I love smilies (especially enjoyed the creativity I've seen in this thread); I would love to be able to create my own -- can you please recommend inexpensive graphics' programs for this purpose?
I'd also love to do animated graphics, plus, in the near future, I plan on posting pictures from an event on my website. Is there a program out there that can keep the file size down -- yet the picture fairly large (maybe 5 x 7)?
Thanks!