if high prices have got you down, there's also the gimp dot org. (web site). it's a Photoshop 'knockoff', but it does most of the same things, and it's free. I tried a posterize (I think that's what it was) that reduced the color variations down some. It's Open Source, so that's why it's free. There's even a Linux version.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)