Or you could buy Paint SHop Pro, which does 98% of what Photoshop does for 1/10th the price! ;)
I have both, and while full photoshop does have some nice abilities and a certian "smoothness" or ease on some tools, it lacks in a few others and the price hurts, ouch!

PS liquify tool rocks...PSP ability to alter vector items easily is superb (great for decals/tattoos)...
PS has Clouds (very damned handy IMHO for texturing)...PSP ability have full image review just seems much more logicla than PS way of doing it.

Also a matter of taste. I preffer PSP, but I use PS for somethings.

Try demos of both? :)

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