@Vampire:Yup^^.I think it's one of the best editing program at the moment.Another one would be gimp I think.I used it when I didn't have Photoshop.It's pretty much the same just different appearance.
@pswk2:Yes you can do animations however to open gif files you have to use ImageReady.Also to save a gif picture you have to use Photoshop(the option save for web).So you kinda need to move the file in Photoshop and ImageReady until you got everything as you wanted xD