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Any ideas why my mountain has turned out so bad. Ive tried the mountain tutorial 3 orv 4 times now and I'm sure I've done it step by step, but keep getting the same results as above.
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Any ideas why my mountain has turned out so bad. Ive tried the mountain tutorial 3 orv 4 times now and I'm sure I've done it step by step, but keep getting the same results as above.
I am having the same problem whit Holdenburg and would really appreciate if someone could help out.
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I'm sure had a similar problem which seemed to be caused by not removing the selection created in step 10. The only clue to it being removed is an identical selection being created agin in step 27. I went back and managed to correct it, removing the selection before step 16.
I assume the Colours->Levels... and Colours->Curves... changes are constrained to the selected areas. I can't recreate the effect exacly right now but my mountain are surrouned by a pronounced ditch and glacis effect. Maybe the 640 by 400 image I'm playing with is too small...
When you modify curves, etc... you need to unselect the selection, did you do it?
Last edited by DragonLord; 01-06-2013 at 05:13 PM.
Hi Holdenburg,
If I had to guess, you're missing a mask on the mountain layer(s). The mountain techniques I use include a mask on the color and bump map layers associated with the mountains. Without them they don't blend well at all, and you could expect to see something like this.
Hey there folks, thanks a lot for the compliments and thanks for using my revision of RobA's tutorial. Unfortunately I am in school during the fall and spring and working fulltime all year, so the only time I really get a chance to work on my cartography is during winter break and the summer. I'll try to go through the posts here and see if I can clarify some of the steps where people were having problems. I'll post the revision when I get it done.
Thanks again! And happy mapping!
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