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Other Gaming => Designing and Creating => Topic started by: bayonetbrant on March 06, 2019, 10:09:25 AM
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Collecting a variety of
PSDgraphics-related content from around the web to consolidate here for future reference
First up: video series on cartography in PSD
https://www.youtube.com/user/ZombieNirvana/videos (https://www.youtube.com/user/ZombieNirvana/videos)
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PSD map texture settings
Settings for Forest hexes:
56 Spatter brush, 150 pixels, color: R94, G149, B65, single clicks only!, do NOT click-and-drag.
(1) Outer glow: R39, G138, B29, set to linear burn, 30% opacity, 5% noise, precise technique and 5px size
(2) Emboss: Smooth technique, 400% depth (up), 18px size and no soften
Settings for Rough hexes:
60 Chalk brush, 140 pixel, with a 60% flow on the airbrush setting. R135, G122, B78, single clicks only!, do NOT click-and-drag.
(1) Outer glow, R140, G123, B87, normal blend, 70% opacity, 20% noise, softer technique, 1% spread, and 10px size
(2) Inner glow, R97, G91, B43, dissolve blend, 70% opacity, 10% noise, precise technique from edge, 10% choke, 10px spread
(3) Emboss, Smooth technique, 100% depth(up), 7px size, no soften
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Some additional photoshop tutorials, mostly comic book-oriented
http://www.tejbabra.com/2010/07/12/creating-the-graphic-novel-look-using-photoshop/ (http://www.tejbabra.com/2010/07/12/creating-the-graphic-novel-look-using-photoshop/)
http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/transform-your-image-into-sin-city-style/7340 (http://www.photoshoplady.com/tutorial/transform-your-image-into-sin-city-style/7340)
http://photoshoproadmap.com/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/ (http://photoshoproadmap.com/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/)
https://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/create-comic-book-text-effect-photoshop/ (https://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/create-comic-book-text-effect-photoshop/)
http://www.learnphotoediting.net/blog/cartoon-yourself-the-easy-way-in-photoshop/ (http://www.learnphotoediting.net/blog/cartoon-yourself-the-easy-way-in-photoshop/)
http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/2596/Creating-a-Professional-Cartoon-Effect-from-a-Real-Photograph.html (http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/2596/Creating-a-Professional-Cartoon-Effect-from-a-Real-Photograph.html)
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Hexmap engine http://hexmaps.appspot.com
Inkscape Boardgames Extensions http://www.lysator.liu.se/~perni/iboardgameexts/
Cartographers' Guild http://www.cartographersguild.com/content.php?s=c553a164955f72808210e69bd5c484b1
HexDraw extensions http://social.consimworld.com/group/hexdrawusers
Hex Paper generator http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/
Graph Paper generator (incl hexes and other stuff) http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com
MKHexGrid generator http://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/
John Cooper's wargame art page, including counter icons and terrain tiles http://www.jrcooper.com/gaming.htm#terrain_tiles
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http://www.fantasticmaps.com/
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Still free, years later!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_info.php?products_id=127562&it=1&SRC=newsletter_freebies
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stealing some of Gary's links
Here's a remake of the S&T game "The Desert Fox" that I did a while ago. I thought that this one came out nicely:
http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Desert-Fox-Map.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Desert-Fox-Map.jpg)
The original map is here:
http://boardgamegeek.com/image/467209/the-desert-fox (http://boardgamegeek.com/image/467209/the-desert-fox)
Antietam: Burnished Rows of Steel
Mine: http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Antietam-Map.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/Antietam-Map.jpg)
Original: http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic185624_md.jpg (http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic185624_md.jpg)
Remember AH's Air Assault on Crete/Malta? Here's the Malta map done as an exact replica:
http://garykrockover.com/uploads/MALTA.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/MALTA.jpg)
John Prados' Third Reich done with different colors:
http://garykrockover.com/uploads/JP3R-ZunTzu-Color.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/JP3R-ZunTzu-Color.jpg)
(ZunTzu gamebox)
Every play this game (NFL Strategy)? I took mine out of the box and drew it for a VASSAL module:
http://garykrockover.com/uploads/NFL-screenshot.png (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/NFL-screenshot.png)
The Gamers In Their Quiet Fields as a VASSAL module (map and counters redrawn):
http://garykrockover.com/uploads/ITQF-WAR.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/ITQF-WAR.jpg)
This map was a b**** to draw. A remake of GMT's "Ardennes '44". I like my bulge games to go east to west but GMT decided to print the map north to south (Germans come from the south). I re-orientated the map and redrew it how I like it. :)
http://garykrockover.com/uploads/A44-screen1.jpg (http://garykrockover.com/uploads/A44-screen1.jpg)
Tons more that I could post but those are some of my better examples I think. I strictly use Photoshop (old version 7) for all of my stuff. I also had a lot more free time to do all of this when I was married too..... :O
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Butch Curry's Fantasy Cartography series
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http://www.laughing-lion-design.com/2007/09/photoshop-tip-create-a-flattened-layer-and-keep-all-your-layers-intact/
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Handy
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Could you supply more links in this thread?
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Could you supply more links in this thread?
I have no doubt that I will, given that it's the point of the thread
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I have no doubt that I will, given that it's the point of the thread
You are an expert spammer :applause: