photo software

[chuffinalong]

Hi, I'd like some really good, easy to use photo software for my laptop. I'd like to be able to change colours, put in different back grounds, make collages and write on the pics etc. I'd want to then be able to save these images onto disc or stick so I can have them printed.
What would you recommend?
thanks.

Dunno . i've used microsoft photo editor before and that's been OK for what I needed.

However I'm now looking for similar for mac, especially to sharpened focus old photos.

Awaiting the replies!

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Picasa is good.

Thank you, I'll have a look at it.

Gimp is another. It's more techy / pro though.

For OSX (iMac) I use Seashore

On Windows (XP, 7) I use PhotoFiltre

I'm guessing you're running Windows but if not, best mention OS... I have laptops/ netbooks with different versions of linux on, so almost anything is possible :)