Arcane
Highland_Piper
Surveyor
Just the start of my campaign world in CC3. Much work left to do with it. I'm trying to figure out how to use my maps with Google Map API so I can add a Google map version of my world to my web site. I will add more pictures as I get more work done.
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Was this a style from one of the annuals? I don't do many overland maps anymore, but I keep debating getting the 2007 annual anyway. If this template is available in the annual, I just might have to get it.
I'll highly recommend the 2007 annual (And the 2008 one so far)
Great work.
Nice job! I also am creating a world map in the Mercator style that you used from the 2007 Annual (January issue). When I get mine done I will post it here on the 'show and tell' topic. Did you use the Fractal World Pro?
I used Pro Fantasy's Fractal Terrains Pro. I like using it to keep the scales the same between maps.
I have most of the political borders added. Now to do the major cities and roads.
In my campaign mana moves in its own pattern kind of like the weather. So its never the same every day but still has its zones and "climates"
Looks like quite an interesting world you have there. Nice map too.
A spinning globe is quite simple.
First, you need to use the File -> Export -> Spin View Image Sequence in FT to export the individual frames that make up the animation. The more frames you tell it to make, the smother the animation. I recommend saving them as Windows Bitmap images and not Jpeg when you are going to make an animation from them.
Then, you need some kind of software that can make gif animations. I use Animation Shop which came with my copy of Paint Shop Pro. My copy is kind of old, so I don't know if that component are still shipping, but there should be several programs out there capable of making gif-animations. You can probably use a movie-editing program as well for this, as most of those can import images as single frames. Most of those can't save to a .gif file, so you would end up with a .avi/.mpg/.wmv file if you used those.
In any case, the program you use should have the option of adding the images you just exported from FT as individual frames to the animation. After they are added, it should just be a matter of hitting save, and you have your animation.
In Animation Shop, I use the Animation Wizard to quickly assemble all the images into a final animation. It takes you trough the process in easy steps.