Would you be interested in telling me about your graphics software sometime?
Be happy to. I use Nova Development's PhotoImpactPro Version 13 (their latest). I would still be using Version 10 if it had been compatible with Vista. It wouldn't - there were so many of my programs that wouldn't install on Vista! So I bought Version 11, and even with that one, I had to download a "patch" from their website - the patch itself took hours for me to download because it was huge in bytes. Even then, it NEVER worked the way it should, but at least I could install it.
But that's all a different story - since then my XP machine started working again, and I've quit even turning on the Vista pc. I didn't put PI Pro Version 11 on my XP machine because it was virtually the same as Version 10, which I loved!
Last year they came out with Version 13, and I upgraded to that. It has a few new features.
I love this software, LJ - it has virtually all the bells and whistles I could ask for - all for I think around $100 - WAY less than Adobe PhotoShop! I tried PS on a friend's computer a few times - didn't like it - too difficult to get around in.
I have downloaded dozens of plugins and masks and other goodies to the software, but even without all the extras I've added over time, it's a great photo editing program in my opinion. :)
Let me know if you decide to try it - I think you would like it.
Thanks for asking. :)