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Acrobat Reader has no issue; simply click the image to select it, right-click to bring up the context menu and select copy. You can then paste it into an image editing program and do with it what you will. The images are not designed with this in mind so there may be some loss in quality if you enlarge it.
Note that this will not work with the Interactive Maps PDF, just the adventure PDF.
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Yeah, with the interactive maps, I usually just use the snipping tool, then send that image to an image editor if needed. I haven't noticed any major quality issues as a result.
If I want the interactive maps' image, I copy it out with Sumatra PDF, which is my preferred PDF reader for actually reading RPG books. It doesn't support the interactive functionality at all.
I don't use it for copying images out of the books to make my virtual tabletop tokens because I get weird transparency issues from it on most monster art in Paizo books, but it's just fine for large rectangular blocks of maps. I basically only use Acrobat Reader for copying out those monster images and fillable PDFs.
Definitely use Sumatra to just copy the images into gimp, paint or photoshop. When you import it into roll 20 right click and select "is artwork" that way when you scale it, it won't snap to the grid and is much easier to get the grid on the map and in roll20 to line up.
If using dynamic lighting I suggest using thin lines for walls and small for doors and use bright but different colors for each so you can easily grab the doors to 'open' them.
I forgot to mention this earlier, but I created a thread a while back for Age of Ashes community content and have already uploaded a few maps. You may find it easier to use those, and more will be added over time as I create them.
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So I'm running in an issue for pulling the maps and putting them into roll20.
I want to put Citadel Altaerein on and can pull the maps out of the PDFs easily enough, but it seems there's no way to remove the secret door markers on the map, or at least no way I can figure out. Has anyone found a way to solve this problem?
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I haven't tried it yet, but I have heard that the secret door markers appear to be on the wrong layer or something on these maps, so they don't come off when the maps are extracted.
I don't know if that's something that Paizo can fix on their end at some point or not. *not tech-savvy*
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I haven't tried it yet, but I have heard that the secret door markers appear to be on the wrong layer or something on these maps, so they don't come off when the maps are extracted.
I can confirm this. The "S" are saved as part of the image itself instead of being added afterward, like the room numbers or grid, so they can't be easily removed.
I had to edit them out manually, unfortunately. If you have dynamic lighting, you could also adjust the vision block to be a little in front of the wall, but that might look suspicious to players.
Well to be frank, everything looks suspicious to my players. haha
Well that's a shame it's on the same layer as the map image. I was debating between remaking all the maps myself like I'm doing in my current game or just using the book's maps, but I guess that's be decided for me. haha
I'm not sure if anyone would be interested but I use dungeon fog and am going to run Age of Ashes. I'm building all of these maps for it.
Would anyone be interested in using those maps? You can I believe use any public maps from the free account. It handles sight really well.
I'm not sure if anyone would be interested but I use dungeon fog and am going to run Age of Ashes. I'm building all of these maps for it.
Would anyone be interested in using those maps? You can I believe use any public maps from the free account. It handles sight really well.
Yes indeed. You can share them in the Community Created Content thread located here. Keeping as many resources in one place as possible will help out many GMs.
