Tutorials in PDF Format

[Vandy]

On behalf of the Cartographers' Guild community and its members, I have created this thread as a vehicle to use to readily make available any and all tutorials I've edited and repackaged as PDF documents.

This first post will act as the index file of the PDF tutorial documents. As I edit and repackage tutorials, I will add them to this post and send a new post announcing the update.

Eventually, I would like to start including other member's PDF tutorials given, of course, I have their permission to do so. Once said permission is acquired, I will post a copy of it in the "Other Members PDF Tutorials" post along with their PDF tutorial.

The second post in this thread is reserved for the "Other Members PDF Tutorials".

Without further ado, here is the index and links to the PDF tutorials:

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CAMPAIGN CARTOGRAPHER-RELATED TUTORIALS


FRACTAL TERRAINS-RELATED TUTORIALS

Fractal Terrains Pro Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com//attachment.php?attachmentid=12090&d=1239048921) (Original Thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=1753) by Redrobes)


GIMP-RELATED TUTORIALS

Making Water in GIMP with a Soft Edge (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11848&d=1238417902) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4967) by joão paulo)

Simple Mountains in GIMP (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10333&d=1234530226) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4335) by RobA)

Using GIMP's Mosaic Filter to Create Towns (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10004&d=1233866343) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3392) by torstan)

Giide's "Ascension's Atlas Tutorial in GIMP" (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30650&d=1288649425)


INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES AND MANUALS

Defensive Structures (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9016&d=1231448177) (Original thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3890) by Hoel)

AutoREALM Users Manual (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8502&d=1229541109) (Original thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3708) by Vandy)

The Walled Cities: Keeping Out The Joneses
Original Thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?13877-Walled-Cities) by ravells
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INKSCAPE-RELATED TUTORIALS

How to Taper Rivers in Inkscape (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10000&d=1233862756) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2338) by RobA)


MISCELLANEOUS TUTORIALS

Bit-Mapped Images (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8372&d=1229025987) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2596) by Redrobes)


MIXED APPLICATION TUTORIALS

Mountain Techniques using Wilbur and GIMP (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11617&d=1237820675) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4780) by Torq)

How to create ISO Mountains in GIMP-PS using the Smudge Tool (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9992&d=1233859533) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3717) by jfrazierjr)


Paint.NET-RELATED TUTORIALS

Randomized Boundaries, Terrain of Your Choice
Original Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?13596-Randomized-boundaries-terrain-of-your-choice-a-mini-tut-for-Paint.NET) by PeaceHeather
33590


PHOTOSHOP-RELATED TUTORIALS

Photoshop Mapping with Chuck (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11397&d=1237304047) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4772) by overlordchuck)

Quick and Dirty Beach Layer Effects (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10668&d=1235486750) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4481) by Blake)

Using Photoshop to Create Clustered Houses (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10261&d=1234356160) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4313) by Ascension)

Antique Style Maps in Photoshop (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9283&d=1232029238) (Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3806) by Ascension)

Making Atlas Style Maps in Photoshop (http://www.cartographersguild.com//attachment.php?attachmentid=11961&d=1238695159) (Original thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4084) by Ascension)

Creating A Medieval Town Map In Photoshop
Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?1150-Award-Winner-A-medieval-town-map-tutorial-in-Photoshop) by pyrandon
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Hand-Drawn Map Elements for use in Photoshop / GIMP
Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?5664-Award-Winner-Hand-drawn-mtns.-and-other-stylistic-map-elements-for-use-in-PS-GIMP) by ironmetal250
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[Vandy]

This post acts as the index file of other member's PDF tutorial documents. Without further ado, here is the index and links to the PDF tutorials:

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CAMPAIGN CARTOGRAPHER-RELATED TUTORIALS

Creating skirmish VTT Tokens using CC3 & Photoshop (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4194&d=1212853917) Original thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=1174) by Valarian


FRACTAL MAPPER 8-RELATED TUTORIALS

The Vintyri Project (http://www.vintyri.com/vintyri/tu1.htm)
The links for the Fractal Mapper 8 tutorial are at the end of the page.
Original Thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?14087-Fractal-Mapper-8-(FM8)-Tutorial) by Mark Oliva.




FRACTAL TERRAINS-RELATED TUTORIALS





GIMP-RELATED TUTORIALS

Making Photo-Realistic Trees in GIMP: A Mini-Tut
Trees Mini Tut (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23825&d=1271317207)
Update: Varying the Color of Trees and Forests (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?10009-Making-Photo-realistic-Trees-in-GIMP-A-Mini-Tut&p=145185&viewfull=1#post145185)
Original Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?10009-Making-Photo-realistic-Trees-in-GIMP-A-Mini-Tut) by arsheesh

Fast and Easy Artistic Maps in the GIMP (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34738&d=1301521377)
Original thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?14211-Fast-and-Easy-Artistic-Maps-in-the-GIMP) by darklingrisen.


Original thread (]How To Create A Tiled Roof Pattern in GIMP[/url) by MSZ.


[u]INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES AND MANUALS
Cartographer's Guild Guide to the Creation and Depiction of fantasy Cities
Read Tutorial Online (http://issuu.com/ravells/docs/fantasy_cities?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Fl ayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true)
Download the PDF (http://www.cartographersguild.com/hosted/CG%20Guide%20on%20Fantasy%20Cities%202nd%20Ed%20-%20R%20Shankar.pdf)
Orignial Thread and Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?2844-Award-Winner-Creation-and-Depiction-of-Fantasy-Cities-Parts-I-amp-II) by ravells



INKSCAPE-RELATED TUTORIALS





MISCELLANEOUS TUTORIALS

How to Draw a Compass Card (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7729&d=1226488274) Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?p=38058#post38058) by joão paulo



MIXED APPLICATION TUTORIALS



POVRay-RELATED TUTORIALS

POVRay 101: A Beginner's Guide (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34373&d=1300096715), Part I.
Original Thread and Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?14017-POVRay-101-A-Beginner-s-Guide) by Crayons

POVRay 101: A Beginner's Guide (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34435&d=1300384503), Part II.
Original Thread and Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?14017-POVRay-101-A-Beginner-s-Guide) by Crayons



PHOTOSHOP-RELATED TUTORIALS

Create a non-destructive editable map in Photoshop (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12566&d=1240100050)
Original Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=5240) by ravells

Nebula Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33525&d=1297723541&thumb=1)
Original tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?13582-Easy-Nebula-background-tutorial-(photoshop)) by kimey

Realistic Land / Mountain Texture Made Easy (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30565&d=1288493649)
Original Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?11273-Realistic-Land-Mountain-Texture-Made-Easy) by Flawedspirit
PDF Tutorial created by arakish (http://www.cartographersguild.com/member.php?3181-arakish)

Creating Realistic Coastlines in Photoshop (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22686&d=1268173699)
Original Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?9056-Award-Winner-Creating-Realistic-Coastlines) by OldGuy
PDF Tutorial created by jelmore (http://www.cartographersguild.com/member.php?12697-jelmore)

PS: Imatation of Old Book Drawings (http://forcg.com/tutorials/drawing/how-to-create-an-old-drawings-imitation/)
Original thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?14081-PS-Imitation-of-old-book-drawings) by Katto
Tutorial written by Paul (http://forcg.com/author/admin/), a member of forcg (http://forcg.com/)

Saderan - A Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19894&d=1262251614)
Original Thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?8086-Award-Winner-Saderan-–-a-tutorial) by Tear


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[Ascension]

You can do up any of my tuts whenever ya want, bro. I think most of them are .doc files but there are a few that are inline, web-style...if you want to do those as well.

[NeonKnight]

Any of mine feel free!

Maybe also subsection them in the main post by Software? I.E.

Inksacpe




GIMP




CC3



FRACTAL TERRAINS




ETC.

[joão paulo]

Tutorial on how to hand draw a compass card
Download PDF tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7729&d=1226488274) (Original thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?p=38058#post38058))

[RobA]

Vandy-

Would it be possibly to provide a link to the original online tutorial in the pdf files? Often there are additional comments/discussion in the tutorial thread that may be of additional value.

-Rob A>

[Valarian]

Creating skirmish VTT Tokens using CC3 & Photoshop (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4194&d=1212853917) (Original tutorial thread (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=1174))

[Vandy]

Hello, All.

Thank you all for your great comments as well as your permissions to "PDFize" your tutorials. I will be working on these documents on an on-going basis.

NeonKnight and RobA, I've taken your suggestions and incorporated them into the first post. I believe it is now much more "user friendly".

Thanks for the suggestions.

Regards,

Gary

[NeonKnight]

Ok, but you haven't posted any of my CC3 tutorials :(

[Vandy]

In due time, my friend, in due time...

[NeonKnight]

Yay!!!!!!!

[Vandy]

Hello, joão paulo and Valarian.

Thank you for posting links to your already made tutorials. I have added them to the sescond post in this thread (the Other Members Tutorial post).

To All.

I have repackaged Ascension's excellent tutorial titled "Making Atlas Style Maps in Photoshop". It is now available as a PDF document in the first post of this thread.

Regards,

Gary

[Vandy]

To All.

I have repackaged waldronate's excellent tutorial titled "Fractal Terrains Pro Tutorial". It is now available as a PDF document in the first post of this thread.

Regards,

Gary
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[Vandy]

Hi, All.

Just wanted to let you know that I've added ravells' Create a non-destructive editable map in Photoshop" tutorial to the post that includes tutorials from other members.

Regards,

Gary

[Korash]

Will someone please, Please, PLEASE sticky this thread already!?!?! :shock:

This is waaay too helpful to be relegated to the second page. At any time

Thanks muchly

[NeonKnight]

Will someone please, Please, PLEASE sticky this thread already!?!?! :shock:

This is waaay too helpful to be relegated to the second page. At any time

Thanks muchly

Ask and ye shall receive!

[Vandy]

Hello, All.

Thank you , NeonKnight, for stickying this thread. I really appreciate your doing so.

I want everyone to know that I haven't forgotten my "mission", rather, my on-line time have been rather curtailed. I work as a government contractor at the North Carolina National Guard and the UIS DoD has put a policy in place that limits you to one hour of Internet time per day to sites that are on a n approved list. Cartographers' Guild is not on the list.

Consequently, the onlhy time I can visit the site is in the evenings and weekends when there are a million other things pulling at my available time. I shall continue PDFing tutorials so, never fear, you that have tutorials waiting shall have them eventually PDFed.

Regards,

Gary

[zenram]

Well, i would like to join to this initiative, i already did one conversion without knowing it existed a post about it already.

I did a PDF version of jfrazierjr "Explanation of Layer Masks in GIMP(and PS)"

Im gonna add the file here, so you can leave your comment about the format and stuff. I would like to know if i can use the logos of the community, it would be great if we can have all those tutorials on one format and with the Cartographers logo on it.

(Maybe we can do a concentrated tome latter XD)

[Vandy]

Hello, All.

Well, after a V - E - R - Y long hiatus due to a variety of health-related, work-related and life-related issues, I've made my way back to The Carotographer's Guild. I've missed y'all and ceratinly hope all has been well with you.

I thought it only fitting that I "announce" my return by posting another PDF tutorial. In the first post of this thread, you'll find a new link in the Photoshop Tutorials section (at the end of the post). Available there is pyrandon's "A medieval town map in Photoshop" tutorial now offered as a "take-away" PDF document.

A question of help -- I've either completely forgotten how to attach a file as a URL link or the way to attach files has changed? I could only figure out to attach it "IN-LINE" which makes the PDF document a clickable thumbnail. Can attachments still be attached as a URL link? I sure like some help on this question, thanks.!

Looking forward to chatting with everyone again.

Regards,

Gary (Vandy)
Durham, NC USA

[Greason Wolfe]

Hey Vandy!

It's great to see you back with us. As for the attachment system, it has changed some with the forum upgrade. I'm not 100 percent sure about non-image attachments, but you should be able to attach files via the "Insert Attachment" button in the upload window. As I understand it, the "In-line" button serves in the same way as linking to a thumbnail image in user galleries not so long ago. Then again, I could be 100 percent wrong about all of that, but I'm sure that someone (maybe Arcana or RobA) will be along shortly to clarify the issue.

And again, Welcome Back!

GW

[ravells]

Hi Vandy! I wondered where you had got to! Welcome back!

[Ascension]

Glad to have ya back V-man.

[Steel General]

He lives, he lives!! Good to see you back. :)

If you click on the "Go Advanced" button and use "Manage Attachments", it gives you two options; "Insert Attchments" or "Insert Inline"

[hohum]

Since I can't seem to find this GIMP conversion of Ascension's tutorial anywhere, could we add it here? I posted the PDF here (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?4084-Award-Winner-My-atlas-style-in-PS&p=133248#post133248)

[Vandy]

Hi, All.

I wanted to let everyone know that I have taken ironmetal250's Hand drawn mtns. and other stylistic map elements for use in PS/GIMP (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?5664-Award-Winner-Hand-drawn-mtns.-and-other-stylistic-map-elements-for-use-in-PS-GIMP) and created a PDF tutorial out of it.

It is available in the Photoshop Tutorials section in the first post of this thread.

Enjoy!

Regards,

Vandy

[Vandy]

Hello, All.

I've created a link to kimey's excellent Nebula Tutorial (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?13582-Easy-Nebula-background-tutorial-(photoshop)). You'll find it in the second post of this thread on Page One.

Enjoy.

Regards,

Vandy

[Vandy]

Hello, All.

I have PDFized PeaceHeather's Paint.NET tutorial entitled Randomized-boundaries-terrain-of-your-choice-a-mini-tut-for-Paint.NET (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?13596-Randomized-boundaries-terrain-of-your-choice-a-mini-tut-for-Paint.NET).

It is available on Page one of this thread in the first post.

Enjoy.

Regards,

Vandy

[Vandy]

Hi, All.

Many thanks to arakish for turning Flawedspirit's excelent tutorial into a PDF document. I've linked the Realistic Land / Mountain Texture Made Easy (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30565&d=1288493649) tutorial in the Photoshop section in the second post on Page 1 of this thread.

Enjoy.

Regards,

Vandy

[Vandy]

Hi, All.

A question for you. I have been continuing to create, repackage and link tutorials to Post 1 and Post 2 of Page 1 in this thread BUT...

... I haven't been posting these new links in THIS thread. Rather, I've been posting the announcement in the thread from which the tutorial origniated.

Would you prefer I continue as in the second paragraph or, would you prefer I post the announcement in this thread as well?

Thanks.

Regards,

Vandy

[JoeyD473]

I would say if you can do both (and if it's not a huge pain in the neck) then you should

[arsheesh]

Hey there Vandy. I thought I'd pop in to let you know about a couple of new GIMP pdf tutorials:


Candicis' Antique-Style Maps in GIMP (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?15011-Antique-Style-Maps-in-Gimp) tutorial (based on Ascension's tut)
My own tutorials: Making Map Borders in GIMP (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?15037-Making-Map-Borders-in-GIMP), Eriond - A Tutorial for GIMP and Wilbur (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?18280-Eriond-A-Tutorial-for-GIMP-amp-Wilbur&p=182614#post182614) and Turning Maps into Globes in GIMP (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?16140-Turning-Maps-into-Globes-in-GIMP).


Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Chazsmyr]

Hello everybody.

Looks like my english ist too bad (I'm German), because I'm working with Giide's "Ascension's Atlas Tutorial in GIMP" (http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30650&d=1288649425) and have some problems there.

On Site 2 stands:


k. Switch to the Channels dialog (if you don't see it, you can make it appear by using the Windows Dockable Dialogs menu option. At the bottom of the channels dialog, click the new channel icon. Name
the new channel Coastline, and check the box for Initialize from Selection.

I don't understand what "... and check the box for Initialize from Selection." means. Which box must I checked in Gimp 2.6? I can't find any checkbox with the Name "Initialize from Selection" or anything like that (or a german counterpart).

Please don't let me walk in the dark.

Cincerely,

Chazsmyr

[Xebx]

Thank you very much for this useful post.

Salu2

From Hell...

[Rodan]

Thank you for the huge amount of reference material to learn from.

[Shadownox]

Hey there! I found this (http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?15185-Inkscape-Mapping-Basics&highlight=inkscape) tutorial by Hai-Etlik for inkscape already in pdf format and noticed it wasn't already in the index on here. Hopefully this helps in some way. I'm currently going through it (I decided to use inkscape) and I've found it to be pretty helpful. :D

[Kieserson]

Wow!!! At last - a How to do it in GIMP!!! Thanku so much.

[Sorpaw]

Thank you for putting the tutorials in one place! Learners like me thank you profusively!!

Sorpaw