R. Talsorian Games is hiring Cartographers
JulianDracos
Mapmaker
Since there are so many people on here that are good at map making, I thought I would pass along info I ran across. R. Talsorian Games is looking to hire someone to do battlemaps and eventually world/city maps for The Witcher and Cyberpunk Red.
Here is the info if anyone is interested: https://rtalsoriangames.com/2021/03/10/seeking-cartographers/
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Hi Julian, thanks for posting this.
I sent them an "I'm interested email" a couple of days ago and haven't heard back yet. I'm guessing they're receiving a lot of them. It'll be very interesting to see what kind of, if any, response I get.
I just happened to be on their website. I do not know how broad the message has gotten. I can't say how many people have sent them messages, but I do know it is a a small company so it would not surprise me if it takes awhile to respond. Good luck with this.
So I'm thinking I might want to reach out about this, but I'm wondering about the requirement for producing stuff at 600 dpi CMYK. Is this something that can be done with the materials we have in the program?
600 dpi is just 4950 by 7050 pixels for a full standard page, that's less than the images I render for the atlas.
CC3+ doesn't do CMYK, but image files can be converted in many image editors. Of course, since CMYK is designed primarily for print purposes, you need a properly calibrated screen to really be able to see the image the exact same way it will end up on the printer.
As for CMYK, you can get converters for GIMP. Affinity Designer or Publisher should be able to convert RGB to CMYK. It is currently 50% off, so $25. Or, if you happen to have Adobe, you can use that. The color profile for CMYK is most often US Web Coated (SWOP) v2. The goal of the converters is to change the CMYK printer profile to match as close as possible the RGB of your screen. If it really matters to the publisher, they will tell you what ICC color profile to use. You can then easily add them to your monitor settings in Windows 10 to try to replicate the CMYK color display experience.
Good luck to those who apply.