Thanks. you know if it wasn't for the fact I already had photoshop I would be using GIMP. I remember using it years ago and I thought it was kind of hooky. But after jumping in and really exploring GIMP for the tute I have seen it has become very robust. It doesn't have the bells and whistles Photoshop has, but it has the core features you would need the most.
They are constantly adding to it. After I finished the DVD ROM I saw on
www.GIMP.org that the new version has 2 new features. I'll have to download the new version and mess around with it and make some more videos to post.