Don't have the budget to be able to afford Photoshop?  Don't panic, there are free alternatives on the web they can achieve the most of the same results as Photoshop.

One free image editor in particular stands out from the rest:  Paint.NET

Paint.NET has alot of similar features to Adobe Photoshop including, but not limited to:

• Essential editing tools: drawing tool, select tool, zoom, cropping.
• Special Effects: blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, embossing, distortion, noise and more.
• Variety colour adjustment tools functions. .
• The use of layers.
• Unlimited history
• Colour and layer duplication
• multi format saving, including Adobe Photoshop format.

Paint.NET requires Microsoft.NET in order to operate so before you install it, make sure your computer meets all the pre-requsists listed on the Paint.NET website.

The software is frequently updated to and includes a built in automatic update feature which is very handy and hassle free.

Grab your copy of Paint.NET here