[Award Winner ] Creating an old-school map in Gimp.

[MadCartographer]

Here is me trying my hand at your Tut. Using CC3.

I hope you like it. BTW, thanks for the tut, well done!

[Geleg]

Thanks very much for this useful tutorial. It's helping me render my hand-drawn beauties into, well, better-drawn beauties!

Still, I do have a question. I'm using the current version of GIMP (2.6.11), which seems to have some differences to it. I'm stuck at the point of trying to add doors to my map. I've got a third layer ('doors'), I've got your 'doors2.png' saved to the clipboard, and am able to paste it to the center of the canvas, but I am unable to move the darned thing. This is undoubtedly my own incompetence, as I have very little familiarity with any of these computer-generated art programs. But it's a bit frustrating. I've clicked the 'rectangle select tool' from the toolbox, and when I hover over the door image that appears in the center of the map, I get an anchor and a small square with 'marching ants' (as you called it), but no move arrows. If I click it just inserts in the center of the canvas.

I'd appreciate any help from you pros!

thanks,

Geleg

edit: I read Sheelon666's posts on the previous page and they mirrored my problems. His fix of zooming in has helped me finally grab ahold of the door icon and move it. I may have solved my own problem. Thanks anyway!

[death_jester]

This thread is all kinds of awesome! Thank you very much for taking the time to post it for us newbies.

Peace
Jester

[Axiom]

This looks like a great tutorial! Does anyone know if it will work with Photoshop?