What is the best computer paint software???

I need a program that can animate my drawings, use pixals, and edit things easily. I need it to create slide shows and it would be nice to find one i could use to make little cartoons with!What is the best computer paint software???
Adobe Photoshop is the best image editor and is the industry standard, however it costs $649 through the Adobe Web site.


http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/鈥?/a>





If you want a free image editor, I reccomend...





1) GIMP


http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/





2) Paint.net


http://www.download.com/Paint-NET/3000-2鈥?/a>





3) Picasa from Google.


http://picasa.google.com/index.html





If you don't want to download software, MyTheme will allow you to upload and edit your image.


http://www16.blibs.com/editor/What is the best computer paint software???
photoshop CS or CS3(if you have a mac)