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Re: Baltic States [7/1] V24 P24 What is next?

Postby cairnswk on Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:44 pm

Bruceswar wrote:...

5. Red cannot be done as it is stroke so ideas?

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Sorry what software are u using?
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Re: Baltic States [7/1] V24 P24 What is next?

Postby Bruceswar on Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:51 pm

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Bruceswar wrote:...

5. Red cannot be done as it is stroke so ideas?

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Sorry what software are u using?



Photoshop... I stroked those boxes so I cannot figure out how to get it non blurry unless I hand draw the lines?
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Re: Baltic States [7/1] V24 P24 What is next?

Postby cairnswk on Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:06 pm

Bruceswar wrote:...
Photoshop... I stroked those boxes so I cannot figure out how to get it non blurry unless I hand draw the lines?


No probs.
I use PS5....lately.

1. turn on your grid: 1x1px
2. Use your rectangle tool to create the boxes and snap the boxes to the grid
2. add the black stroke
3. click on the stoke function in the layers and the properties box should popup
4. at the top...
size 1
position: inside
blend mode: normal
opacity: 100%
fill type: colour
colour: black
5. click OK to close properties box and you should have a perfectly aligned clear black box with no extra blur outside/inside lines.
This is how Dim taught me to do the black boxes on the later rail maps - why they appear so crisp and clean.

Up to you to use if you want to. ;)
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Re: Baltic States [7/1] V24 P24 What is next?

Postby Bruceswar on Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:17 pm

cairnswk wrote:
Bruceswar wrote:...
Photoshop... I stroked those boxes so I cannot figure out how to get it non blurry unless I hand draw the lines?


No probs.
I use PS5....lately.

1. turn on your grid: 1x1px
2. Use your rectangle tool to create the boxes and snap the boxes to the grid
2. add the black stroke
3. click on the stoke function in the layers and the properties box should popup
4. at the top...
size 1
position: inside
blend mode: normal
opacity: 100%
fill type: colour
colour: black
5. click OK to close properties box and you should have a perfectly aligned clear black box with no extra blur outside/inside lines.
This is how Dim taught me to do the black boxes on the later rail maps - why they appear so crisp and clean.

Up to you to use if you want to. ;)



Thanks! I will try it out!
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Re: Baltic States [7/1] V25 P25 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:46 am

All fixed now.. Thanks Cairns :)
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Re: Baltic States [7/1] V25 P25 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:29 pm

Some Changes are coming! Lets hope all for the better. :)
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:11 am

Version 26:

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What is new:

  • New and improved legend!
  • Moved around the impassables to make them better fit
  • Fixed country names for better fitting
  • Total graphics update all over the map
  • New sea!
  • Other minor fixes

What is left? Ideas? Thoughts?
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Seamus76 on Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:13 am

Great work Bruce, looks awesome.

I really, really like the water and the legend. Fits great with the look of the map and doesn't distract your eyes as much now. The glow looks fantastic in the water, but personally I think you should get rid of it for the land parts. Or tone the opacity down a lot more, maybe even glaussian blur them so they fade a lot more as well. For those I think less is more.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:38 am

Seamus76 wrote:Great work Bruce, looks awesome.

I really, really like the water and the legend. Fits great with the look of the map and doesn't distract your eyes as much now. The glow looks fantastic in the water, but personally I think you should get rid of it for the land parts. Or tone the opacity down a lot more, maybe even glaussian blur them so they fade a lot more as well. For those I think less is more.



It is not glow.. It is stroke.. I might redo it and see what I can come up with... But I am liking it right now. :)
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Seamus76 on Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:11 am

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Seamus76 wrote:Great work Bruce, looks awesome.

I really, really like the water and the legend. Fits great with the look of the map and doesn't distract your eyes as much now. The glow looks fantastic in the water, but personally I think you should get rid of it for the land parts. Or tone the opacity down a lot more, maybe even glaussian blur them so they fade a lot more as well. For those I think less is more.



It is not glow.. It is stroke.. I might redo it and see what I can come up with... But I am liking it right now. :)
You could try just blurring the inside stroke then. It does look good, but I think fading the inside strokes will look good as well. Either way nice work.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:32 am

Check this out.. I lowered it a bit.. and added a slight blur more...
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:35 am

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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby greenoaks on Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:24 pm

the border is darker top centre. is it suppose to be?
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:54 pm

greenoaks wrote:the border is darker top centre. is it suppose to be?



The the borders are a bit? Unless you mean the map edge then yes.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Aleena on Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:55 pm

I think you need to cut out all your areas off your map - following the border lines - then toss all the areas up in the air and have them fall back onto the map - and how ever, and where ever they land you should stick them and then move forward with your map...

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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:53 am

Aleena wrote:I think you need to cut out all your areas off your map - following the border lines - then toss all the areas up in the air and have them fall back onto the map - and how ever, and where ever they land you should stick them and then move forward with your map...

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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:58 pm

greenoaks wrote:the border is darker top centre. is it suppose to be?



If you are looking at version 26.. then yes that has been fixed..
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Seamus76 on Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:01 pm

Looking good. I still think the stroke inside the terts is too blocky and dark. I also still think you should get rid of that stroke on the outside part of the land, on the side of the impassables and regular legend. It looks great on the water side, but that's what it looks like it should be to me, on the water, not the land. That's also why I think more of a blur on the inner stroke would look better, less blocky, and less like a water edge.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby greenoaks on Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:15 am

Bruceswar wrote:
greenoaks wrote:the border is darker top centre. is it suppose to be?



The the borders are a bit? Unless you mean the map edge then yes.

yes, i did mean the map edge.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:30 am

greenoaks wrote:
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greenoaks wrote:the border is darker top centre. is it suppose to be?



The the borders are a bit? Unless you mean the map edge then yes.

yes, i did mean the map edge.



Yeah I fixed it. :)
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Dukasaur on Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:57 pm

Latest version looking very good. I like the smaller legend; it looks much neater. Shading inside the terts is good too.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:04 pm

Dukasaur wrote:Latest version looking very good. I like the smaller legend; it looks much neater. Shading inside the terts is good too.



I agree with you on the legend.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby RedBaron0 on Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:06 pm

I think your territories could use a bit of texture, something light though. Also the outer glow/bevel around the outline could stand to set to lower opacity to blend into the background of the map better.
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Bruceswar on Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:47 pm

RedBaron0 wrote:I think your territories could use a bit of texture, something light though. Also the outer glow/bevel around the outline could stand to set to lower opacity to blend into the background of the map better.



Will see what I can do. :)
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Re: Baltic States [7/4] V26 P26 Small Map ready?

Postby Aleena on Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:49 pm

Though I have no power or influence here, I'd like to say that you have my STAMP approval to move right into Beta ... So now let's start test playing it....
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