I kindof think the photo manipulation tools are pretty much peaked. What more can they do! If you look at the actual retouch tools in PhotoImpact, you can do plenty with them. Alos the tone map, hue and sturation and other functions allow vast alteration of your photos. I suppose there's always room for improvement for any set of tools, but I think PI would be better off improving in the vector drawing (draw shapes like using a freehand pen), transparency, fills (adjustable image textures please!!!). Improvement for print work would be good too.

David K
www.dkingdesign.com