Enter...the Villains!

[CometMan]

When you get this batch done, feel free to put them up on the "Archetypes" thread on rpg.net- I really like them!
PS- I know you do this in MS Word- how do you get it from a word doc into an image format?

I keep spending all my free 'net-time here...I'll have to get back to RPGnet again!

OK, the way I do it is:

*Save as a word DOC (in case I need to make changes later)

*I use a Mac, so I go to File>Print...this brings up a print window that has a PDF option. With this option I can save it as a PDF.

*If you use Windows, you should be able to get the same result by using CutePDF, a plug-in which can output documents as PDFs.

*I then open the PDF in GIMP (a free graphics program for WIN or MAC...you should be able to do this in PhotoShop as well) and Save As into a PNG file.

I then size the PNG file down slightly, from 1100 pixels high to 1000, which fits them on the forum pages better, and upload it here!

Let me know if that all makes sense. It's late here...

[BASHMAN]

Okay- that's how I figured it- I was wondering if you were somehow able to skip the PDF step of the process.

[Lindharin]

There are virtual print drivers that let you "print" from Word (or any other printing application) into a png format, just like CutePDF lets you "print" into a pdf. Unfortunately, I haven't found a free one that works on Vista or Win7. If you have WinXP, there are some open source solutions:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/imageprinter/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/emfprinter/

Although, I did just find this one, which might work for both PDFs and PNGs on Win7/Vista: http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator. I hadn't found this on my last search. I'll give it a try...