New to digital mapping...

[Nyshae]

...unless you count MsPaint

will be looking around, but if anyone has any tips for ways to use Paint to make tiles ?

Just got AutoRealm, but not familiar with it...so any help would be awesome

[jbgibson]

Well, one of the Cartographer's Choice maps was done in MS Paint, so it can be used to get great results if you're patient :-).

Tiles of what? The particular subject matter matters ... personally I would use Paint for intentionally 8-bit pixell-y stuff, and any of several other free graphics apps for more complex work. But if you are a Paint ninja, show us your work; you might drag other MS Painters out of the woodwork. Even if you say 'dungeon floorplan tiles', the resolution you want could change how best to make elements for combining into a map.

And welcome to the Guild!

[Deadshade]

...unless you count MsPaint

will be looking around, but if anyone has any tips for ways to use Paint to make tiles ?

Just got AutoRealm, but not familiar with it...so any help would be awesome

Autorealm is really easy. Just take your time to spend a few hours reading the tutorial and experimenting with creating closed and open lines and randomly filling and painting.
Just do this : AutoREALM - it is fast and simple and teaches the basic things.

[Nyshae]

Well, one of the Cartographer's Choice maps was done in MS Paint, so it can be used to get great results if you're patient :-).

Tiles of what? The particular subject matter matters ... personally I would use Paint for intentionally 8-bit pixell-y stuff, and any of several other free graphics apps for more complex work. But if you are a Paint ninja, show us your work; you might drag other MS Painters out of the woodwork. Even if you say 'dungeon floorplan tiles', the resolution you want could change how best to make elements for combining into a map.

And welcome to the Guild!

never said I was particularly good at MsPaint just that I was familiar with the program...certainly not a ninja
that said, I uploaded some of my hand-drawn stuff...

[johnvanvliet]

and you can do A LOT with free software
ether under the GPL license or a free as in beer
like wilber
free but closed source
Current Wilbur Version

or The Gimp
FREE and opensourced
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

and you can do a lot with GPL'ed or MIT software
-- General public License --
--- MIT public license ( as in the university in Mass. )