Well, as a regular Photoshop user I faced a really weird situation few days ago. My Photoshop (I'm using CS3 extended FYI :D )  version hangs out every time it loads. It does not even load the standard UI. I had to use windows task manager to terminate the photoshop.exe process.

I was really astonished to see such a thing because I've never faced it before.So I took a moment and analyzed what is really happening. After loading and terminating Photoshop for few times, I became aware that it happened every time while "Reading Preferences" on the splash screen.  So, this has something to do with Photoshop's preferences. After search through on Internet (which Google did a really good job for me), I came up with an answer.

We have to delete the Photoshop's preference file manually. To do that, press Ctrl + Alt + Shift keys and open Photoshop using Right Click on Photoshop icon and choosing open. (While pressing those three keys, you won't be able to double click and launch Photoshop). 

And that's that!!! You are ready to go!

Did you watch pirates of the Carribian? If the answer is "Yes", did you ever thought "how the hell they created these environments?"

Well my friends, today is your lucky day. I'm going to give you a tip (this is only valuable if you are a CG artist or 3D designer) that worth your lifetime. The software used to develop great environment scenes in pirates of the Carribian  is Vue. It's a marvelous software created by "e-on software".

It's very easy to create such 3D environments using this software. You only should have some simple knowledge of 3D designing. Try it out. They are giving a never expiring PLE (Personal Learning Edition) of Vue. Here is the URL.

http://www.e-onsoftware.com/ 

I have added some sample works from their gallery. Look for yourself what Vue can do!!!!!