That's pretty cool. I'm immediately wondering if I could use this to create a tree pattern for regional-style maps.
That's pretty cool. I'm immediately wondering if I could use this to create a tree pattern for regional-style maps.
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There is a superb technique for trees that someone discovered on Cartotalk that involves a monochromatic noise filter and a bevel. It wouldn't match the scale of this grass, but it would be good for regional to wide local maps. I used the technique on the Mennin's Hallow map to good effect.
Here's the thread I found it in: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=1139
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
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I was looking at the exact same tut over at photoshoplady the other day. I haven't tried it yet, but I will get on it.
I haven't be able to produce trees that look as good as the tutorial. I'm not sure I'm following the directions correctly, as they get a bit confusing. It sounds like you need a pre-existing photo of a forest to get good results.
I really like this grass tutorial though. Very, very simple.
The tut is a bit difficult to follow, but it does work, and you don't need a photo for it. If I remember when I get back home in a week or so, I'll try to elucidate it.
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
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OK, so I tried this and I'm wondering...what's the point of the useless brown layer and the useless first noise layer? They don't show through unless you change a blend mode. Is there a step missing?
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps
That would be great!Originally Posted by Midgardsormr
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