Since switching to ubuntu I've learned myself to do some basic image manipulating with The Gimp.

Here is just a shot from the garden featuring the 'Dahlia' which is the official town-flower where I live.

It's probably just me, but I've never quite understood how to achieve that with the commercial tools like paintshop or photoshop. For some reason (better web tutorials?) the gimp made it more natural. For all out there on illegal copies of the mentioned products: here is your alternative, also available for windows platforms.

I wonder when it will show up in the curriculum of official after-schools job-training organizations? More luck in other countries?