Even on a snappy system, Photoshop has a bit of a hang time during startup as hundreds of plugins load. Photoshop SpeedUp helps you optimize your Photoshop install and startup.

Photoshop SpeedUp a freeware allows you to selectively disable plugins to speed up start time and increase performance. If there are plugins you never use there is no harm in disabling them, on the off chance you do need them while working in Photoshop they’ll be loaded then. (more…)

Yesterday while searching for alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, I came across this great little utility for Windows. If you ever wish to think beyond vast universe of Photoshop, Paint.Net is just the right application for you. I have described it as a “great little” utility. Why? Towards the end of this article you will get your answer.

So, Paint.Net is not like any other image and photo editing software. It has got enormous features accompanied with all powerful tools that can give an extremely mind blowing effects to your images. You can take my word on that. It has got such an easy and simple user interface that even if you are newbie to graphics and designing world, you can act like a professional at any point of time. (more…)

Adobe offers Creative Suite 4 professional software in five flavors. Among them, the Master Collection offers professionals the most jam-packed digital toolbox. There are applications for concocting and editing digital pixel and vector graphics, print layouts, video, Web pages, and animation, and then repurposing that content for mobile devices.

Those who don’t need the whole shebang might consider suites that cost less, such as Web Premium or Standard for Web design, Design Premium or Standard with tools for printed media, or Production Premium for film.

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