Has anyone ever used trial versions of software? If I wanted to download a trial version of something like Photoshop from Adobe would I be obligated to buy it? Not trying to be cheap, but I don't know if I would really use it beyond editing some photo's and I'm not sure if I want to invest that much money for something I may not use to it's full extent.  Are ther any decent less expensive photo editing programs that would let me do some photoshoping?

Try Gimp,it is free and just as good as Photochop...As far as the trial software,I think there is a validation key that expires in a set amount of time.Send Adobe some cash and they send you a new key #.

Gimp