We use picasa - -which also is easy to use for uploading to web albums, extracting HTML code, and inserting the photo in-line in a GW message.

Here is a link that might be useful: picasa

Thank you, jgs. I've downloaded the software, but I'm wondering if this is what I need. I was hoping to try out a different backsplash and countertop, for example, on my existing photo. I'm including a picture that someone on this site edited to explain what I mean. The person added in the blinds and changed the paint color on the wall. Thank you!

If you have a PC that can be done roughly in Paint. Their Help link explains it a bit. You might need to play with it but you can approximate.

My guess would be that particular pic above was done in Photoshop since it is done pretty exactly as far as alignment w/ the counters, etc. You might be able to get a rough approximation using paint but I'm not sure you are ever going to be able to take a picture of a piece of granite or something and align it right on top of your counters in a realistic way in a Paint program.

If you have just a few pics, then someone on here would probably photoshop them for you? I can do it if you'd like, but probably not until Monday.

If you want free, there's GIMP. However, both PS and Gimp have a pretty steep learning curve, and there's a lot less help available for Gimp. (If you have a Mac, the easiest Gimp version for mac is called Seashore.)

Looks like the above one used Photoshop. FWIW, we use PhotoImpact12. DH can do some amazing things with it. I'm still learning.

Photoshop

I'm a graphic designer and Photoshop is what I use but like WritersBlock wrote, it has a steep learning curve.

I've heard a lot of non-designers rave about Print Shop Pro. I've never used it though so can't tell you what it's capable of but I'm pretty sure it's better than or equal to Gimp (which I have used).

Picasa is awesome but will not do what you are looking to do.

Jodi-

Here is a link that might be useful: Free Print Shop Pro

I'd rate PSP as about equivalent to photoshop elements in terms of learning curve. So, a little easier than PS, but not super easy to get started. (It's also windows-only. Mac folks can check out pixelmator as an alternative.)