Reply With QuoteConvolve? - That almost sounds kinda dirty
No problem! I also believe that the blur/sharpen tool is sometimes called the convolve tool, which doesn't hold much meaning for most people...
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Convolve? - That almost sounds kinda dirty
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One of the things I have started doing for mountains to get rid of the "ring" after a bump map is to take a selection of the mountain area which should get pretty close to the outline of your rings. Convert the selection to a path. Then set up the blur tool (you have to do this ahead of time) to be the right size/shape brush, jitter if you want it, % of smudge/blur ,etc. Then select the path and Stroke Path. You can then choose the tool in question and it the tool will "run" along the path doing it's work. Of course, not as much control as doing by hand, BUT it's more consistent than doing it by hand, so.....Originally Posted by torstan
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Reworking the map now, and have also done one of the region maps, hopefully my work is improving noticably
Coming along nicely, if I do say so myself.
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Much improved, but looking a little dark.
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I am not happy with the contrast level on the sea, and I think to keep the bright areas sensible I have overly darkened the rest of it, however generally I do like my maps darker than most people seem to go for.
I think I will redo the sea layer though
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