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Are You Suffering from Charset=UTF-8 Blindness?

There are a many roads that can lead to becoming a web designer. Some start off as programmers and then see the need to "design" graphics for the sites they are building. While others start out learning about color, kerning, and strong visual layouts before learning how to "code" — this is me. Whichever direction [...]

Create a Contact Sheet of an iStockphoto Lightbox

Download a Lightbox of Images from Istockphoto Thank you for visiting Design Clipboard This video will show you how to download a lightbox of images from inside iStockhphoto. Recently I created a lightbox in iStockphoto and I was looking for a way to quickly download the images. I was trying to put together a contact sheet PDF so that I could discuss image options with a client. Surprisingly this feature does not exist and so I had to open and save each image individually. The more images you have the more time you lose.

Finding the Right Symbol Code for the Right Symbol

When building websites for clients you will often receive word documents full of special characters. Without the proper HTML character code, your symbol could display improperly. Common symbols I look for are registered trademark, copyright, quote marks, em and en spaces, and left and right symbols. I would generally type in the name of the [...]

Rename File Names Quickly and Easily on a Mac

Do you have a folder of images that you would like to rename into a sequential order? The OSX finder is somewhat limited in the file renaming department… Which is why I love this tool called NameChanger. I often have a folder of a bunch of images that I need to link up in a [...]