Welcome to the April newsletter, dear cartographers! We have some news on the Dioramas add-on and the Source Maps series this month, a run-down by Remy on the new update for CC3+, Sue finishes her parchments and scrolls tutorial, while Pär Lindström starts his own on overland mapping.
News
- Take a look at what’s on the cartographer’s desk: Dioramas Pro can now be installed with CC3+, Dioramas 3+ is in the works and Source Maps compatibility updates will be available soon.
- Update 16 is available on the registration page to bring your version of CC3+ up to 3.82.
- The April issue of the Cartographer’s Annual 2018 is available.
- The May issue of the Annual can be previewed here.
Resources
- Remy takes a look at how to leverage the new features in Update 16 for CC3+.
- Check out some highlights of community-made maps in our Maps of the Month selection.
- Joe Sweeney takes a look at creating interchangeable tiles for starships in his latest Master mapping class.
Articles
- Sue Daniel finishes her tutorial on how to create parchments and parchment scrolls with a detailed look on how to create 3D scroll shapes from your parchment textures.
- Pär Lindström begins his tutorial showing his complete procedure for drawing overland maps in CC3+.