Free photo editing software for Macs & PCs?

Hi folks!
I am looking for a free photo editing software to use for an upcoming class. I have a MacBook at home, but I will be teaching in a classroom equipped with PCs. I was hoping to find a free software that students could practice on in class and then download free for use at home afterward.
Have been trying to download Gimp 2.8.2, but I can't get it to install on my Mac OS 10.6.8 - It downloads but will not start.
Please let me know any suggestions.
Thanks in advance!

i guess i want something where you can directly play with the images...cut out a section of the picture.....replace it with something else (like add icon/pictures over top of it)
also, the ability to paint colors over the picture and alter them in other ways, not just image quality or resizing it...
if there are no free programs for this, what are some cheap ones?
i looked at the programs that have been posted alreaedy, and i don't think that they are really what im looking for...
thank you!

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OT: free photo editing software?

hello there. i'm about 95% sure i saw someone post somewhere
on here about a free photo editing program that they claimed was
just as good as Photoshop. but now i can't find that thread! it was
at least a few months ago, i think.
i'm about to start doing some freelance work, but i can't
afford to buy a program like Photoshop for my home computer at the
moment. all i really need is a good program for creating graphics
and stuff. so, does anyone know of any good, free photo
editing/graphic designing software?

Not free but Paint Shop Pro, at $60 is seriously good value.
Jo
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> hello there. i'm about 95% sure i saw someone post
somewhere on here about
> a
> free photo editing program that they claimed was just as
good as
> Photoshop. but
> now i can't find that thread! it was at least a few
months ago, i think.
>
> i'm about to start doing some freelance work, but i
can't afford to buy a
> program like Photoshop for my home computer at the
moment. all i really
> need is
> a good program for creating graphics and stuff. so, does
anyone know of
> any
> good, free photo editing/graphic designing software?
>

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out what software to purchase to use on my Intel
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I'm just an amateur photographer looking to improve
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believe, allow for "spot" editing, something that the
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I want to be able to do.
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Would that be a better experience than running the
Mac version on my Intel machine? Looks like there's
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Ebay) than the Mac version, but so far I have
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Windows world as much as possible.
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I know I'm all over the map here...I'm kind of
confused, and just want to get to work making some of
these pictures look better. Thanks.
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