![]() On sale for the price of the newer versions of Elements. Of either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Nor do you really need the new-fangled uber-functionality of the newest version Up the newest version of Elements for $99 straight from or Costco,Īnd maybe even cheaper if you can find it on sale at your local software distributor. ![]() (basically "Photoshop Light") will serve perfectly well. If all you want to do is make maps for your personal campaign, Photoshop Elements ![]() Not everyone needs to, or wants to, create But, frankly, not everybody needs the power I am fortunateĮnough to have it through my work. However, theīig problem is its very steep price. Using Photoshop, or had some finishing work done in Photoshop. The maps you'll see on my Guide (and throughout my website) were either created You can't find a more powerful and versatile program than Photoshop. Generate the most interest in RPG mapmaking, and thus will be the major City maps in particular are in short supply, You actually use often in a gaming session, are sorely lacking forĪll the published worlds. And while most of a campaign world (at the country scale) willīe covered in available published products, local-scale maps, the maps World maps and supplements) cover most of their needs at the regional Many DMs find that published products (campaign I've personally not done much in the way of battlemap-type maps, so I'll urge you to look to the many other sources of tips for those types of maps. What has changed in recent years is the increasing use of online playing aids such as Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds. The elements of both dungeon-scale and regional-scale maps.ĭungeon-scale maps are often simple enough that DM's can do just fine Local scale maps are perhaps the most demanding, because they contain Variety of reasons, but will briefly mention the other two as well. I'll concentrate primarily on the second of those groups for a Maps can be divided into three basic groups: So how do you create a map? It depends on what type of map you want. The original version of this webpage was created quite a while ago, and both the technology and the needs of DMs have evolved some, so it is time for an update! I'll try to focus more on design, rather then the programs used, as the latter topic is a constantly moving target. Things, so differently styled maps rely more on one or the other. Process, and while it could be used for personal mapping, it is not really necessary.Įssentially, all the maps (and all other graphics such as the logo, buttons,Īnd backgrounds) you see on my website were created using Photoshop, CorelDraw,Īnd Photopaint (which comes with CorelDraw). This was done for reasons involving the printing An example of that was the use ofĪdobe Illustrator for the map tags (text) on the original City of Greyhawk mapįile that went to the publishers. Program or two) for specialized situations. ThereĪre a few other programs that I have used on occasion (certainly a scanning All my maps are crafted using a variety of techniques,Īnd using mainly two programs/suites. Mapping program do I use? Surely you must use CC2?" This is when CC2 was one of the only mapping programs out there. Many people assume I must use a mapping program, and then promptly would ask, back in the day, "Which Poster map published by Wizards of the Coast for the Living Greyhawk Journal, Seeing the maps I've done, both for my website, and my big City of Greyhawk One of the questions I am frequently asked is "How do you make your maps?" After A Guide to RPG Mapmaking by Denis Tetreault
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