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Start by measuring how many dots now span a square on your map. To print your map image so each square spans 1-inch, adjust its scale so the image’s dots-per-inch matches its number of dots-per- square. In the Open Image dialog box, select the graphic file that will become the backdrop for your battle map, and then click Open.īattle maps in Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder feature a grid of 1-inch squares. To open your map graphic in GIMP, do the following: 1 PosteRazor splits graphic files too big for a single page into multiple, printable pages, which you can assemble into a poster-sized map. GIMP provides an image editor similar to Adobe Photoshop. You must have the free programs GIMP and PosteRazor installed on your PC.

Splitting a graphic file too big for a single page into multiple, tiled pages.

Measuring the dots-per-square on a map image.

This post includes the following sub-procedures: This post gives procedures for scaling graphic map files so they appear with a 1-inch grid, and then printing the map tiled onto multiple pages. Even when you solve the scaling, the images can’t fit on a single page from your printer. But these computer graphics never come scaled so that they print with a 1-inch grid sized for miniatures. Many of the artists who draw maps for adventures sell downloadable images of those maps. You can play Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder battles on a sketch, playing on a colorful, printed map raises your game’s visual appeal.