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Carog the Fat
October 1st, 2019, 05:14
Regarding matching Maps to grid squares I found a really easy trick:
1 .Snip the image and load it into Paint 3D then
2. Crop it to fit to the squares(there are often quarter squares on the edges cut these off) then
3. Select Canvas and resize image with canvas to a multiple of pixels per square so a 22 by 29 map would be 1100 pixels by 1450 pixels at 50 pixels a square
4. Save as a JPG then add to FG you can then set the grid at 50 pixels in FG and they will match up (within tolerable limits of a pixel or two) and it takes about 5-10 minutes.

Hope this helps people making modules as it took me a whole day to figure out something simple to do that was Free.

LordEntrails
October 1st, 2019, 05:31
Good tutorial.

Also, check out the Map Align Utility. Its free too and on the forums here; https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?19813-Map-Align-Utility-to-scale-and-align-map-to-grid

Carog the Fat
October 1st, 2019, 06:24
Yeah i am uber catious about software so . I also dont recall making this thread I sort of did a full write up here using this method as it also removes the gm marks from PDFS

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?51175-Creating-Maps-where-image-grid-matches-the-battle-Grid-(Matching-Squares)

Trenloe
October 1st, 2019, 14:05
I also dont recall making this thread...
I moved this thread here (the Tavern forum) because you originally posted in the Pathfinder 2.0 forum. This topic is completely generic to FG not limited to Pathfinder 2.0.