[Award Winner] Saderan – a tutorial

[Gregdufutur]

Hello! I found this tutorial and gave it a go, I'm pretty happy with the results from a 3 hours effort. Thanks alot!

[justkae]

here's mine. this tutorial was great, although mixed up a little.

I also used a combination of the Ascention/Jindari tutorial and a great coastlines one.

((i joined the forum so i could post this))

[jamessmithe]

hi newbie here

[justkae]

I know I come here for a little validation, so here's the opinion of a random stranger

these maps are my favourite

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ll=1#post91170

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ll=1#post92322

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ll=1#post92879

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ll=1#post97455

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post154030

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post169323

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post190904

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post198141 (circle bro)

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post230477 phoenix

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post292850

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post333937 someone answer this

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...l=1#post347268

[justkae]

This is a 101-step photoshop cc+ (mostly) keyboard shortcut tutorial

1. Ctrl+N, “new map”, 521x521
2. Alt+T, Render, Clouds
3. Ctrl+Shift+N, “paint layer”, 50%
4. Alt-L, New Adjustment Layer, Threshold
5. Paint PAINT LAYER
6. Ctrl+A
7. Shift+Ctrl+C
8. Ctrl+V, “land”
9. Delete “temp” layer
10. Ctrl+S+C, Select Black Area (aka ocean)
11. Delete
12. Select Layer “paint layer”
13. Ctrl+Shift+N, “water”, 75%
14. Shift+Backspace, #617a82
15. Ctrl+Shift+N, “deep ocean”, 66%
16. Create Selection from “land” | Ctrl+Click
17. Ctrl+Shift+I
18. Alt+S, M, C, 25px
19. Alt+S, M, F, 15px
20. Alt+F
21. Alt+T, Render, Difference Clouds
22. Ctrl+F
23. Ctrl+F
24. Ctrl+Shift+N, “texture”, 20%
25. Alt+Ctrl+G
26. Shift+Backspace, Patterns, Wrinkles
27. Ctrl+Shift+N, “shallows”, 66%
28. Create Selection from “land” | Ctrl+Click
29. Alt+S, M, E, 10px
30. Alt+S, M, F, 10px
31. Shift+Backspace, #ffffff
32. Ctrl+Shift+N, “shallows copy”, Overlay, 66%
33. Lock Transparent Pixels
34. Alt+T, Render, Clouds
35. Ctrl+Shift+N, “ocean texture”, Overlay, 25%
36. Shift+Backspace, Rock Patterns, Rock Wall
37. Ctrl+Shift+N, “elevation”, 80%
38. Shift+Backspace, 50% Gray
39. Alt+L, M, H
40. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Bevel and Emboss, Chisel Soft, 1000%, 10, Angle: 120, Highlight Screen, 100%, Shadow Multiply: 50%
b. Pattern Overlay, Overlay, Rock Patterns, Rock Wall
41. Paint ELEVATION layer mask
a. B (Shift+B), Sponge Brush Projection, 20%
42. Select “land”
43. Create Selection from “land” | Ctrl+click
44. Alt+L, M, V
45. Alt+I, A, L, 32, 1.00, 255
46. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Stroke, 1, 66%, #004654
b. Inner Glow, Screen, 25%, #895f15, Precise, 12
c. Outer Glow, Overlay, 15%, #ffffff, Precise, 12
d. Bevel and Emboss, Chisel Soft, 1, Highlight Overlay, 10%, Shadow Overlay, 20%
47. Ctrl+Shift+N, “earth”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check
48. Shift+Backspace, #c9ad88
49. Ctrl+Shift+N, “elevation”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check, Overlay, 75%
50. Shift+Backspace | #8e6348
51. Alt+L, M, H
52. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Bevel and Emboss, 300%, 6, Highlight Overlay, 75%, Shadow Multiply, 20%
i. Contour: 50%
53. ELEVATION layer mask
a. Alt+T, Render, Clouds
b. Alt+T, Render, Difference Clouds
54. Ctrl+F
55. Ctrl+F
56. Ctrl+Shift+N, “hills”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check, 25%
57. Shift+Backspace, Rock Patterns, Rock Wall
58. Alt+L, M, H
59. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Outer Glow, #536e46
b. Bevel and Emboss, Chisel Soft, 300%, 5, Highlight Overlay, 100%, Shadow Multiply, 50%
c. Pattern Overlay, Rock Patterns, Gravel, 75%, 25%
60. Paint HILLS layer mask
61. Ctrl+Shift+N, “mountains”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check, Soft Light, 50%
62. Shift+Backspace, Rock Patterns, Rock Wall
63. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Bevel and Emboss, Chisel Soft, 41, Highlight Overlay, 100%, Shadow Multiply, 75%, #000652
64. Alt+L, M, H
65. Paint MOUNTAINS layer mask
66. Ctrl+Shift+N, “peaks”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check, 25%
67. Shift+Backspace, Patterns, Metal Landscape
68. Alt+L, M,
69. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Bevel and Emboss, Chisel Soft, 50%, 71, Highlight Overlay, 100%, Shadow Multiply, 75%
i. Contour: 15%
70. Paint PEAKS layer mask
71. Ctrl+Shift+N, “dirt”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check, Overlay, 10%
72. Shift+Backspace, Rock Patterns, Dirt
73. Ctrl+Shift+N, “ice”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check, Hard Light, 50%
74. Shift+Backspace, #ffffff
75. Alt+T, Noise, Add Noise, 10%
76. Alt+L, M, H
77. Paint ICE layer mask
78. Select “earth”
79. Ctrl+Shift+N, “grass”
80. Shift+Backspace, #4b7f4f
81. Alt+T, G
a. Texture, Grain, 10, 50
b. Ctrl+N, Palette Knife, 3, 3, 5
82. Alt+T, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 1,0
83. Alt+T, Noise, Add Noise, 2%
84. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Bevel and Emboss, 50%, 4
i. Texture: Rock Patterns, Dirt, 45%, 50%
b. Pattern Overlay, Color Burn, Rock Patterns, Granite, 50%
85. Alt+L, M, H
86. Paint GRASS layer mask
87. Select “peaks”
88. Ctrl+Shift+N, “forest”, Multiply, 33%
89. Shift+Backspace, #7b996d
90. Alt+T, Noise, Add Noise, 10% (or Ctrl+F, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+F)
91. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Bevel and Emboss, 150%, 4, Highlight Overlay, 100%, Shadow Overlay, 100%
i. Texture: Rock Patterns, Granite, 300%
ii. Contour, 50%
b. Pattern Overlay, Multiply, Patterns, Wrinkles
c. Drop Shadow, Darken, 50%, 8, 8
92. Alt+L, M, H
93. Paint FOREST layer mask
94. Select “ice”
95. Ctrl+Shift+N, “texture”, Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mask: Check, Soft Light, Fill with Soft-Light-neutral color (50% Gray): Check
96. Alt+L, Y, N
a. Pattern Overlay, Artist Surfaces, Soft Light, Gauche Light on Watercolor, 43%
97. Layer | Alt+L, New Adjustment Layer, Brightness/Contrast, Contrast, 35%
98. Layer | Alt+L, New Adjustment Layer, Levels, Output Levels, 25, 255
99. Alt+L, New Adjustment Layer, Hue/Saturation, Saturation, -15
100. Ctrl+Shift+N, “paper structure”, Overlay, 33%
101. Shift+Backspace, Artist Surfaces, Guache Light on Watercolor

(inspired by jinari's ascension pdf)

[fabian_]

Excellent tutorial ! Thanks you very much !

This is what I get :



However, I'm quite unsatisfied with my forest. I work in French in PS CS5 and couldn't find the "Wrinkles" pattern in my software for the forest pattern.
Any suggestion for improve it ?

[Xanth de Orlig]

First off, thanks for the tutorial, was well explained and easy to follow. Learned quite a few new tricks and techniques using layers, masks, and clipping, which is a huge help for me, as I have just began down this road of 'drawing' ... more of a writer than artist as it were.

Figured I'd share what I came up with for giggles.




Thanks again, looking forward to trying out more tutorials, and honing my skills a bit more!

[Trav1230]

What a great intro tutorial. I have Adobe PS and never thought of it as a good map making tool. I do now, thanks to this. I see it's an older thread, but it's still terrific. Thanks!

[Wired]

Thanks for this great tutorial that I finally found the time and courage to tackle!

[Stìophan]

Hey guys, I've just recently joined the Guild and have posted my first attempts using Saderan in the General mapping section. I was wondering does anyone know what colour range and textures would be good for a swamp/marsh or salt desert or salt pan layer?

Great tutorial by the way Tear!