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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5636824" data-attributes="member: 90804">Thanks for the tip! I don't currently use GIMP.In looking at maps for use online, I see a spectrum. On one end, you have maps drawn totally on the fly as if you were sitting around a table with a wet-erase mat - lines on a grid. On the other end, you have professional-looking maps such as those commissioned for the ZEITGEIST campaign here at EN World (as well as many others out there in places like the Cartographer's Guild).My maps are in the middle. I draw them in MapTool itself using a pretty standard set of textures available in a free download. MapTool's graphics are not especially high-resolution, and the tools available are much more limited than what I could get in something like GIMP.But then, I'm a dungeon master, not a cartographer. If my maps are a step above quick and dirty, I'm happy. I'm sure that with some more effort I could learn to create really awesome-looking battlemaps. But I'm not much of an artist, so I doubt if I'll ever take the time to try to develop those skills.Still, I think it's awesome that there are people out there working on making really fantastic-looking maps and sharing their tips and tricks.</blockquote>