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[Kanttori]

They are textures, I have used Photoshop and many layers. I have tried a new technique with these three airfields but I am not 100% satisfied with them... I must regenerate the main idea when I use the old aerial photos with the airfield textures...

At first I rotate, scale and skew the aerial photo to 1024 x 1024 pixels image using airfield map as reference (I have scaled the map to 1 mile x 1 mile = 1024 x 1024 pixels image). After that the airfield is very near to it's real life dimensions:



Then I took my different textures, the bottom texture should be for ex. my forest texture:



Then I use my dark heather texture:



I create the airfield area with those two textures (forest and heather):



Then I use the sand texture:



I pick all the aerial photo's light areas (with the "Magic Wand" tool) from the sand texture and blur them. Then it looks something like this:



Lastly I mix all the layers together, for ex. the old aerial photo is about 30% transparent, sand is something 20% etc.



Then I create the grayscale BumpH-file, assign all the airfield stuff (hangars, plates etc.) and that's it!

I must use (with the airfields) "stretched" textures (x2) so the resolution is not good (512 pixels / mile). That is because there is coming so many so custom airfields to this map.

And Zoran: Thank you for those airfield photos!

[SAS~Gerax]

love this airfields .. 

[Uzin]

Thank you very much for the guide, Kanttori !
Your AF look so good that are worth the effort you devote to them.

[Kanttori]

Has anybody a good swamp/marshland texture? I mean these northern really BIG swamps like this Patvinsuo on North Karelia:

[Uufflakke]

Has anybody a good swamp/marshland texture?

If you mean an existing 1024x1024 seemless texture perhaps there is one to your taste in Mixx his Zapolare/North Norway map?
In case you want to create one yourself and haven't found anything usefull in Google Earth or FlashEarth try here:

http://www.textures.com/download/groundplants0163/49063

[Kanttori]

Thank you Uufflakke! Zapolare's Norway textures are great but there are any REAL northern swamp... actually I am using two those awesome Norway textures with the Karelia map! I am going to check your link, too. Maybe I try to create it myself if I find a good aerial or satellite picture. Swamp is one of the main terrain types in that map.

[Kanttori]

Large swamp area on Eastern Karelian Isthmus. I done it myself...



And now gentlemen, Merry XMas to Everybody!

[Flying H]

Great Finland will look Finland again!

[CzechTexan]

A month has passed since the last update.  Any more accomplishments?  We'll be expecting a winter map too, of course, after the summer map is finished. 

[Kanttori]

I bought Battle Of Stalingrad and now it is a small pause with this because new game takes all my time. But this map project continues after a while!

[Kanttori]

I have stopped this IL-2 1946 map project because I have now different plans with this terrain. I can offer all my Karelia Terrain files and my reference material if somebody wants to make this 1946-map ready! So just contact me with PM or with this thread and let's discuss how the work is going on without me but with my consultation...