I love Fireworks, and that is what I have been using for graphics most of the time. I like the layout much better the Photoshop, and the features in it are great. The export feature is really helpful for avatars and sigs on sites that have very tough restrictions. In my opinion, it is much more stable then Photoshop too but that could be my computer. I dislike the lack of filters for it as well as brushes, but everything else is awesome.