Any recomendation how to find icon position on a sprite image

Question

Hi

I'm new to sprite, I think i understand the concept of changing the background position to replace the image. so i have this big sprite png that I downloaded but how do I know the position of the icons?

I don't have photo shop, is there any other recommended tool(free) to find the position?

Answer 1

GIMP or any primitive image editor will do.

Answer 2

MSPaint displays the cursor position relative to the image on Windows 7. If you use the select tool, it will show the size, and the position.

GIMP or Paint.Net would work too.

Answer 3

You might want to consider using CSS Sprites generator. It will make life a bit easier for you.