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Map Creation

Hi there guys, i have recently created a campaign here on Roll20 and have used the roll20 tools to create the maps for the campaign. Unfortunately, this means that there are a lot of things to load when on a map page, which has caused a lot of lag for me and those in my group. I realised that what i really need is some way of creating the map in a JPEG format so that it only needs to load one thing rather than every little bit made in roll20. I have found that GIMP or PS is the best way to do that but unfortunately i do not have the skills to transfer the map across... I was wondering if any kind-hearted soul could recreate my map for me using one of these methods. You would have some artistic licence of course, though the main landmarks and roads would need to remain as they are, as they have already been used in the campaign. For example, in the large plains areas, you could add some small bits of forest or something similar. Please let me know! Here is the map (I think it is fairly self-explanatory regarding which colours are what): If it isn't clear, blue is sea/river/lake, light green is plains/low hills, medium green is marsh, dark green is forest, light yellow is road, darker yellow is desert, grey is mountains (there is one huge mountain in the middle), red diamond is the capital, large red dots are large towns/small cities, small red dots are small towns/large villages (small villages and individual farms are not marked). If you can see the squares from the map, each one is 15 miles square. Any help would be much appreciated!
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Rog
Marketplace Creator
Just take a screenshot and paste it into gimp. crop out all of the side stuff and piece it all together as needed
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The Aaron
Roll20 Production Team
API Scripter
Yeah, as Rog U. said, screen shots are your best bet. I'd suggest zooming in to 200% and scrolling across taking screenshots with overlap. Take the size of your map in tiles, multiple by 150 (gives you a little extra space) and use that as the size in The GIMP. So if your map is 25x30, use 3750x4500. Then File -> Open as Layers... and select all your screenshots. Then you just need to slide all the images around until they line up. There's a little 4 pointed arrow tool that does this. Once you have everything where it goes, you can move the layers up and down by dragging them in the layer panel to hide any UI elements you can, then just cut off any sections that shouldn't be included. You may need to Add Alpha Channel to the layers if the bits you cut off turn white instead of disappearing. Once you have everything where you want it and have the parts you don't want removed, you can Flatten Image to get a single layer map. Don't get discouraged, this won't be as hard as it sounds. Good luck!
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PaulOoshun
Marketplace Creator
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ug0n4zgl3gr5thf/AAB-s4I" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ug0n4zgl3gr5thf/AAB-s4I</a>... There ya go.
Wow! Thanks! Much appreciated!
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The Aaron
Roll20 Production Team
API Scripter
I take it back. Your best bet is to have some fantastic artist drop by and bestow a great gift of benevolence upon you. Holy Crap Alan, that is Awesome ! You are officially in my list of really awesome people. It makes me really happy whenever I see someone spreading their gifts around and you definitely have a gift!
Definite agreement on those sentiments from me! Absolutely awesome!
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PaulOoshun
Marketplace Creator
You're most welcome! Roll20 is a great community, I'm glad I could do something to add to it :)
we're playing now! everyone was very appreciative and much in awe!