FCAP #17
FCAP #17: Show Notes
- Sorry it’s been so long since I put up a new episode, folks. It’s been crazy at Casa del Zombie.
- The map pack I’m working on is a collection of 10 generic town and village maps. The maps are all completely unlabeled – no compass rose even! – and are presented as high-res JPG’s. You’ll be able to print them out, edit, and label them however you want to suit your campaign.
- If you’re shopping around for an older, less expensive version of Photoshop, version 7 is the oldest I’d recommend. It’s a real watershed in the development of the program; 7.0 introduced the new brush engine, which – as you can see from this episode – is almost worth the price of admission all on it’s own.
- Even if you have a Wacom tablet, this is still a useful technique to learn. Drawing all those ridge lines over and over again, I would’ve ended up with some serious carpal tunnel syndrome doing it the old fashioned way!
- This is totally unrelated to Photoshop, but I have to mention it anyway as it’s zombie-related. The trailer for George Romero’s new movie Diary of the Dead is up at YouTube, and it will have all the true zombie fans drooling.
Comments
Comment from Butch
Time: January 15, 2008, 4:51 pm
Thanks Colin! Once you get the hang of Fade and the Simulate Pressure option in the Paths palette, there’s a lot you can do without a Wacom. I’d never give mine up, though; they’re just too darn useful!
Comment from drow
Time: January 18, 2008, 12:29 pm
good to see you back in action. 
Comment from Butch
Time: January 18, 2008, 6:32 pm
Thanks, it’s good to be back! I should be able to record a new episode one day next week, though I’m still not sure what it’s going to be about!
Comment from Colin Paddock of the Clan Macdonald
Time: January 15, 2008, 1:55 pm
Hunnnh! Of course I see this the day after I get my new Wacom tablet. Still useful, though. I’m not a fan of ‘wooly worm’ hachuring, but I use it sparingly to suggest cliffs and escarpments. Very nice.