i love the use of difference clouds to create the mountains. I'll have to try that.
Never used wilbur though; i wonder if i can get the same effect done with PS?
i love the use of difference clouds to create the mountains. I'll have to try that.
Never used wilbur though; i wonder if i can get the same effect done with PS?
You definitely should be able to achieve the same, or at least a similar effects with PS. The clouds might be slightly different, I don't know, you might need to experiemt arround a bit to find what settings work best in PS.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
is there any wilbur equivalent for Mac OS X? It sucks seeing this awesome tutorial and finding out I can't use it :p
Hi there AlphaOmega. I didn't realize that the current Wilbur release wasn't supported by Mac OS X. This seems like a question better suited to Waldronate, the developer of Wilbur. I'm not sure if older releases are supported by Mac or not, but he would know. If not, I'm afraid I don't know what a substitute would be. Try leaving Waldronate a message and see what he says.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Thank you very much, I shall drop him a line as soon as I have enough posts to. :p Also, I found something called Wilma, and it's supposed to be the Mac's equivalent to Wilbur, but I don't really see a lot of information on it.
Thanks for the tutorial, it was really helpful! Here's my result:
pax_orbis_02.jpg
That turned out fairly well Morgan. You managed to blend the mountains fairly well (which is one of the tougher bits). My only bit of corrective feedback would be that the map looks just a bit hazy, as if a Gaussian blur had been applied to it. Also, there isn't a whole lot of texture on the mountain areas. I'm not quite sure why this is, and so I don't know quite what to recommend to fix these issues. That said, even with these little faults I think it turned out pretty well. Great job.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
I'm glad, myself, to see Morgan's post. I printed out the tutorial a few weeks ago and tried...and failed to produce any kind of map. My map at one brief point looked something like a map but when I did the next step I lost it, ending up with what seemed to be just the bump map. Seeing Morgan's work reassures me the problem has to be between the keyboard and the chair (as expected!).I'm planning to try again soon. Each try teaches me more, so I'm already learning tricks even if I'm not yet getting what I'm trying for.
That said, I'd be interested in finding out if it was indeed a Gaussian blur that was the issue. To me, it looks great but a little bit as if looking down on it through a very thin layer of clouds. Kinda cool, I think.
Bill B.
Welcome to the Guild Bill. You picked one of the more difficult tutorials to learn with, so don't feel too discouraged. But if you post up a WIP of your map and the step(s) you are having trouble with I can try to offer advice where I can.
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Thanks for the welcome, Arsheesh.
I had noticed it was mentioned somewhere that it wasn't exactly a beginner's tutorial, so I went into that with both eyes open. I'm not discouraged at all...in fact, as I mentioned I'm learning a lot. (And re-learning stuff I'd forgotten!)
I might have to look into posting a WIP if I continue having problems, thanks for that suggestion.
Best,
Bill B.
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