01-01-2011, 05:19 PM | #21 |
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01-01-2011, 05:23 PM | #22 |
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Ah, fair enough. I was going on hearsay anyway and was not aware of any further issues. As noted previously I'm perfectly happy with the Astrosynthesis and Fractal Mapper combination and will, following Ghostdancer, be looking towards the Dundjinni more for the downloadable tiles/images.
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01-01-2011, 06:55 PM | #23 | |
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01-01-2011, 06:57 PM | #24 | |
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01-01-2011, 10:11 PM | #25 |
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01-01-2011, 10:39 PM | #26 |
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I find it very user friendly myself. It's certainly no worse than any comparable program like Corel Draw, Xara X, or Adobe Photoshop. Now, the entire vector graphics paradigm is difficult for some people to grasp compared to raster graphics but that's completely different, and that initial bit of difficulty, if it's there at all, is certainly worth it if you want to do anything involving maps.
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01-02-2011, 12:04 AM | #27 | |
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01-02-2011, 06:29 AM | #28 |
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Well, I like Inkscape to build the shapes, and GIMP to add the chrome. That's what I used in my Beneath Castle Everglory maps. Now, the learning curve can be a little steep, but IMHO not as much as CC.
(Inkscape has an initially user hostile GUI, but once you get the hang of it, you get why some of the decisions were made. This is what my Inkscape looks like when I open it http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5877937/Inkscape.png Of course, there's no manual, and documentation isn't easy to get, but it's free. It's an extremely powerful program, and even allows importing PDF pages. |
01-02-2011, 06:47 AM | #29 |
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Personally I prefer Adobe Illustrator (along with Adobe Photoshop) when creating most maps, the exception being city maps which is ridiculously easy with Campaign Cartographers City Designer add-on. I think that the Adobe programs are more powerful than Inkscape, but the major drawback is the price. I believe the learning is more or less the same for both the Adobe programs and the Inkscape.
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