Right, first off, don't be apologising for "ignorance". You're not ignorant, you just lack information. Second, what kind of artwork are you wanting to produce? You can get superb results with a good digital camera and a little imagination. Third, if you're wanting to stick with photography, there's no reason to look for other software, unless you want to play around with your images. Olympus - in fact most camera manufacturers - bundle some basic image processing software with their cameras. You could go the whole hog and buy Photoshop, which, although quite pricey, will give you more things than you can shake a stick at. Photoshop will also allow you to "paint" images on your computer but it's not the only option; a lot of people here use Paint Shop Pro, which is also very good but I personally do not like.

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