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05-23-2013, 10:11 PM

Gamerprinter started a thread Quick & Dirty Map Tutorial #4: Creating Water Effects with Depth in Tutorials/How-To

Quick & Dirty Map Tutorial #3: Creating water effects with depth As with all Q&D tutorials, no screen captures, nor detailed tool explanations -...

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05-23-2013, 10:07 PM

Gamerprinter replied to a thread Quick & Dirty Tutorial: How to deal with ugly repeating tile graphics, hide them in Tutorials/How-To

Good idea! I'll get one of the CLs to change the titles to this and my other Quick & Dirty tutorial. Now I'll post a new one, and leave Xara out...

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05-23-2013, 04:35 PM

Gamerprinter started a thread Quick & Dirty Tutorial: How to deal with ugly repeating tile graphics, hide them in Tutorials/How-To

Quick and Dirty Map Tutorial #2: How to deal with ugly repeating tiled graphics - hide them! No screen shots, nor detailed explanation of tools -...

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05-21-2013, 06:00 PM

ravells replied to a thread May 2013 Entry: Pritior in Current Mapping Challenge

This is just amazing work. Absolutely wonderful.

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05-21-2013, 05:55 PM

ravells replied to a thread May 2013 Entry: An Isolated Valley in Current Mapping Challenge

Simply amazing. Congratulations on a fantastic piece of work. Now all you need is the kickstarter.

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05-19-2013, 02:25 PM

Gamerprinter started a thread Quick & Dirty Tutorial: Creating a Path through Forest in Tutorials/How-To

Someone was asking me about using Xara to create a path through the forest. My problem is that I use an older version of the software, Xara Xtreme...

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05-13-2013, 03:12 PM

ravells replied to a thread Greetings! in Member Introductions

Welcome to the Guild!

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05-13-2013, 03:01 PM

ravells replied to a thread I see a world through a glass darkly in How Do I ???

Start with a sketch using pencil and paper. Move features around until they are consistent with whatever explanatory text you've made up for them -...

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05-13-2013, 09:56 AM

ravells replied to a thread TreeThing in Mapping Elements

Ramah, I'm happy to give someting to you now for everything you've done with TTT! Tell me you've got a paypal account and the associated email...

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05-11-2013, 08:14 PM

ravells started a thread Directory Opus - File Manager for Windows in Software Discussion

Dopus was on offer on Bits Du Jour today so I thought I'd give it a go. I looked up the reviews which were pretty impressive. I've always been...

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05-10-2013, 08:04 PM

ravells replied to a thread Skandinavia in 1368 in Regional/World Mapping

Absolutely stunning! I wonder if might be worth knocking back the pure black of the border by just a tiny bit.

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05-10-2013, 02:36 AM

Gamerprinter replied to a thread Building maps for existing (published) settings in General Discussion

If something should go wrong regarding a Wizards of the Coast owned map that you've created and posted online, a cease and desist order from WotC, or...

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05-09-2013, 04:28 PM

Gamerprinter replied to a thread Building maps for existing (published) settings in General Discussion

Two answers for this: 1. If a map created for an existing published setting is not intended for sale, posted only here (for example), I don't see...

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05-09-2013, 05:21 AM

ravells replied to a thread I need your vote for Spaceflight Training in General Discussion

Like Jax, I have too many things eating away at my time. Twitter has now served its purpose and I shall not look at it again!

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05-09-2013, 04:27 AM

ravells replied to a thread Adobe Creative Suite is on the chopping block in Software Discussion

From the Adobe Website FAQ: Do I need ongoing Internet access to use my Creative Cloud desktop applications? ...

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05-08-2013, 05:31 PM

ravells replied to a thread Fantasy Town Map in Finished Maps

That's really pretty! Well done and thank you for making your resources free for the community to use!

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05-08-2013, 10:39 AM

ravells replied to a thread How do i get my PS Channel to show in Layers? in How Do I ???

Hi Smithy I'm not sure what it is you're trying to do here. If what you are after is lessening the opacity of the sea around the coast in a feathered...

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05-08-2013, 07:58 AM

ravells started a thread Ordinance Survey Mapping Resources Page in Mapping Elements

Lots of links here to various mapping resources on the web. Ordnance Survey Blog » Map design: a list of helpful online resources

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05-07-2013, 09:56 AM

ravells replied to a thread Adobe Creative Suite is on the chopping block in Software Discussion

I can see lots of reasons for Adobe to want to move to the cloud model. Harder to pirate (I'm guessing) as you will probably need an internet...

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05-07-2013, 04:33 AM

Gamerprinter replied to a thread Delimma - Purist or non purist in General Discussion

I generally don't design worlds - only small continents or smaller (unless I'm commissioned otherwise), so I don't worry about it. If commissioned, I...

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05-07-2013, 01:43 AM

ravells started a thread How to create a starfield in Tutorials/How-To

Good tutorial here artofgregmartin.com v. xiv

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05-06-2013, 07:34 PM

ravells replied to a poll *** April Challenge VOTING - Using Dwarf Fortress ASCII Maps as a Source *** in Mapping Challenge Archive

Great competition all, and congrats to Schwarzkreuz!!!

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05-06-2013, 06:15 PM

ravells replied to a thread Need some help to get my map ready in Regional/World Mapping

LOL, my fault I meant to transfer this to a different part of the site. Done now for you. So much of this is just practice and playing around. If...

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