Very nice thread. Now I need to find some free time to do all those wonderful tutorials.
True, but some many of the tutorials are a good place to start, even if you're unfamiliar with GIMP. I know many who have said as much regarding RobA's Creating coastlines in GIMP.
I am currently writing a series of map tutorials guides using techniques common to many graphics applications. While there is a chapter at the beginning that covers the basic steps used in all the tutorials explained for using GIMP, Photoshop, Inkscape and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 9, the tutorials themselves only mention which basic step is being used and how to apply it to a particular step, and not really referring to specific applications. That series is called 25 Quick & Dirty Map Tutorials Guides, which there are 4 books by me, and one by Schwarzkreuz. My first four books are: 25 Quick & Dirty Map Tutorials Guide, 25 Advanced Quick & Dirty Map Tutorials Guide, Hand-Drawn Map Tutorials Guide, and the Using 3D Elements in Map Tutorials Guide. The fifth book by Schwarzkreuz is specifically for GIMP and Photoshop, though I don't know what is covered. Those books will be available as printed manuals and PDF files and not scheduled for release until August 2014 - though some material may be released before that.
Edit: here's a link to that successful (not running anymore) Kickstarter that funded this project: 25 Quick & Dirty Map Tutorials KS
Here's a link to my G+ community that supports the project: 25 Quick & Dirty Map Tutoirals Guide community
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Very nice thread. Now I need to find some free time to do all those wonderful tutorials.
Thanks very much!
Thanks for the awesome list! I will be looking through these!
Hey guys,
A lot of the links are 404ing. Just thought you should be aware.
Looks like the URLs for stuff has changed (probably after a forum upgrade) rather than it being a case of the tutorials not being there. They'll all need revising I imagine.
So... some links are still 404ing. Anyone has any idea on the ETA to get that fixed? Are those tutorials lost forever? I would really like to download some of the gimp-related ones.
Seconded about the 404ing. Could someone who knows how fix them please?
tried two approaches to the fast & easy GIMP... the PDF link goes to a 404 page, the 'original' goes to a thread that points here...