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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 3123594" data-attributes="member: 22622">Thanks niles, I'll probably produce the grids on the computer for the time being. Finally got pics of the setup that look good. I ran into a problem with Battlegrounds which hasn't yet been released so I'll use photoshop until it is released just so i can get used to the other functionality of hte program. . I was actually surprised by how cool photoshop was and how easy it was to use. To prepare the maps I used the main image as the background. Then I make another layer I call fog of war that is a hazy black. I use a big brush to paint over the image. Then I make a few more layers. I make a layer for each trap and name the layer after the number of the encounter. I do the same for secret doors. I have the layers toolbar up so all i need to do is click the eye (hide/unhide) button to make things appear. Pretty cool actually. As the party moves through hte dungeon, I use the eraser tool to indicate what they see. I use the eraser tool that resembles an air brush, resize it to the lightsource size, and then push the button over it. This way, I get the hazy image they can see vaguely down the hall, and the good image they see around them. This of course made for one of the easiest games to do on the fly in a bit. The party surprised me several times during their actions. Instead of searching for a generic map for their new location or drawing it up on a battlemap, I was able to quickly pop to a mapsource in game, download the map, draw the fog of war, and place it in game in 3 minutes. The group never knew I was winging it. <img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00168.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00170.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00180.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00169.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00173.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00174.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00175.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://www.chrystaria.com/images2/DSC00178.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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