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Help making a checkerboard - cappin - 04-26-2018

I'm making a checkerboard for a board game. Using the GEGL operation checkers. Trying to make it 11cm tall by 13cm wide. A total of 143cm cubes. This attachment is the best I can do but its one pixel off and zoomed out 33%.


RE: help making a checkerboard - Espermaschine - 04-26-2018

So whats the problem ?

Have you set up your document for printing (=300dpi) ??

A checkerboard could also be made with a custom pattern.


RE: help making a checkerboard - cappin - 04-26-2018

(04-26-2018, 11:28 PM)Espermaschine Wrote: So whats the problem ?

Have you set up your document for printing (=300dpi) ??

A checkerboard could also be made with a custom pattern.
Yes I set it to 300dpi and centimeteres. 13cm wide by 11cm tall. For some reason its cutoff on the right and zoomed out to 33%. My goal is to make a template for a board game.


RE: help making a checkerboard - Espermaschine - 04-26-2018

Not sure what you mean with zoom. You can set the zoom to whatever level you like at the bottom of the canvas.

The squares are probably cut off because it doesnt fit with the math.
What size do you want one square to be ? Or do you want a specific number of rows and columns ?


RE: help making a checkerboard - cappin - 04-26-2018

I want 13cm cubes wide by 11cm cubes tall... So 143 cubes total? The GEGL operation thing doesn't make sense when trying to input centimeters. Can you attach a .xcf with these dimensions?


RE: help making a checkerboard - Espermaschine - 04-26-2018

Do you want the same colour scheme ?


RE: help making a checkerboard - cappin - 04-26-2018

(04-26-2018, 11:54 PM)Espermaschine Wrote: Do you want the same colour scheme ?

Yeah same color would be awesome. If these dimensions don't work 5x5 inches or 12.7x12.7cm might be better.


RE: help making a checkerboard - Espermaschine - 04-26-2018

here you go

i made a pattern and applied it to the canvas


RE: help making a checkerboard - cappin - 04-27-2018

Sorry I'm fairly new to gimp. Can't figure out how to open this.


RE: help making a checkerboard - Espermaschine - 04-27-2018

it was compressed

try this one