Stone Design’s SliceAndDice has opened up many more creative possibilities for me. The learning curve is very low, and there are excellent examples right in the software to show you how certain effects are created. Rollovers have never been easier. You can even roll over one image and have another image appear somewhere else on the page, offering myriad possibilities for dropdown menus, photo galleries, tool tips, etc. You can also add links, image names, alternative text, and any extra javascript for that image right within SliceAndDice.

Once you’ve sliced and diced your image, you can open or add the html S&D creates in any html or text editor for further enhancements and/or editing. When used in combination with Stone Design’s excellent Create software, I have to say that it’s downright fun to use.

No, Photoshop it ain’t -- in features or PRICE ($649 for Photoshop, $49 for SliceAndDice). If you already own Photoshop, by all means, use it. But, if you don’t need all the bells and whistles of Photoshop (probably most people don’t), or if you get tired of waiting for Photoshop to open (I do), or If you like extremely responsive and accommodating software support (I sure do) and free software upgrades for life (definitely), you should probably give SliceAndDice a try.