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Anyone Else Getting CC3?

Started by Bullitt, March 26, 2006, 09:52:03 PM

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Zalmoxis

#15
April 01, 2006, 01:34:13 PM
I use the CIV Editor to make maps, and then composite the overlays in Photoshop. It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier than CC2.

Guest (Deleted)

#16
April 01, 2006, 01:38:15 PM
I'm not getting CC3.

Freke

#17
April 01, 2006, 07:07:57 PM
Well, Bullit, did you get CC3 and try it out yet?
 

Emryys

#18
April 01, 2006, 07:25:42 PM
It does look pretty nice :)

For Dunjinni style maps I've been using Dungeon Forge

It's Free and I get alot of art from...
The GM's Parlor
Steel Rat's Image Gallery

This gentleman's CCPro maps look pretty professional...
http://www.jhendor.de/cc2/index.html

Roudi

#19
April 01, 2006, 07:51:50 PM
I probably won't be getting CC3; I have no talent for maps.  I managed to figure out CC2's vector-based system pretty easily, though; it's different from what some would expect a mapping program to be, but it's very versatile when one knows what one is doing.

That said, I'd probably hire someone to use CC3 to create maps, when the time comes that I will need them (depending on how fast I can crank out Tesla's Legacy, that could be soon).

Thjalfi

#20
April 02, 2006, 01:35:01 AM
Quote from: SobekI get layers, for the
 
Seeking advice, then:  I've got a hand-drawn version of my campaign area.  It's a couple of partial continents (like the Mediterranean).  I can get the image into CC2 to trace.  I can also get the trace to work (though, I'd like to do it a bit better).  The big showstopper was the fact that the coasts run off the edge of the map, which makes the fill not so great.  After a couple hours of that, I gave up.

Thjalfi overhears what might be construed as a request for help!


I suggest that you import the original file, then use the line (or freehand, whichever you are more comfortable with) tool to trace ONLY the coasts, up to a point that's near where you want the edge of your map to be. then, draw in only the parts of the map border that are relavent to that particular landmass.

Then take the multipoly tool and combine the line segments into one polygon. if you do it right, putting a nice fill on it should be no problem.

draw in the map border last.
 

Sobek

#21
April 03, 2006, 11:10:04 AM
Quote from: ThjalfiThjalfi overhears what might be construed as a request for help!

It was, and I thank you!
 
I will try out that method and see how it works.
 
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