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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 6284549" data-attributes="member: 151">There's no question CC3 has a steep learning curve, but there are some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL523E033EA4013181" target="_blank">very good tutorials available</a> to get you going. Their annuals also come with lots of PDFs which walk you through reproducing many of the maps using their new styles.&nbsp; I have to disagree that you can't produce something in terms on professional quality: CC3 is and has been used in professional products for 15 years.&nbsp; From <a href="https://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ex20020218a" target="_blank">interactive atlases</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Johannes-Cabal-Detective-Jonathan-Howard/dp/0767930770" target="_blank">novels</a>, <a href="http://www.flatlinedgames.com/Games/dragon_rage" target="_blank">board games</a> and <a href="http://www.mikeschley.com/128067/1267784/maps/fantasy-overland-maps" target="_blank">RPG products</a>.&nbsp; Most professionals (and many amateurs) don't just use CC3, of course...many start there and then use Adobe or GIMP to make further changes.&nbsp; But it's demonstrably wrong that it cannot produce a product of professional quality...it has for years.&nbsp; It's just often very difficult to pull that kind of material out of it without bypassing that learning curve.That's a pretty big issue. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; I would recommend <a href="http://www.getgimp.com/" target="_blank">getting GIMP</a> and then scanning the internet for appropriate clipart.&nbsp; And visiting the <a href="http://www.cartographersguild.com/content/" target="_blank">Cartographer's Guild</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 6284549, member: 151"] There's no question CC3 has a steep learning curve, but there are some [URL="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL523E033EA4013181"]very good tutorials available[/URL] to get you going. Their annuals also come with lots of PDFs which walk you through reproducing many of the maps using their new styles. I have to disagree that you can't produce something in terms on professional quality: CC3 is and has been used in professional products for 15 years. From [URL="https://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ex20020218a"]interactive atlases[/URL], [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Johannes-Cabal-Detective-Jonathan-Howard/dp/0767930770"]novels[/URL], [URL="http://www.flatlinedgames.com/Games/dragon_rage"]board games[/URL] and [URL="http://www.mikeschley.com/128067/1267784/maps/fantasy-overland-maps"]RPG products[/URL]. Most professionals (and many amateurs) don't just use CC3, of course...many start there and then use Adobe or GIMP to make further changes. But it's demonstrably wrong that it cannot produce a product of professional quality...it has for years. It's just often very difficult to pull that kind of material out of it without bypassing that learning curve. That's a pretty big issue. ;) I would recommend [URL="http://www.getgimp.com/"]getting GIMP[/URL] and then scanning the internet for appropriate clipart. And visiting the [URL="http://www.cartographersguild.com/content/"]Cartographer's Guild[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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