Photoshop is the state of the art photo editing software up to date. In my experience with the last project where we traveled the web to find the best photo editing they all fell short of Photoshop. It is easy to use, the possibilities are endless and it just looks great! Everything is lined up and on sight, at first the layers where tricky but once you know how to unlock the layers, they become the best tool! Also the magnetic lasso was quite the surprise and it worked perfectly. I know it is expensive and maybe you cant get it, but if you get the chance try it and be creative.