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Shortvalleyhiker
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2022
I like to make maps and create imaginary worlds.
MAPMAKING TUTORIAL - EP.3 - Finishing our map with colouring and hillshading
In this part we're taking our eroded heightmap from the previous episode and finishing it by adding color and hillshading in Photoshop.
✨ Photoshop template file: drive.google.com/file/d/1faUnXZwdjXrD5lJGquImHONlfBNo-xgH/view?usp=share_link
If you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments. Thanks for watching!
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1️⃣ Brush pack 1: drive.google.com/file/d/12ZeXIbmsV-LC9tmasVPcGoibBtc-iRW_/view?usp=share_link
2️⃣ Brush pack 2: drive.google.com/file/d/1Mk8i6HARNGZystM3peXdH-fqy9kZ3X_P/view?usp=share_link
✨ Photoshop template file: drive.google.com/file/d/1faUnXZwdjXrD5lJGquImHONlfBNo-xgH/view?usp=share_link
If you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments. Thanks for watching!
⏩TAKE A HIKE⏪
www.reddit.com/user/ShortvalleyHiker
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1️⃣ Brush pack 1: drive.google.com/file/d/12ZeXIbmsV-LC9tmasVPcGoibBtc-iRW_/view?usp=share_link
2️⃣ Brush pack 2: drive.google.com/file/d/1Mk8i6HARNGZystM3peXdH-fqy9kZ3X_P/view?usp=share_link
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MAPMAKING TUTORIAL - EP.2 - Eroding our heightmap in Wilbur
มุมมอง 9Kปีที่แล้ว
In this part we're taking our heightmap from the previous episode and eroding it using the free software Wilbur. 1️⃣ Download Wilbur: www.fracterra.com/wilbur.html 2️⃣ Step by step: drive.google.com/file/d/10nuTOeWdawMcQ7-VmD8_5PKHZEtH8VZy/view If you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments. Thanks for watching! ⏩TAKE A HIKE⏪ www.reddit.com/user/ShortvalleyHiker
MAPMAKING TUTORIAL - EP.1 - Starting out with our Heightmap
มุมมอง 13Kปีที่แล้ว
*REUPLOADED* In this part we're working in Photoshop to create the base of our heightmap. 1️⃣ Brush pack 1: drive.google.com/file/d/12ZeXIbmsV-LC9tmasVPcGoibBtc-iRW_/view?usp=share_link 2️⃣ Brush pack 2: drive.google.com/file/d/1Mk8i6HARNGZystM3peXdH-fqy9kZ3X_P/view?usp=share_link ✨ Photoshop template file: drive.google.com/file/d/1e0v-d1lGYIKRT8yBZfwxhmivZQ-CZ_36/view?usp=share_link If you hav...
Effective fantasy mapmaking - Tutorial (Custom brushes)
มุมมอง 12K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Would you like to see a longer video covering the same workflow? Make sure to like the video! REQUIRED SOFTWARE: Wilbur - www.fracterra.com/wilbur.html Gimp - www.gimp.org/downloads/ PREFERRED SOFTWARE: Adobe Illustrator - www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html Adobe Photoshop - www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html ❗ FREE CUSTOM BRUSH SET - shorturl.at/dMNPT Thanks for watching! ⏩TAKE A HIKE⏪...
Wow this is fantastic. Thanks for sharing. What a goood work.
Thank you so much for taking the time to create and share this amazing mapmaking tutorial! I tried to follow along, but I found it a bit challenging due to the sped-up pace and frequent cuts. If possible, would you consider making a version of the tutorial at normal speed and with fewer cuts? I think it would help a lot of us who are trying to learn step-by-step. Thanks again for everything-I really appreciate it!
i cant remove the black background. how do i do it?
Any way to get the hex codes for your gradient map?
Hey i love your videos and this short caught my eye, could i ask how you manage to get your map to look like this? As in when drawing the borders and coloring the map?
Could you provide the gradient you use? I'm looking for something similar and can't find it.
May be beneficial to update the link in the description to your g-drive since the current link has a corrupt file. thanks for the tutorial!
great tutorial and resources! thanks!
Having issues with applying a gradient to my map, I'm using Gimp and I don't understand how you got your gradient to apply differently to shades of white and black. My gradients appear just standard so they apply an irrelevant range of colors across the entire landmass. I'm sorry if I documented this poorly I'm not very experienced with photo editing thanks in advance for any help.
In GIMP you need to create a custom gradient and save it. You can then apply that gradient when using the gradient map effect!
tysm it works perfectly :)
So I have a fantasy map for some novels I am working on and am currently in the process of trying to replicate this. Right now I am using Gimp, but I guess gimp cannot use .abr brushes? (like in the first video you of this series you posted). You should try to make a live video, or a real-time start to finish on a smaller-scale project. I really like your content.
Hey man! Thank you, you’re too kind. Been trying to put something together but haven’t really been able to due to lack of creative energy, your comment really made me want to put something out though. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed what I’ve done so far!
What settings do you use for the brushes?
Hey hey, The tutorial was amazing but quick question, where can we get the Gradient that you used?
I haven’t shared my gradient and always encourage people to experiment with their own colors to find something that they enjoy :) If you’re looking for references Wikipedia has a list of colors that they use for their maps
@@shortvalleyhiker Thanks!
'Use some brushes' _pulls out a brush that's literally a heightmap and does not exist in photoshop_ Seriously, man, do you have a link to that? 😂I can't find any good mountain brushes...
Custom brushes are available for download in the description :)
@@shortvalleyhiker 🤦🏻♂ I looked in the description but only saw the blue links. Now I see it. I apologize if I came across passive aggressive lol
Hello. First of all, huge thank you for the video, amazing and very straightforward tutoria ! It seems that I have some kind of problem with either Wilbur or my method of exporting / saving my heightmap, because everytime I upload my heightmap to Wilbur and press Fill Basins - for some unknown reason program fills all selected landmass below certain point with elevated land and it covers most of my lowland hills and small mountains, and I end up having a straight plain with only high peaks being above this certain level. Do you know how it can be fixed?
Wilbur will fill everything thats surrounded, say you have a crater - it will be flattened if theres no hole in the ring. If that opening is higher than the craters bottom the crater will be filled to the point of the opening in the surrounding wall. I usually go back in and manually paint a river basin.
@@shortvalleyhiker hmhm. Thank you for your answer, also googled it yesterday (about placing a hole in surface to not fiil space). But in the end I think that it is okay for me to run all erosion cycles without filling the basins, because result is still pretty good with no weird stuff, so maybe I just won't fill them.
This is incredible! Thank you for sharing!
great video and great format! this helpped a ton.
Thanks for sharing!
Splendid - thanks for sharing your Wilbur recipe!
Excellent!
That's awesome! I can see that Wilbur is available for Windows only. Do you know any equivalent that runs on a Mac?
Manifold is good for map customizing especially in elevation.
Photoshop isn't my specialty so i got loss around the 2 minute mark. How did you get the linear burn to remove the white overlay? Or am I hearing that wrong? I am trying to follow your steps but that last minute is not helping.
What i did was to add a white solid over the embossed layer to replace all the gray with perfect white. That way the Linear burn doesnt effect the colours on the heightmap. Hope this helps! :)
Hi, I'm so stuck with this (I don't know anything about Photoshop). I succeeded at importing my own landmass (not easily mind you) and I just now can't seem to make it so I can paint with the brushes on it. When I try, it says "The fill for this layer must be rasterized before proceeding. It will no longer be editable as a fill. Rasterize the fill?" which seems to remove the hue adjustments and brushes become inoperable. I've been at this for 2 hours and I'm just so bad I can't make it work. Could you help me ?
Quick fix! Select the masks and paint on those instead, the mask is the icon to the right of the solid, for each layer. Hope it helps!
How did you import the landmass to replace the layer thats indicated ?
I don't use photoshop but I use gimp, can I ask the id of the colours ?
You're a saint my guy
Wilbur work for windows 11?
Yes. It works for me without any issues :)
Im not great with photoshop, how do I reize the template to 4K and or can you make a video on how you made the template?
You need to change the canvas size. From memory, the shortcut is ctrl+alt+C on windows.
@@canislupusfool When I resize it, I get white bars on the newly extended space and I can't seem to paint that part to match the rest.
Hey man - do you take commissions or do teaching classes? I messaged you on reddit.
I devoloped a similar process where you use real data from Nasa, "cut together" and blend then using content aware fill and then process in Wilber, even the white box is similar. The problem was that you let "real world parts" bleed into the final result.... First, i tried something really similar, where i painted the shapes myself, but never get good results.... But this method of yours is really good, gonna try to remake my entire map using it. The old one you can see the himalayas.
Great minds think alike - and bad ones rarely differ… Glad you enjoyed it! I actually use both ”fake” and real world topology depending on the circumstances!
This is easily the most comprehensive realistic mapmaking tutorial I've seen. The results are honestly so stunning as well!
Thank you so much! Planning on updating the tutorial with some new tips and tricks when I get some spare time, been a busy couple of months…
This was awesome, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great tutorial mate, instant sub! Can't getthe brushes working in latest Gimp though, keep getting an "Unable to decode abr format version 7." error.
Hello, i was wondering if you had a discord server where you share your progress on your fictional world or smth like that
I don’t have a discord, most of the time everyday life makes me unable to work on the world and I tend to make updates when I have something substantial to show. If there’s interest I might find an outlet to post short updates
How glad I am, the new release, your tuturials are the best in everything, not only on TH-cam but also on the Internet
Thank you kindly!
@@shortvalleyhiker Dude, you're super cool, I hope for further tutorials of yours! They're just something
Ah yes the good ol' hypsometric tints!
That’s a new word for me! Didn’t know that this is what it’s called 😄
Very cool man, I already have a big project started, but I hope to learn something new with this series. Your work is excellent :)
Hello. Is there a way to make this in Gimp too, once i followed the steps in wilbur? thank you
Yes, GIMP has some nice features where you can add the heightmap filter to the heightmap and get the hillshading. From there it is possible to get the same results as in the video :)
Really well put video and great explanations overall! thank you so much!
Glad you liked it!
This technique is amazing, but I am getting lost in all your hotkeys that I cannot follow on screen. I am not an expert in photoshop, so I get totally lost when you skip steps. Especially the emboss part. Maybe next time, dumb it down for noobs like me. Otherwise love it, your brushes and use of Wilbur is genius
I'm reworking the entire workflow right now to make it easier to follow along. Keep your eyes peeled!
This is amazing, thanks so much!
I'm just glad you enjoyed it!
I can't beleive I am only finding out about wilbur now. I have been drawing heightmaps in illustrator for years and was always looking for software to create detailled erosion, etc. Great tutorial!
Thank you! Glad you finally found out about Wilbur, it’s a life changer :)