Sorry in advance for a simple question, but I've put together fairly basic but nice covers using Roxio PhotoSuite 5 (don't laugh). However that damned program won't run for me anymore and I was so comfortable with it.

Question: which program should I use to make some basic DVD covers? Which do you recommend? The features that I used most often on Roxio were the cloning tool and setting the text to the exact size I wanted.

Thanks in advance.

I think you'll find that most people who design on a regular basis use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. After that, Paint Shop Pro seems to be the runner-up.

Thanks, canary.
I do simple stuff (I'm a stickler for movie poster on my covers with proper movie logo on spines) and I hope the ones you suggested aren't too hard to handle.

I use Photoshop CS and Corel Graphics suite. I'm suprised more people don't use corel though, I think it's a pretty nice program and I can't beat the price ($0 for me from work).