diff --git a/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites.rb b/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites.rb
index d22ab96b..ab35d84e 100644
--- a/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ module Compass
 end
 
 require 'compass/sass_extensions/sprites/image'
+require 'compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_methods'
+require 'compass/sass_extensions/sprites/image_methods'
 require 'compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_map'
 require 'compass/sass_extensions/sprites/engines'
 
diff --git a/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_map.rb b/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_map.rb
index bf1e813d..a24ab69d 100644
--- a/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_map.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_map.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ module Compass
   module SassExtensions
     module Sprites
       class SpriteMap < Sass::Script::Literal
-        
-        
+        attr_accessor :image_names, :path, :name, :map, :kwargs
+        attr_accessor :images, :width, :height
+
+        include SpriteMethods
+        include ImageMethods
+
+
         # Initialize a new sprite object from a relative file path
         # the path is relative to the <tt>images_path</tt> confguration option
         def self.from_uri(uri, context, kwargs)
@@ -13,19 +18,6 @@ module Compass
           end
           new(sprites, importer.path, importer.name, context, kwargs)
         end
-        
-        # Loads the sprite engine
-        def require_engine!
-          self.class.send(:include, eval("::Compass::SassExtensions::Sprites::#{modulize}Engine"))
-        end
-      
-        # Changing this string will invalidate all previously generated sprite images.
-        # We should do so only when the packing algorithm changes
-        SPRITE_VERSION = "1"
-
-        attr_accessor :image_names, :path, :name, :kwargs
-        attr_accessor :images, :width, :height
-
 
         def initialize(sprites, path, name, context, kwargs)
           require_engine!
@@ -42,143 +34,9 @@ module Compass
           compute_image_metadata!
         end
 
-        # Calculate the size of the sprite
-        def size
-          [width, height]
-        end
-      
-        # Calculates the overal image dimensions
-        # collects image sizes and input parameters for each sprite
-        # Calculates the height
-        def compute_image_metadata!
-          @width = 0
-          init_images
-          compute_image_positions!
-          @height = @images.last.top + @images.last.height
-        end
-        
-        # Creates the Sprite::Image objects for each image and calculates the width
-        def init_images
-          @images = image_names.collect do |relative_file|
-            image = Compass::SassExtensions::Sprites::Image.new(self, relative_file, kwargs)
-            @width = [ @width, image.width + image.offset ].max
-            image
-          end
-        end
-        
-        # Calculates the overal image dimensions
-        # collects image sizes and input parameters for each sprite
-        def compute_image_positions!
-          @images.each_with_index do |image, index|
-            image.left = image.position.unit_str == "%" ? (@width - image.width) * (image.position.value / 100) : image.position.value
-            next if index == 0
-            last_image = @images[index-1]
-            image.top = last_image.top + last_image.height + [image.spacing,  last_image.spacing].max
-          end
-        end
-        
-        # Fetches the Sprite::Image object for the supplied name
-        def image_for(name)
-          @images.detect { |img| img.name == name}
-        end
-        
-        # Returns true if the image name has a hover selector image
-        def has_hover?(name)
-          !image_for("#{name}_hover").nil?
-        end
-        
-        # Returns true if the image name has a target selector image
-        def has_target?(name)
-          !image_for("#{name}_target").nil?
-        end
-        
-        # Returns true if the image name has an active selector image
-        def has_active?(name)
-          !image_for("#{name}_active").nil?
-        end
-        
-        # Return and array of image names that make up this sprite
-        def sprite_names
-          image_names.map { |f| File.basename(f, '.png') }
-        end
-
-
-        # Validates that the sprite_names are valid sass
-        def validate!
-          for sprite_name in sprite_names
-            unless sprite_name =~ /\A#{Sass::SCSS::RX::IDENT}\Z/
-              raise Sass::SyntaxError, "#{sprite_name} must be a legal css identifier"
-            end
-          end
-        end
-
-        # The on-the-disk filename of the sprite
-        def filename
-          File.join(Compass.configuration.images_path, "#{path}-s#{uniqueness_hash}.png")
-        end
-
-        # Generate a sprite image if necessary
-        def generate
-          if generation_required?
-            if kwargs.get_var('cleanup').value
-              cleanup_old_sprites
-            end
-            sprite_data = construct_sprite
-            save!(sprite_data)
-            Compass.configuration.run_callback(:sprite_generated, sprite_data)
-          end
-        end
-        
-        def cleanup_old_sprites
-          Dir[File.join(Compass.configuration.images_path, "#{path}-*.png")].each do |file|
-            FileUtils.rm file
-          end
-        end
-        
-        # Does this sprite need to be generated
-        def generation_required?
-          !File.exists?(filename) || outdated?
-        end
-
-        # Returns the uniqueness hash for this sprite object
-        def uniqueness_hash
-          @uniqueness_hash ||= begin
-            sum = Digest::MD5.new
-            sum << SPRITE_VERSION
-            sum << path
-            images.each do |image|
-              [:relative_file, :height, :width, :repeat, :spacing, :position, :digest].each do |attr|
-                sum << image.send(attr).to_s
-              end
-            end
-            sum.hexdigest[0...10]
-          end
-          @uniqueness_hash
-        end
-
-        # Saves the sprite engine
-        def save!(output_png)
-          saved = output_png.save filename
-          Compass.configuration.run_callback(:sprite_saved, filename)
-          saved
-        end
-
-        # All the full-path filenames involved in this sprite
-        def image_filenames
-          @images.map(&:file)
-        end
-
-        # Checks whether this sprite is outdated
-        def outdated?
-          if File.exists?(filename)
-            return @images.map(&:mtime).any? { |imtime| imtime.to_i > self.mtime.to_i }
-          end
-          true
-        end
-
-        # Mtime of the sprite file
-        def mtime
-          @mtime ||= File.mtime(filename)
+        # Loads the sprite engine
+        def require_engine!
+          self.class.send(:include, eval("::Compass::SassExtensions::Sprites::#{modulize}Engine"))
         end
 
         def inspect
@@ -200,14 +58,14 @@ module Compass
             super
           end
         end
-        
+
         private 
-        
+
         def modulize
           @modulize ||= Compass::configuration.sprite_engine.to_s.scan(/([^_.]+)/).flatten.map {|chunk| "#{chunk[0].chr.upcase}#{chunk[1..-1]}" }.join
         end
-        
+
       end
     end
   end
-end
+end
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