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FCAP #16

3 October, 2007 (22:05) | Cartography, Photoshop, Podcast | By: Butch

Show Notes:

  • I usually have each episode at least partially scripted out. I’ll typically write out the opening, the closing, and any bits in the middle where I want to make sure I don’t forget a step or (more often) if I just hit a section that doesn’t sound right off the cuff. This one’s completely off the top of my head, and except for a couple of edits where I completely fumbled a phrase or had a particularly long pause to think about what I was going to say, it’s the first take. Not too shabby, although I wish I’d mentioned that I’d turned down the opacity of my brush earlier.
  • Speaking of brushes, just about any brush that’s got some texture and slightly roughened edges will work for this. Try out several and find one you like; the watercolor brushes are an obvious choice, of course, but you can get some interesting effects with others as well!
  • There’s one more step to these mountains, by the way; in the original map, if you look closely you’ll see that the mountains have snow-covered tops. I’ll cover that next episode.

Comments

Comment from Dale
Time: November 14, 2007, 3:44 pm

Hey Butch, I just want to say that I really enjoy FCAPs. You really do a wonderful job with these. I miss getting a weekly fix of these. But as I’ve said before, thank you for sharing your expertise.

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