Meh
The GIMP is free! :P
(zzzp.net Big cookies! Man cookies! Cookies with nuts!, Sun 8 Apr 2007, 19:27, archived)

and impossible to use
I've tried, I really have, but no, it's clearly made by programmers with no artist involvement
( HappyToast is dancing like Tim Booth on, Sun 8 Apr 2007, 19:28, archived)

It is fiddly
But as I am a programmer and not an artist I find it easier than Photoshop perversely.
(Mikey_C is on the internet. mikeynet.co.uk, Sun 8 Apr 2007, 19:35, archived)