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February 18th, 2016, 20:30 #1
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Creating Maps for Fantasy Grounds
I use Campaign Cartographer 3 to make Maps. I recreated several maps for someone who uses FG. Seems they need resizing and there is an Issue with grids on Maps and FG grids aligning. Is there a way of not using grids in FG and it still work?
I save the maps at 72 DPI. Grid is set at 5' in CC3.
Is there a specific size a map needs to be?
What is the best DPI to use 50, 72, 100, or something else?
To be Honest I don't use FG so I have no idea how to make Maps.
However i do make maps and sell so how would I go about creating maps you could use?
On RPGDriveThru I provide grid and no grid versions of the maps. Sadly until I get a Newer system I can't save higher than 72 DPI yet.
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February 18th, 2016, 20:36 #2
There is a Map Align tool for FG https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...gn-map-to-grid
When I'm in trouble with applying grid it helps me to calulate proper map & grid size to pick, very good tool.English is not my native language, I apologize for any grammar mistakes or awkward choice of words.
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February 18th, 2016, 21:01 #3
I often build the maps in cc3 without a grid on the actual map. That way I can just set the grid size in FG to whatever scale I want
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February 18th, 2016, 21:02 #4
50px or 100px to a 5ft square seems to work the best
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February 18th, 2016, 21:02 #5
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February 18th, 2016, 21:04 #6
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February 18th, 2016, 21:17 #7
Go with 50 pixels per 5 foot. Don't put a grid on the map, but put a single 5 foot (50 pixel) square in the corner of the map that would align to a proper grid. i.e. build the map in CC3 with a grid, make a one square image on the map that ties in with the grid, and then remove the CC3 grid before exporting from CC3. See an example of this here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post119323
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February 18th, 2016, 21:28 #8
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So It seems 50 or 100 Works Best
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February 18th, 2016, 21:52 #9
they are the most common sizes used. they dont actually work better than anything else as such but moving towrds the most commonly used format makes sense.
you can put a grid on your map if that is your preference.
there should be no grid alignment issues with a map you have made yourself - it is older scans of maps and older hand drawn maps where the grids are not uniform across the page that FG struggles with.
I prefer 50px to keep the file size down and i tend to export for FG in pretty low res (you can use gimp or other software to do this step) - try going as low as jpg 40% and you will see a massive saving is file size (making FG run happier) with some quality loss. if the quality loss is too great try 50%/60%/70% but stay with jpg files.
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February 18th, 2016, 22:39 #10
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So I should not be saving them as PNG
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