Need a recommended image editor

Can someone recommend an image editor that doesn't cost zillions or is free
95% of the time, all I need is:
- image resizing and cropping
- adding shadows
- saving as optimised jpg
- or saving as a png with transparent background
I've rarely ever done anything else not mentioned above
I've done some googling, and pixelmator looks pretty good
I just looked in the Mac App store... seems pretty good at $14.99!
Should I consider anything else?
I'd love Photoshop - but way too expensive
Thanks
Omar

omar.m wrote:
- image resizing and cropping
- adding shadows
- saving as optimised jpg
- or saving as a png with transparent background
Preview can do all that but add shadows.
GIMP is free photoshop equivalant http://www.gimp.org/
There is a plugin for iPhoto that can do borders and shadows. http://www.iborderfx.com/

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