Opinions on easy to use photo editing software

dgriffs

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This summer im hoping to get into photography. I used gimp a few years back and liked it. Does anyone have any recommendations on what the next level up would be? I've heard good things about both photoplus x4 and adobe lightroom 3. Photoplus x4 is cheap but I could also get lr3 for under $100 because I am a student.
 
PaintShop Pro X5 Ultimate is available from Corel and is on sale now for $69.99 (normally $99.99) - http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4900069&cid=catalog20038&segid=8100006 You can download a trial version and try before your purchase.
Review of Paintshop Pro X5 Ultimate: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/1295023/corel-paintshop-pro-x5-ultimate
Review of Photoshop alternatives: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/best-photoshop-alternatives-six-we-recommend-1128681/2