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Today, 01:44 PM

torstan replied to a thread The Universe of After Earth in Finished Maps

These are for the expanded universe around the film. The look and feel is quite different from the film itself. Thanks for the rep!

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Today, 12:00 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread Weather for my planet Anicca in Regional/World Mapping

Ah, thanks! I'd figured the Coriolis force played into it, but I hadn't thought through what actual effect of the pressure zones would have on the...

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Yesterday, 09:20 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread The Aralor Empire and the lands to the north-west in Regional/World Mapping

The darkness is easy enough to fix: Just turn down the opacity a bit. I agree with - Max -: at the size you're going to be showing these, the simpler...

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Yesterday, 09:11 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread {Texture Source} New Papertextures on CG-Texture in General Discussion

Nope, you should be safe. Just don't use the textures to make a map construction pack or token set or something like that. Free Textures from...

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Yesterday, 08:48 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread Weather for my planet Anicca in Regional/World Mapping

I had not known that. If you can explain it in a few words, what is the cause of this phenomenon?

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Yesterday, 08:19 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread {Texture Source} New Papertextures on CG-Texture in General Discussion

It just means that if you use one of those textures, you cannot distribute the resulting map under a Creative Commons (CC) license. You can still do...

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Yesterday, 05:16 PM

torstan started a thread The Universe of After Earth in Finished Maps

I've not been around for a while - and this is the reason this time :) I'm talking to the guys there about what I can share directly, but you...

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Yesterday, 03:09 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread {Texture Source} New Papertextures on CG-Texture in General Discussion

Do be aware that, while the CG Textures license is extremely generous, it does specifically prohibit use of the textures in work licensed under...

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Yesterday, 03:03 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread Illustrator vs inkscape in Software Discussion

I have never heard anyone mention any capabilities that Inkscape has and Illustrator does not. Illustrator is the tool of choice for many...

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Yesterday, 02:57 PM

RobA replied to a thread simple wood-cut wave lines tutorial in Tutorials/How-To

To complete this reference, here are a number of other tutorials posted on the wood-cut style (though you'd have to have been here a while to...

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Yesterday, 02:26 PM

RobA replied to a thread Busy Guild Problem in Site Tech Support

Gee Whiz. A guy takes a vacation and everything goes to hell! Glad to see things got worked out :P -Rob A>

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Yesterday, 02:11 PM

RobA replied to a thread Subtle 3D River Banks in GIMP/Photoshop in Tutorials/How-To

This is also the manual method of making an emboss or bevel! Also, you might also use shades and tints of the background colour rather than black...

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Yesterday, 01:34 PM

RobA replied to a thread commission boards in Site Tech Support

I'll take a look and see what options are possible with the forum software, and discuss it with the other folks behind the scenes. I can...

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Yesterday, 01:33 PM

RobA replied to a thread {Tech-Question} Prefessional Artist Name Tagg in Site Tech Support

I took care of that for you, now that I am back from vacation. -Rob A>

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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, 08:37 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread The Aralor Empire and the lands to the north-west in Regional/World Mapping

I actually really like the mountain brushes you made above, although they could definitely use some refinement. I have a feeling that you're pretty...

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05-23-2013, 08:07 PM

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

I'd say this tutorial is useful in pretty well any graphics editor, so you may wish to omit Xara from the title so people don't bypass it.

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05-23-2013, 07:58 PM

Midgardsormr replied to a thread Photoshop Bevel/emboss question in Software Discussion

You can add a texture to the effect. In the sidebar to the left, there should be two subcategories called Contour and Texture. If you click on...

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