Make a "Peeled Edge" Area of Interest Effect

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

The keen-eyed among you may notice I get sweatier and more disheveled as the video progresses. This is because I unplug the AC unit for recording the video segments and my little wooden box of an office quickly turns into a sauna. I just thought you should know that.

[@pratikshachalke66]

I think i have seen everything, a peeled map? a chicken hanging around a cartographer's shoulders? Thanks John!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

pretty standard stuff, really.

[@CanadianHGHLNDR]

Another great map effect tip, John! Thx!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thanks, my neighbor to the north!

[@stevensfamily1469]

Once again, you have changed my life!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@stevensfamily1469 but did the series of changes just offset each other?

[@robertcarucci]

I just started using ESRI and I really enjoy watching your videos. I was wondering if the peeled effect is possible to achieve with a dark basemap. I'd love to add this effect to highlight the city I work in and use the image in a PowerPoint presentation that I'm preparing for my department.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

Thanks @@robertcarucci! I think you could see it on a dark basemap that’s not too dark. Worth trying out

[@coulibalyissa573]

Thank you very much for sharing!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@coulibalyissa573 you bet!

[@ava.artemis]

I'm experimenting with doing this for NY state and so far I can't get it to work properly because of the little islands around the edges. Is there a way to do that and still show the basemap underneath, as you do here? I'm not asking for an explanation of how to do it, just wondering if it can be done.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@ava.artemis glad you’re trying it! Yes, you can adjust the gradient. Consider changing its direction until it looks how you like

[@ava.artemis]

@@JohnNelsonMaps 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jamesthompson7507]

Is this some foreshadowing of what to expect at KAMP? 🤔 Fantastic as always!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

i have to admit, i do have KAMP on the brain! see you this October?

[@redarmizory9918]

You’re king 👑

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@redarmizory9918 ha! I appreciate it

[@MLKYWY503]

I see you, J...❤

[@ava.artemis]

The chicken! 🤣❤

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@ava.artemis Speck!

[@jamesg2382]

It would be helpful to mention what software you are using, preferably in the title. For an outsider seeing your video for the first time, I have no reference to know how I could start to replicate what you are doing without knowing at base the software. Effects look great. Comment is intended to be constructive. Thanks

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

ah, good point James! yes, i need to be better about that and will endeavor to be clearer in future videos. this is ArcGIS Pro, a map analysis and design tool.

[@dominiontheory]

"He peeled Idaho off the map like a scab."

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

i'm googling this quote for context, but can't find anything!

[@movax_71]

I wonder if you could do this over and over for all the states and it would look like snake scales? Hmmmm

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

i DID! and yeah, it had that sort of vibe. a bit more chaotic than scales since the shapes are irregular and the drawing order of the states has a big impact on the look.

[@movax_71]

@@JohnNelsonMaps Dang, you beat me to it. I'm doing the states individually to adjust the angle of the buffer and it's coming out pretty cool so far.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@movax_71 awesome! I’d love to see how it turns out

[@pythonGIS]

Did I see a chicken? 🐔

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

i have no idea what you could be talking about.