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ResourceHelper is awesome and it will save you time. Whether you are a developer or a designer, we are certain that at least one of the features below -- if not more -- will save you time.

• Check and Fix: ResourceHelper makes it trivial to compare your standard and retina assets (and their dimensions) side by side. Want to go to that image in Finder? Click the reveal button. Want to update that image with another one? Drag an image onto the current one, ResourceHelper will copy the new image to the right place. Gone are the days where you need to open the image editor to find out asset details.
• Validate: Once ResourceHelper has scanned your project folder, it will present and rate all images found. Problems are highlighted using a traffic light system. It alerts you to naming clashes as well as images with the wrong scale or missing. All green? All good. Found a problem? Go through the issues and fix them. Whilst you do so, ResourceHelper will quietly update the listing so you can see your progress. It's a game where you know the result will be correct assets and great software. Check out this feature in The Spy video.
• Convert: Have you just been provided with a directory of retina assets that need a standard version? ResourceHelper is here to do the heavy lifting. The app can go through and generate standard images where they don't already exist. It will also recreate standard images that have the wrong standard to retina scale. Should ResourceHelper feel it's too risky to create a new image - it will tell you why. Check out this feature in The Soldier video.
• Xcode projects: With an ever increasing number of images needing to be part of your project, it is easy to miss some out. Whether you include the standard and forget the new retina image, or vice-versa, ResourceHelper can scan your project and let you know. It'll even tell you if have images in your Xcode project that no longer exist. But that isn't all, with one click ResourceHelper will fix your project for you. Great right? Check out this feature in The Medic video.
• Code snippets: If you are a developer, the less code you need to write the better.
  
  ResourceHelper can generate code for you: from the basic [UIImage imageNamed:] to working out the transparent borders on images, and calculating code required to make an image stretchable. Quick code snippets are just a key press away.
  
  Combine this with the global hotkey activation and you have a powerful tool to leave running in the background. Want the great new button your designer has done as a stretchable asset? Activate ResourceHelper, use the powerful search to locate the image, tap command+shift+e and you are back in Xcode ready to paste the code needed into your current cursor position. Check out this feature in The Air Support and The Engineer videos.
• Placeholders: Sometimes you need an image now. Like, right now. The designer is working on another project. Use ResourceHelper to generate correctly scaled placeholder images. You can get to work. The designer has a template to use to ensure assets will be correct for the project. Check out this feature in The Quartermaster video.
• Search: Searching through your assets can be a chore. The progressive nature of the search provided in ResourceHelper (along with the quick get me to the search box shortcut /) will make finding images absurdly easy. Instead of doing a hard and fast match, ResourceHelper will look at what you've entered as you type. It will guess what you mean and update the image options list. Got an image called OptionSelector? Typing osr will find it.
• Report: Found a load of image problems? Got a designer? Want to let them know? Before, you'd have to manually create an email for each and every issue. Now you don't. Open the report (by clicking on the toolbar icon or selecting it in the Source Folder menu) and you'll be presented with a nicely formatted report. Tap 'e' on your keyboard and your preferred email client will open with the contents in the message body ready to send off. Check out this feature in The Quartermaster video.

We've tried hard to make sure that ResourceHelper is a crazy useful tool wrapped up in a really slick experience. The app is designed for use by designers and developers alike and we think you are going to find it becomes a staple of every project.