News

• The public beta version of Symbol Set 6 – Isometric Cities with artwork by Mike Schley will be available later this week.
• The November issue of the Annual 2022 is available, with a new symbol set by Sue Daniel.
• You can now download the November free monthly content by Mike Schley, adding a set of dragon lair symbols.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for October to get inspired by the work of our awesome mapping community.

Articles

• Fresh from the community, forum member EucalyptusNow teaches you how to create custom decorative symbols by tracing existing artwork.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear map-makers, welcome to the October newsletter. Let’s see what happened last month in our mapping community.

News

• The October issue of the Annual 2022 is available, with new look at the Jon Roberts Overland style.
• The new free monthly content by Mike Schley is available. Download the set to get a range of symbols for a high temple of the gods of light.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for September to get inspired by the work of our awesome mapping community.

Articles

• Take a sneak peek at Symbol Set 6: Isometric Cities on the Cartographer’s Desk.
• Remy teaches you how to add your own buttons to the CC3+ toolbars.
• He also discusses how to do rectangles with rounded corners in CC3+.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear map-makers, we hope you enjoy the waning days of 2022’s summer with some chilled map-making. Let’s see what the last month had in store mapping-wise.

News

• The September issue of the Annual 2022 is available, with a dungeon and battlemap style for some very cold environments.
• An update for FT3+ is available as a beta version.

Resources

• Of course Mike Schley had more free monthly content for you. We released the Necromancer’s Lair symbol pack this month.
• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for August to get inspired for your own map projects by the work of our awesome mapping community.

Articles

• Remy discusses how to create and use drawing tool shortcuts that show up in the catalog window.
• Check out the entries for the August mapping competition for the Community Atlas Project. The voting is over now and winners will be announced soon.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear map-makers! Freshly back from GenCon, we have the August newsletter for you. Check out what happened last month.

News

• The August issue of the Annual 2022 is available, extending Sue Daniel’s excellent “Creepy Crypts” symbol pack.
• Humble Bundle is running another campaign of our software with the “Maps Spectacular” offering.

Resources

• Mike Schley was busy with more free monthly content for you. In July he created the Smith’s Workshop set …
• … and complemented it with the Marketplace collection in August. Both sets mesh perfectly with the Dungeons of Schley style in Symbol Set 4.
• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for July to get inspired for your own map projects by the work of our awesome mapping community.

Articles

• Remy discusses the script files and macros for CC3+ in his latest article and advanced techniques.
• Ralf shares his GenCon experience after three years of not doing any conventions in his latest “The Cartographer’s Travels” column.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear map-makers! Welcome to the July newsletter and our look at what the last month had in store.

News

• The July issue of the Annual 2022 is available, providing a style and toolset for complex coastlines and island groups. It was inspired by Ralf’s recent trip to the Outer Hebrides.
• Visit the ProFantasy booth (#423) at GenCon Indy in early August.

Resources

• The next batch of free monthly symbols by Mike Schley is available. We are switching from overland symbols to dungeon/battlemap symbols for a while with this set.
• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for June to get inspired for your own map projects by the work of your fellow map-makers.

Articles

• Remy presents the bookmark function of CC3+ and how to utilize it for organizing your maps.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear fellow map-makers! It’s time for the June newsletter. let’s have a look what the last month had in store.

News

• The June issue of the Annual 2022 is available, featuring new dungeon and crypt symbols by Sue Daniel with the Creepy Crypts style.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for May to get inspired for your own map projects by the work of your fellow map-makers.

Articles

• Ralf heads out for his summer hiking holiday to the Outer Hebrides, sharing a 17th century map of Lewis and Harris to get in the mood.
• Remy talks about methods to organize and find your symbols in all of the available styles and catalogs.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.98 (Update 28) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear fellow map-makers! May is here and we are looking forward to the summer.

News

• The free monthly symbols for this month are a special highlight, as Mike Schley has created some amazing structure symbols for a Dark Empire in his overland style.
• The May issue of the Annual 2022 is available, featuring an overlay style for computer networks and other electronic systems.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for April to see the beautiful maps shared by our fellow map-makers.

Articles

• We have a new Master Mapper in our roster of awesome cartographers. Read about the work of Hans Anders Bergström, our Master Mapper of 2021.
• As travel restriction are being lifted and events are happening at a larger scale again, you’ll find ProFantasy at GenCon again this year, meaning we have to travel to Indianapolis.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.97 (Update 27) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear fellow map-makers! Another months has passed and spring (a little reluctantly here) makes itself slowly felt. While I’m eagerly awaiting warmer weather to head out into the woods and properly start my hiking season, the cool weather also gave me plenty of time for map-making and some of my own work spilled over into ProFantasy work, resulting in the latest Annual style. I hope you enjoy it, as well as all the other cool stuff we have for you this month.

News

• The free monthly symbols for this month provide mapping material for the magic and unusual places of the work in Mike Schley’s overland style.
• The April issue of the Annual 2022 is available, featuring a new modern, local area style for “Tactical Maps”.

Resources

• Watch or re-watch last month’s live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Check out the community’s Maps of the Month for March to see the beautiful maps shared by our fellow map-makers.

Articles

• Remy Monsen complements his recent live video on drawing tools with an article on Advanced Drawing Tools.
• I ponder the future of the Free Monthly Symbols and ask your for your input on their future.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.97 (Update 27) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear fellow map-makers we hope you are safe and sound wherevery you are in the world, no matter which borders you live in. Like so many others, we at Profantasy Software look at what is happening in Ukraine with horror and great concern and as a company we’ve decided to support humanitarian relief efforts via British-Ukrainian Aid. But we also need to let you know what happened concerning our software last month – which seems to have a wintry theme – so here we go.

News

• The free monthly symbols for this month add snow-covererd hills and trees to your options in the Mike Schley overland style.
• The March issue of the Annual 2022 is available, featuring a new city style called “Winter Village” by Sue Daniel.

Resources

• Check out the most recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Browse through the community’s Maps of the Month for March to see what your fellow map-makers have produced.

Articles

• Ralf gives a preview of the next symbol set in the making: Isometric Cities by Mike Schley.
• Remy Monsen looks at the indexing function of CC3+ and how to create a searchable archive of your maps.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.97 (Update 27) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.

Dear fellow map-makers, we hope you had a good start into the year 2022.

News

• Check out the new free monthly content for CC3+: alien plants and majestic trees for the Mike Schley overland style.
• The Feberuary issue of the Annual 2022 is available, featuring the an overland style with a book frame by Pär Lindström.

Resources

• Check out the most recent live mapping videos from our playlist on YouTube.
• Browse through the community’s Maps of the Month for February to see how your fellow map-makers have started the mapping year.

Articles

• Matthew Verdini is producing and selling some very nice battle maps created with CC3+ for virtual and real tabletops. Check out some samples of his work.
• Remy Monsen continues his development of dynamic dungeon tools. Follow this excellent exercise and tutorial on programming your own extensions for CC3+.

Reminders

• CC3+ has been updated to version 3.97 (Update 27) which is available from your registration page.
• Fractal Terrains 3+ has been released and is available from among your FT3 downloads on your registration page.
• Join our community of map-makers on the Profantasy forum and/or the Facebook group.