Help Uploading Poster Map

[cwashburn45]

I have the Iron Crown Enterprises large Middle Earth map which has been digitized, I want to upload it into CC#, I have saved it into different formats but I am unable to load it or view it in CC3, can someone please explain the step by step process to do this? Thank you for any help. and I am running CC3

[johnvanvliet]

we will need a ton more information
c c sharp ??? ( cc#)

how big is the image file ?
kilobits?
megabits ?
gigabits?

and WHAT image format ????
as in what is the file extension
( if MS windows did you renable "the show file extentions of known formats" that ms set to OFF!!! after win98 )
and WHAT software
"Campaign Cartographer 3 " might not be able to load this UNKNOWN to us image format

[cwashburn45]

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I was just asking for help not a tirad, the file ext is bmp and I saved it as png, its is 30 mbs in size, no need to go off the deep end was just asking for some help. It is windows 7 btw
I am using CC3



QUOTE=johnvanvliet;261936]we will need a ton more information
c c sharp ??? ( cc#)

how big is the image file ?
kilobits?
megabits ?
gigabits?

and WHAT image format ????
as in what is the file extension
( if MS windows did you renable "the show file extentions of known formats" that ms set to OFF!!! after win98 )
and WHAT software
"Campaign Cartographer 3 " might not be able to load this UNKNOWN to us image format[/QUOTE]

[Azélor]

I don't own CC but is it possible the file is too big ? either in pixels or bytes

Also, PNG is a terrible format size-wise, your better off with JPEG unless you need the transparency. Just make sure you keep the original somewhere.

[johnvanvliet]

file ext is bmp and I saved it as png,

well right there is the problem

you can NOT just rename a *.png to a MS bit map " *.bmp" file

that WILL cause major problems


just changing the file extension will NOT convert the image type

if you WANT a bitmap
then resave it AS a bit map file



and png is a GREAT file format
it is compressed unlike the Microsoft bit map ( bmp)

and it is LOSSLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

jpg is a horrible format
the compression it uses will PERMANENTLY remove information and will ADD nasty artifacts

now a png file will be bigger than a jpg
jpg tosses INFORMATION from the image into the trash can

[Midgardsormr]

I think Azelor did simply mean that PNG may not compress as well as jpg, and if CC3 has a file size limitation on imported objects, that might be part of the problem. 30 MB should be well within the limitations, though, and PNG is a preferred format for CC3.

Select a sheet and Label
Click menu > Draw > Insert File
Click on your map (normally the top left corner) and drag the image until it's the size you want

You can only import bmp and png into CC3, and you won't be able to manipulate the image itself, only use it as a background.