Mapping in 3D

Mapping in 3D is a dialect where Mappers turns a map into a 3D perspective. It allows the viewers to view a map from a non-bird's eye view perspective. This dialect is not to be confused with Protoype 3-D dialect. The difference is the perspective for this dialect. The first to use this was CorrosiveDragon.

This dialect also involves a sub-dialect, where there are animations in the map. An example would be ships moving around in the water to reach an another location and moving clouds.

Modern 3D Mapping was invented by Anchor Mapping and consists of an animated 3D spherical globe.

Photoshop CS6/CC
(Note: There will be more than 1 way to do this, this is only one way)
 * 1) Take a Bird's Eye view Map.
 * 2) Depending on the map, if you are using a green map, go to select, select colour range and select green, then do Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to create a new layer with the green map only
 * 3) Take one of the layers and change it's perspective. To do so, select the layer and do Ctrl + T. Right click and select perspective.
 * 4) Pull the bottom right anchor point to the right and bottom left anchor point to the left. Then apply transformation.
 * 5) Duplicate an another layer of the map.
 * 6) Take the bottom the layer and put it below the other layer to form a 3D shape. You may adjust some of its position as some islands may seem off.
 * 7) Change the colour of the land to something besides the original colour, depending on what you're doing.
 * 8) Then merge the layers and duplicate the layer. (Recommend to keep a backup layer in case you don't want to do the colours on the same layer)
 * 9) Fill in the blank spots as blue for one of the layers. Make sure to have anti-alias on.

Paint.NET

 * 1) Download Pyrochild's Plugins
 * 2) Paste the map you want to turn 3D.
 * 3) Using the Magic Wand and Eraser tools, make the Ocean and other non-lake water sources (like the Black Sea) transparent.
 * 4) Deselect the magic wand and go to Effects > Distort > Perspective. Adjust Ratio 1 and Ratio 2 until you get something that you think works.
 * 5) Some areas such as Greenland or Siberia may appear cropped due to the perspective. Either crop these or use the eraser to make them transparent.
 * 6) Go to Effects > Object > Outline. Set Softness to 0 so there is no anti-aliasing. Enable "Angled" and set the angle to -90.00.  Adjust the outline's thickness according to the size and scale of your map.
 * 7) Fill in the remaining transparent areas into your preferred water color.



List of Mappers who uses this dialect

 * VoidViper (CorrosiveDragon)
 * RevanMapper
 * Mich56 wikia
 * Razvy
 * Anchor Mapping

List of Mappers who adds Animations (Ships or other things)

 * VoidViper (CorrosiveDragon)
 * RevanMapper
 * Mich56 wikia