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Art Dimension Help?

Hello all, I've posted this question before (about 6 months ago), but the issue persists. Any help would be appreciated. Is there a way to add things onto the tabletop using the item's natural file size/dimensions? Whenever I add an object or token to the map it is pasted as either 70- or 200-pixel square dimensions (for tokens and map objects, respectively; regardless of the item's native dimensions). I would prefer if it were to paste with the original file dimensions so that I don't have to go in and change everything individually. This would be helpful for situations like the example below, and when using larger creatures. Any thoughts on how to achieve this? I already keep the grids off, and don't plan to use them. I've tried pulling from folder view as well as the art library directly, with identical results. Thanks in advance! For clarity, this is the given dimension when pulled onto the roll20 TT; see the outer perspective of the hovel. (200x160 pixels): This is what the object looks like at the appropriate/native size (1400x1120 pixels):
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
Hi Jared! It's a complex subject, and original pixel dimensions are almost never desirable (many tokens are produced at 140x140 or higher for example to enable clarity while playing at high zoom levels, for instance). Roll20 assumes 70px/grid square as a default. but if a map or image was not designed with that in mind, it would come in at a wrong size anyway. Since there is no way to enforce a standard (and in many cases, such as the tokens above a standard would be undesirable), there are some practices and techniques to help you. 1. When dragging an image from your library, it will come in at 1x1 grid squares on the token layer and 3x3 on the map layer, assuming the grid is turned on. 2. If you hold down the alt/option key while dragging an image from your library, it will come in at the correct aspect ration, but at 200 pixels in the highest dimension. This allows you to resize proportionately. 3. Newer Marketplace images have metadata to enforce the intended display size (regardless of pixel dimensions). When dragging to the appropriate layer, these images will come in matched to the intended grid size. Thus many newer maps can be dropped, ready-to-go. Personal Art Library image do not have this metadata system. In reality, few people would likely use it, since it requires many extra steps for each image. There is more than size metadata, each image has up to three tags, for example). This addition to the Marketplace was a big boost for users of purchased content, but again, only works on images uploaded since the rule was enforced. If you upload a lot of your own images, and you need to enforce a particular size, a workaround might be to include the size in the name: "Iso House 1400x1120.png". At least then you would have the numbers handy whenever you place it, and be able to input them with a trip to the right click popup menu. Even API users must go through this step, since the API has no idea what an image's "name" is.