Creative MAssive Continents?
Howdy,
CC3 Noob here, working on a full (redonkulously large) world map, drawing over an image i made in photoshop. Got all the islands/small continents and such done, but when i try to draw over either of the two big continents, whenever i get about 80-90% done it's like the land drawing tool runs out of memory and doesn't record any of my clicks after a certain period. So when i try to finish it most of the detail becomes land, but the last bit acts as if i never drew it, and instead just has a big straight line going from where i started and where the tool stopped recording what i was doing.
I'm assuming the continent i'm trying to create is just too big for the program to keep track of in one go? I'd do one half and then the other, but then rather than combining into one big green landmass there's always an overlap line between the two halves, and i have no idea how to get rid of it.
Pretty much stuck on this project til i can get the continents done, so any help either making the tool keep track of a huge drawing, or some technique to combine two halves of a landmass without the big distracting line between the pieces would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
CC3 Noob here, working on a full (redonkulously large) world map, drawing over an image i made in photoshop. Got all the islands/small continents and such done, but when i try to draw over either of the two big continents, whenever i get about 80-90% done it's like the land drawing tool runs out of memory and doesn't record any of my clicks after a certain period. So when i try to finish it most of the detail becomes land, but the last bit acts as if i never drew it, and instead just has a big straight line going from where i started and where the tool stopped recording what i was doing.
I'm assuming the continent i'm trying to create is just too big for the program to keep track of in one go? I'd do one half and then the other, but then rather than combining into one big green landmass there's always an overlap line between the two halves, and i have no idea how to get rid of it.
Pretty much stuck on this project til i can get the continents done, so any help either making the tool keep track of a huge drawing, or some technique to combine two halves of a landmass without the big distracting line between the pieces would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Comments
To avoid the overlap when doing the continent in two halves, when you reach the other side of the continent press the left arrow key until you reduce the number of points in the fractal line to minimum, and then press the down arrow until the line straightens up. It's far simple to match to straight lines.
The other thing is making sure your whole picture to trace is within the map border. From what you have said, it sounds as if it isn't.
If this doesn't get you going again, reply again and someone will help.
Steve