[SOLVED] Looking for replacement programs

I asked this ages ago and just re-visiting now in the hope someone else may have answers for me.
Two of my favourite programs for photo editing and loading is JASC Paint Shop Pro 8 and SD Viewer which works with my Panasonic Digital camera.

Both run very shakily in Win 7, even in compatability mode so normally I will load XP instead to get the job done but it would be nice to do it in 7.

Coral Paint shop Pro X3 is supposed to be the replacement for JASC PSP but if you read the box it does not mention Win 7 and I wont shell out $80 to get it and have it not work.

Now whilst I am sure there will be many completely different programs for photo editing that work on Win 7 just fine I am looking for replacements with the same or at least very similar interfaces to what I am used to useing.

So if anyone has experience with JASC Paint Shop and SD viewer and know of comparable replacements to them please let me know.

I don't know how advanced your are in this work. I am fairly basic, and use such programs at that level. But, I have Ashampoo Photocommander (Free) on my computer, which is enough for my needs. I got it on a free give away, as I was an established customer, but I see it is still free -here:

https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/...to-Commander-5


I also have (for myfamilie's use - lots of functions I could never learn to use) CorelDraw Graphics suite X5. It has an alladin's cave of functions, including photo editing. But it's a heck of a price. Youy might qualify for an upgrade though, at $199
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satelli...1&tabview=tab0

Thanks Dave, I also am fairly basic and SD viewer is really fast and simple. PSP has more features then I've learned to use but I like it's interface and what I use of it works well for me.
I'll take a look at your suggestion.

Photoshop CS5.

I'm not that rich.

Agreed.

Once I was, wish I had them pound notes now though! Still, keeps me busy during my "rest" hours!

What sort of photo editing work do you do? Is it basic things like re-touching colours, red eye removal and so on - or are you looking for something that does a whole range of other things too?

If it's just basic editing and viewing, then perhaps check out Picasa (http://picasa.google.com/) - it's free and works really well. Although, it isn't equipped to do much other than retouching photos.

The Corel Paint Shop Pro X4 works very well in Windows 7 as I have used it in the past.

$80.00 US Dollars is the "Upgrade" price.

Thanks Ian, I shall also take a look at that. I've downloaded the Ashampoo program that Dave suggested and it runs fine in 7 though I don't like it's interface as much as PSP.
To answer your query generally very basic stuff although I will have a play from time to time to try to tweak a photo a bit more.Sometimes I can do better then the auto function but not always.
The other program I mentioned SD viewer which came with my camera is a very quick and basic program for looking at photo's in the camera before loading them into the computer. It also has a very simple two click function for re-sizing a photo for emailing.
I'm debating whether or not to go slightly more upmarket and get myself an entry level DSLR. Even the basic ones can also take photo's in RAW format.

Thanks Nibs, that is good to know as the Pro X3 version I saw did not mention it's compatability with 7.
I'm happy to pay that sort of money if I know for sure it will be stable on the system.