Lower priced alternatives

Why not see if there is another piece of software which will do what you want but only costs a fraction of the price (and there are some impressive alternatives to the 'Tools of the Trade').

Photoshop

Photoshop Elements
PaintShopPro
PhotoImpact

Flash

Insane Flash animator

Dreamweaver (and other HTML editors)

HoTMetaL Pro

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(Added by: Emperor on Fri 07-Jun-2002)