The best package you can get in addition to Vue is Corel Draw. Corel Draw consits of a drawing package, and a brilliat bitmap editor, Corel Photopaint. Now, this package costs in around 400 pounds uk for version 10. BUT, there is a release of version 8 called Corel Essentials (I think) for about 60 pounds uk. This package allows you to all sorts of pre and post production. I've even used it to master the parts for a beam engine, brought into Vue as terrains. If you haven't already got it, I can highly recommend it. Photopaint on its own is worth the money, it makes Adobe photoshop look like the over priced badly designed app it is.