One of the cool thing about using wordpress as a content management  program for your website is all the free, open source, Themes you can choose from.  If you take the time to look you can find a theme that has the layout you want or one that will only need minor tweaks to be ideal.  One thing that is certain, however, is the need to modify some graphic element.  Whether it is the header graphic or the development of your website logo, you will inevitably need to do some graphic work on your site.

Most web users don’t have access to Photoshop or some other high end professional graphics program.  That is why I like to recommend GIMP.  It is an open source, FREE, graphics manipulation program that does everything you would every need to modify your wordpress theme.  I think it is golden.  You can modify your header, add your logo and save it to .jpeg, .gif, .png or any other web compatible format

If you have not checked out GIMP yet, you are missing an excellent program for web based applications.