WIP - My first map

[Jaxilon]

Ok, I can now put names on paths...seems like a pain but alright.

I changed the color on the Keep and softened up the town icon a bit. Still not sure if it's what I want but..

I have to put some names on the forest road and I'm not sure how it's going to look since it's kind of dark I am unsure of how the effects work/fail on pathways so that will be my next experiment.

I also moved the rivers off the highpoints so hopefully those make more sense.

I really appreciate the helpful suggestions guys, thanks.

[RobA]

Ok, I can now put names on paths...seems like a pain but alright.

I agree. The workflow for text on a path in Gimp is poor. I like to export my maps as a jpg, then import that into Inkscape, do my labeling there, then export the SVG text out as a transparent PNG and back into Gimp (or just use open as layers with the SVG file.)

-Rob A>

[Jaxilon]

RobA > Thanks for the method of moving between Gimp & Inkscape, I was wanting to try but didn't know the best way to go about it.

Gandwarf> The icons were originally made by Ramah and posted elsewhere on this site. I did clean them up a bit, warped the tower a tad, painted them added some shadows, then blurred them up a bit but they are pretty close to his. I could draw my own but I'd rather not do it with my mouse. I hope to get some better input devices in the future.

The red lettering believe it or not is actually the Leather pattern in Gimp. I used the default drop shadow but I'm not married to it although I kind of like the way the floating words left the image of the painted map intact...at least that's how I saw it. Almost as if they are not really part of the picture. Then again, I have yet to put it over that forest there and I'm not sure how that's going to pan out. I'll try that glow effect next.

[Jaxilon]

I like to export my maps as a jpg, then import that into Inkscape, do my labeling there, then export the SVG text out as a transparent PNG and back into Gimp (or just use open as layers with the SVG file.)

I seem to be having issues making this happen...I have Gimp 2.6. From Inkscape the only export I see is as a bitmap. I'll keep trying but for now I have my labels in Inkscape and can't seem to get them back to Gimp.

I did get the .PNG file to open in Gimp but the colors on the labels were all toast. Do I just use Inkscape to make the fonts on the paths and then re-color them in Gimp? Only problem is the .PNG has no layers so I'm down to having to try and scrape the letters off the page to manipulate them

[Jaxilon]

Well this is the PNG I exported out of Inkscape...unfortunately although it is 2 layers in Inkscape, after saving it and then trying to open it in Gimp it comes in as only a single layer. I suppose I could just make more layers and keep going but there is no going back to the various layers I had before.