I just found these maps, and I desperately need them for my game. I have no idea how to print these things out to scale. Could anyone please tell me how to do this?
Neon, you're the man.
I just found these maps, and I desperately need them for my game. I have no idea how to print these things out to scale. Could anyone please tell me how to do this?
Neon, you're the man.
Bow to the mighty power of Lord Neon, who composes and also forsees your needs!
NEON: I believe there's no way to say thanks in the manner you deserve
Bran
P.S. Any idea on where my group arrived yesterday night? Last room of teh 1st level
Last edited by BranMakMorn; 03-23-2009 at 09:35 AM. Reason: ADD
I have saved the files as PNG's with an image scale equvialent to their size. So for example, the map T3 (the one with the flesh walls and the purple goo), has a size of 18 inches by 18 inches. So, if you print it at scale, with no scaling down, it will print out as an 18 x 18 inch image with 1 inch squares.
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Welcome to the Guild! Looks like T4 will print properly at 72 dpi. It's 17" x 18", though, so you'll be printing more than one page. We generally recommend posterazor: http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/ for cutting up an image to be printed in sections.
To determine scaling for a D&D map, count the number of squares in either direction (horizontal or vertical). View the properties of the image with the method of your choice—I like to view the image at full size in my browser, right-click, and choose "properties." Look for the image dimensions and note the pixel count in the dimension you chose to measure. The first number is horizontal pixels, and the second is vertical pixels. Since you know that a square is one inch to a side, it's as simply as dividing the number of pixels by the number of squares you counted, and that's the dpi (dots per inch) you need to print at.
So, to use T4 as an example, I see that it is 18 squares wide, and the image dimensions are 1296 x 1223. The first number is the horizontal dimension, so 1296 pixels / 18 squares = 72 pixels / square. 1 square = 1 inch, so 72 pixels / inch. When printed, a pixel becomes a "dot," which means 72 dpi.
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Thanks guys, I'll give this a try right now. And thank you for the speedy responses.
EDIT: It worked and I'm printing them now. Neon, if you're ever in South Florida, there's a seat at my table for you.
Last edited by matthew_stryker; 03-23-2009 at 05:23 PM.