For those of you with simplt photo editing needs and no budget for software, have a look here
Edit photos online with Wiredness
You can upload a photo (up to 5MB) from your hard drive or pull one from Flickr or a URL. Editing options include everything you'd expect: cropping, resizing (via an excellent slider tool), brightness/contrast and various Photoshop-style effect filters. You can save your tweaked photo locally, e-mail it or shoot it directly to one of a few sharing services (though Flickr isn't among them, curiously). There may be more full-featured online image editors out there, but Wiredness has the advantages of a simple interface and Flash-free design (meaning it should work in any browser).
(from http://www.lifehacker.com/software/image-editing/edit-photos-online-with-wiredness-252061.php)
If you need something more robust, but still free, check out http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html.
Edit photos online with Wiredness
You can upload a photo (up to 5MB) from your hard drive or pull one from Flickr or a URL. Editing options include everything you'd expect: cropping, resizing (via an excellent slider tool), brightness/contrast and various Photoshop-style effect filters. You can save your tweaked photo locally, e-mail it or shoot it directly to one of a few sharing services (though Flickr isn't among them, curiously). There may be more full-featured online image editors out there, but Wiredness has the advantages of a simple interface and Flash-free design (meaning it should work in any browser).
(from http://www.lifehacker.com/software/image-editing/edit-photos-online-with-wiredness-252061.php)
If you need something more robust, but still free, check out http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html.