How To Set Map

[Grilled Salmon]

So, I'm coming from Roll20 and am still learning FGU (just bought it today), and I was wondering how you set the map/set the map as the background? I need the map to be larger so that things are seen more clearly, but when I go to the assets and set one of the maps as the background icon it's way too small to see anything in the first place.

[nylanfs]

These people will be of help starting out. One thing to remember is when in doubt, right click. Everything is driven by the Combat Tracker.

The background is just that background.

https://www.fantasygroundsacademy.com/

And there's many videos. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UemN5_WY7rE

[Kronovan]

Originally posted by BugJam:

...I need the map to be larger so that things are seen more clearly, but when I go to the assets and set one of the maps as the background icon it's way too small to see anything in the first place.

For any image asset that you want to become a map, you click the [Create an Image Record] button. The other button is for importing image assets that you're going to place on the desktop for purely cosmetic reasons - like a campaign logo.

Once created, image records are entirely dynamic; you can resize them and zoom them in and out as much as you want. A freshly created image record might look confusing at 1st, because it's created in "unlocked" mode with the imported image displayed on the left and the editing tools on the right. If you only want to view the image, just click the lock icon on the top right of the window to put it in "locked" mode.

Once you create an image record, it'll be available from a list that's access by clicking the [images] button on the sidebar. After opening an image and resizing and zooming it to the way you want it, you right-click and then click the "Sharing' item on the pop-up menu to share it to your players.

[Smiteworks]

A mouse with a mouse-wheel is very useful. You can mouse-wheel to zoom centered around the cursor position. You can hold the mouse-wheel button down and drag to pan the image within the window.
https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FGCP/pages/996640166/Working+with+Images+as+the+GM