The difference in DPI

Just a quick note this evening as we continue to ready sets for the Gaming Geeks. The site as we've said before, will be carrying digital tile sets - several of which are already available at Roll20.net at their marketplace. The on-screen tiles for Roll 20 are at a 72 dpi, perfect to create maps for online activities.

On the Gaming Geeks site however, because we are striving to carry tiles more for those who want to print out their maps and designs, we are upping the dpi. That means going back to the original layered files, reworking layers slightly to add cleaner lines; and sets will be between 200-300 dpi, depending on the set.

Both at a magnification of 200%. The picture on the left carries the 72 dpi with digital color washes and partial transparencies - great for online graphics, and for computers (like mine) that are a dual core or less. Less processing power is needed to create the maps using these. On the right, we have a rework on the pine forest token, but you can see, the lines are much cleaner and will help create a better print. This doesn't mean someone can't use the 200 dpi reworked set for computer graphics, just as long as their computer can handle the amount of data for their map and handle the transparencies while playing.

Either set works beautifully when printed, as I have tried them both out; I'm just somewhat a bit more OCD when it comes to printed work and want to provide the best possible set I can for that medium. Again, 72 dpi great for online; grater than that great for print.