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Pixelmator is a tool I recently looked at, (basically photoshop) with a sleeker user interface, while lacking certain tools and filters, but it accepts custom made filters or those off the web.
Plus it's around $50 in price, if you don't want to torrent, but want something better then gimp I'd go with Pixelmator.