Eeek. Ages since i've posted in here.
Anyway, Adobe's got a product coming out that's positioned between Photoshop and PhotoDeluxe, Adobe Photoshop Elements. It looks like it has all the features one would really need to clean-up images for plugins, without the cost of buying Photoshop or cough obtaining Photoshop.
Pricing is supposedly around US$100. $30 rebate if you're a registered PhotoshopLE user, as Photoshop Elements replaces LE. Schnifty.
(url="http://"http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/main.html")http://www.adobe.com...hopel/main.html(/url)
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