1,000's of Files to Rename - 1 Easy Solution

Surprisingly, one of the biggest time savers for a 3d artist working with lots of image sequences doesn't actually have anything to do with the tools in 3d package the files are rendered from. A simple task like renaming a file becomes quite a pain when the exact same thing needs to be done to hundreds or even thousands of his brothers and sisters - doubly so as the project progresses and names need to change again and again to accommodate all the different software requirements and users' needs.

There are various renaming utilities out (for free or a fee) from several different developers. For content creation related renaming on Windows, I recommend Denis Kozlov's ReNamer, which you can find here...

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/denrenamer.html

I've been using this for about a year and haven't had renaming task that it couldn't handle or come across any bugs whatsoever. For being extremely functional, stable and costing a whole lot of nothing, I have yet to find a better deal.

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Online Porttfolios - The essentials

If you are getting ready to graduate and want to think about the basics for an online portfolio that can generate freelance work, then you must read Build a Killer Online Portfolio. The most valuable segment of this article contains information about content organization and the navigation structure of your site to achieve various objectives.

Enjoy!

2 Useful Utilities

If you are a windows user who works with images and attachments, then the following utilities may help you streamline your workflow.

First, XnView is a utility for viewing and converting graphic files. It allows you to batch process many images at once,is a big time saver if you are a Photoshop user.

Second, clip path is one of many utilities that can save time navigating to attach files in email programs like gmail, hotmail or yahoo mail. Visit the lifehacker download of the day site for clip path here. There is a great discussion that lists other path copying programs as well so be sure to read the whole page.

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Best CSS of 2007

Check out Web Design Wall's Best CSS of 2007 page with lots of inspiring design ideas. One of my favorites is the typography blog because it conveys a strong interest in - well, typography.

If you are an up and coming web designer, you can't afford to ignore this list.