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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Hap on October 14, 2006, 11:36:23 AM

Title: Map Enhancement
Post by: Hap on October 14, 2006, 11:36:23 AM

I want to take an airfield map and overlay some notes on it in red and white -- number the targets and entrance and egress vectors.  The maps are Bitmap images.

What application should I use?

Oh, I posted this question here because I figured y'all would know the answer.

hap

Title: Map Enhancement
Post by: SELECTOR on October 14, 2006, 01:30:08 PM

open map which i think is in the AH folder...use any editing programme.. then use layers to draw and write onto it.. when finnished, reduce to one layer. then save it as a bit map in ah file.. then i think yo can call up the map from clipboard..
i think this i how you can do it... its been a few years since i've done it so good luck:aok

Title: Map Enhancement
Post by: Hap on October 14, 2006, 03:39:35 PM

Thank-you Selector~!!  Re "editing program," I'm application illiterate.  Can you name a couple that can be found for free or exists in Windows?

Thanks,

hap

Title: Map Enhancement
Post by: Simaril on October 14, 2006, 11:17:30 PM

I got Microsoft PictureIt in a bundle; works for simple things. Can also use Paint, which comes with windows.

I am not a graphics guy at all, but I have used the freeware open xource program called "the GIMP" (Graphic image manipulation program). link is here (http://www.gimp.org/)

It seems to have lots of the features that these art majors talk about, and best of all its free. I've messed with it as a pure amateur...and it can do far more than I can make it do...if you know what I mean

Title: Map Enhancement
Post by: Hap on October 15, 2006, 02:45:33 AM

Thanks Sim!!  Will try paint first then trudge on from there.  And yes, I know what you mean.

Regards,

hap

Title: Map Enhancement
Post by: rogerdee on October 15, 2006, 07:12:35 AM

paint  is not that good but for what yo want might be ok.
Gimp is free and does supprt layers which u really could use in case you make a **** up,that way you dont have to start again.


also u could try paint shop pro 9 i thinkit comes with a 60 day free trail