resolution issues on printing with PDFCreator

AKABigBlack · March 2013

anyone have an idea as to why the resolution on my walls and floors is so poor? using the PDFCreator method....

anomiecoalition · March 2013

No...but I figured i'd chime in and say that I really like that dungeon layout and imagine your players will also

Ralf · March 2013

The print seems to be using the current view's resolution in CC3. Try going into the Display Speed settings (the hourglass button on the left toolbar) and setting the resolution to fixed at very high resolution. Does that help?

AKABigBlack · April 2014

can't believe it's been a year since this post. that being said, the resolution is already at very high and i still have that washed out look.

Ralf · April 2014

Can you post your map and in which resolution you are trying to export it?

AKABigBlack · April 2014

here it is. for the resolution, i use the PDF Creator method. I set paper size to letter, DPI to 1200. when saving as a PNG, i set the resolution to 600...

Ralf · April 2014

I've followed your steps with the most recent version of PDFCreator and get a good quality, as you can see in the attached png (I cropped a section of the complete export, but didn't change the resolution). Is this different from your result?

AKABigBlack · April 2014

here are my results:

in CC, with sheet effects active:

after my export:

AKABigBlack · April 2014

Bump. I'd hate to see this issue go unresolved. It is quite annoying in our VT..

Ralf · April 2014

I am sorry, I am at a loss here, as I can't reproduce the problem. A direct PNG/JPG export from CC3 is too large? Have you treid increasing the dpi in the PDFCreator settings?

AKABigBlack · April 2014

ok. i must be missing a setting somewhere. i follow the PDF Creator directions, but i'm wondering what the CC settings are supposed to be? do you have a checklist?

AKABigBlack · January 2015

ok, so i can't seem to figure this out or let it go. if i create a small map (45'X45') the detail is great if i zoom in on it. when i create a large map (550'X360') the detail is pretty pixelated, so much as to become unusable. would the large map need to be printed as a tiled map? will this result in a file that i could use in a VTT? here's the small map:

large map:

Major888 · January 2016

I'm also having this difficulty. If I export small maps, no problem - with large maps it's pretty grainy. Examples attached.

Ralf · January 2016

You need to increase the page size of your printed pdf. Windows treats a pdf almost like a normal printer and reduces the image to fit on the virtual page size. Naturally, a large map will lose resolution in that case. Alternatively, you can also up the dpi setting and keep the page size the same.

Major888 · January 2016

The bottom map was printed at 600DPI - the 1200DPI was similar.

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