Well, I just changed computers, and until I find my photo plus 11 disk & key, I'm stuck with either v5 or their current free version -- which is pretty capable. PhotoPlus suits my workflow pretty well; there's stuff in Gimp & PS tuts I can't do... Yet :-). Some of the cool stuff I'm sure I just need to dig into the docs and play around more. The freebie isn't crashing at all on me. I have locked up v11 with 4gb RAM -- looking forward to trying with 8 !

Yep, draw plus is what I was going to use.