How do you make a set map?

[HammerHawks]

I want to make a few of these, but have NO IDEA how to do so.

Please let me know what you guys do, use, find what works best, etc.

Thanks!

Examples of your work would be a plus too.

[CoolHandLuke]

It's a bit hard to explain but using table in HTML do the trick. Also in the new free inventory that we will release this year, you will see set that you upload image in a view like you want. Since I have my inventory, I took a snapshot of one of my set. Here is what the feature will look like.

[Drewk86a]

I think I have a simple suggestion that would be easy enough to pull off. You need Windows Vista or Windows 7 and some type of word processing software (MS Word or MS Publisher).

1. Open a new page in your program.
2. Create a table (size will depend on your set)
3. Insert pictures of the cards you have into the appropriate cells
4. Type the card # and player name in the cells for cards you don't have.
5. Open the "Snipping Tool" in Windows.
6. In "Snipping Tool", click and drag a box the size of your table.
7. Save the "snip" as a picture file.
8. Upload the picture.
9. Save your table so you can update you map.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

[RGM81]

Process I gave you the other day not working out for you?

[durangatang]

I used photoshop to make mine. I made a grid template using the dimensions I wanted for each cell and then sized all the pics to fit the grid. This is how mine looks:

[RGM81]

That's an awesome-looking set! Hopefully you can finish that off!

[Ehrencrona]

I would also be interested in how to make some sort of setup for all my Backstrom cards. I run on Windows XP and do not have Photoshop... Any helo would be appreciated.

[durangatang]

Umm I am not sure how to do it without Photoshop, but you may be able to do it with Paint Shop Pro or just regular Paint. I have never tried it tho, so I am not sure. I had to create a background within Photoshop. I can't fully remember how to do it, but I remember it took me a good 30 mins to get the grid to work how I wanted it to and have it be loadable as a background for me. I just used Google once I got into it and hit a stumbling block. I used 152 pixel height for each cell and then resized all the pics so they were equal or a little less than that (-5 pixels at most). In Photoshop you can just open the grid and the pic of the card at the same time and then use the item drag tool or whatever it is to drag the image of the card onto the background and fit it in where you want it. You can also write in text using Photoshop. Hope that helps you a little. Sorry I can't be more help, its just been so long since I did it.

Kris

[LumpyGumby]

I can help make you one, if you'd like. Just let me know if they're horizontal or vertical and how many cards are in it. I'll post it after I get 10 posts.

Otherwise, before I had photoshop, I did it all in paint, Just made a 3.5x2.5 rectangle, copy/pasted it until I had enough for a set.

hope that helps!

[Qwikflipz]

We need a sticky on this, I want to make one too.