AKVIS Chameleon

I agree: t is not cheap, ...but it can do what other apps can't do. I particularly like "Emersion Mode". Take a look here: http://akvis.com/en/chameleon-tutorial/emersion/cage-bird.php

They say: "Earlier one had to thoroughly select an object before pasting it into a new background; with this software this tedious part of work drops out. You can concentrate on the creative part and forget about complicated selection techniques." If literally true, this program would outdo Photoshop. I spend a lot of time carefully in PS carefully selecting objects. I'm skeptical that Chameleon does it well and effortlessly. Seems more likely that it's pretty quick at roughly selecting the object. One can always lower standards and get faster results. For a different type of collage (fitting multiple images together in various grid patterns) I like Posterino. Especially like the ease of applying a group of photos to a template. And the ease of deleting and resizing the individual photo frames.

If you pay $800 for Photoshop then I think you should be the one that holds on. I get the whole Creative Suite educational for $449 and if I wanted photoshop extended by itself I would pay $180. My advice is get the educational discount somehow and never pay full price.

Too limited and way too expensive...save your money and get photoshop and do all of the same things and so much more. I would pay $10 for this.