MS Paint
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MS Paint
Microsoft Paint (frequently called MS Paint) is a simple graphics
painting program that comes bundled with all modern versions of
Microsoft Windows. The program opens and saves files as BMP, JPEG,
GIF, PNG, and TIFF. The program can be in color mode and in monochrome
mode. Thus for shades of grey
the color mode is used.
Tutorials: 
Microsoft Paint Tutorial
http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/ahunt/MSPttutr.htm
Microsoft Paint!
http://edtech.utb.edu/6301/Paint.html
Advantages and disadvantages:
Advantages:
• Comes free with all versions of Windows
• Basic drawing, shapes, and cropping tools
• Support for JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG images
Disadvantages:
• Very basic editing capabilities
• Windows only
• Does not support layers
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ACDSee
ACDSee
is a shareware image viewer software for Windows developed by ACD
Systems. Besides the usual thumbnail viewing of folders and file
type conversion, key features of ACDSee include slideshow presentations,
CD/DVD burning, HTML gallery creation, image folder syncing and
editing/indexing of image metadata like Exif. It is also possible
to do minor image manipulation like cropping, scaling and rotating.
A good image browser (with some editing options thrown in) and an excellent image
management tool.
Tutorials:
Getting Started
http://files.acdsystems.com/english/acdsee/manuals/acdsee80-gettingstartedguide.pdf
VCD Slideshow Creation in ACDsee 8 Photo Manager
http://photography.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=35032
Getting Started
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-script/tutorials/publish/article_605.shtml
Advantages and disadvantages: 
Advantages:
• Inexpensive
• Excellent file browsing
• Support for metadata on images
• Good printing and publishing support
• Good file format support
• Acquire images from camera/scanner
• Batch editing capabilities
• Create PDFs and Flash slideshows
Disadvantages:
• Very basic editing options
• User interface set up more for browsing
than editing
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PhotoShop
Adobe
Photoshop is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe
Systems. It is the market leader for commercial bitmap image manipulation,
and probably the most well-known piece of software produced by
Adobe Systems. It is considered the industry standard in most,
if not all, jobs related to the use of visual elements.
Tutorials:
Photoshop Tutorials
http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/
Photoshop Crash Course
http://www.webmonkey.com/design/graphics/tutorials/tutorial1.html
PhotoShop Cafe
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/
PhotoShop Lover
http://www.pslover.com/
Advantages and disadvantages:
Advantages:
• Cross-platform (Mac and Windows)
• Very powerful and full-featured
• Opens/saves any image format
• Integration with Acrobat (PDF creation and editing)
• Includes a file browser
• Good interface
• Creates files that can be edited later (i.e., for changing text)
• Supports layers
• Can download many add-on plugins
Disadvantages:
• The number of features can be overwhelming
• Very expensive
• Not as quick-and-easy for simple tasks
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