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One word...yes

ok its updated =]

I was just wondering, what are the best programmes to use for editing and stuff? Any recommendations?

Microsoft Paint

photoshop, but usually you have to pay for it. Among the free ones, i would have to say paint.net is the best.

Photoshop
MS paint
Photostudio
Photoimpression
...and so on.

Microsoft word also helps.

Well I have MS paint, and photoshop atm, look, here is what iv done so far

original -> Link
new -> Link <- LP47 did the background and resized it for me, although it aint finished yet, need to change the contrast


original -> Link
New -> Link {not finsished yet}

the first shows signs of skill, but I'd probably use a different tactic for making the chief selection, as the edges are a bit jagged, I'd personally probably use a combination of the magnetic lasso, smooth selection tool, gaussian blur all in a layer mask (if your able to decipher what all that means)

as for the second, the look is easy to achieve, but a good one, as its still a work in progress I don't think its ready to be criticized or judged