How to make proper Army Circles for both Large and Small Map

[WidowMakers]

Regardless of which size I make, I use 22 px circles.
Then when I resize the map (larger or smaller), I take the circle layers from the original file and put them into the new file.
I then reposition them to fit.

22 pxl for both large and small.

WM

[e_i_pi]

I'm surprised no-ones upped this yet...



...and the Photoshop file, for easy copy pasting...

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=41b6bc5b701f6a72d2db6fb9a8902bda

[MrBenn]

There is an assortment of army numbers available in the mapmaking tools Look at mibi's Army Number PNG image

[jyor0385]

I have a question that I don't think was answered earlier in this thread. Are the x and y cords for the XML document for the top-left, bottom-left, top-right, bottom-right, or center-center (or some other reference) point of the numbers?

[luxCRUSADER]

To elaborate on WidowMakers excellent thread,
I'll post a simple Photoshop tutorial on how to make an army circle.


While in Photoshop, click and hold on the selection tool and it will expand to show other shapes. Select the Circle shape.



Then choose a fixed size of 22 x 22 pixels. (See top of thread for other options & details on this)



Then create a new layer for your circles. Or you can create 1 layer per circle and keep them within a folder. Up to you. While on that layer, click & fill your circle with solid white.



Then adjust the blending options or Opacity on the layer (or folder) until you are satisfied. I also used the blending options to add a 1px outer stroke around each circle.



Good Luck!




Link to Photoshop Layered File

Just wanna say THANKS A MILLION FOR THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

luxCRUSADER

[theBastard]

I have not Photoshop, is here anywhere tutorial how do Army Circles in Corel Paint Shop Pro?
thanks.

[natty dread]

I have not Photoshop, is here anywhere tutorial how do Army Circles in Corel Paint Shop Pro?
thanks.

No there isn't.

[captainwalrus]

Is there any reason why army circles need to be "perfect"? I just sort of find a good sized circle brush and turn the opacity down, then I just click behind all the army numbers.

[captainwalrus]

And woah, I wish I had seen this earlier. I wasted so much time a while back trying to make the army numbers, but it would have taken 2 seconds if I had seen what e_i_pi posted.

[theBastard]

what about others programs as Photoshop? Corel or GIMP, is here anybody who use it and can write tutorial for Army Circles?

[natty dread]

There are some GIMP tutorials I think, search the forum.

[chipv]

Might there be some mileage in adding army circles to the XML Wizard?

I can just use an appropriate cursor, you click and drop the circles on the image, take a screenshot and crop.

[natty dread]

Might there be some mileage in adding army circles to the XML Wizard?

I can just use an appropriate cursor, you click and drop the circles on the image, take a screenshot and crop.

Eh... I don't think the feature would be very useful. For one, the XML wizard doesn't handle layered image formats. I suppose it could be used after all the other graphics are done and they just get pasted over the image. But then they couldn't be edited afterwards. And it's easy enough to make the circles in the graphics software, so I would say think of something more useful... (Like my idea of incorporating a bonus value calculator in the software!)

[chipv]

Might there be some mileage in adding army circles to the XML Wizard?

I can just use an appropriate cursor, you click and drop the circles on the image, take a screenshot and crop.

Eh... I don't think the feature would be very useful. For one, the XML wizard doesn't handle layered image formats. I suppose it could be used after all the other graphics are done and they just get pasted over the image. But then they couldn't be edited afterwards. And it's easy enough to make the circles in the graphics software, so I would say think of something more useful... (Like my idea of incorporating a bonus value calculator in the software!)

Ahem, I see, ok, thanks for setting me straight.

[natty dread]

No problem... that's just my opinion though, I suppose there could be people who would use the feature, mapmakers have different ways of doing things... but I personally wouldn't find it very useful.

[MrBenn]

I'm also not too sure how useful an army circle feature would be, although my reasoning is slightly different - there is so much variation of army circles (shape, size, colour, opacity, to name a few variables) that having a single type would be likely to restrict creativity; in addition to the fact that I see this tool most useful once the map images are fully completed in any case

It's a good suggestion, but one that would likely not be used very much!

[natty dread]

One way to make it an useful feature would be this:

The feature wouldn't add circles on the map, but instead it would produce a png file with transparent background, which would have 22px army circles in the correct positions. Then this png file could be easily imported in the layered map image file, and the circles could be replaced with different type circles if the mapmaker so wishes.

[kerwin]

cleared, it's a awesome thread, thx!