http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/28/gimp-free-photoshop-alternative-mac-os-x/ I plan to give this a try to see what it can do...price is right!
Recently, an Apple patent was being thrown around the Internet about a Photoshop-like app. ; Wonder if Apple would sell it for significantly less through the App Store like it does Aperture 3. ; Did you give GIMP a try? ;
I've been using GIMP for some time. ; The only thing missing is built-in RAW file handling. ; I haven't installed 2.8.0 because I never install a .0 release of anything, but now that 2.8.2 is out, I have yet another project for the upcoming long weekend. Be sure to install the EG-Copyright plugin which is, in my opinion, the best watermarking plugin in the world. ; And since it's a Script-fu script, you can customize it to default to the current year and your name.