Graphics software - the top 5 for Windows Vista

At 5... Ulead Photo Impact 12

Price £45 | www.ulead.com/pi/

Pentax has brought the might of its heritage to the 8-megapixel A10, for a camera that’s small but produces stunning image quality.

At 4... IrfanView

Price Free! | www.irfanview.com

Light on features, but that makes it easy to use. This free tool is perfect for quick, if basic, editing and resizing of images.

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At 3... Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI

Price £55 | http://www.corel.com/

Now Windows Vista certified, this longrunning image editor is packed with great ways to organise and edit your photographs.

At 2... Paint.NET

Price Free! | http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Starting life as a uni design project mentored by Microsoft, Paint.NET is now the most powerful free image editing utility around.

And at 1... Adobe Photoshop Elements 5

Price £60 | www.amazon.co.uk

The little sister of Adobe’s flagship Photoshop package, loved by creative types the world over. The Elements label means that it lacks the high-end features of the full version, but there’s still room for some very powerful tools. It’s perfect for touching up photos and creating graphics, and it’s a very affordable price.

The bottom line: An affordable way to get started with the world’s most popular graphics program.

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