Create sprites automatically

Question

I get the folder with the following structure from my designer*:

file.css

images/

Is there any tool which can automatically create sprite from images folder and replace all images references from file.css to appropriate sprite section?

*It is actually not a designer (the man who creates design in, for example, Photoshop) but the man who makes html+css from it. How is this profession correctly called in English?

Answer 1

There are various CSS sprite generators available online, including:

• Spritegen
• SmartSprites
• CSS Sprites
• Web Sprite Generator

From my experience, the only way to generate CSS sprites while keeping file sizes down and maintaining control over compression is to do it manually.