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Question on maps from PDFs

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Kroy, Oct 25, 2008.

  1. Kroy

    Kroy New Member

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    This has partly to do with D20 and partly just a question of map making in general. I get a lot of my modules in the PDF format. I noticed that .pdfs pop up among the files available for import when you create a map from a file in D20 Pro. That's great but there are two problems.

    1) The maps are usually embedded in a page of print layout. Is there a way to extract a map from a PDF and use it to make a map file in D20 Pro?

    2) I found a way to convert PDFs into PNGS using zamzar.com. It's fairly handy but sometimes the maps come out looking really cloudy and grainy. Is it easier to just rebuild maps in Dundjinni and export them into D20. They don't have to be drop dead gorgeous maps but my players need to be able to see their avatars on the map.

    BTW, I will be using D20 Pro for games other than D20.
     
    #1 Kroy, Oct 25, 2008
  2. Dan

    Dan Member

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    With the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0, you should be able to right-click on the image and Copy Image. Then you can open up MS Paint and paste it directly. Finally, you can save it as a png or whatever. It will save it in the current resolution for the PDF, so you won't get much better than that.
     

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  3. Kroy

    Kroy New Member

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    Yep, that totally worked. Looks like, as per usual, I was doing things the hard way.
     
    #3 Kroy, Oct 26, 2008
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