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I am looking for a decent but FREE mapping software that is good at adding terrain features and stuff like that. I am (I think so anyway) good at coming up with decent land masses and have the means to scan them, but I absolutely SUCK at the things like mountain ranges and forests and other terrain features like that.
Anyone know of a free software that could handle that for me? Pretty please? I'm on my knees begging here!
(And wipe that thought RIGHT out of your mind right now buddy. You might lose it instead!)
We sure get this question a lot.
As usual I recommend that you bite the bullet and start learning how to use a powerful program such as Illustrator, Photoshop or, Gimp (which is very powerful and free). There is definitly a learning curve, you'll still be learning tricks in 10 years with these programs, but nothing out there is more powerful or versatile. As a side bonus the skills you develop for gaming will prove useful in real life as well - as in 'put it on your resume' useful.
I use the skills I picked up making cool D&D maps at work fairly often.
Furthermore while the learning curve is daunting its not like you won't be able to make a map for six months or anything. You'll be able to make a map after probably only around four or five hours of practise picking up th rock bottom basics - its just that you'll learn to make prettier maps, faster, with practise.
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LOL
I just happen to be on the downhill side towards 50 (and drawing maps since my teens) and have no real need to pad the CV. I draw my land masses by hand (shock gasp) and was looking more for a program that has decent terrain features built in. I do already have Corel Draw (ver 6 though - shows you how long I have been trying to get this sh*t down - and failing!) and have just about given up coming up with a descent representation of terrain features. Same thing applies to doing it by hand (but even longer - goes through spurts but can never get it right). Hence the plea.
Having said all that, where can I get info about Gimp (will be gooooogling it soon)and/or download it? and how is it's tutorial?
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...Good advice that I would echo. Especially the part about GIMP.
-Skeld
PAINT.NET is also good and free, like GIMP. I prefer it over GIMP but that is only for ease of use reasons and my limited desire to learn GIMP. Paint.net reminds me of something else I used and it just meshes better with me.
