How to use Wonderdraft

[@thewritemindset]

This guy feels like I'm watching Bob Ross paint and I'm not complaining. lol this is so relaxing and informative at the same time.

[@dpken11]

You are the Bob Ross of cartography. Love it, watching it with my son.

[@AvantNovis]

Thank you so much

[@MrWhybull]

That is exactly what I was thinking!!!! The whole time I have “Please say, ‘happy accident’” in the back of my mind. 😂

[@MrDowntemp0]

I bought Wonderdraft a long time ago and only tinker with it from time to time. I've been 'building' my world with other tools, but always plan to do the final pass in Wonderdraft. This was a great tutorial to go through as a refresher to keep my skills with the program up to snuff.

[@TurdFergurson]

Thanks for this. It would have taken me much longer to figure out how to use it on my own. I watched this video last weekend, and yesterday, I purchased Wonderdraft. I was able to jump right in and use it with the relative ease. I even imported some of my hand drawn maps!

[@BenA718]

Purchased Wonderdraft today, this tutorial was a great basic tutorial! Thank you!

[@ItsBlade-h2w]

bro is the Bob Ross of technology, but thanks this helped a lot.

[@whafrog]

Super helpful, thank you! I finally created a map last night but wish I had see this first, even if just for the symbol selection and colour blending.

[@veritasaequitas9277]

Excellent video. Can't wait to create my own map.

[@enchantedlimestone373]

Awesome! Congrats on 1k BTW!🥳🥳

[@AvantNovis]

WOOOO!!! thank you so much!

[@WasKeineAhnung]

great Tutorial, really made my decision on which Map-Editor to choose

[@StarKnight619]

Yep getting both this and Dungeon Draft very soon. I have seen WAY too many good things to pass them up. Ive used CC+3 and have liked it but this and Dungeon Draft seem to be MUCH easier to use will little headache involved. Not only that but also I can save the map as a UVTT and just do a direct import to Foundry. You are awesome and this is something I will be referencing when I create my world map

[@AvantNovis]

Make sure to look up plugins for both programs there are a lot of dedicated makers and artists that are producing assets for both programs!

[@StarKnight619]

@@AvantNovis Oh i have been. I think I can make due with what comes with it, but I am looking at other assets. as for DungeonDraft I'm looking at the DungeonDraft Integration 3.0 Patron Pack from Forgotten Adventures (if its like the other one there are over 130k assets of all types). I love their artwork.

[@Claviceptic]

Thanks for doing this!

[@davidpendleton1174]

Thanks.. that is going to help a lot as I get started on this for the first time!

[@AvantNovis]

you got this! Just have fun! give me a yell if you need anything

[@rj7397]

Congratulations on the 1k subscribers!

[@saiyansbarrage1821]

Really appreciate how you did this video! Very informative and helpful, I’m deciding between Wonderdraft / Dungeondraft and Inkarnate. Tough choices

[@loydcogswell294]

Have always done my maps the old fashioned way paper pen. Someone sent me your link and video and I loved it… fantastic job 💪🏻 loved it so much I purchased the software today and am on my 12th map already….

[@mattalford3862]

This was extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@petrus9067]

Thank you for the video! 🙏

[@gracet9]

This is really helpful, thank you so much!!

[@PuppetMaster-Blade]

1k Subs 🥳 🎉

[@AvantNovis]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[@fiffi5318]

I would love to thank the Bob Ross of mapping for giving out lots of very useful tricks and tips!

[@zackt2042]

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you.

[@eillwony]

Great voice

[@philippecmartin]

Hi, I'm a very happy new customer - thanks for a great product

[@AvantNovis]

Oh it’s not mine. But I love it and I’m glad you do to!

[@gromuk4849]

Great, thanks !

[@billiepie8562]

this sounds like a Bob Ross tutorial for painting, and i mean technically you are teaching us how to paint.

[@unoshexcabvar101]

Way to go man! We should hang out and just draw some stuff.

[@AvantNovis]

That would be tell me when you have some time.

[@weylins]

I like the heavily forested area in the north because folks often don't realize how deforested Europe is and for how long it has been. Especially since the 1700s. Same with large swaths of America.

[@parmiszare6513]

It helped me a lot , thank you very much !

[@animazyx]

Awesome, I'm looking for this thing for a long time 😅 *Still learning English😅

[@SandroMassarani]

The Bob Ross of maps!

[@eillwony]

Big grats in the 1k subs

[@AvantNovis]

Thank you so much

[@koolmani10]

Love it. Bravo !

[@SCARRIOR]

Fantastic video mate

[@fivestringslinger]

Map making Bob Ross. No mistakes, just happy little trees. This is almost trance-like.

[@alamondefield2823]

And what dear Sir do say about the lovely Pripyat river. TY this Tut made me buy it. So I blame you, I love it.

[@negotive4303]

Благодарю автора за объяснения и перевод)

[@brendonhowbert9330]

Great video.

[@XxRavenx]

The Bob Ross is strong in this one.

[@eternalistmorqan9476]

Amazingly good work! Would you say that Wonderdraft is worth the 30 bucks? Thats pretty much for a map tool.

[@jeffmayart]

I love this style… is there a way that you can create a layer with an actual real map so that you can trace its outlines?

[@scottnolan2833]

I'd like to know the same thing. I'd like to import the maps I drew freehand years ago and trace them in Wonderdraft.

[@sosleepyzzzz]

@@scottnolan2833 there is a function in the overlay section, so yeah, if you have an image of it, you can!

[@TurdFergurson]

​@zer4023 Last night I purchased a scanner to upload my hand drawn maps to my laptop and I was wondering the same thing. Thought I saw it in the overlay section but it wasn't mentioned so I came to the comments. Thanks!

[@tarvoc746]

Is there a way to place towns and cities as simple dots instead of buildings and structures? I think for a continent map, these buildings are kind of out of place and make a continent or even a country look small. I've found a circle with a star in it in the symbols, but that seems better suited for capitals. Is there a simple dot for cities somewhere in the symbols?

[@lorshaft]

Hello, very good videos that you make. Now a silly question, create the map of a valley. Would the procedure be similar? Greetings. 😉

[@AvantNovis]

Hummm.... Great questions. I think it would be similar. Start with the basic shape of the valley, add the highest point, then figure out where the erosion would take place and color accordingly.

[@lorshaft]

@@AvantNovis Thank you very much for the prompt response, I will do so, regards. 🙂

[@R1se3928]

thank you very much

[@lawrencediggs7957]

Will this work on Mac OS. The website is confusing. It says Mac OS is supported but, when purchase is attempted, only a Windows installer is offered.

[@AvantNovis]

@@lawrencediggs7957 let me check

[@WillSykes-wn1cf]

This is great. Is it possible to import existing maps, Europe, Africa for example and then trace your own version over it??

[@AvantNovis]

Yep I have a few videos show how. Let me see what I can find

[@WillSykes-wn1cf]

Great!

[@torrancerichter1469]

how do you get the map to print?

[@seanleafgreen135]

Awesome tutorial . One suggestion. Could you add more advertisements ? I don't believe I was interrupted enough .

[@AvantNovis]

Oh crap. I’ll try and turn them off. Thank you for letting me knoe

[@helixxharpell]

Glad I found this! And so many responses beat me to the Bob Ross analogy! Also, this gentleman has a "quiet cursor". 😊 He doesn't move the mouse all over the place! Which cab be quite annoying. Question: can you establish "scale" in Wonderdraft at the beginning? I have my drawn my map in pencil already to scale. Lastly, can I import a pdf scan of my map and use it as a transparent background to trace over?

[@AvantNovis]

There is an option to add a grid and change its size to establish scale. Let me find a video on how I did that. Also your image needs to be a .bmp or a .png to add it as a overly

[@AvantNovis]

kzbin.infoy2fymchrnS4?si=ax30BWGNxS2OI_FN here you go

[@helixxharpell]

Oh wow!! Thank you so much for taking the time to post the link! I am grateful for your time & effort sir!

[@Michaelrsem0010]

Good video thank you

[@doryahdoryah8114]

Is it possible to add deserts, and sand dunes?

[@alexschultz4272]

can you share the rbg amounts for your brushes?

[@jakepara]

Nice tutorial! Just started using the program. Do you know if you can select a piece of land, an island of continent for exemple, and move around the map? In case you draw an island/continent but on the wrong spot or justa wanna move someplace else?

[@AvantNovis]

I was about to say you can’t, but now that I think of it I don’t know. Let me dust it off and see what I can find

[@maxeisert7466]

Can you insert an existing map jpg as background which you can afterwards remove?

[@AvantNovis]

Good question, honestly I don’t know, but let me find out, I’ll get a video made as soon as I find

[@Easterlingofrhun]

thank you for this. is Wonderdraft compatible in windows 11 by the way?

[@AvantNovis]

Yes it is. Thank you for your kind words

[@veyselsimsek9416]

Thank you very much for this! I am wondering if one can draw maps in Wonderdraft by using a stylus on a pad and/or on a 2-in-1 laptop screen?

[@AvantNovis]

I use my stylus all the time in wonderdraft! as for a 2 in 1 lap top i'm not sure but it should work

[@rayguym33]

can you rotate the objects or symbols

[@Nexidal]

Where did you get the city and village symbols you use here?

[@AvantNovis]

The city symbols are part of the default symbols included in wonder draft.

[@Nexidal]

@@AvantNovis Ha! I've been so rabidly downloading assets I hadn't even checked the default ones. Your videos have been very helpful in learning to use Wonderdraft! Thanks for the quick reply!

[@Chayan-v1l]

How do you do zoom in and out?

[@AvantNovis]

Hold Ctl+ mouse scroll button

[@esadel]

can't use Arabic on labels I tried to copy the fonts to the assets folder but at last I ended up with Arabic alphabets, but it's not connected alphabets. so it goes like this د م ح أ instead of this أحمد can anyone help me ?

[@lukas.18249]

Is this possible to use on tablets?

[@AvantNovis]

That’s a great question I’m looking in to it. What tablet do you want to use it on

[@lukas.18249]

@@AvantNovis i have an ipad Pro 4. Generation with iPadOS 17.2 // but i would buy a tablet where it works. Im searching for a tool to create maps because worldanvil dont have something like that. Its only about private use. And i am new as a GM for DnD5e // thank you for the response

[@gravitrax6478]

I'm trying to make a world map in the shape of a realistic planet. I've made a sketch of it in krita and saved it as a jpeg and a png file. Is there a way I can put the image of that map in as a layer and draw a map in Wonderdraft over it?

[@AvantNovis]

you can use the map you made and put it in as an overlay and use it to trace a map in wonderdraft. Other than making a black and white copy to import there is not a way to use a layer in wonderdraft. Let me see if there is a video on how to import it.

[@AvantNovis]

this on show how to take a black and white image and import it directly to wonderdraft kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZnMk4qFfs-YbNE

[@gravitrax6478]

@@AvantNovis ok thank you very much!

[@danielmehefko1553]

Tappy tappy tappy

[@michaelstewart5712]

I know it's an old video, but how does Wonderdraft perform on Mac? I have a Macbook Pro with a dedicated GPU (Radeon 5500M 4gb).

[@AvantNovis]

I don’t have a Mac but everything I see/read indicates it run amazing

[@parafix-sh2qi]

فارسی نداره ؟

[@AvantNovis]

Let me see what I can for Farsi.

[@brigittehuber9745]

Thank you! This video is really helpful!