Good logo creator and pic editor

Does anyone know of a good logo creator? or a good photo editor? I hadda uninstall my Office 2007 Pro Plus beta, so I'm kind of out of options right now.
I'm kinda on a budget, so preferably free :)

Tried logon studio? Wincustomize has a lot of cool stuff, though not all is free, logon studio is.

http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/

But is there anything, better than my experience with OpenOffice Draw, that will create cool text and stuff?

gif creator 3d ??
photoimpact ??
photoshop ??
look for ulead products
fireworks / Adobe products

if you're just trying to create an avatar, paint will suffice!

Yes, Paint should do. If you want, here are a couple other programs that work quite well and can do much more. Yes, they are "free" ;).


Paint.net
http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Gimp (far more complicated)
http://www.gimp.org/

Hey, thx. I'll try those out.

Regards :)