Question: Are there maps for adventure paths without numbers/ secret door symbols/ traps/ etc?
Background info: My friend asked me to GM an adventure path he purchased. I noticed there's a map folio but I don't think this has what I need. I plan to GM online and use some tools for showing maps to players, so I would need PDFs.
Question: Are there maps for adventure paths without numbers/ secret door symbols/ traps/ etc?
Background info: My friend asked me to GM an adventure path he purchased. I noticed there's a map folio but I don't think this has what I need. I plan to GM online and use some tools for showing maps to players, so I would need PDFs.
Some of the maps for the AP's are in the map folio, and these are missing room numbers etc. Some of the AP's have some interactive map packs, these are also player friendly
If you open an AP using Adobe, and copy the map you want using the text select tool, it will not copy room numbers. For secret doors and traps, i then edit the map using paint or similar. Copying a section of the map that matches where the secret doors and traps are, and just paste it over the top.
Question: Are there maps for adventure paths without numbers/ secret door symbols/ traps/ etc?
Background info: My friend asked me to GM an adventure path he purchased. I noticed there's a map folio but I don't think this has what I need. I plan to GM online and use some tools for showing maps to players, so I would need PDFs.
Some of the maps for the AP's are in the map folio, and these are missing room numbers etc. Some of the AP's have some interactive map packs, these are also player friendly
If you open an AP using Adobe, and copy the map you want using the text select tool, it will not copy room numbers. For secret doors and traps, i then edit the map using paint or similar. Copying a section of the map that matches where the secret doors and traps are, and just paste it over the top.
I have thought about editing the maps. Some of the maps are so detailed tho...
If the AP is Curse of the Crimson Throne, I already made my own map versions.
@Crispy3ed: This is my favorite option. I had to use Adobe Pro at work, beautiful program. I remembered I could download a trial version of Adobe Pro, so that's what I did. This worked the best. I can just select images to Save As and it doesn't get the text at all. Unfortunately when my trial runs out the cheapest I can find is $80 for the student version :(
@yarb: I tried the "Some PDF" program for extracting images. I don't know if I did it correctly but it just extracted all the images from the PDF into a folder and it missed all the maps (and NPCs...). Maybe I didn't use it right?
@angelroble: it is Curse of the Crimson Throne :)
Other options I explored: GIMP (some open source image program) can open PDFs but it only opened the pages as images. I will probably explore this further.
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I guess I was hoping Paizo had some maps without text published. I thought this would be the Map Folio items but they have all the text? Why would you get the Map Folio items then?
If he bought the adventures in hardcover, the PDFs for them are free. He should be able to go into his account here on Paizo, go to My Downloads, and download the PDFs.
In the PDFs, you simply click on the map, copy, and then paint into your graphics program (I just use Paint). That will give you the map without text, room numbers, etc.
@angelroble: it is Curse of the Crimson Throne :)
Check this thread. Tell me if that's what you are looking for.
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If he bought the adventures in hardcover, the PDFs for them are free. He should be able to go into his account here on Paizo, go to My Downloads, and download the PDFs.
That's not quite correct. You only get the free PDFs for products you buy as part of a subscription.
In the PDFs, you simply click on the map, copy, and then paint into your graphics program (I just use Paint). That will give you the map without text, room numbers, etc.
That, however, is correct; while the (free) Adobe Reader doesn't let you export an image as a PDF you can click to select the image (shift-click if it's a full-page image), copy it to the clipboard, and then go into your favourite image editor and "paste as new image" (or whatever the equivalent command is).
In the PDFs, you simply click on the map, copy, and then paint into your graphics program (I just use Paint). That will give you the map without text, room numbers, etc.That, however, is correct; while the (free) Adobe Reader doesn't let you export an image as a PDF you can click to select the image (shift-click if it's a full-page image), copy it to the clipboard, and then go into your favourite image editor and "paste as new image" (or whatever the equivalent command is).
Well, actually right-clicking in the free Adobe Reader doesn't let me copy the images from the Pathfinder pdfs. I don't know why the Pathfinder ones don't let you copy images but any other pdf with images I have I can copy the images.
(Side note: if you use the non-free Adobe Reader Pro or some such, you can copy the images, even save the images as jpgs; but not in the free version)You can copy the whole image tho, yes, but all the text will be there. I wanted all the numbers and trap symbols to be removed without much editing.
Check this thread. Tell me if that's what you are looking for.@angelroble: it is Curse of the Crimson Throne :)
Hee hee I actually saw that thread before and I liked the stuff on it :3 But I guess I was thinking ahead, "what if I wanna do a module or another AP that doesn't have community stuff?"
I had to edit the Everflame Quest module map to get rid of all the traps. It was annoying... So I was curious about whether Paizo would have like blank maps or something. When I go to Pathfinder Society I notice there are big blank map boards :o that is so neat.
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Alexis, a lot of things have changed as the Adventure Paths have evolved... especially the map options available (remember that CotCT is now the oldest Golarion AP as Runelords was updated).
The CotCT Map Folio will not help you at all - the initial folios were just reprints of whatever maps were in the volumes. Same size, even the same errors.
So you will either have to edit the maps, use some of the community-created ones, or make your own.
As said above, the newer APs have interactive map pdf's available which can eliminate secrets, labels, and grids. They are really nice :)
Alexis, a lot of things have changed as the Adventure Paths have evolved... especially the map options available (remember that CotCT is now the oldest Golarion AP as Runelords was updated).
The CotCT Map Folio will not help you at all - the initial folios were just reprints of whatever maps were in the volumes. Same size, even the same errors.
So you will either have to edit the maps, use some of the community-created ones, or make your own.As said above, the newer APs have interactive map pdf's available which can eliminate secrets, labels, and grids. They are really nice :)
OH! Okay. The guy who first posted then makes sense now! Hahaha so only the newer APs have this (GOTCHA). Sorry, my questions are answered!