Here’s a quick follow up to Barry’s post on Color Palettes for all of the web designers out there. When it comes to translating design to the web, one of the most annoying speed bumps I run into is converting RGB color values to hex. It’s too much of a pain in the ass to load up Photoshop every time you need to find the appropriate translation, especially when it comes to minor fixes done directly in style sheets.
I find myself doing repetitive tasks more often than I enjoy. Especially when it comes to file management and dealing with the idiosyncrasies of video production and web development. Until computers can execute complex actions triggered by thought alone, I’ll use the tools I have at hand, namely Automator.
I’ve found that much like real programming, it’s easy to get lost and too-specific when building Automator workflows. Just as you would in a programming environment, things work better when I break the chunks down into their simplest parts. Here’s two examples.