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Anyone with Dungeon Painter Online Experience?

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#1
holiday_hawk
Jan 31, 2015 7:44:25
I've been trying to find a good, easy program to make simple maps for my players. Dungeon Painter Online seems to be it; it can make a nice outdoor or indoor area, but nothing fancy. My problem with it, however, is that when I save it as a JPEG it gets saved as a super small resolution file, and the objects on the map are really hard to see. On top of that, the grid is way to small to move tokens around on. Does anyone with some DPO experience know how I can save the file as a bigger resolution?

#2
AaronOfBarbaria
Jan 31, 2015 8:36:37
When you hit the "export to JPG, PNG" button and the prompt pops up, there is a spot in the lower left that has a number labeled "cell size in pixels".

Adjusting that number changes the resolution of the image so that 1 square on the map is that number of pixels on a side.

If you are looking for a good resolution for printing out and using actual minis on, go high - like 300.

If you are looking to use the maps in a virtual table-top program, go for "screen resolution" - like 72 - and see how that works out for you.

When I used MapTool for local games, I'd actually use a scale of 100 pixels per grid square, but would go as low as 50 pixels per grid square if I had to run MapTool over a network.

#3
AaronOfBarbaria
Jan 31, 2015 8:37:13
Also, thank you for introducing me to Dungeon Painter Online just now - I think it will be very useful to me in the future.

#4
holiday_hawk
Jan 31, 2015 9:13:59
Awesome! Thank you that looks so much better!

#5
holiday_hawk
Jan 31, 2015 12:10:47
Since you've been playing with it, have you found a fire graphic yet? Not like a camp fire, but a loose burning fire.

#6
alienux
Jan 31, 2015 16:43:57
Wasn't aware of that site. Looks pretty great.

#7
AaronOfBarbaria
Jan 31, 2015 20:23:30
Haven't seen anything that looks like fire, besides the camp fire... I'd suggest exporting a jpg of your map without the fire on it, then open that in GiMP and add in some fire, which I am sure a Google search for tutorials would show you how to do.

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#1 holiday_hawk Jan 31, 2015 7:44:25	I've been trying to find a good, easy program to make simple maps for my players. Dungeon Painter Online seems to be it; it can make a nice outdoor or indoor area, but nothing fancy. My problem with it, however, is that when I save it as a JPEG it gets saved as a super small resolution file, and the objects on the map are really hard to see. On top of that, the grid is way to small to move tokens around on. Does anyone with some DPO experience know how I can save the file as a bigger resolution?
#2 AaronOfBarbaria Jan 31, 2015 8:36:37	When you hit the "export to JPG, PNG" button and the prompt pops up, there is a spot in the lower left that has a number labeled "cell size in pixels". Adjusting that number changes the resolution of the image so that 1 square on the map is that number of pixels on a side. If you are looking for a good resolution for printing out and using actual minis on, go high - like 300. If you are looking to use the maps in a virtual table-top program, go for "screen resolution" - like 72 - and see how that works out for you. When I used MapTool for local games, I'd actually use a scale of 100 pixels per grid square, but would go as low as 50 pixels per grid square if I had to run MapTool over a network.
#3 AaronOfBarbaria Jan 31, 2015 8:37:13	Also, thank you for introducing me to Dungeon Painter Online just now - I think it will be very useful to me in the future.
#4 holiday_hawk Jan 31, 2015 9:13:59	Awesome! Thank you that looks so much better!
#5 holiday_hawk Jan 31, 2015 12:10:47	Since you've been playing with it, have you found a fire graphic yet? Not like a camp fire, but a loose burning fire.
#6 alienux Jan 31, 2015 16:43:57	Wasn't aware of that site. Looks pretty great.
#7 AaronOfBarbaria Jan 31, 2015 20:23:30	Haven't seen anything that looks like fire, besides the camp fire... I'd suggest exporting a jpg of your map without the fire on it, then open that in GiMP and add in some fire, which I am sure a Google search for tutorials would show you how to do.