Here is a map I'm currently working on. Not much yet, just have the layout and the mountains so far. Trying to stay active on the forums. Hard to do when you work every day.But anyways Enjoy!
Manaizin Progress.JPG
Manaizin
Here is a map I'm currently working on. Not much yet, just have the layout and the mountains so far. Trying to stay active on the forums. Hard to do when you work every day.But anyways Enjoy!
Manaizin Progress.JPG
Pretty.
Welcome to the forums...
Sigurd
Looking good!
Hi to a fellow newbee!
The map looks very interesting - thanks for the the inspiration.
Are doing the map in CC2 or CC3?
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Nice start, Desktop! One piece of advice if you are using CC2 - remember that you can make your own colour palletes and not rely on the default one which (imo) is quite garish and oversaturated for the style of map that CC symbols favour. (I'm sure you can do this in CC3 as well, but I don't have it, so can't really comment).
Also, by using your own colour pallete, the map becomes more individual and looks less like a 'default' CC map. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the look is becoming a bit cliched. The best CC maps I have seen are ones which I would have never have guessed were drawn in CC.
As a start, try adjusting the colours (easy to do in CC where you can change all instances of the same colour in one operation) and see what you come up with!
Then, if you really want to get adventurous, try making a few of your own symbols as well!
Last edited by ravells; 06-18-2008 at 12:34 PM.
Very nice work, DesktopDragon! Welcome to The Guild.
Yes, you can still make custom palettes in CC3, and in fact, CC3 now handles custom palettes much better than CC2. In CC2/CC2 Pro, the palette location was "hardwired" to the software code, and to make your own custom palatte you had to "swap out" the new .PAL file with the same name as the default .PAL file included with CC2 (after making a backup of the original of course) - it was very clunky and cumbersome. In CC3, you can now have multiple color palettes, and you can also attach a palatte to a map so it travels with it. For more info, see this article in the Help files:Originally Posted by ravells
Understanding Colors in CC3
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Thanks for Link Jaerdaph! I'll take a look at this and try out a few palettes.
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