Are there any photo editing apps besides PS, that do not require a subscription?

I am trying to create a logo, or idea to put onto a challenge coin. I have lots of ideas, and images to sort through and arrange into ideas but I only know the old school way....paper and pencil. What I am looking for is maybe a program or software, where I can take an idea or say, find a photo image from online, find a subject in that image, then crop it just so to use on another photo, use a transparency tool to blend both together, take other cropped out images or shapes from another photo, arrange into a circle, put some lettering, wham bam boom. I have too many ideas to just sketch out on paper and detail and only so much time to do it till deadline. I am new to Photoshop. I have a copy of PS7 but since then, software and updates have changed over the years I doubt it will work with Windows 11. I wonder if Windows 11 has any apps I can buy without a subscription. Ugh, subscriptions