Photo editing software not waay too expensive

[shootingstar]

What do you use for photo editing?

The base tools must include cropping, rotating, resizing, tone/light/exposure/saturation and colour adjustments, plus normal thumbnail previews to manage /edit a bunch in batches.

[Lelani Carver]

GIMP is free, although I don't know about batch editing. However, Picasa will do all that and batch stuff, too. Resizing is a little weird in Picasa but the indexing is super helpful, I use it in concert with GIMP.

[OakLeaf]

I've used Graphic Converter (http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/)for years. Mac-only though.

[Sharon N.]

I use Paint Shop Pro. It's not as expensive as Photo Shop but can do everything you have listed.

[sri345]

I'm using photo scape. It's easy to use :D