what is the best "paint" program to work with maps? (in windows)

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Mortifer:
Haha.
I own Adobe Photoshop and Corel 11 as well.

Oh sorry about that.
Gandalf Parker

[Arralen]

I know Neopaint since the DOS Version, and it has allways been very simple and intuitive to use:

http://www.neosoftware.com/npw.html

30 days testing, 60$ with CD, 50$ "electronic delivery"

I am using The GIMP now ...

A.

[ November 28, 2003, 14:43: Message edited by: Arralen ]

[Gandalf Parker]

Does NeoPaint do targa files? And I guess some sort of tool for "painting with a clipart" or able to use captured brushes (to make it easy to place mountains and trees)

Im wondering what kindof features would be useful to doing Dominins maps. Rather than buy a program it would seem that a free converter for TGA files would be all thats needed.

Im looking more in the area of random map generators. There are many out there which do amazing results but I havent found one yet that I like.

[ November 28, 2003, 15:00: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[Arralen]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Does NeoPaint do targa files?

Supported File Types:

BMP- Windows Bitmap
CAR - NeoBook Cartoon
CUR - Windows Cursor
GIF - CompuServe (supports both transparent and animated formats)
ICO - Windows Icon
JPG - JPEG/JFIF
NPM - NeoPaint Mask
PAL - Palette File
PCT - Macintosh PICT
PCX - ZSoft/PC Paintbrush
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PSD - PhotoShop 3
RAS -Sun Raster
ST - NeoPaint Stamp (DOS format)
STW - NeoPaint Stamp (Windows format)
TIFF - Tagged Image Format
TGA - Targa

And I guess some sort of tool for "painting with a clipart" or able to use captured brushes (to make it easy to place mountains and trees)

Stamp Pad: Quickly assemble pictures using collections of clip art and stamp images. Create, edit, rename and delete stamps. Stamp images may even be used as custom multi-colored brushes.

... Rather than buy a program it would seem that a free converter for TGA files would be all thats needed.

IRFANWVIEW http://www.irfanview.com/ was already mentioned ..
AFIAK it's even scriptable ... .


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[ywl]

Originally posted by Edi:
Gimp.

http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/

Most of the program requires you to pay, especially Photoshop. If you're need a program just for hobbist purpose, it may be better to just use Gimp. Powerful and cheap (free of charge).

Downloading and installation could be a hassle. It's simple on Linux though I've never used the Windows Version. But unless a program comes in the OS, buying and installing it need a little bit work anyway .

[PhilD]

Originally posted by ywl:

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Originally posted by Edi:
Gimp.

http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/

Most of the program requires you to pay, especially Photoshop. If you're need a program just for hobbist purpose, it may be better to just use Gimp. Powerful and cheap (free of charge).

Downloading and installation could be a hassle. It's simple on Linux though I've never used the Windows Version. But unless a program comes in the OS, buying and installing it need a little bit work anyway .

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Hmm - Last time I installed a Linux distrib, it came with the Gimp already installed. I'd say, if you installed Linux in the past 2-3 years, it's probably included - especially if you clicked on the "OK, install everything and don't bother me anymore" button sometime.

Of course, installing Linux, in itself, requires a little bit of work (and, mostly, worrying whether it will work correctly in the end). But now that most of my gaming time is being spent on Dominions, I only ever boot up Windows when I want to sync my PDA

[ywl]

Originally posted by PhilD:
Hmm - Last time I installed a Linux distrib, it came with the Gimp already installed. I'd say, if you installed Linux in the past 2-3 years, it's probably included - especially if you clicked on the "OK, install everything and don't bother me anymore" button sometime.

Of course, installing Linux, in itself, requires a little bit of work (and, mostly, worrying whether it will work correctly in the end). But now that most of my gaming time is being spent on Dominions, I only ever boot up Windows when I want to sync my PDA [/QB]

Sorry. Extremely off-topic: ranting of a Linux-geek .

The Linux Version of Gimp is of course easy to install . I just didn't know anything about the Windows Version of Gimp.

Installing Linux is not hard for me neither, I've been doing it in the Last year on more than 10 machines . In the era of Redhat 5.1 (two years ago), things were more difficult and you always had to prepare for problems. But now it's so easy that I often can't even believe when it's done (20 minutes for a fresh install of Mandrake!).

Ha! For PDA, I used Agenda, which even run its own Linux distribution. I don't even need to boot into Windows to sync . Top this !

But to give Microsoft some credits, Windows installation is in general easier (though much slower). But I've never install Windows on unsupported machine, so, it's not a totally fair comparison.