RPG Maker MV Parallax Mapping for Beginners - Part 1

[@greyalice]

OMG it's the Bob Ross of RPG Maker Mapping.

[@395leandro]

I thought the exact same... I came for the information, stayed for the soothing voice.

[@Terminator-T2000]

"Somewhere behind those tress there is a little event"

[@asamuksv1019]

She really beat the devil out of this map.

[@yourinternetboyfriendasmr]

We're gonna add some friendly trees and these trees are friends so don't be scared to put them next to each other

[@mghostube]

It's 2020 and I'm learning so much from this. Thank you.

[@josephwestin8996]

I realize it's kind of randomly asking but does anybody know of a good site to stream new series online?

[@felixjoseph8815]

@Joseph Westin flixportal

[@josephwestin8996]

@Felix Joseph Thanks, I signed up and it seems to work =) I appreciate it!!

[@felixjoseph8815]

@Joseph Westin no problem :)

[@Jazzadrin]

Holllaaaa! Good luck with your projects and learnings of RPG Maker MV!

[@HaydeosGaming]

well after months of using MV I just realized the "Save as image" function...thanks!

[@LoreleiVTuber]

I'm so glad this tutorial is helping people still!! This video super outdated but some concepts (especially in PART 2) are still relevant! I now livestream with a virtual avatar on Twitch, so I hope you can check me out from time to time :) I'll be playing all sorts of games - including RPG Maker sometimes! Twitch.tv/LoriVT or go to loreplays.games :D

[@blazedsensei]

Just started messing around with rpg maker and your maps look amazing! Is there any chance of you doing an updated version? Or would most of this still work for MZ

[@straydogfreedom7795]

The first RPG Maker tutorial with a person's voice I like listening to. Thanks a lot! Great video!

[@BearBoxBreaks]

Finally someone explained it so I can understand. Thank you. Wish you were making more videos.

[@clamonte1122]

All of these are really well-done, coherent, and I love the reminders for key commands. Thank you, I will definitely keep an eye out for any other tutorials you post!

[@LoreleiVTuber]

+Ryan Sturm Thanks so much!! I'm glad you liked them =D

[@Koryn_99]

Just got RPG Maker MV for my Macbook, was getting started, but I didn't know how to make neat-looking maps to test things in, which is one of my favorite parts, the creation of a world. So this tutorial is really great, and I'm definitely gonna be watching the rest!

[@d4nnyw4yne57]

please don't second guess yourself I am a dummy when it comes to photo editing and making maps on MV I find this quite valuable to my own efforts

[@KefkeWren]

My only real complaint is that you didn't explain at the beginning exactly what "parallax mapping" _is_. I think I figured it out as you were explaining the how, but I still don't really _know_ know. Other than that, though, I found this really easy to follow, and it wasted a lot less time on things that are self-explanatory than many tutorials do.

[@Zorark101]

I love how the "game" is listed as Minecraft in the description :^)

[@SagePhantom]

Yeahhhh i think the same aksjdaksjda

[@thepsyche100]

Excellent, clear and concise tutorial series with the addition of a beautiful voice. Thank you very much.

[@paulmabbitt7254]

Awesome video! The explanations are thorough, new ideas are presented, and this tutorial is extremely high quality.

[@DonaldSimsProduction]

This is basic enough that it helped me. If you had fun, keep it up.

[@tohisukael9753]

The result is gorgeous. I did a lot of mapping in Vx ace, but with MV and your tutorial, I think I have an excellent opportunity to recreate my game better.

[@LoreleiVTuber]

+Tohisu Kael I'm so happy you think so! Good luck with your mapping :D :D I'm sure they'll look great~

[@tohisukael9753]

+Fallen Lorelei Do you know how to do some sun rays all over a map? I would love to do some on my maps. I just give you some eventual ideas for your next guides. (I'm not english so I dont think my english is perfect.)

[@LoreleiVTuber]

I actually plan on making a sun-rays tutorial tomorrow! =D

[@Sankaritarina89]

Hi lorelei :) Great tutorial! I'm on linux with MV and gimp and I just managed to do everything in gimp aswell. setting up the grid etc. really awesome and some whole new level of creating maps! thanks for your tutorial, it is very well done!

[@Tartaruga-5687]

Finally, a worthy tutorial, my parallax will be legendary

[@ABaumstumpf]

This got nothing to do with parallax mapping. If you are looking for that -t his video-miniseries is not for you, here it is just "lets use photoshop to slightly change the looks of the background"

[@Rhymers]

Lovely tutorial! even after all these years, it`s still good and helpful

[@tyronewhite918]

Your voice is out of this world.

[@feihyme7898]

Basic mapping or not, this helped a lot. You've just got yourself a new subscriber!!!

[@jmebee7517]

I just started playing around with RPg Maker and you were extremely helpful and wonderful to listen to (as a beginner Thank you!) I am def. Liking and Subscribing.

[@nihatalacahan8596]

Hi Fallen Lorelei, I am a French photographer and I love so much your soft voice and your pretty smiles !!! Continue your excellent tutorials! You are the sun of all RPG Makers !! Best Regards and kisses from France.

[@IzludeTingel]

I just got the ancient dungeons resource pack. Ok so THIS is how they did those screenshots :O So pretty much you have to make your skeleton map and then touch it up all fancy in photoshop :) Thanks, that's definitely going beyond just tiling a map. lol. I'll give it a shot, maybe do a video of my attempt. Thanks again!!!

[@SirKarten]

Good video. Actually, you solved my problem with the Photshop grid and tileset space, thx. Keep doing these videos. :)

[@schlummerkatze795]

This tutorial is really great and easy to follow! And your maps are really pretty to look at *____* Thank you so much!

[@chrisfayte8482]

Great tutorial thank you!

[@raellaneta6832]

First Tutorial!?! Your a natural!! I enjoyed this tutorial, thanks!! Subbed!!

[@tarincrowell-mackie7739]

Ok I think I got it. Sent it to Photoshop, expanded it by the right amount of magnification, it looks aligned now :)

[@siriusboo5937]

I just started and I'm just so thankful that you gave time to do this so thank you very much and i'll be heading on to part 2 now :DD

[@Gibrilswings]

a tales of the abyss fan i see.. well that alone makes me trust your videos will be great.

[@whitedevil5544]

That was weird. Your trees were under the water tile then above it in game test. I've heard of "just seeing things" but that was interesting.Thanks for the tutorial, will be watching. I didn't even understand Parallax till just now...

[@hyreals182]

Very welcoming and friendly to beginners :) Lovely video, good work :)

[@nikketasnowden]

Thank you for all your help. As of now i think i;m not going to use parallax mapping, but Lord willing i will in the future. You inspired a map that i put in my game...not sure when it'll be done, but i will let you know.

[@AyluinGaming]

This is an absolutely beautiful tutorial! thank you!

[@gotnerdy]

Gotta have a chimney so the little people in there can stay warm in the winter time :D

[@chrisliam2]

What version Photoshop should I buy ? I went on the website and it wants me to pay monthly fees to use it , I thought you could just buy it and that would be it.

[@olivierchoi7601]

Photoshop CS6 is a good choice.I've used it for a long time.

[@kirakoraawesome]

you don't need spendy art software. you can use clip studio medibang or krita.

[@hosamorfali3444]

You are awesome, can't wait to check the rest of the tutorial!! :D

[@meh3450]

This really helped me, thanks very much. I'm looking forward to seeing your other videos.

[@LoreleiVTuber]

+James Knox I'm glad it helped you -D

[@山寨]

What recorder are you using? Oh and BTW, great map :D

[@joellaberkhout3789]

thanks soo much! I'm just starting out and this was super helpful!

[@MGbar]

+1 subscriber. I'm gonna watch all your videos. That's all I want to say. Thank you

[@Basketcase180]

You are wonderful for making this. Thank you so much.

[@darckakuma]

I loved your tutorial... thanks a lot!

[@BeliasLP]

hey, first of all, thanks for your great tutorial, i think this will help me alot with what i have planned to do! but i have a question: in another tutorial from someone else, it was adviced to use the same plugin you use for top and lower layer parallax mapping, so the character might walk beneath some objects. i created my own map in photoshop and tried it in RPGMV, when i started the game, sadly i got an error saying my map was too big: its 100 x 100 tiles big, so maybe i went a bit overboard with it. what is the max height and length of a parallax map that works with the said plugins? thanks in advance!

[@LoreleiVTuber]

+Belias I'm actually not sure what the max size of the plugin supports! 256x256 is the max for MV, so it's weird that it doesn't allow 100x100. Huh. You could always contact the BindPicturesToMap developer, or try another overlay plugin, such as Kaus?

[@BeliasLP]

i'll try to contact the dev. so are you developing a game with rpg maker? which size of maps do you usually go with? i heard that if your map is too big, it might lag because of all the NPCs walking and stuff going on.

[@LoreleiVTuber]

It's true that a larger map might cause some lag, but I think 100x100 isn't *too* large here. I make smaller maps because I don't like having lots of wasted space, but it certainly depends on the type of map =D if it's a huge forest or maze, then 100x100 is fine~ Right now in the game I'm making, the biggest size is 40x45 so far haha but it feels kinda cramped

[@Meme-ge3lb]

Love listening to you ..

[@JokingGod]

ur voice is so beautiful

[@arkadiuszjandylewski152]

Do not be a simp.

[@haisesasaki8878]

How do you take a screenshot of the rpg maker MV map screen?

[@abbinormal407]

for a second i thought this was the LPer JessiMews. nice voice.

[@Arella17]

If I’m just painting over it in photoshop why the hell am I bothering with rpgmaker?

[@bzacrack6342]

Thank you so much! Now i can start my first map :)

[@heavynubeslayer7495]

Awesome tutorial, it really helped

[@toastytoad8154]

How do you adjust the size of the map though? Is it something obvious? Am I just being a moron?

[@Neotokyovibes-WelcomeHome]

Good tutorial but please put your commentary through audacity and remove the background noise, it's very easy to do and will make you not sound like there's a waterfall in your room hehe

[@saulodabreu2325]

Greetings friend, me going on the parallax is repeated .. Thanks for the help

[@RPGPR1NC3SS]

So apparently this video is 8 years old, and I am watching in 2024....I could really use some help with being able to have my characters pass under the front brim of trees and other over hanging elevated surfaces in RPGM MZ. There is only information for passing behind objects. Is this not allowable in MZ?

[@djnorthsky]

Thanks so much for this! I'm nervous about doing maps cause I do want them to look great. Your tutorial is great for a photoshop newb like me. I am going to finish building my game and come back and spruce up the maps. If I release it I'll be sure to give you a thanks!!!

[@山寨]

Hello! What's your game called? I'll be trying it and give you a feedback once your done :D Goodluck on your game!!!

[@djnorthsky]

+Зенон Рокоссовитския I think the title will be "In Between" and its going to be about kinda what I feel like might happen when we die. Your adventure will take place in a realm between Life and Afterlife. Thank you for wishing me good luck!

[@wirem0nk299]

Thank you so much for the help. Watching this set helped me P-lax tremendously. : )

[@AntonioDellegrazie]

Hi I would like to know one thing, I insert a tilesets in a4 (walls) to put the walls. But I have a small problem, so my character walks on the walls, how can I not walk?

[@LesDuffy]

I have RPG Maker VX Ace. Is it worth getting MV?

[@doaahmdi5070]

How you did this big house

[@brianweber4756]

You can right click on the the map in the map list and click "Save as Image..." No screenshots required.

[@finguest]

what are your PC specs? I'm wondering if my i7 6700 and 32GB corsair vengeance DDR4 ram will be able to record in HD with 60FPS. I hope that doesn't sound like a stupid question...

[@Arcticgod3535]

Could you also do this with Paint Tool Sai? (I don't have Photoshop or Gimp)

[@Neotokyovibes-WelcomeHome]

Also, I'm in love with your voice do you have discord or anything??

[@محمدظاهري-ع5م]

i'm in love with your voice ♥ ... and ty

[@ErwinTheEmperor1]

It's 2020 and they still didn't fix the screenshot function.

[@willragsdale309]

Loved your tutorial

[@spamjr4183]

how do you open PhotoShop?

[@algol291]

Is MV better than VX Ace overall?

[@Alessandbro7]

I have a much smaller selection of pieces to work with.. Am i missing something?

[@theseedpod1529]

You're great...keep it up. Huge help. ~Cheers

[@ΞοηνΓΙΩΡΙΚΑΣΔοε]

Nice tutorial!My map's size is quite big so you can't see it full without scrolling or zooming out and because of that I can't use printscreen.Also if I try the "Save as image" option of the editor,the quality of the resulting image is super low...Can someone help pls?

[@LoreleiVTuber]

+Outer Heaven Until someone makes a "map saver" plugin, right now what you'll need to do is make multiple screenshots of the map and try your best to align them correctly. If you have the right canvas size already open, you can paste in the "top" half of the map - aligning it to the corners - and then paste the "bottom" half, aligning it to the bottom corners. That should work :D

[@ΞοηνΓΙΩΡΙΚΑΣΔοε]

Ah!Thanks for the quick reply!I will try what you suggested :D

[@minecraftbox7939]

Thankx sis now i m your big fan

[@sashatrumble]

So for the life of me I can't figure out how you got your map from RPG maker into Photo Shop and fill in the new file that is made from multiplying 48 by however big your map is. For some reason I end up with all this blank space around my imported map :( Have you ever run into this problem?

[@suyahatesntr]

When I realize this video was made when I was in elementary. Now I'm in college 💀

[@mysteriousgamer5753]

"I will also be using Photosh-" **exits out of the video**

[@Warionator]

just crack it ez

[@_Lucary]

It's not like you even need Photoshop to parallax. Free programs like Krita or Medibang work just as well, but if you have Photoshop why not use it.

[@VoicesFromTheDark]

Thank you, helpful stuff you got here ^_^

[@cesarmacuart1858]

i really really love your voice..

[@d4nnyw4yne57]

@15:10 Does the 72 pixels per inch matter when making new canvas?

[@truenenekikillz3361]

I know this video was made years ago, but I just wanted to ask... Can I just left click the map then click on "Save as Image" and open that saved image in photoshop? or does it have to be a screenshot? :? ~

[@kunalshetty3460]

When I paste the map image to the canvas in photoshop the image becomes small ??

[@josephsmeenk7439]

that was a good job

[@msfconsole5206]

this used photoshop?

[@earthpartyradiopodcast2509]

im trying to move a map from vx ace to photo shop then to mv. is there a different sizing thing have to do because as of now they are all coming out awful.

[@jwj2k]

great job. very helpful.

[@AdemChatum]

Your good at macing maps

[@satur9dreamer]

I really do not understand. I have never used photoshop, but i am trying it out now in order to follow your guide and get accustomed to this method...i am having all sorts of problems. For one thing "copy-pasting" is not really a simple matter in photoshop, if you are not used to it, i had to watch a bunch of tutorials and read some other stuff just in order to understand why a new layer was made each time i tried to paste something...hehe, anyway, i got through that, so now i know how to copy and paste using photoshop, but it is NOT simple still. i still can't just ctrl+c-ctrl+v. i have to click on a bunch of other thing, otherwise i get these obscure error messages...ok, maby not so obscure once you are used to it, but for a beginner. COMPLEX! anyway, i am trying to paste the image of my skeleton-map. the simple thing i did in RPGmaker and now want to import into photoshop in order to make it pretty. however, when i paste the image of my map i can no longer see the 48 pixl grid that i made in order to be able to see where my character can walk. now there is this super-complex grid that fills the entire picture and makes it impossible for me to see where anything is...so, i am at a loss again. why do these extra grid's appear and obstruct my view of the photo? i am unable to follow along with your tutorial now... god i'm such a photoshop noob...i feel really dumb.

[@trips487]

Just tried the grid feature on photoshop and for some reason when I do 48 pixals it gives me very tiny boxes. However, if I put 48 inches it shows the correct format like in your video.

[@LoreleiVTuber]

+trips487 That's very odd. Check your canvas's resolution, maybe. Mine is at 72. Is your canvas's dimensions set in pixels as well? It sounds like your canvas is massive which may be the result of 300 dpi resolution or accidentally using inches instead of pixels when putting in the original dimensions. It may also be that sometimes Photoshop puts in little mini-grids inside regular grids. I'm not on my home computer so I can't check what that setting may be. If the resolution is at 72, Plan B could be going to View -> Extras and unchecking everything except for Grid. *chinstroke* Ninja Edit: It also sounds like you might be using Pixel Grid instead of regular Grid?

[@trips487]

Fallen Lorelei Not exactly sure I will check everything and see if i can figure out the problem. It has been a very long time since I used photoshop and I just installed the new photoshop CC so im not as familiar with it. Another issue I have is i can't seem to drag and drop any titles/images into a new one like you did with the grass and stuff. It lets me move them but then doesn't appear on the other side. It just makes a new transparent layer. This is a brand new install from creative cloud and like I said it's been a long time since I used photoshop so this is all unfamiliar to me atm.

[@LoreleiVTuber]

I'm also using CC from Creative Cloud, so at least we're using the same version! You can check your resolution by going to Edit Image Size, or just go ahead and make a new canvas - making sure "72" is under Resolution (which is under width and height). Are you using the "move" tool to move the icons between the two windows? Sometimes I'm not paying attention and try to move it with the marquee tool still selected. If that's not it, then I'm not sure. Maybe you'll need to copy/paste until you figure it out D: Sorry! It's hard to tell the problem without messing around with it myself. I typically troubleshoot through trial and error lol

[@trips487]

Fallen Lorelei haha I Made a dumb mistake lol. I figured it out. For some reason it started on inches for width/height, and I forgot to change that to pixals. Also the res was 300 for some reason. I guess that also prevented for me from dragging and dropping any titles probably bc they were different sizes? Either way thank you for the help.

[@LoreleiVTuber]

Awesome! Glad you figured it out~

[@DaveTormala]

Thank you for the tutorial. You have a cute voice as well. I will subscribe

[@johnathanpoulin4862]

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[@kairon156]

If this was for the Unreal engine I would be very interested. I don't know any programming languages so a while ago I was looking into the unreal blueprint system. Oh well. :(

[@daichow_dbd]

I need to modify one icon in MV where is the folder ? I speak spanish ;)! Oh, Hi.

[@puxN]

Totally love it!

[@Rpgmakermvcom]

Great tutorial ! :D Your map is beautiful by the way o_ob

[@LoreleiVTuber]

+RPG Maker - MV.com Haha thank you!!

[@AsidotosTheInfamous]

Good to see

[@fabiolivoti7903]

ok. you're the best!

[@sixiangyang]

Hi, I like your vids ,sweet voice,wish you keep on.

[@silversteampunk]

Thanks for the tutorial! :O

[@lordpringles6539]

hey, when i try to open the image in photoshop, it doens't really work that well, even if the grid is set to 48 by 48, and yes, i did multiply the size of my map by 48 too, but the grid looks bigger than it should be, idk why

[@n0t.Puffer]

you should check if you left it 48x48 cm or inch instead of pixel

[@lordpringles6539]

it's everything exaclty as in the video, its 48x48 pixels, but it's a little bigger than it should, if I put 44x44 tho, it's almost right, but still a little bigger, maybe 2 or 3mm

[@LoreleiVTuber]

Hmm maybe the map isn't 1:1 when you export it? So the Grid *seems* too big / too small? I recommend looking at part 3.5 to use Orange Mapshot also, instead of taking a screenshot (this tutorial is a bit old, haha)

[@lordpringles6539]

yeah, that was it, thanks, it wasn't 1:1, yeah, i noticed haha, but thanks a lot, I actually saw that 1:1 thing yesterday and realized i was being dumb, and thanks for the tutorials, my maps now look 10x better

[@lordpringles6539]

1 more question, how do you see what you have in each layer? like, i can perfectly see the trees in your layers, but mine is just blank, and then you can barely see something in the middle, you can't even tell it's a tree

[@KIDPHAROH]

Holy cow is her voice attractive.