Scanner software recommendations?

Well, my CanoScan N650U's operating software requires Classic, which is no longer supported under OSX.5, so I need to find another way to operate it. When I first went to OSX, I tried ScanExpert on someone's recommendation, but I didn't really like it. I have pretty simple needs: scan either color or grayscale, tweak brightness and contrast, crop and resize, save as JPG. In other words, something any program should be able to do, so the key is not having them buried among a bazillion other options (which was one of ScanExpert's problems). Canon itself stopped making its own CanoScan Toolbox available, instead giving a plugin to Photoshop.

Anyone got recommendations? And if I do end up having to buy Photoshop, what's the cheapest version that will let me operate the scanner? (And will GIMP run a scanner?)

Comics for February 18, 2008

( Books of Note: Amazing Spider-Man #587, MA Adventures #33, Gold Digger #103 )

   Dave Van Domelen, "We're starting with FRENCH FRIES? This ALREADY makes no sense." - Wolverine, MA Avengers #33

   Bonus Quote: "'TEACHING MOMENT' usually means 'Let's try and get Kitty KILLED'..." - Kitty Pryde, X-Men First Class #12 preview

Scanner update

The SANE-project.com back end got things working for me. Image Capture will scan, but it's a bit limited. Graphic Converter will also scan, although it's a touch slow. For now, that will do, however.