The display of the layers can be enhanced using blends, shadows, and bezels to produce a wide range of maps but its not photoshop and new users to the program can become frustrated as it doesn’t operate like the tools they are most familiar with. This means that mapping occurs with symbols, points, polylines and polygons, and these are all laid out in layers (with some layers on-top and some below). Unlike many other programs Campaign Cartographer is not a paint program like Adobe Photoshop, its built upon a CAD (Computer-Aided Design) platform.
If you would like to quickly peruse a range of maps recently produced using this software check out the Profantasy blog which is updated at least monthly with maps produced by community members. These are available as a discounted bundle purchase.
The software has a strong passionate following including its own Facebook Group of community users but how good is it in a world of competing mapping programs?įirstly Campaign Cartographer is the first and core component of a suite of mapping tools produced by Profantasy – you must purchase this! on its own Campaign Cartographer allows you to construct world maps but most will want to create battlemaps for online play and for this reason most purchasers should purchase Dungeon Designer and most should also consider purchasing City Designer as well.
It was even the software platform for the digital release of the Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas which has become a collectors item for Dungeons and Dragons fans. Campaign Cartographer by Profantasy Software Ltd is a veritable oldie in the world of map-making having commenced operations in 1993 and with more than 250,000 software sales through its various versions, on 3.5″ floppy disc, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and now digital download storefront.