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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xorn" data-source="post: 4244652" data-attributes="member: 61231">I tried it out.Set the book on the scanner, hit preview scan, then crop the selection to just the map area.  Scan at 300 dpi (which is a little bigger than 50 pixels/square).  Zoom in and check the level of the grid and use a "free rotate" of 0.2-0.5 degrees to get it straight.  Takes usually 2 tries to get it.  While still zoomed in, check the width of a square in pixels, and percentage resize the image so the squares are 50 pixels each.  Save map.  It's now ready for VTT use.5 minutes has passed.Open up CC3 and make a new, blank, non-bordered map.  Add my 50 px/sq map as a background symbol, blowing it up 400% (200 pixel squares now).  Center my view on the area I want to print and set it to tile whatever dimensions I think I'll need (2x3 Portrait for Area 1, for example) and hit Preview.  If it looks right, hit Print.10 minutes have passed, after printing, at this point.I've got a straight edge papercutter, so trimming the image is actually pretty fast.  Drop some strips of tape down and I've got the whole map down on the floor, then take scissors and cut the excess away (so I just have the corridors and rooms left) then cut those apart in the chunks I want to reveal them.  Map finished!Took 30 minutes total, but the straight edge paper cutter is a nice tool, and I have a really nice office jet printer/fax/scanner that kicks out the pages pretty quickly.</blockquote>

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