Photo Editing software

Picasa is free and does basic resizing and effects (red eye, lighting, etc) with previews and undo features. picasa.google.com/

Gimp is a bit more advanced. www.gimp.org/features/

Photo Elements is another one (not free, but reasonable). www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html

Yeah, you can get really fancy and expensive with this stuff.

I've tried a version of PhotoShop (long ago), and found it to be overkill. In fact, a lot of the software that came with the various cameras I bought was also overkill.

If most of the "editing" you will do is resizing, cropping and such, "paint" is actually sufficient. If you're creating "art" (special effects) or making stuff like collages on a regular basis, then you might need something more powerful.

For the last decade - I suppose - I've opted for the mostly braindead "paint" (because it's always there, you don't have to install it) or a "freebie" piece of software that came with the last backup software/DVD authoring software I bought a long, long time ago. (Explanation: once upon a time, I used to create bootable Linux disks...God, was that a long time ago!)

And, actually, there's a lot of "freebie" stuff on mobile platforms (IOS and Android) that you could use, esp. if you do most of your photography with your smartphone. If not, well...