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Started by Neosodon, September 11, 2017, 08:54:00 PM

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Neosodon

September 11, 2017, 08:54:00 PM
I am trying to make a large game board and I do not know what program to make it with.  Has anyone ever made any large posters or anything along those lines?

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September 12, 2017, 12:46:12 AM
Quote from: Neosodon on September 11, 2017, 08:54:00 PM
I am trying to make a large game board and I do not know what program to make it with.  Has anyone ever made any large posters or anything along those lines?

You could do it with photoshop, if it's for a personal project. (I could help you with that) If it's for a product you are selling, there's probably a better program for it.
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September 12, 2017, 01:31:15 AM
Adobe Photoshop would definitely work, although Microsoft Office Word may work as well (then again, I'm kinda pushing it there.)

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September 12, 2017, 02:48:53 AM
Quote from: The Expeditioner's Discovery Guild (PainterRex) on September 12, 2017, 12:46:12 AM
Quote from: Neosodon on September 11, 2017, 08:54:00 PM
I am trying to make a large game board and I do not know what program to make it with.  Has anyone ever made any large posters or anything along those lines?

You could do it with photoshop, if it's for a personal project. (I could help you with that) If it's for a product you are selling, there's probably a better program for it.

Thank you for the offer. The only problem with Photoshop is that you can't actually buy it. You have to rent it. But I will resort to Photoshop if I have too. I'm not selling the game yet.  It's just for an improved prototype version.

Quote from: PangolinWizard on September 12, 2017, 01:31:15 AM
Adobe Photoshop would definitely work, although Microsoft Office Word may work as well (then again, I'm kinda pushing it there.)

The last version I made on word. When I took it in for printing the poster guy swore and said to never use word again. After 30 minutes of cussing he got it to print but it was in terrible resolution. So I don't think I'll try that again. Thanks for the suggestion though.

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Halichoeres

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September 12, 2017, 05:03:12 AM
I think a simple game board, even a rather large one, should be pretty easy to make in PowerPoint. I use PowerPoint for posters, and the only issues I've encountered are minor alignment errors when converting between Mac and PC.
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September 17, 2017, 05:12:16 AM
Powerpoint is working quite well. Thanks for the suggestion Halichoeres.

"3,000 km to the south, the massive comet crashes into Earth. The light from the impact fades in silence. Then the shock waves arrive. Next comes the blast front. Finally a rain of molten rock starts to fall out of the darkening sky - this is the end of the age of the dinosaurs. The Comet struck the Gulf of Mexico with the force of 10 billion Hiroshima bombs. And with the catastrophic climate changes that followed 65% of all life died out. It took millions of years for the earth to recover but when it did the giant dinosaurs were gone - never to return." - WWD

PaleoMatt

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September 17, 2017, 10:26:06 AM
Paint.NET is a free alternative to Photoshop thay I've used for years. By the way you have to type in getpaint.net to get to the site as otherwise you eill find a painting advertisement.

tyrantqueen

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September 17, 2017, 11:58:10 AM
GIMP is free and open source and works similarly to PS. I've used it for years with no issues.

I imagine that you would need to invest some time in learning to use a new programme though, do not expect immediate results with something you have never used before (just trying to be realistic here) :)

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