Reply With QuoteGuys, thank you so much for this.
It has been an excellent start for me to research what programs I should learn and/or what is right for me.
Raster (bought) [e.g. Photoshop, PaintShopPro, Painter]
Raster (free) [e.g. GIMP]
Vector (bought) [e.g. Illustrator, Corel Draw, Xara]
Vector (free) [e.g. Inkscape]
Vector (Symbol driven) [e.g. CC, Dunjinni]
Online Generator [e.g. City Map Generator, Fractal World Generator]
Fractal Generator [e.g. Fractal Terrains]
3d modelling [e.g. Bryce, Vue Infinite, Blender]
Scanned hand drawn maps
Drawing Tablet and pen [e.g. Wacom]
Looking at learning more about using GIMP, Inkscape initially and when finances allow buying CC3 and adding features over time. I have knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator but don't own them....plus stuck on a 32bit OS at this time so no Adobe CC sub
Guys, thank you so much for this.
It has been an excellent start for me to research what programs I should learn and/or what is right for me.
I have CC3, and I can't seem to get part of a map to copy into a different map with a different scale.
I will have to try Wilbur, and I guess I need to redownload gimp
I like CC3, but have problems changing the background color. I get a pop up that say that "there is no layer with this name freeze background" but when I look at the sheets it is at the top of the list with an F in the box.
If a layer is frozen it can't be edited. On check the frozen box then you can change the entity
95% Of the maps that I have created are hand drawn, scanned and edited in photoshop. Sometimes, there isn't any editing done at all. Sketchup is another tool that I have recently started to use to bring my maps to life.
Darcy
I use CC3 and FT3 for mapping. I used to do a lot of mapping till about 5 years ago (and was pretty active on the old CC2 mailing list), now I'm getting back into it again.
I like to demo software, but I agree with Gamerprinter, buy it.
Me too. Trying to learn Gimp.
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