[photoshop] Pixel World Map
This tutorial will show you how to make a cool world map made from separated pixels. Step 1 Get a map. The first thing you need to do is get a decent picture of a world map (or individual continents, countries or states if you prefer). I used a dingbat font that has, among other things, a world map character. I used Hong's 2 Dings (Download .zip here ). If you're using the same dingbat as me, the world map is character " w ". Step 2 Create a new document and insert map . Open up a new document with a white background by pressing Ctrl+N (or File> New). I used the default photoshop size. Insert your map image in black. If your using the Hong's 2 Dings font like me, simply type the character "w" (without the quotes!) and change the font to Hong's 2 Dings. I used size 210pt font. Step 3 Backup your map and convert to raster Next, we need to make a copy of the map in case we mess up and need to come back to it! Locate your layers palette (F7 or...