A favorite free site for editing photos with a great deal of flexible options is Picnik.com. This site allows you to manipulate artwork, do simple editing and create some beautiful projects that can be used for a variety of purposes. It is free to use and requires no login.
I often suggest this site to my clients who want to change the size or resolution of their logo so that they can use it on stationery and invoices. Here is a banner that I just designed for a Facebook page for one of my clients.
You can do that here - my-banners.com. They let you make fb banner using their software.
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