Microangelo has always done a good job for me for creating icons to put on buttons.

http://www.eclipsit.com/welcome.asp


>No, I'm looking for suggestions on image editor software
>
>>>I'd like to create and use buttons like you see on AdAware
>>>in my VFP apps.
>>>
>>>What tools can I use to create them?
>>
>>Image objects with .picture property changing from one image to another when mouse hovers over the object. Check MouseEnter and MouseLeave methods. Then the image object's click method can do whatever you button's click was doing.