Adding PDFs to the campaign

Hey guys, I have the following problem: I want to add a map that I have drawn by hand and scanned in. I have it on my computer as a PDF. I would like to add it onto the first page of my campaign, but dont seem to be able to figure out how. Do I have to somehow turn it into a picture document or something? I am not very proficient when it comes to technical stuff...

It would be recommend to covert it or rescan it into a JPG format. I don't think the pdf's will load on your first page (if this is the map area inside the campaign that you mean). You can upload one paged pdfs into a handout which loads it into the roll20 library then you could drag and drop it onto your map area. It is not the most efficient way but it will work.

I think you need an image format like jpg, png, or gif for roll20. You have a few options. You can either re-scan your map and save it as a jpg, Use a photo editing program (gimp is free) to open your pdf and export as jpg. Or you can even use a free online converter like <a href="http://pdf2jpg.net/" rel="nofollow">http://pdf2jpg.net/</a> . Just upload your pdf, let the site convert it to a jpg and download back to your computer. Hope this helps.

Pat S. said: You can upload one paged pdfs into a handout which loads it into the roll20 library then you could drag and drop it onto your map area. Cool. I didn't know you could upload a pdf. I always copy the text and paste it into roll20. Thanks

You can do 1 page at a time but it is doable.

I tried doing the "upload the PDF into handout" thing, but that didnt work either. But still, thx for the help guys, I will try converting it into jpg or something like that.

What is your PDF's file size?

975 KB.

Strange. I loaded a 3 meg pdf and randomly chose the page from it and it loaded. Did it give any errors or did it just sit there with the bar blinking? Have you checked your library? The token tab and click on the little star at the top next to the type of art you are looking for (if you go below the search bar, you've gone to far) is were it is located at; this is just a cover your bases statement.

No error. It just didnt do anything. But that might have something to do with my anti-virus program, no script or something similar. Anyway, problem is solved now, I turned it into a jpg (thank you for the link, Vince) and managed to upload it.

pdf2jpg.net can easily convert it for you, if you decided to go that option.

Yep, I did use that site. Thank you for helping :)