Talk:Mapping in 3D/@comment-24472509-20150509031256/@comment-26380049-20150509035226

Before you begin, I don't think you can do this with default Paint.NET, so you need to download Pyrochild's Plugins for the two effects, Perspective and Outline Object.

First off, get the map that you want to turn 3D. Use the Magic Wand tool and the eraser tool to make the Ocean and anything that isn't land transparent (you need this for the outline to work.) Once everything is nice and transparent, make sure to deselect your magic wand and go to Effects > Distort > Perspective. For the perspective I used for the map above, I entered in these for the numbers:

Ratio 1 - Top of Left: 0.95

Ratio 2 - Bottom or Right 1.73

Ratio 3 - Hight of Width 1.00

and hit Okay. Next, go to Effects > Object > Outline. I recommend solid black as your color. First things first, set the Outline's softness to 0, so that there is no anti-aliasing. Next, look down and tick "Angled" for the outline and set the angle to -90.00. I used 20 width for the map above but you should mess around with it depending on the size/scale of your map.