"With a couple of free programs (like UV Mapper and PaintShop Pro) you're well on your way to creating almost every kind of pic you see in the gallery." Paint Shop Pro is not free. I have heard a lot of people mistakenly refer to it as sharewre, or freeware. It is neither. Jasc Software (http://www.jasc.com ) does provide a 30 day full working demo that you can download from their site. Once the demo time is over, you must pay for the product to continue using it. PSP is a powerful graphics application, comparable to Photoshop, that is quite affordable. I believe it's still selling for around $100, which is unheard of for such a program made by any other company.