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These are good tips, but it doesn't eliminate the additional production time required to use sprites. You still have to combine all the images into one, then take time to position them where you want.

The tips speed up production with sprites, but it's still faster to produce sites without using sprites.

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If you're combining images into one at any point, then there's probably a better way to do it. If you design from the beginning with CSS sprites in mind, you should always be working from your spritemap image. Then it's a matter of time spent positioning vs. time spent managing the images themselves in your document, which I've found to be pretty even.

I really didn't touch on this as much as I would like in the post. Would a process post on this be of interest to you?

> Would a process post on this be of interest to you?

It would to me. I have some interest in CSS sprites, but working with them always seems cumbersome.

Yes, a complete end to end would be nice.

If you're using photoshop it's really easy to automate the creation of the sheet. Dealing with the coordinates is just a matter of using the right conventions and sticking to them.

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