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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crabclaw" data-source="post: 1338137" data-attributes="member: 9697">Eternalknight,I spent a little over a year trying to force PhotoShop to make the quality of maps I wanted, to no avail. If you want to strictly use PhotoShop alone then try “Filter à Render à Lighting Effect” this can give a raise terrain-looking relief BUT there is no control or little control in regards to getting where I wanted mountains, valleys, how high, or how low.My conclusion was mixed media. Sculpt the terrain by hand using physical materials THEN capture, modify, and color in PhotoShop. After 4 years now I’m still perfecting the process as I want the process for me to be – however I am moving towards a product that I am pleased with. What I have achieved distinctively is high resolution and large format scaling – all I’m doing now is prefect my style. It’s ‘extremely’ laborious but it is an obsession for me that I enjoy.Of course, the step one is master PhotoShop inside and out – then…Here is an example of what I’m talking about --- also on my thread “Custom made Worlds”<a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cmccann01/006.jpg" target="_blank">http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cmccann01/006.jpg</a>Best of Luck!crabclaw</blockquote>