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The basics still done in CC3 i think? - everything you see in that image is made in CC3 manualy by me also that table and the paper, drawn by my newbie hands.
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Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Nothing special, i only figured out that it's better to use more single vegetation symbols (for example simple tree) and click them more times and make a better-looking layout of some forest than fill it with the forest_bitmap_symbols and only insert the symbols around the area of the forest so it won't look like it's only filled with .bmp.
I was inspired by the default pergamen map located in the normal CC3 installation named 'Khalil' or something like that. So the only thing i changed from the first colored map is that i've inserted all the symbols forests & mountains manualy one by one and filled unused area... it seems that a more simple-looking map makes the feelings about it better than it was colorized...
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Very nice, and for an admitted 'noob' one you should well be proud of. Much better than anything I ever produced in CC.
I dub thee newly repped *bonk*
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I am wondering, do the symbols you used come with CC3 Nikes? As the hours pass I feel myself getting more and more enthused by your latest work
This map is a fine example of what you can do with this software I think. With most maps I can immediately tell if it has been done with CC3. This map has a more unique feel to it!
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Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
The simple linework symbols actually came with CC2. There should be a folder with the older CC2 symbols somewhere in the CC3 directory structure. I used the same mountains in my first CC map (it's in my gallery if you're interested). Actually, I used a similar grey inner glow on my landform, too.
Very nicely done!
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A .PNG file with dimensions 3600x2400 :'( when i was creating it i though it will be big enough, so i put there only 1000 x YYYY (forgot), but after exporting the image from the tool, i did set up 3600x2400 and it was PNG with the size of 11 MB, therefor that quality!
Last edited by nikes; 12-30-2008 at 11:57 AM.
All the symbols and all the bitmap fill styles are from CC2, i did import it and it can be found in the folder Maps/Line/Varicolor - varicolor folder symbols are the same like that folder before, but in varicolor, whole symbols are colorized to the color you set up.
The /Line folder is used for the same symbols, but they have got a part of it colorized (for example a green hill with a bit brown color on it, or a vulcano mountain with colorized lava...) i desided to use the varicolor (black) because it's nice on the parchment!
From what I can see it's pretty nice (it stop loading after about an inch and half down the screen and that took 5 minutes). I'm sure that I'll like it even more if I can see more of it.
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