Thread: Mapmaking Humble Bundle
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June 18th, 2020, 09:06 #11
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It certainly takes some effort, but there is a point where it clicks into place and you appreciate its raw power. It's a CAD program (works with vectors, but does have raster symbols, fills and effects) as opposed to a paint program (primarily raster), and what intuition and experience with other software might lead you to believe you should do won't necessarily be the right way. The documentation has to be worked through to understand it, but once you do you come to see why it is the way it is. And you will always find answers on the company forum either via searching or asking questions. If you're up for the challenge of learning it, I highly recommend it, especially at this bundle price.
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June 18th, 2020, 12:32 #12
There's some very good video tutorials that are a must to get understanding and the full power out of CC3.
The ones from Joe Sweeney (not too far away in Sydney) are excellent: https://www.youtube.com/user/joesweeney88Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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June 18th, 2020, 13:46 #13
If you purchase CC3+, DO THE TUTORIALS
As mentioned, CC has a work flow that is different than what most people have used before. Trying to learn on your own is not wise. The time spent do the tutorials will make creating your own first map much more enjoyable and much much faster.
And note, the Tome of Ultimate Mapping is a great resource. It's like a help book on steroids. A great resource for detailed references and advanced tutorials.
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June 18th, 2020, 15:33 #14
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June 18th, 2020, 17:11 #15
I'm glad I could help so many of you part with your money.
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June 20th, 2020, 04:20 #16
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Sorry for yet another question, is anyone running it on a Mac either through parallels or another method? I have a desktop windows PC but most of my free time is when I’m away with my MacBook and so just wondering if it’ll be too big a pain to attempt to run CC3 with my laptop
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June 20th, 2020, 08:03 #17
The performance will depend on the configuration of your laptop. If you don't have enough CPU and Memory to satisfy the Windows 10 (assuming you will use that as guest OS) requirements then the experience will be bad. CC3+ is 32bit application, so, 6-8 GB memory for the virtual machine will be sufficient (if you don't do anything else on it). CPU and HDD is another deal.
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June 20th, 2020, 17:41 #18
I know there are people on the Profantasy forums who use it on a Mac. You might look there and see if you can get more feedback.
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June 21st, 2020, 03:49 #19
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I’ve gotten it to run through wine on my Mac and it ran pretty well.
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June 21st, 2020, 05:33 #20
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