Clara, I know this is a much older post but can you tell me if you found what you were looking for. If so what direction did you go.
I too was looking for a program to learn with and found that Bright Spark was an easy start for me. The sad thing is, they don't really update their software often enough to keep up with the times.
Don't misunderstand me, I LIKE Bright Spark, and am getting better and better at it as times goes on, but there are not any User Groups that I can find that would allow people to talk about it and and so on. If you are able, please, let me know what yall decided on going with.
Who knows I will bet other company's won't publish email addresses of possible users?
Daniel