These battlemats look incredible.
Maybe a dumb question, but how do I print these off so they'll be the proper scale (1" tiles). That is, what printer settings do I use?!?!
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These battlemats look incredible.
Maybe a dumb question, but how do I print these off so they'll be the proper scale (1" tiles). That is, what printer settings do I use?!?!
If you need software to chop them up into page-sized pieces, try PosteRazor.Originally Posted by loydb
Oh, and don't try to print my composite map—it was resized for screen display and is only 50 dpi, which is not enough for printing. You could conceivably print it at 120, though, and get a sort of mini reference map.
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
http://www.bryanray.name
I have heard excellent things about that utility (especially if you are using a Mac)
Note though: MS Paint actually does this too on it's own. Accurate resizing on the other hand takes a bit more thought with MS Paint, but it can still be done.
As long as the image is tagged at the correct dpi, Paint can do it (theoretically—I've never been inclined to actually try it). As far as I know, though, there isn't any way to specify a new print resolution in Paint.
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
http://www.bryanray.name
Image > Stretch/Skew
(also, the image's current size can be obtain from Image > Attributes > Units=inches)
No, stretch or resize (depending on the version of Paint) cannot change the print resolution. It changes the actual pixel dimensions, which is definitely what you do not want to do, as that always degrades the quality of the image. You can change the print size using the printer driver set to print at something other than 100%, but your results will be unpredictable, as you never know if the printer is going to shrink the image by printing it more densely (obeying the pixel dimensions) or by throwing away pixels (obeying the print resolution).
In short, don't use Paint for this sort of thing unless the image has been properly prepared (which most of these were, by the way. It seems as though there were one or two that weren't specified at the proper dpi.)
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
http://www.bryanray.name
Sorry for the crazy necro bump.. but my friends and I are trying to get into D&D and we wanted to use these maps to start out on this campaign. I'm having trouble printing though.. I'm trying to use my schools printer which prints on normal sized 8.5x11 paper. I'm trying to use the postrazor program to cut the images up to print out and then tape them together but I'm unsure of how to go about it. Can I use the image that someone posted that's 50dpi and print that out to scale (1inch squares) instead of printing each one separately? Or do I have to go through all the 120dpi images and print them out one at a time?
Also, on the last page when it asks me absolute size, size in pages, or size in percent I'm not sure if I should change these or leave them.. I wanted to make each square on the image = 1 inch but the way this is set up makes it seem like it'll print bigger than that. (I.E. area 1-1 inside the keep says size in pages 6.9477x5 pages. But if I'm using 8.5x11 inch paper and the squares on the image are 29x27 and I want them 1inch each, then it seems like I should change the size in pages, but I'm not sure how to figure out what to (or choose absolute size,size in percent instead)
I know this is an old thread, but thank you for the maps. My friend lent me the module, but without the attendant maps, so this is a big help.
I just started DMing for my group and we're scattered across the country and are using roll20 as our meeting system. I have to say your maps are the BEST quality I've seen yet and they are the only ones I've been able to successfully upload to the tabletop without it looking all distorted and weird. Nice work!!
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