celestialkin
2008-12-06, 03:05 AM
Hello again.
A while ago I got some help here concerning mapping software, so I figured I'd see if any of the mappers are still around.
After a few months of trying to get my head around CC3 I gave up. Then I got the newest Fractal Mapper, and using it's tutorial (which was MUCH better than the CC3 one) I was eventually able to learn how to use it. I have since made my homebrewed world's map, and using the feature which lets one crop a small section to work on I am about 1/4 done with my first continent.
The problem with FF is that the quality of the art seems pretty low to me, especially comparing it to the limited examples I have seen of CC3 material. However, I liked the fact that I was actually able to learn Fractal Mapper.
I still have CC3 on my Macbook, so now I am thinking that since I learned FF I might be able to transfer that knowledge to using CC3. Would this be the case at all?
If so, what more would I need to learn to use CC3?
And do you guys know of any better learning tutorials than the CC3 Essentials document I got with CC3? Again, could not learn a thing from that.
Also, I believe I remember reading way back that one could transfer FF maps into CC3. Is this true? If so, would I be able to keep my world map (which I worked really hard on) and what I have done so far of my first continent? I do not want to start all over. And if I can, could I continue to crop sections of my world map, then convert them over to CC3?
Any advice or help would be extremely appreciated!
A while ago I got some help here concerning mapping software, so I figured I'd see if any of the mappers are still around.
After a few months of trying to get my head around CC3 I gave up. Then I got the newest Fractal Mapper, and using it's tutorial (which was MUCH better than the CC3 one) I was eventually able to learn how to use it. I have since made my homebrewed world's map, and using the feature which lets one crop a small section to work on I am about 1/4 done with my first continent.
The problem with FF is that the quality of the art seems pretty low to me, especially comparing it to the limited examples I have seen of CC3 material. However, I liked the fact that I was actually able to learn Fractal Mapper.
I still have CC3 on my Macbook, so now I am thinking that since I learned FF I might be able to transfer that knowledge to using CC3. Would this be the case at all?
If so, what more would I need to learn to use CC3?
And do you guys know of any better learning tutorials than the CC3 Essentials document I got with CC3? Again, could not learn a thing from that.
Also, I believe I remember reading way back that one could transfer FF maps into CC3. Is this true? If so, would I be able to keep my world map (which I worked really hard on) and what I have done so far of my first continent? I do not want to start all over. And if I can, could I continue to crop sections of my world map, then convert them over to CC3?
Any advice or help would be extremely appreciated!