I need advice: photo programm

Hello,
I need advice: which photo-software is a good option, when I don't want to pay the price of Photoshop?
iMac 10.6
Thank you!
Sonja
Nederland

If iPhoto doesn't do what you need you could have a look at Aperture (available at the Mac App Store, but have a look here for a free trial: http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/
Pixelmator is the one I use - great value for the money and does everything I used to need to do in Photoshop. Have a look here: http://www.pixelmator.com/
If you buy it from the Mac App Store Pixelmator comes with a free upgrade to version 2 (rumoured to be in the next couple of weeks, according to the developers blog).
Usual caveat: I don't intend to sound like a commercial, just a happy user with no connections to Pixelmator.

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