haven't used GIMP in about a month... IIRC the detail and size settings are for the cloud layer...
I hope I have this correct. The third layer is set initially to all white and then you use the 'levels' adjustments to "unhide" the mountains. Similar to what you do in Step 4 earlier in the tutorial.
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Looks nice!
Mountains are always the hardest thing to get looking good. There are a few other posts on mountains. Try searching the tutorial forum for gimp+mountain and you should get a few additional ideas.
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I'm not even sure if the owner of this thread is online, but I saw the map and I was baffled so I decided to follow it and was doing pretty good until I got to the mountains... It's soo random? I finished with the dirt part... but I got lost after that.
Originally Posted by sivilark
What exactly has you troubled with the mountains?
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Well, first off it kind of started with the black background and the mountains outlined and i was lost in the transition actually.
I read the side note that said it was similar to the land making, but I'm a little slow with tuts and I need to really study them before I can get the whole thing down.
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The best thing to do is to attack an image of what you have and let us know exactly where in the tutorial you are (page number if following the PDF file, or post number and section if following the thread itself). We will be glad to help you get over the hump.
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I don't know that attacking the image is really the right thing to do.
Bill Stickers is innocent! It isn't Bill's fault that he was hanging out in the wrong place.
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I don't know that attacking the image is really the right thing to do.
I think it is entirely acceptable when you get frustrated!
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Just (sort of) finished this, it really was a cracking tutorial.
I used your "Simple Mountains in GIMP" tutorial for the mountains, didn't quite get the hang of the snow caps and my forests need work, but i'm reasonably pleased with the results, if I had thought more at the time I would have used softer colours on the labels. but it's a start.
Thanks, and nicely done!Just (sort of) finished this, it really was a cracking tutorial.
I used your "Simple Mountains in GIMP" tutorial for the mountains, didn't quite get the hang of the snow caps and my forests need work, but i'm reasonably pleased with the results, if I had thought more at the time I would have used softer colours on the labels. but it's a start.
Now, get to work on a larger map!
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