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Every now and then you have one of those little problems, you are sure there must be a simple solution, yet for the life of you - you can’t find it.

Today I had the task of converting a few hundred supplied images into a useable format for web use. The supplied files were produced on a mac, and were free of defining extensions.
We Windows users do tend to find file extensions useful as do many online and offline applications.

Martin, our Senior Designer, who is recovering swiftly from allowing his 2 year old daughter to shave his head, managed to work out that the correct extension for these files would be a .tiff - (Tag Image File Format), having tried .eps , .bmp, .jpg and a few others.

I looked into the options available - those of you who have tried the Windows rename tool will understand that this was not the best way to proceed.

Initially I looked at Microsoft Picture Editor which, though not a great editor, has a very useful file renaming routine. The program, however, did not recognise the files I pointed it at as image files ( as they had no extensions ) - so refused to have anything to do with them. Next I researched several downloadable programs which promised to batch rename files, but had no real luck.

Ah, the joy of the Internet ( only last week I fixed my washing machine following advice on a forum), I found mention of a command line rename tool which I could use directly from Windows Vista. It recommended me to try opening up command line in the folder ( shift and right click ) I wished to edit :

ren *.* *.tiff

You can of course change the last bit to be anything.

As if by magic all files in the folder were immediately and swiftly renamed with the chosen extension.

Now that the files are viewable and editable Martin is batching them into .jpegs.

A year or so ago we accepted an application from a student from the University of Brighton who was studying for a BSc in Internet computing. He came highly recommended by his tutors, and represented himself well at interview.

Scott joined us in July 2007 and immediately became part of the team. His CSS, Design and Development skills were leapt upon and as he got better, so we urged him on the more.

A year went by with Scott more and more a valuable member of Juretic Media.

He commuted manfully, even often heavy with dissapointment following his antics on the football pitch.

Then the time came for Scott to leave Juretic and finish his degree and so we have wished him well and sent him on his way with a remote control helicopter, a life-time supply of noodles to help with his student life and a belly full of beer following a pretty good send off, that in true Juretic style, ended with him losing a shoe.

Scott has been a ray of sunshine and we shall miss his willingness to get stuck in and be apart of the team.

We wish Scott all the best for the future and will see him soon, when he comes to get his shoe.

We have just launched two websites for two very different clients. Both websites demanded clean professional looks, in keeping with their parent companies branding whilst being fully optimised for search engines.

Higginson Associates

Higginson Associates’ website showcases their services in providing training, advice and information to companies or individuals who are contracted to work in high risk areas such as war zones.

The site is built on our content management system and is easily updateable by the Higginson Associates in house.

www.higginsonassociates.com

Prospect Recruitment

Prospect Recruitment required a static website to represent their work in the financial recruitment sector, the site demanded some striking imagery and exact information architecture to ensure that the correct message was delivered upon each page.

www.prospect-recruitment.co.uk

Let us know what you think!

Mediacomm, a supplier of communications goods and services needed a site which could both reflect their position as a market leader in innovative VoIP solutions and act as a resource for both existing and potential customers.

We designed the site with a fresh look, inkeeping with Mediacomm’s online portfolio yet indicative of the modern and highly technical market sector.

The site has been fully optimised prior to launch for all the major search engines. It is a beautiful blend of creative design and online marketing.

Best4IP Home Page

Best4IP Product Page

The site can be viewed here : www.best4ip.co.uk