http://www.optikvervelabs.com/default.asp
I imagine most people know about this but for anyone that might not I posted a link to it. It's optikverve Labs, they offer a utility called virtual photographer that's very useful. You can get a stand alone image editor or a plugin for photoshop/gimp. I've used the plugin for a long time and fond it well worth the download.

I've tried virtualStudio before, and hated it, cause I could do everything it can in Gimp, plus I wasn't a fan of it only running on Windows.

Here's a screenshot I took of it back in 2007.

To each his own.

I've use Virtual Photographer off and on for several years. I had installed the stand-a-lone program too and it did a good job running many PS filters including Impressionist, but not all PS filters worked. When I upgraded to Win7, I did not re-install the stand-a-lone (the 8bf still was fine and kept them and still, off and on, use it). Still, can't beat the price (i.e., free).

That is one price you def can not beat
Thanks Gms9810.

I've has the 8bf for a long time, I just grabbed the stand alone last night, I had always thought it would cost something. It's a nice little utility.