terrycain Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Well here's a tutorial adapted from a Photoshop's tutorial and as you've probably guessed we're going to make a map... EDIT: There are now two ways for doing step 3, thanks to @PeaceHeather. Below are links to the effects mentioned in this tutorial:Threshold by @Ed HarveyMulti-Threshold by @dpyCurves+ and Gradient Mapping by @pyrochildGrid / Checkerboard by @BoltBaitLines/Grid by @ReMake Here's the final product: Step 1 Open up a new image 800x600 px (File => New). Step 2 Apply Clouds effect (Effects => Render => Clouds) and set Scale amount to 545. Step 3 Way 1 Apply Posterize adjustment (Adjustments => Posterize), set all values to 2. Step 3 Way 2 Use the Threshold effect (Effects => Color => Threshold). Now you move the sliders to add or subtract land/sea. Addition: There is a few more ways to make a black and white contrast image besides the above in step 3. You can use Brightness / Contrast (Adjustments => Brightness / Contrast) with maximum contrast, or Levels (Adjustments => Levels) with Input Histogram settings shown below, or Curves (Adjustments => Curves), or Curves+ (Adjustments => Curves+) with Black & White built-in preset, or Gradient Mapping (download preset Black and White) All of the above ways will give you exactly the same results. You should now have a black and white map looking like this: Step 4 Use the Magic Wand tool with the Flood mode set at Global and Tolerance at 0, select the white and delete it. Addition: You can skip this step using in step 3 Multi-Threshold effect (Effects => Multi-Threshold) with the settings shown below. Step 5 Make a new layer below the land and fill it with a dark brown colour (5C4D2B) Step 6 Add a Radial Gradient to the dark brown background, the primary colour should be AB9E67 and the secondary colour should be 5C4D2B. If you wish you could hide the map layer. Step 7 Now, if you have hidden the map layer, unhide it then select it. Select the Paint Bucket tool, set the Flood mode to Global and fill the black with dark brown colour 2A2415. You should now have something like this: Step 8 (optional) Create a new layer which should be on top of all layers and add a compass. If you need a compass image, open the image shown below in Paint.NET and invert its colors (Ctrl+Shift+I). Make sure it's only white and transparent. Put the compass at the bottom right and set the layers opacity to 100. Merge layers down. Step 9 Make a new layer . Change your primary colour to AB9E67 and the secondary colour to 5C4D2B. Now go to Clouds effect (Effects => Render => Clouds) and set Scale amount to 280. Now change the Layer Blending Mode to Color Dodge and set Opacity to 75. Merge layers down. Step 10 Set your primary colour to Black . Make a new layer . Run Grid / Checkerboard effect (Effects => Render => Grid / Checkerboard) and use the following settings, or use Lines/Grid effect (Effects => Render => Lines/Grid) with the settings shown below: Select the Move Selected Pixels tool and move the grid to the left and up by 1 px. Change the Layer Opacity to 75. Merge layers down. And you must be finished. Results of the tutorial may vary, and you can change them according to suit your needs or preferences. Added and edited by ReMake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHATslash Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thats very good. Never thought of using clouds as a map. Haha, great tutorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 wow! If you combine this with this, you get a REALLY sweet map! Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceHeather Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I'm over on CartographersGuild.com, a lot of people dedicated to mapmaking, and folks there use a lot of really heavy-duty software just to produce cloud-based maps. I'm actually writing a tutorial myself that uses PDN exclusively and gets some pretty nifty results. (I'm having fun being the subversive PDN person on the forum, because so few people over there use it and there are like TWO tuts in the entire forum that rely on PDN as the main software.) If I may, terrycain, another thing you can do is run Threshold to get your black-n-white layer, and use the sliders to adjust the boundaries for your ocean/coastline. You can also run Alpha Mask to get the transparency you're after - if you get backwards results (ie land where you wanted ocean), you just Undo, Invert Colors (CTRL-Shift-I), and then run Alpha Mask again. I don't want to hijack this thread, because terrycain's map has a very different style from mine and I like it, especially the antique feel of it. Those browns are gorgeous, dude. But if people are interested, I can post my tutorial here as well as over on CG once it's finished. Cheers! Heather EDIT: *smacks forehead* You just taught me what Global mode is for, and saved me half a dozen rounds of Select - Fill - Rinse - Repeat. Sometimes, I am such a goober. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycain Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thanks for the tips especially about the alpha mask and the threshold tip, if you dont mind i'll update my tutorial to incorporate the thing about the threshold, but i think i'll keep the bit about deleting the white because it reminds people what teh global option does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This is a nice tutorial. Simple, but great result. Nice job. You can also whack the contrast up to maximum in Brightness/Contrast (CTRL + SHIFT + C), to achieve a similar posterize/threshold effect. Threshold is more flexible though. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆ .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycain Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 yeh i thought about brightness and contrast but it doesnt give the best results and as you said Threshold is the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhelogan Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Nice TUT. Here is my try at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycain Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 cool i see you used the page curl plugin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boude Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 As another way to do step 3 you can use brightness/constrast and set constrast to 100, this way you don't have to download any plug-ins. Quote History repeats itself, because nobody was paying attention the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nath305 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 cool tut!, i made this right now with this tut and got this: the tut is awesome!! :twisted: Quote VGBoxart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguert4u Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 you were right that was wicked but you know what is even wickeder putting it on a globe (shape 3D) heres mine 1 Quote Yes, rogue is my real name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguert4u Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 you were right that was wicked but you know what is even wickeder putting it on a globe (shape 3D) heres mine Quote Yes, rogue is my real name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripp717 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Very nice tutorial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic epiphany Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 haha, it's 3 different tutorials in 1 picture... the edging on the map, the texture on the map, and the actual map are all different tutorials I followed... EDIT: a simpler map, without all of the other stuff and a frame... 1 Quote Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 ^^ Add some hardword floors Quote "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic epiphany Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 They're carpet... hardwood takes waaaaaay to long... Quote Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm working on a semi-huge project that involves this... I'll be done sometime later. When I am, ... Yeah, I really don't know. Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 And... All right! Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgian Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 ^really nice and good tut.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex979 Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Is this a good globe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintMariku Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodia612 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 this is my try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helena Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Thank you for the tut, it has inspired me to do an earth map: it's not exactly the same but I've used your ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millie150 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 gr8 tut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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