I know we aren't going to get the supplements for the last few issues. I can scan in the maps easily enough but what I can't do is remove the tags (I think that's what they are called).
I am entering the Prince of Demons next week. I'd love to be able to use the maps in the final issue on my projector without the locations of blast disks, demons, and such given away for the players to see.
Can anyone suggest how I can make this happen? I don't have access to Photoshop and wouldn't know how to go about it if I did. Any suggestions would be appreicated.
|
I don't have access to Photoshop and wouldn't know how to go about it if I did. Any suggestions would be appreicated.
Maybe this will help; maybe not. Try GIMP ... it's a open source "photoshop" type of program, free for download and use. It does alot of the things you'd be able to do with photoshop. It's takes some practive to use, but you should get the hang of it without much trouble.
-Skeld
RPG Superstar 2010 Top 32
|
If you absolutely don't have much time or access to anything 'designy' then you could ...
scan it,
stick it in Paint,
select and cut one empty square out,
save it,
open the map in Powerpoint
and
... stick lots of empty square pics over all the squares with blast disks etc in them.
That's a pretty quick, low-tech solution. I've done it before and it's not like the players will complain when you have a colour map with a few dodgy join lines on it. Not when the alternative is the old marker on a board trick!
There's a simplified version of photoshop that adobe just released that runs right in your web browser: photoshop.com/express. It mostly has simple photo adjustment tools, but the touchup tool will do just what you want here. Click on the blast disc, drag to get the size (of the area you want to replace) right, and move the red circle around to the middle of an empty square; photoshop will copy what is in the empty square to cover the blast disc and match the textures pretty well, so there won't even be weird cut lines. With a little work, your players will never know there wasn't a supplement.