Well, I start my blinds with a start menu....probably a bizillion of them have gone into the trash. If the start menu is acceptable to me, then, and only then, do I proceed with the blind....it is very rare that I toss a blind...I may re-work it a thousand times before I am satisfied with it, or I put it aside and come back to it another time. I generally use Photoshop for the start menu, and then complete most of the blind in Paint Shop Pro.