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Test Maptorian
You can download in the Maptorian website a sample file, free, allowing you to test Maptorian as “template” to create maps. It is a vector map, with selected content among the forty layers that make up...
View ArticleHow to Crop a Vector Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
An interesting video from Vectortuts+ about how to crop a vector illustration in Adobe Illustrator.
View ArticleIllustrator + Sketchup = great illustrated maps
Here is a good example of the magic use of Illustrator and Sketchup, from Escape Key Graphics. | En español |
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United States Digital Maps
New map pack available: Maptorian USA Edition! Although the pack Maptorian of world maps has detailed maps of the United States, we believed it was necessary to create a special package for those times...
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Illustrator maps: GPU vs CPU performance
When we work with extremely large Illustrator files, as vector maps, the computer performance may be adversely affected. GPU performance enhancements let Illustrator pan, zoom, and scroll up to 10...
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Playing with gaussian blur in raster layers on vector maps
Some of my vector maps (published in Maptorian or AlpoMaps), have one or more layers in raster format (bitmap, not vector). Why this format? In ocassions, when the geographic information is very dense...
View ArticleGlobally change Colors and Text with Adobe Illustrator
In vector maps, as in Maptorian, the layers of text labels are usually very numerous. Editing these layers of text labels is very simple, especially if you want to do it in large sets. First we will...
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