Free softwares to download

Animation Shop 3 (Full version - 10.5 MB)
A powerful program in creating animated images (buttons).

Giffy (Full version - 233 KB)
A little program to make your images transparent.

PhotoShop CS3 (Trial version - 337 MB)
The best among image-editing softwares.

Paint Shop Pro IX (Full version - 113.9 MB)
One of the best softwares to make graphics, layouts, blends etc.