• Ascensions' Atlas style in Photoshop

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    Ascension
    Published on 05-08-2010 09:27 PM
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    I might be giving away the farm on this one, since I consider this to be my best style, but since I like to teach and make a tut for just about everything -- I present to you my atlas style. It's not meant to be the end-all be-all but rather an introductory course...where you can take it and adapt and change things as you see fit. I know my tuts tend to be lengthy and sometimes difficult so I'll do my best to help you out with any questions/problems you might have.
    This article was originally published in forum thread: [Award Winner] My atlas style in PS started by Ascension View original post
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    1. Stupidottero's Avatar
      Stupidottero - 09-10-2013, 05:46 PM
      Oh my god!!! This is very cool! Thank you very much my friend!
    1. David Welliver's Avatar
      David Welliver - 11-22-2013, 11:38 AM
      Just getting started in my cartographer hobby and I am hopeful this helps. Thanks for the tips.
    1. Packleader's Avatar
      Packleader - 01-09-2014, 09:43 PM
      I'm having problems on step 21, When you want to inverse the base layer. I'm able to Ctrl-click on the base layer, once it's "selected" or when I see small lines running along the outside of the map. However when I go to select and press Inverse, it errors me and says "No pixels have been selected". This has been frustrating as I can't seem to inverse any of my other layers either. I'm using Photoshop CC btw. Any help would be appreciated.
    1. whitehorn's Avatar
      whitehorn - 01-20-2014, 06:38 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Packleader View Post
      I'm having problems on step 21, When you want to inverse the base layer. I'm able to Ctrl-click on the base layer, once it's "selected" or when I see small lines running along the outside of the map. However when I go to select and press Inverse, it errors me and says "No pixels have been selected". This has been frustrating as I can't seem to inverse any of my other layers either. I'm using Photoshop CC btw. Any help would be appreciated.
      I second this problem. CS6
    1. Daendyr19's Avatar
      Daendyr19 - 02-15-2014, 08:36 AM
      I have a question. Is it possible to change the land after everything is completed? Like add new lakes, mountains, and coastlines.
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      Airik Rotscale - 03-07-2014, 05:08 AM
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      Thanks for the info. I used the Kindari revision of your Atlas style for my fantasy setting. Very cool, and easy to do! I used thicker rivers because I wanted them to show up better, and I used a bit of texture to create my forests. Thanks again for your guide!
    1. Tomuo's Avatar
      Tomuo - 09-11-2014, 11:09 AM
      One of the best tutorials out there.
    1. Yon's Avatar
      Yon - 11-19-2014, 04:27 AM
      Great tutorial, very helpful. Thanks a lot.
    1. hacki's Avatar
      hacki - 02-11-2015, 06:17 AM
      Thank you for this outstanding tutorial! It worked perfectly fine
    1. CullZeroEight's Avatar
      CullZeroEight - 08-07-2015, 11:40 AM
      LOVE this style and the tutorial is much appreciated! I got started creating my own "atlas"-style world and things were proceeding nicely (at least, for a relative PS novice). Then I discovered that Adobe removed the lighting effects in PSE 12! Obviously that's a key in getting the look of this style. DREAMS CRUSHED!

      Oh well, I may try and fumble my way forward anyhow and see if I can accomplish it with some other methods.
    1. Hagakuri's Avatar
      Hagakuri - 09-20-2016, 04:55 PM
      Thank you for this tutorial, it is a great help.
    1. Sheznaki's Avatar
      Sheznaki - 01-19-2017, 06:32 AM
      Thanks for the tutorial, i found it to be quite interested and a good read.
    1. johux's Avatar
      johux - 04-14-2017, 04:50 PM
      Excellent tutorial.
    1. HellhoundNL's Avatar
      HellhoundNL - 05-13-2017, 05:31 PM
      Thanks for this tutorial!!! but some things doesn't work in CS6 version of photoshop. everytime I need to inverse I delete the wrong one and the section about borders, I don't understand what you ment by it, can you please help?

      Kind regards from holland
    1. Wildeman40's Avatar
      Wildeman40 - 11-30-2017, 08:10 AM
      thank you for the tutorial!
    1. notthemessiah's Avatar
      notthemessiah - 12-20-2017, 06:39 PM
      Just found this tutorial through reddit, and it's great! Just one question though. I'm sort of a newbie to photoshop and mapmaking. I've already got the basic outlines of some landmasses that I want to use. I'd like to make their coastlines look more realistic and add all the details found in this tutorial. How would I alter these instructions so that I don't have to use randomized land shapes?
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