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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trainz" data-source="post: 1448297" data-attributes="member: 2122">Here's how I do it: I start with a mapping program, I personally use <a href="http://www.geocities.com/trainz_ca/ID" target="_blank">Interactive Dungeon</a> . Look in the Cooperative Dungeon threads to have an idea of maps I have done. After the map is done (use the fill function to make areas outside the rooms black), do a screen capture by pushing the PRINT SCREEN button on your keyboard: <img src="http://www.canberra.edu.au/cc/ccn/images/prntscrn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> Then, paste the image in an image editing program (Paintshop, Photoshop, or if you don't have any of these, use Windows Paint [Start menu-Programs-Accessories-Paint]) by doing a paste in the image program [Edit menu- Paste]: <img src="http://www.dak.com/reviews/ImagesR/T_SC_PaintPaste.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />  You will now have the picture of the whole screen when you pushed the Print Screen key. The Selection tool: <img src="http://www.gcipresso.com/help/images/scn_paint_selection.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <a href="http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=www.estovercollege.plymouth.sch.uk/ICT/Images/tessel8.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.estovercollege.plymouth.sch.uk/ICT/Tesselation.htm&h=200&w=53&sz=12&tbnid=0T6yImJ0ar0J:&tbnh=98&tbnw=26&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwindows%2Bpaint%2Btext%26start%3D20%26hl%3Dfr%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN" target="_blank"><img src="http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:0T6yImJ0ar0J:www.estovercollege.plymouth.sch.uk/ICT/Images/tessel8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> Select only the map portion of the picture, copy it, and paste it as a new image. You should now have your image map. Write room numbers by using the Text function in the picture program. What I do is type all digits ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) with a few spaces between them, and then I Select them and drag them in the middle of the room that I want. When all is done, I save it as a bitmap picture (.BMP) AND as a jpeg (.JPG) by selecting the proper file type: <img src="http://www.barrett.net/images/filetype.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> I post the jpeg in the thread (as I explained to you in a previous post) but keep the original bitmap in case I want to modify the map later (you would have to also save it as a jpeg and replace the previous one, by uploading it on your server). I feel that, although my instructions are correct, they might be a bit hard to comprehend. When I teach something about computers, I prefer to be sitting beside the guy and SHOW him how to do it. Sadly, unless you live in Montreal, I fear this will be hard to do. That said, all I have told you is pretty common knowledge to computer geeks, and I'm sure you can find one in your 'hood. Do not hesitate to ask me to clarify any given stage of the process. HTH</blockquote>

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