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Created: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 12:10 pm EDT
Last updated: Friday, September 2, 2005 at 7:05 pm EDTUseful Computer Programs

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Quade	[quote]Posted: Friday, September 2, 2005 at 7:05 pm EDT Drawing in scale is easy -- photoshop was originally for print, so you can get really accurate printable maps. you can also set up a grid to use to help you along. An Ceiling Cat sayed, Beholdt, teh good enouf for releaze as version 0.8a. kthx bai. --Genesis 1:31
Dr. Pooh	[quote]Posted: Friday, September 2, 2005 at 2:53 pm EDT Yeah. That's what I didn't want to resort to, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to. It's really the best thing to do. Those are some good looking maps. Photoshop can be to scale, right? How hard would it be to draw in scale? www.myspace.com/twentfive4five
Quade	[quote]Posted: Friday, September 2, 2005 at 1:49 pm EDT dude, i've been looking for one for 2 years now, and still hate everything i've seen. - Campaign Cartographer 2 is ok, but it's crap to use, and has a steep learning curve. It does have things like fractal coastlines, and a nice selection of clipart. - Fractal Mapper 7 is good for campaign-wide maps, and can generate random worlds. The local mapping isn't that great, and crashed a lot on my machine (your mileage may vary). - DungeonCrafter is really good for making dungeons, but not so much for local or regional maps. The best tool I've found is Photoshop. It's just plain easier to make maps in PS. You can create brushes that make trees, rocks, etc; use clipart from campaign cartographer, and generate random world maps. Here's a good way to make a world map in Photoshop CS2 (well, any version, really): 1. Create a new document roughly the proportions of a world map (usually a 2:1 aspect ration -- I like 2500x1250 pixels). 2. Set colors to B&W. Use Filter>Render>Clouds 3. Jack the Contrast all the way up -- Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast and set Contrast all the way to the right You'll now have continents. You'll likely do this a number of times before you have shapes you really like. You can also use the bucket fill to close in areas you want. Then you can use basica photoshop skills to color everything else into a world map. Here's a few maps I've drawn in photoshop: Kingdom of Menalis Blaidd Drwgg, a small town that the PCs come back to (darker version) Town of Cardyff, where the weird wizard lies An Ceiling Cat sayed, Beholdt, teh good enouf for releaze as version 0.8a. kthx bai. --Genesis 1:31
Dr. Pooh	[quote]Posted: Friday, September 2, 2005 at 1:22 pm EDT Can someone find me a free map editor for D&D? I'd like something that's both simple and graphic. Thanks. www.myspace.com/twentfive4five
Chains	[quote]Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 12:10 pm EDT Please post here some programs that help you with day to day life on the computer. Could be free or bought. New this week is Google Desktop 2 not bad, not bad....love the rss feeds and weather features. also Quade turned me on to Process Explorer which i just cant live without. kill anything you have running VIVA LA ASS!