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What's the best free photo editing software?

I have just got a HP photosmart 4480 printer and i would like to know, what's the best free editing software? I mainly want to freshen up and if possible enhance some old Black & White / Sepia photos. I am new to this and wondered if there's any better software, other than that which came with the printer. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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1. GIMP and Paint.net are good free programs.
2. Gimp 2 does wonders.
3. Programs like WinGIMP and Paint.net are good, but can be overkill -- hard to use and tweak images with, sometimes. A quick-and-easy way to get similar results -- or even just to get some idea what the end results of using the fancier packages MIGHT be -- is to use the simple image-editing capabilities within the free utility IrfanView: http://www.IrfanView.com The lower half of the "Image" menu contains several useful items, including "Convert to greyscale" and "Auto-adjust colors" -- both of which work well enough for me that I rarely need anything more complex. It can even use some Photoshop plug-ins. It's a good idea to get and install the IrfanView plugins package, too. Also, more FREE graphics tools download links can be found on the page linked below. ~~ ScienceMikey http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/opcc/links/01___Software_related_information_001198934133/Windows_related_link_001119378867/Software____Links_an_001081730158/Best_of_breed_Free_s_001059927670
4. I would say Gimp is a good one, but it is pretty complicated to use. http://gimp.org/ Some sites for Gimp tutorials: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ http://gimp-tutorials.net/ http://gimp-tutorials.com/
5. You COULD get Photoshop legally @ R1Unlimited.tk Karbon