reccommend a budget/free photo editor

[toooldskool]

A few years ago I had a copy of photohop. It was very good but overly complicated for my needs. is there something a bit creative but more simple

[f888fhw]

Gimp

http://www.gimp.org/

[JCJC]

Picasa has basic tools, Paint has loads ; http://www.getpaint.net/ both free.

[almunro]

http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/10-excellent-open-source-and-free-alternatives-to-photoshop/

Lots of free alternatives

[colmo]

RAW processor: Rawtherapee
Editor & retouching: GIMP
Photo manager: Picasa (Windows) or Digikam (Linux)
Panoramic stitcher: Microsoft ICE (Windows) or Hugin (Linux)

The workflow is Rawtherapee-> GIMP -> Picasa, depending on what needs doing.