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How can i turn a character sheet template PDF into a usable roll 20 sheet?

Hey, I'm running a campaign using the Resident Evil: Untold system but I want to be able for my characters to use the in-game sheet but Idk how to go about importing/converting it from a pdf into a usable asset. The character sheet template: &nbsp; <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hB5fVQ8LH374elePhcs_uRIuB6rAWRwh/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hB5fVQ8LH374elePhcs_uRIuB6rAWRwh/view?usp=sharing</a> Any help would be greatly appreciated by me and my players!
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Kraynic
Pro
Sheet Author
Character sheets are html, css, and javascript.&nbsp; There isn't a way to go to that from pdf (as far as I am aware anyway).
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B Simon Smith
Marketplace Creator
You'll either need to code it in yourself or get someone else to do so.
What about the visuals? would it just end up being plain text and background?
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Kraynic
Pro
Sheet Author
That totally depends on what is created.&nbsp; It can be plain with very little automation, or have fancy backgrounds with animated mouseover color changes and lots of calculation automation.&nbsp; The code for all the community sheets is on github.&nbsp; Each folder should have at least one preview image (that gets shown in roll20 when you select a sheet for a game).&nbsp; If you poke around there, you will find a quite wide range of sheets. <a href="https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets</a>
Right, I think I know what I'd have to do now (Let me know if I got this right): 1. Turn the PDF of the sheet template I wanna use into a PNG/JPEG (Since I need to use that one specifically) 2. Use the PNG/JPEG as a background/base for the infoboxes 3. Code the actual sheet functionality in using CCS, HTML and Java
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
You should probably skip 1 and 2, and just do as much as possible of the graphics as CSS and HTML. You would only be giving yourself&nbsp; tremendous headaches trying to code a sheet to have boxes fit precisely over spots on a background image. Images are more used for ornamentation or fancy borders, controlled by CSS. Also, Roll20 uses JavaScript, not Java. Some of the Sheet authors here can probably provide very good beginner info, but it does take a certain familiarity with coding. It's not rocket surgery, but it does take some time and commitment to learn if you do not have a background with web design and coding.
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Andreas J.
Forum Champion
Sheet Author
Translator
Where to get started: <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Building_Character_Sheets" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Building_Character_Sheets</a>
Thanks for the responses everyone! since there's no urgency for the sheets (since we have them filled out already) i can focus on it at my leisure. great thanks!