looking for software to print battlemaps

punkorange

First Post

• Mar 7, 2007

• #1

OKay, I've been learning Dundjinni a bit and I'm trying to find a way to print my maps off like a battle-map/dungeon tile for use with miniatures. Can anyone recommend a method?

 

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GlassJaw

Hero

• Mar 7, 2007

• #2

Photoshop

 

Ayrk

First Post

• Mar 7, 2007

• #3

It is not as obvious as it should be.

What I do is print it to a PDF file using a scale of 1" in the scale section of the print box (I'm sorry I don't remember the exact terminology in the dialog box but you enter 1 in the box dealing with scale).

Then once it finishes generating the PDF, I just delete or don't print the pages that are nothing but grid.

Does that make sense?

 

XCorvis

First Post

• Mar 7, 2007

• #4

Check out this document, and the 3 programs it links.
http://www.treasuretables.org/wiki/index.php?title=Using_maps_at_the_table#Printing_in_Pieces

 

heruca

Explorer

• Mar 7, 2007

• #5

In DJ, you should first Generate Battlemaps (it's a command in a menu), then print them out.

 

Ayrk

First Post

• Mar 8, 2007

• #6

The only catch with the Generate Battlemaps is that it only prints the first 8.5x11 page. You need to select each page that way to print out the entire map.

 

catsclaw227

First Post

• Mar 9, 2007

• #7

heruca said:

In DJ, you should first Generate Battlemaps (it's a command in a menu), then print them out.

Click to expand...

I did this method with one of my most recent battlemaps and I must admit it was a pain.

I think next time I will take them into Photopaint (Corel's Photoshop) and tweak them there for use at the table. It can print them with 1" overlap as well.