I am looking for simple software to display maps locally for a TV table or projector. I want to be able to use my own purchased map tile images and premade map files, and maybe overlay a grid on top of them. Roll20 seems to be the best option but as it's web-based you must upload all your images and they have a storage limit. I have something like 20 gigabytes of images to draw on, so that's not really an option.
Load images from local PC
Snapping images to grid
Able to scale images to match existing grid quickly
I'm starting to think my best bet is just to put them together in an image editing program and export as a JPG to view in a full-screen browser window.
I use GIMP mostly. I have the non-map parts as separate layers and scale them to the right size. You can easily delete a token's layer or move it around. You can also save the editing file separately from the image file, and re-export to the same image after you move/delete layers in the program.
I am looking for simple software to display maps locally for a TV table or projector. I want to be able to use my own purchased map tile images and premade map files, and maybe overlay a grid on top of them. Roll20 seems to be the best option but as it's web-based you must upload all your images and they have a storage limit. I have something like 20 gigabytes of images to draw on, so that's not really an option.
I'm starting to think my best bet is just to put them together in an image editing program and export as a JPG to view in a full-screen browser window.
Any suggestions?
I use GIMP mostly. I have the non-map parts as separate layers and scale them to the right size. You can easily delete a token's layer or move it around. You can also save the editing file separately from the image file, and re-export to the same image after you move/delete layers in the program.
Also it's free.
Maptool will do what you're looking for. I've also used the map portion of the tools given at http://combatmanager.com/
https://github.com/McAJBen/DungeonBoard
Simple, easy to figure out, not a lot of frills... and written in Java.
...cryptographic randomness!
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into these.