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This is my first version of my Endless Terrain Battlemap products - this first map is part of an 8 map set called Woodland Path - created using Nendo, Raydream Studio and Xara Xtreme is the primary map-maker/compositer.

This second map is virtually identical to the "Woodland Paths" set above, except the path has been removed (I had customers that asked for a woodland version without paths) One of the many reasons I prefer using Xara Xtreme vs. Dundjinni, is as you can see below, the water in the pond is transparent. Although difficult to see at this resolution, there are actual fish beneath the water's surface, yet above the stone bottom.

The bottom image is from the last Endless Terrain Battlemap set - Swamp. You may notice I use photorealistic 3D plants, though what you may not realize is that all the terrain - grass, rocks, mud and water - are all photo image fills. Rather than create realistic terrain, I use photo fills of actual terrain surfaces.

Xara Xtreme 3.2 is a vector drawing application, with light duty image editing capabilities, beveling, dropshadows, object feathering, transparency, freehand drawing tools, shapes drawing tools, powerful object combine features.

This program is so easy your grandmother could learn it in an afternoon - mine did!

I've got a couple tutorials using this software that you can download for free: Intro Tutorial | Advanced Tutorial

You can download the free trial here!