1. Persevere with WYS****, it will repay your investment of time with dividends, big dividends!! If the speed, stability, regular updates and excellent support aren't enough for you then there are over 300 plug-ins or extensions that simplify many coding exercises that take huge effort in NOF. And the WYS**** people even provide an extension building tool - that I have taken advantage of myself -
see examples here.
2. Why would you want to edit an image in any software other than a graphic editing programme - e.g Photoshop or similar?
3. I also am sticking with NOF 11 and will not "upgrade". I have numerous sites built in various versions of NOF over the years and had it not been for this forum and many of its members I would have given up on NO years ago. NOF support was (and sadly IS) a joke and after having experienced WYS**** support, which is frankly first class, fast and comes from the actual author I can't imagine how NO have survived this long. What they offer as 'support' is beyond a joke, beyond laughable, it is profoundly sad....and, if I may be so bold, I would add that it is highly disrespectful to its paying customers.
4. And yes, I have gone from NOF's number one fan to something quite different. Also sad huh?