It's called PhotoPlus 6, it's free, and it does everything PhotoShop does. It's great for just about anything you can do with an image. I think everyone who uses paint should try this.
Link: http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/
http://www.gimp.org/
i sued to use photoplus 7 but i cannot remember precisely what but it lacks somthing that the rest of the more popular image editors do
I am happy with photoshop CS2.