I have started prototyping a hex tile game, and I have some templates that I have been using but they are all PDF so I don't have any way to edit them. I can print up hexes and then art them up by hand, but I'd like to be able to put together a print n play version for testing . Anywhere I can find something in a bmp or jpg format that prints correctly on 8.5 x 11?
looking for templates
Thu, 01/23/2014 - 02:40
Thu, 01/23/2014 - 11:07
#1
If you use GIMP (freeware
If you use GIMP (freeware photoshop clone), you can go to filter > distort > mosaic > choose hexagon, and change the sliders until it looks how you want (size, neatness, etc).
Thu, 01/23/2014 - 17:10
#3
The Game Crafter
I just used the Game Crafter's template at https://www.thegamecrafter.com/overlays/smallhextile.png to start my design (I magic-wanded out the blue in paint.net) and I set to work designing. Then, when you print, you can tell it to print the file 9 sheets to a page, meaning you get nine hexes out of a page...
I then plastered it onto some posterboard and chopped along the faint red lines (I set the overlay as a layer on top and then made it very transparent, but barely visible). I'd say that my hexes turned out pretty darn good...
Thu, 01/23/2014 - 20:05
#4
Well I downloaded GIMP and
Well I downloaded GIMP and created my tiles. I think they came out pretty nice. I hadn't used GIMP in a while, it seems to have been improved considerably in the useability department. Now I need a bit more tweaking and to write up rules and ... then profit! Lol
Sun, 01/26/2014 - 04:16
#5
Remember if you have Adobe
Remember if you have Adobe Acrobat, you con save from pdf to jpg:
FILE ---> SAVE AS ANOTHER ---> IMAGINE ---> JPG
Sun, 01/26/2014 - 17:39
#6
I'm a bit perturbed that that
I'm a bit perturbed that that works in gimp but not photoshop
Thanks! That may be just the ticket.