Opheliate Venerable Ancient


Posts : 855 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-11-12 Age : 32 Location : Sweden
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Skaven Achievements earned: none
 | Subject: Expertise Wanted Thu 11 Feb 2010 - 22:24 | |
| So, I have been working on a pretty big new campaign setting. It differs so much from Mordheim that it should be considered an all new game, even, with mixed rules from Mordheim, Necromunda and also Gorkamorka. Anyway... I have written... well nearly 50 pages as it is, with no fluff and, and heres my qualm, no graphics! You see, I'd really like to get some hints or pointers on how to best add some graphics to the text, before converting it to PDF. Y'know, just like the real rulebooks, with borders, pics and all kinds of nice stuff  I am not an amateur when it comes to most software, though I do not have most programs people generally use, like Photoshop or similar. Can anyone give me some pointers here? I would be ever grateful  |
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matt Honour Guard


Posts : 1053 Trading Reputation : 4 Join date : 2007-11-10 Age : 24 Location : Castricum, The netherlands
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Marauders (BTB) Achievements earned: none
 | Subject: Re: Expertise Wanted Thu 11 Feb 2010 - 23:49 | |
| I think you should really talk to Ezekiel about this. He has made some pages, and the graphics just look awesome, so I guess he knows what to do  _________________ ..and by a roll of the dice you go under..
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sartori General


Posts : 183 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-12-14 Age : 43 Location : Tacoma, WA USA
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Undead Achievements earned: none
 | Subject: Re: Expertise Wanted Fri 12 Feb 2010 - 0:54 | |
| If you're using MS Word just use the import feature. The main problem it might screw with your formatting, and also really inflate the file size of the document if you don't make sure the picture is a manageable size before importing it. |
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Opheliate Venerable Ancient


Posts : 855 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-11-12 Age : 32 Location : Sweden
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Skaven Achievements earned: none
 | Subject: Re: Expertise Wanted Fri 12 Feb 2010 - 1:45 | |
| I use word now, but I have always found that word is a really sh*tty program, and often it just spas' out for no appearent reason at all  I will see how the normal import feature will work, but I was hoping to avoid it. |
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warhammergrimace Youngblood


Posts : 5 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2010-10-18 Location : UK
 | Subject: Re: Expertise Wanted Tue 19 Oct 2010 - 15:17 | |
| For page layout there is a free open source software called Scribus. Scribus Download PageFor vector graphics, I'd sugest Inkscape another open source software Inscape Download PAgeGimp is a free bitmap editor, similar to Photoshop; GIMPHope these are of use to you. |
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Opheliate Venerable Ancient


Posts : 855 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-11-12 Age : 32 Location : Sweden
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Skaven Achievements earned: none
 | Subject: Re: Expertise Wanted Tue 19 Oct 2010 - 21:21 | |
| Cool, thanks for the tip! I have already finished said campaign, but I am always writing new stuff, so I will definately check these out. Thanks a lot man  |
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