I didn't mean to hijack this thread
To keep the discussion going on random/programmatic street generation I have created this thread:
Techniques for street generation in cities over in the City Mapping forum.
-Rob A>
I didn't mean to hijack this thread
To keep the discussion going on random/programmatic street generation I have created this thread:
Techniques for street generation in cities over in the City Mapping forum.
-Rob A>
Rob: I don't feel you "hijacked" the thread at all! In fact, you and automeris are doing 100% exactly I wanted: improving that tutorial! I hope I can translate what you are doing in GIMP to Photoshop (the mosaic filters are actually quite different between the two), but I am excited about what you're doing; keep it up (in the other thread, now
If anyone else has any further suggestions/ improvements for the tutorial, please post it & let us all play with it!
Thanks again,
Don
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Don-
Can you repost the tutorial pdfs without the background? While it looks great on the screen I want to print it and can't afford the ink
TIA
-Rob A>
Great suggestion, Rob--although I sure liked that background!
I reposted both halves of the tutorial with plain white backgrounds.
Don
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Very nice tut! I'm working through it now (albeit very slowly, stupid work).
Thanks, MittenNinja--make sure to post the results so we can ooh & ahh you!
Also let me know if you see any problems or can suggest any improvements, ok? Thanks.
Don
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I've been working through your tutorial all day long on a city of mine I've been wanting to map out for a while. It's not a very complex city design, which is unfortunate. Your tutorial would be much better suited for a different city environ. Ahh well! That aside, here's the WIP.
I'm pretty sure I'm sitting at the most tedious step right now. :cry:
I should note that I was looking ahead in the tutorial and reviewing the different filters and embosses you used and I'm quite dismayed--I've gotten this far using Photoshop Elements, the $50 version of photoshop, and I say it's going to be quite difficult to do some of your nifty effects at the end. My building may look a bit dry.
I guess I'll have to experiment.
Hi, Jharviss and welcome to the Guild. I'm really glad to see your posting--great start! I like that island-bridge idea a lot.
By "the most tedious part" I'm sure you mean the side streets & alleys, right? I find it tedious too, & we've had some discussion in these boards about finding automated ways of performing the same task (good stuff; read it here), but "by hand" (or "by mouse" or "pen"...) remains my favorite. Two pieces of advice I can humbly offer: 1) take frequent breaks or else your hand will turn into a misshapen claw, ruining your chances at a hand modeling career, and 2) if you are following my esoteric ideals then you need only suggest the existence of side streets, not actually draw each & every one, therefore you can sort of "scribble" a bit vs. having to painstakingly place each one.
The Photoshop Elements is an issue. As I state in the tutorial, I used CS2. If you do find a method in Elements would you mind letting me know so I can put that in the tutorial too?
And make sure to keep posting/updating your image, ok?: I love it!
Don
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The results look great, so I am definitely going to take a look at the tutorial
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I have had little to no experience with using Photo Shop and additionally have never attempted to create my own fantasy map. I followed the tutorial and 12 hours later I had my first map. I am so pleased with being able to create anything on Photo Shop and want to offer Pyrandon my sincere thanks for developing and sharing his well put together tutorial.