spare room, shelter) http://www.hurricanehousing.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://www.computertalkshop.com/list_options.htm List HowTo: http://www.computertalkshop.com/faq.htm To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://computertalkshop.com/other_cts_lists.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------