If anyone is looking for something new to do with Aviary, they have a site called Worth1000 where you can hold your own photo editing contests!  If you don’t want to hold your own, you can still go check out what other people have done in the past if you’re in need of some new inspiration.  I just found it and thought it was pretty cool.  This blog spot tells more about it. 

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/hold-your-own-photo-design-contests-with-aviarys-w1k/

Enjoy!

I haven't used aviary a lot yet, but it seems like an easier photoshop.  Any power users out there that can give me some easy conversion of what does what?  Does it bog down with big files with lots of layers?

layers work the same way.  a lot of the tools are the same.  I'll try to do a brief write-up of the similarities i've noticed so far.