Reconquista

[fumandomuerte]

Seconded. the text needs to be sharper.

for every text I choose "sharpe". what more could I do?

My suggestion is that when resizing the big map (where text is "sharp" and legible) be sure of having it as a vector. Here's an example:
Original:

Resized (75%) from raster text:

Resized (75%) from vectorial text:

[Industrial Helix]

For the rivers you could try replacing the brown glow with a brown line by increasing the spread in the outer glow slider.

[theBastard]

My suggestion is that when resizing the big map (where text is "sharp" and legible) be sure of having it as a vector. Here's an example:
Original:

Resized (75%) from raster text:

Resized (75%) from vectorial text:

sorry, but what is vector?

something like this, Helix?

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[fumandomuerte]

From about.com:

Vector images are made up of many individual, scalable objects. These objects are defined by mathematical equations rather than pixels, so they always render at the highest quality. Objects may consist of lines, curves, and shapes with editable attributes such as color, fill, and outline. Changing the attributes of a vector object does not effect the object itself. You can freely change any number of object attributes without destroying the basic object. An object can be modified not only by changing its attributes, but also by shaping and transforming it using nodes and control handles.

Because they're scalable, vector-based images are resolution independent. You can increase and decrease the size of vector images to any degree and your lines will remain crisp and sharp, both on screen and in print. Fonts are a type of vector object.
Another advantage of vector images is that they're not restricted to a rectangular shape like bitmaps. Vector objects can be placed over other objects, and the object below will show through.

[theBastard]

well, thanks for explantation and help. but my question "what is vector" was not completly
so, what must I do to have font as vector?

[fumandomuerte]

just be sure that your text is being written on a vector layer

[porkenbeans]

just be sure that your text is being written on a vector layer

Kickass avi, right the fruck on !!!
BTW, you should have entered the Foundry Medals comp. You would have won hands down with a set of that style.

[fumandomuerte]

just be sure that your text is being written on a vector layer

Kickass avi, right the fruck on !!!
BTW, you should have entered the Foundry Medals comp. You would have won hands down with a set of that style.

Yeah, there should be medals for other great map contributors such as WidowMakers, oaktown & qwert and the rest of the cartographers that have succesfully developed maps.
It would be awesome to have 4 categories, each one honoring these 3 great CA along with Cairnswk.

[porkenbeans]

just be sure that your text is being written on a vector layer

Kickass avi, right the fruck on !!!
BTW, you should have entered the Foundry Medals comp. You would have won hands down with a set of that style.

Yeah, there should be medals for other great map contributors such as WidowMakers, oaktown & qwert and the rest of the cartographers that have succesfully developed maps.
It would be awesome to have 4 categories, each one honoring these 3 great CA along with Cairnswk.

I second that.

[theBastard]

just be sure that your text is being written on a vector layer

against sorry, but where/how can I select that Layer will be Vector? only what I found is in "Layer" - Vector Mask - Reveal All/Hide All...

[fumandomuerte]

When you insert text or a shape there should be a checking box showing something like "create as a vector" (I use Corel Paint Shop Pro X, but I'm sure there should be a similar option in other software).

P.S. You gave me an idea porkenbeans lol. enjoy:
Cairnswk
WidowMakers
Oaktown
Qwert
Sorry for the SPAM theBastard

[theBastard]

When you insert text or a shape there should be a checking box showing something like "create as a vector" (I use Corel Paint Shop Pro X, but I'm sure there should be a similar option in other software).

I use Photoshop and there is nothing as you said / or I can not find it - what is probably the problem

Sorry for the SPAM theBastard

it´s o.k. try to adhere one advice + one spam

[Industrial Helix]

If you select your text and then go up to Layer menu up top, then to "rasterize" it will turn the layer from a text layer to any old image layer. It would turn the text layer (vector based) to pixel based (regular image). Don't worry about it, all your text layers are all ready as vectors.

[theBastard]

thanks Helix. so it should looks like this:

840 x 800 pxs

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630 x 600 pxs

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I´m not expert but I think it looks better. or? I hope this should be better fot you eyes TaCktiX

[porkenbeans]

OK, so I was having so much fun working on the file that you sent me, that I stayed up all night till the sun came up.

I will send the psd file back to you so you can see exactly what I did.

I hope that you will like at least something that I did. If not, that's OK because I really enjoyed the time spent.

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[theBastard]

OK, so I was having so much fun working on the file that you sent me, that I stayed up all night till the sun came up.

I will send the psd file back to you so you can see exactly what I did.

I hope that you will like at least something that I did. If not, that's OK because I really enjoyed the time spent.

woow, I have not words...

great. I will spent much time for looking on it. you "must" teach me this ...

show

maybe I will have some little notices. thanks, realy.

[natty dread]

Wow Porky, that actually looks really nice. You really improved the rivers, they are much more noticeable now.

I don't like the legend colour though, the legends looked better grey. Now they're kinda too dark...

The dark sea works, but it could be desaturated somewhat.

The shields are too dark.

Other than that, nice work.

[Industrial Helix]

it's a nice improvement but it gives off the Vegas Neon feel too strongly. Something that could be easily altered i think. But the contrast certainly helps.

[theBastard]

o.k. I look at the map and have some notices. I agree with natty with some.
1, sea is too dark for me
2, also legends are too dark, and maybe they should have another colour/tone
3, the same for border around map
4, maybe all map needs less opacity...?
5, some shields are too dark (aragon, badajoz...)
6, do not know what is with navarra shield by Tudela, looks as has less opacity as others
7, the pink religious icons are great, but blue and yellow needs be darker...?

it is on you if you send me file with layers and I will try to edit it, or you will do some changes if you agree with any of notices.

it is amazing what you did with settlements icons in legend, I love them

all at all again great work.

[porkenbeans]

Wow Porky, that actually looks really nice. You really improved the rivers, they are much more noticeable now.

I don't like the legend colour though, the legends looked better grey. Now they're kinda too dark...

The dark sea works, but it could be desaturated somewhat.

The shields are too dark.

Other than that, nice work.

The legend is that color for a reason. Making it dark and a similar color as the sea is necessary.
1.) They produce the needed contrast between the land and sea. The outside border of the map is also in the same color scheme, so as to lay back with the background, and allow the land to pop.

If you look closer you will see that the whole map is less saturated in color than the original.
The lighter colored land on top of the darker and similar colored background, allows the focus to be drawn towards the center of the map, and your attention is demanded to move to the colorful play area.

These colors were not just willy-nilly chosen. They are complimentary colors, and lie on the opposite sides of the color wheel. So the colors as well as the light and dark shades are meant to give the needed contrast that I am always talking about.

You and I are in agreement about one thing. The shields are too dark. I would have fixed that, But it would have taken some time, because they are all on the same layer as the buildings icons. So I just picked a setting that was a compromise. They will need to be redone on their own layer to eventually remedy this.

[porkenbeans]

o.k. I look at the map and have some notices. I agree with natty with some.
1, sea is too dark for me
2, also legends are too dark, and maybe they should have another colour/tone
3, the same for border around map
4, maybe all map needs less opacity...?
5, some shields are too dark (aragon, badajoz...)
6, do not know what is with navarra shield by Tudela, looks as has less opacity as others
7, the pink religious icons are great, but blue and yellow needs be darker...?

it is on you if you send me file with layers and I will try to edit it, or you will do some changes if you agree with any of notices.

it is amazing what you did with settlements icons in legend, I love them

all at all again great work.

The Tudela is the only shield that I redid on its own layer. It is the same as the one in the legend. All of the shields need to be done to match their legend counterparts.

The buildings also need to be done so as to match the ones in the legend. I wanted to get your opinion first, and if you liked them that way, I could then do the rest like that.

I would be happy to make these fixes. Like I said, I am having a blast working on this map. I think that it could become one of CC's prettiest maps.

[porkenbeans]

OK, thanx for the new file with the separate layers, I will see if I can make the fixes. Meantime here is a version with the sea a tad lighter, and the saturation reduced overall.

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[theBastard]

the graphic and all small things are beautifull, but the look of map is too modern. the colours have much light, the legends and border of map needs another colour, I think.

look here, I know my map is not close to this one, but I like this old style where colours looks simply, without any effects. hm, I´m not able to explain what I think, damned my bad poor English...

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[TaCktiX]

Agreed that the colors are TOO desaturated to the point that I bet it'll be a colorblindness problem. Raising the saturation seems like the best idea.

[porkenbeans]

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The file that you gave me still had all of the icons on the same layer, so I just made new layers for all. I have been working on it all day, and I still have work to do, but here is what I have so far.