Last month, I looked at how to add information to your city map by using demographic coloring. Today, let us see how we can add descriptions for map features, like a building, that can be shown with a click.
For example, this can be used to add a note to each house describing who lives here, or if it is a business, what they do, what they sell, opening hours, prices, and more.
The basic idea here is that we will use CC3+’s map notes to store the actual information, and then we will add a hotspot to the relevant buildings to make it clickable and display the text. There are several variants around this, like making the hotspot open up a webpage or hide/show text placed in the map itself, but let us stick with map notes for now. Continue reading »
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If you were waiting to jump into CC3+, this is a great opportunity to get it at an awesome price. Even if you already own CC3+, this can be well worth it to fill out your selection of add-ons. Part of the cost goes toward charity, Save the Children.
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If you’ve missed any of the live mapping sessions we do on YouTube most weeks, showcasing a certain style or set of tools in CC3+, you’ll find them archived and organized into playlists on YouTube. Here are the most recent ones:
Welcome dear cartographer to the latest monthly community maps, i.e. the Maps of the Month from March. Thank you for all your great contributions to our forum and the Facebook group!
The April issue of the Cartographer’s Annual is now available. Bubble Gum Fantasy is a whimsical and colorful style by new contributor Will B. Quick and easy to use, the style allows you draw maps like illustrations in computer or mobile games.
Everyone loves a pretty map, even me. But there is also more to maps than their visual appeal, it is the information they convey. An aerial photo of your hometown may tell you exactly how it looks visually and how it is laid out, but it provides very little information about what can be found where in the town. And this is what separates a map from a photo, the additional information it contains that explains what we see in the map.
Today I’ll look into a feature from City Designer – City Demographics. City Demographics in CD3 is a coloring system that lets you color buildings by function (for example residential, commerce, accommodation). This is also a toggle feature which means you can show a nice pretty map for illustrative purposes, and when you need demographics, you can simply turn it on temporarily. Continue reading »
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Welcome dear cartographers to another month of mapping goodness from the Profantasy community. Check out some of the great maps they shared on the forum and in our Facebook group.
We start of with RoyalScribe‘s ongoing work on the temple of Zhao Guang Si monastery with the Trial of the Elements, a wonderful dungeon map using DD3 Dungeon and a variety of other styles. Continue reading »
If you’ve missed any of the live mapping sessions we do on YouTube most weeks, showcasing a certain style or set of tools in CC3+, you’ll find them archived on YouTube. Here are the most recent ones:
Last month, I looked at how to add information to your city map by using demographic coloring. Today, let us see how we can add descriptions for map features, like a building, that can be shown with a click.
