Sorry, I don't mean to hi-jack this thread. But to enrich it with following:

Can any and all experienced users of digitl photo editing programs (free or paid) shed some light on "user friendliness" aspects of - arranging, eidting, archiving (burn DVD) and creating video out of stills and posting on web.
For me, I often use Photoshop Elelments 4.0 (together with Premiere Elelmenets 2.0), Picasa, GIMP, PictureProject (native Nikon), PhotoStory 3.

I found Picasa is easy to use, but has limited editing capability compared to Photoshop and Elements. I like the fact that Picasa imports your photos and organize them by original folders.

GIMP is less intuitive, but improving with new plug-ins. Look forward to the new rev that is due soon.

PhotoStory 3 is my favorite in terms of ease-of-use in creating video out of still photos. It has limted editing capability compared to Elelments.

I only use PictureProject in conjunction with my 2 nikon cameras. Mainly during early stage work-flow process. Don't use it for editing at all.

I recently began learning how to use Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements together from import to output. It takes a while to grasp all the features. I like this combo because now I can complete a project from beginning to end (like arranging photos, editing, creating video with text, music, narrative and specail effects). As far as video creation, I think PhotoStory is much easier to use.

Would you share your experience, please?