Paint Shop Pro is also a good one. Its use is described in this tutorial. They are not covered in this tutorial. You can insert bitmaps from Microsoft Clip gallery, or import such pictures from a file created with a bitmap editing software as scanned photographs. Sizing is the number one problem with bitmaps according to most academics.
Bitmaps look good at one size only, and once they have been resized tend to degrade in quality.
In the paragraph 'Inserting photographs and other scanned pictures', we provide tips for inserting bitmaps in your presentation without loosing their definition. Different tips are provided for the bitmaps inserted from Microsoft Clip Gallery. Copyright April 1998, the APT Team. All rights reserved.