Advice to enhance my world

[NeonKnight]

Well, I like your map, and I think to myself:

"WOW! If only he had CC3 to apply some effects to the map he already has!"

But then, that's me and I love CC3's versatility.

As to taking a map from CC2 and then utilising it in another program, I think (Think mind you), that you may need to save it in multiple files each time with only a certain layer exposed if you were wanting to take it into another program and work with it with individual layers.

[Midgardsormr]

As to taking a map from CC2 and then utilising it in another program, I think (Think mind you), that you may need to save it in multiple files each time with only a certain layer exposed ...

Word to the wise: I'm not sure if CC2 works the same way, but when I tried this method with CC3, I had limited success because CC3 stretched sheets with less area out to the same resolution as layers with lots of area.

I think I have a workaround, though. Create a hollow rectangle that encompasses the entire map and copy it to each layer before exporting. When you save the layers, CC will calculate the resolution based on that border and should keep everything the same size.

I haven't tried it yet, but I have high hopes.

Edit: I just noticed the names in the southern portion of the map. I didn't recognize it at first due to the license you took with the geography. Is this Randland post-Wheel of Time? Or did you just use the world as a seed and reimagine it?

[NeonKnight]

So I did a quick conversion of your map (DEAR LORD IT IS HUGE!)

Problem is, it is sooooooooo huge it is hard to get the various effects to look good from all views

But, here it is anyways.

[alucard339]

Thanks guys, I will download gimp and try it, then post the result.

I think; I'll ask CC3 for Christmas...

As for my world, here its story:

1999) I start reproducing the AD&D Birthright world with cc1 my landmass is the Anuire and Rjuirk kingdom inversed.

2001) We start to play D20 Sovering Stone campaign, so I decide reproduce the map, cause the one in the campaign book sucks.

2003) When they stop the S.S. campaign I made a quick check in my own books and create EL-Hazard with Vinnengael has Wheel of time.

20004) we finish the wheel of time adventure and we though it miss too many places for a normal world, so I went looking for something.

2005-2006) the final El-hazard world:
-Tromek = D20 Rokungan (Legend of 5 rings).
-Nimra = D&D Mystara, Azcan in the hollow world.
-Grak = D&D Mystara, kingdom of the orcs.
-Vinnengael = WoT for the country name and the general shape of the country + palladium rift medieval Timoro kingdom for the town and roads.
-Po'Gah = Dragonlance, south Ergoth island (made in 2001) + D20 swashbuckler (7th sea)
for the midnight archipelago.
-Dunkarga = AD&D Darksun + ravenloft Har'Akir domain.
-Trevenici = D20 slaine (a conan like campaign setting).
-Iceland = A made up ice country whit some childhood memory of Might & Magic 3.

I could post the whole world story + games rules, but you will have to read French...

[alucard339]

Here 3 maps made with cc:
- one is the 7th sea campaign
- one is Birthright anuire and Rjurik kingdom contour (with cc1)
- one is the original cc1 ergoth map

have fun looking at the old stuff.

[jaerdaph]

- one is the 7th sea campaign

I really like your 7th Sea map but it threw me for a loop for a minute - it's a mirror image of the original map in the book.

I love 7th Sea/Swashbuckling Adventures, and did some maps of the Glamour Isles in CC3 in this thread:

http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=596

[alucard339]

Here is my 3D test version for my gaming world. It's done in photoshop CS2. I've had a hard time with the mountain range cause I want to keep them the way they are to fit the cities at the same place.

I'm not sure about my choice of color for each country.

Also, I got a little problem: I wih to take this image back into my cc2 world (see 1st post) to replace the old landmass. I can't import the bmp version of this file in cc2, because it's too big. The only way, is to downsize the file to 25% and drop the resolution down to 72 dpi. But this small version is blury at best.

Any advice???

Does cc3 do a better job about import?

Thanks in advance,
alucard339