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skunk3:
I've decided to try my hand at making some Big RR maps and I gotta say that I am totally stuck. I don't have much of an image editing background aside from basic cropping/resizing/color shifting of photos in Photoshop. I have been messing around today with the Paint.net program as well as an old copy of Paint Shop Pro 9.0. In the Paint.net program I wasn't able to figure out how to overlay a grid, nor how to 'snap' my lines to said grid. In PSP I was able to figure that out now I have other issues. Whenever two of my lines end on the same point, the result is a blocky stump at the end rather than a rounded/smooth node. I also can't figure out the tool for making various kinds of curved lines at all. I remember drawing curved lines in Photoshop a long time ago and it seemed much easier. In PSP I can't figure it out at all and end up getting random elliptical shapes, often going in directions that I don't want. It's all a huge mess, and I'm just playing around with solid color lines. I have no idea how to make the terrain a texture of some sort, or how to make it appear beveled / 3D. I thought that making maps would be a piece of cake but it's proving more annoying that I anticipated... and making more complicated stuff like the steps in Yuurepoer maps? Yeah right. I wouldn't even know how to begin with something like that.

Dr Abegod:
In PS go to the layers palette. Make the background layer black. Add a new layer to draw the map on.

Now select the line tool. U can choose in the menu to either draw so called paths, shapes or pixels. To start with just select pixels. Make sure the new layer is selected when you draw. The color you use is not important now.
Now draw your map. Right click on the new layer and select layer styles. Here you can select another color, 3d effects etc..
HF

skunk3:
I'm gonna need to 'acquire' a copy of Photoshop.

WTF-8:
"5% bought yet"

HHC:
use paint  ;D Even a total naab can use that program.

I use it for most stuff nowadays  :-[

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