How I Make My Map Videos

A video briefly explaining how I make my map animation videos. Yes, it's still with MS Paint.
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00:00 - Introduction
02:00 - Making the base map
03:35 - Making the map files
07:00 - Research
07:55 - Editing the video
Music used: • StartDown

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  • @EmperorTigerstar
    @EmperorTigerstar Жыл бұрын

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  • @carkitten67

    @carkitten67

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello, you didnt cover how to make the warslides or text I know how to to do both but im curious on how to do warslides, especially in paint because it has no layers and the text im also curious since it always stay in place and to make it do that takes a while for me

  • @carkitten67

    @carkitten67

    Жыл бұрын

    by text i mean the date

  • @icrushchildrensdreams4556

    @icrushchildrensdreams4556

    Жыл бұрын

    yo tigerstar could you make a remake of WW1 or even a video for the interwar dumpster fire in eastern europe?

  • @MrForceYT

    @MrForceYT

    Жыл бұрын

    I also enjoy using filmora it's not just simple but easy to understand!

  • @angelbolanos3144

    @angelbolanos3144

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey I want to do this on my phone is there any apps I can download

  • @averagepotatoenjoyer
    @averagepotatoenjoyer Жыл бұрын

    The tutorial we all didn’t deserve, but needed

  • @LucidShtPost

    @LucidShtPost

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @omargerardolopez3294

    @omargerardolopez3294

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it's the otver way around

  • @youtubecommenter4992

    @youtubecommenter4992

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah it’s the tutorial that is neither deserve nor needed.

  • @Islamickingz

    @Islamickingz

    5 ай бұрын

    @@youtubecommenter4992me who actually needed it 💀

  • @EmperorTigerstar
    @EmperorTigerstar Жыл бұрын

    Figured I’d finally make a video like this! The video on Papua New Guinea I made as an example in this video will be tomorrow’s video. Enjoy!

  • @EdbertWeisly

    @EdbertWeisly

    Жыл бұрын

    Papua New Guinea is PNG

  • @ubertoaster99

    @ubertoaster99

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope West Papua gets a mention.

  • @Dave_Sisson

    @Dave_Sisson

    Жыл бұрын

    At 9:01 I saw southern PNG marked as formerly a British territory. Well, it wasn't really. Before 1901 it was a colony of Queensland, which had full "Responsible Government" (including its own military) before Australian federation in 1901. After that it was Australian until PNG got independence in 1975. While Queensland (and later Australia) were then part of the British Empire, the Brits had no control of places like Canada and Australia after the individual provinces or colonies were granted Responsible Government, which was in 1860 for Queensland.

  • @Calsland

    @Calsland

    5 ай бұрын

    Does procreate work well for this?

  • @kickpushlongboards
    @kickpushlongboards Жыл бұрын

    The only upgrade I could see using is the terrain overlay. Mountains and valleys are very important, especially in military movements, so seeing troops move around a mountain makes more sense than "why did they go northeast then south instead of going straight toward the capital?"

  • @EdbertWeisly
    @EdbertWeisly Жыл бұрын

    I always wondered how you get the very accurate borders using paint, because paint doesn't use layers

  • @leninvasco

    @leninvasco

    Жыл бұрын

    You can use the square tool, all white, and select the marker tipe. After 3 squares on top of one another, anything under them will no longer be seen. So put a map, 1 or 2 squares on top, make a black lineart, more 1 or 2 squares on top, and the lineart will be under 2 squares while the map will be under 3. The lineart will still be seen and the map not. Now you can just paint the now gray lineart with black and there you have it.

  • @TheLegend2T

    @TheLegend2T

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m my experience it’s more consistently 4 layers

  • @leninvasco

    @leninvasco

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheLegend2T oh yes i forgot to say that i put the map, put one layer, then make the lineart and add 3 layers, sorry

  • @kaesangpangarep7301

    @kaesangpangarep7301

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you Polish?

  • @ilovecakecanihaveapiece

    @ilovecakecanihaveapiece

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​​@@kaesangpangarep7301they're Indonesian

  • @hardcoregamingdk
    @hardcoregamingdk Жыл бұрын

    Learning that he makes his videos in such a scuffed way honestly makes me appreciate them so much more lol

  • @lolnoobthemapper
    @lolnoobthemapper Жыл бұрын

    I REALLY NEEDED SOMEONE DOING THE TUTORIAL OF THE RESEARCHING, THANK YOU

  • @goatmapper

    @goatmapper

    Жыл бұрын

    Buy books or just borrow them

  • @definitelynormal6678

    @definitelynormal6678

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn we all here

  • @lolnoobthemapper

    @lolnoobthemapper

    Жыл бұрын

    @@goatmapper I can't

  • @1224chrisng

    @1224chrisng

    Жыл бұрын

    I think OSP Red has a video on researching, but that was a couple years ago

  • @nottherealpaulsmith

    @nottherealpaulsmith

    Жыл бұрын

    check your local library for old maps/atlases

  • @evy2031
    @evy2031 Жыл бұрын

    your ability to accurately research front lines never ceases to amaze me, even after all these years.

  • @zegh8578
    @zegh8578 Жыл бұрын

    I relate a lot to this - I've always prefered Paint to more advanced programs, and I'm 40 and never moved from paper to tablets - I draw by hand on paper with pencils or pens - and it's often difficult to even admit, because many people will literally take offense, like I'm bragging about art-conservatism or something - but I just could never really adapt to the more advanced programs or equipment I could never afford. I like the processes I've gotten used to - and that's how I prefer to work.

  • @HowtoPolish
    @HowtoPolish Жыл бұрын

    Ayyy, all of my videos were also done with Paint. It's crazy how far you can get without using anything fancy.

  • @HaapsaluYT

    @HaapsaluYT

    Жыл бұрын

    All you gotta do is teach people how to lose hope :P

  • @OrangeDrinkOfficial

    @OrangeDrinkOfficial

    6 ай бұрын

    I LOVE HR CHANNEL

  • @AlternateHistoryofEurope
    @AlternateHistoryofEurope Жыл бұрын

    Having made video´s like yours as well and now seeing you have the exact same strategy and reasons to use simple programs is so nice to see.

  • @wommyu

    @wommyu

    Жыл бұрын

    ayo when Alternate History of Europe: Battle of the Bulge part 2?

  • @Nasrul260
    @Nasrul260 Жыл бұрын

    Seeing that folder filled with very *single* frame of a map video, made me realized how much effort you actually put into these videos. Personally, i'd do whatever i can to make my work process convenient & easy at the cost of time (sometimes). But to do something like this is very impressive. I very much respect you dedication to these videos, honest!

  • @MemeControlyt
    @MemeControlyt Жыл бұрын

    I was literally just thinking about this and happened to see this lol. Also keep up the content Tigerstar, your videos are really fun and informative!

  • @idontdeservesubs2637
    @idontdeservesubs2637 Жыл бұрын

    This helped a lot with my art skills. Thank you so much

  • @Ggdivhjkjl
    @Ggdivhjkjl Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for informing us of this.

  • @TheMonarchOfTetris
    @TheMonarchOfTetris Жыл бұрын

    really nice to see the behind the scenes of how u make videos tigerstar. very cool

  • @kotaowens6978
    @kotaowens6978 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all your work!

  • @erti4531
    @erti4531 Жыл бұрын

    This was very useful video bro. Keep it up.

  • @derekw3069
    @derekw3069 Жыл бұрын

    yes, I am very much a visual learner. Simple and informative is what I personally am looking for. I can only imagine how much work it takes just for that small amount of time it is for us. ty man

  • @fuongnam
    @fuongnam Жыл бұрын

    very specific and detailed

  • @SamJoex
    @SamJoex Жыл бұрын

    8:34 In VEGAS Pro, I'm able to get around this issue (at least when adding media to the timeline) by temporarily setting "New still image length (seconds)" to the value I think would be most appropriate. Of course, that's really only convenient when you're dragging in your image files all at once, and I haven't yet found a convenient way to adjust the length of all of those events simultaneously after they've already been added.

  • @user-TheDieselOfTheProletariat
    @user-TheDieselOfTheProletariat Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making this Tiger, I hope to make my own mapping videos one day! ^^

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 Жыл бұрын

    The info we needed~

  • @NomadicNaturePhotographer
    @NomadicNaturePhotographer Жыл бұрын

    Cool. Since I have also been into this very same stuff my entire life, 🙂it sure is interesting to see such a vid from a fellow Maps and History fan, like myself. In fact, you're inspiring me to start uploading my stuff, too. 🙂

  • @Vextonomy
    @Vextonomy Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for info

  • @LFC1122
    @LFC1122 Жыл бұрын

    The thing I love about them is that they genuinely sound thankful when saying they appreciate support on their videos Not a lot of KZreadrs sound genuine doing that Love your videos❤️😁

  • @veritasetcaritas
    @veritasetcaritas Жыл бұрын

    I had no clue how you managed to create these great maps in MS Paint, and now I know you use a TRACKPAD I am even more impressed! Your process is also incredibly meticulous; all those layers and images!

  • @veritasetcaritas

    @veritasetcaritas

    Жыл бұрын

    I also really appreciate your explanation of your research process.

  • @Charles-472
    @Charles-472 Жыл бұрын

    Thank god you showed what film making program you use. I’ve been stonewalled by my own laziness ever since movie maker got removed

  • @HurtmePlenty1993
    @HurtmePlenty1993 Жыл бұрын

    Krita can also be used for animating maps, sure it's quite complicated but it's really good at its job with layers, frames and much more

  • @EdbertWeisly
    @EdbertWeisly Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for Tutorial

  • @pocketmarcy6990
    @pocketmarcy6990 Жыл бұрын

    You should do a video where you try to draw countries on paint from memory, given how many times you’ve probably traced them

  • @lolailo2199
    @lolailo2199 Жыл бұрын

    Bro uploaded the exact video I needed

  • @Caosalfa
    @Caosalfa Жыл бұрын

    The background music in this video is magnificent.

  • @sefhammer6276
    @sefhammer6276 Жыл бұрын

    I liked the video and I hope you make 1 more explaining more indepth how to draw a more accurate border which i find annoyingly hard. Thank you alot :)

  • @deez_noots
    @deez_noots Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the maps we used to make for NationStates back in the day; what a time!

  • @Plab1402
    @Plab1402 Жыл бұрын

    2023 has really been a blessing :D Mapsinanutshell, eastory and now EmperorTiger!!!

  • @AlexNV75
    @AlexNV75 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty neat 👍🏼; as someone who posts just for fun it’s pretty interesting to see how real creators do their work.

  • @cessna17247
    @cessna172477 ай бұрын

    i love this also ur videos

  • @EdbertWeisly
    @EdbertWeisly Жыл бұрын

    I love the maps

  • @erronarlock4973
    @erronarlock4973 Жыл бұрын

    This is exactly how I make my own personal map videos lmao I thought I was doing it a really strange, basic, and hugely simplistic way.

  • @udeshbenthuhewa5333
    @udeshbenthuhewa5333 Жыл бұрын

    I REALLY WANT THIS !!

  • @NunyaMcBusiness
    @NunyaMcBusiness Жыл бұрын

    The fact that you use ms paint is amazing

  • @natieboi
    @natieboi Жыл бұрын

    OMG TY FOR TUTORIAL Also I know this is cheesy but Second

  • @ProfesionalRizzler
    @ProfesionalRizzler Жыл бұрын

    FINALLY A TUTORIAL

  • @BrnonopbgoXD2009
    @BrnonopbgoXD2009 Жыл бұрын

    THANKS

  • @mr.rubycarnation8325
    @mr.rubycarnation8325 Жыл бұрын

    Very repeating drawings process to make a video possible, I respect that.

  • @Kamalean
    @Kamalean Жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @AncientAmericas
    @AncientAmericas Жыл бұрын

    It''s very interesting comparing another mapmaker's process with mine.

  • @Ryuko-T72
    @Ryuko-T72 Жыл бұрын

    I make all my maps in paint and it's a pain, especially with the small scale I use. I want to ask, how big is the brushyou use in your maps? For borders and such?

  • @caiusoof
    @caiusoof Жыл бұрын

    Finally, quite nice.

  • @walt3990
    @walt3990 Жыл бұрын

    I'm curious what takes longer, making the maps or the research...

  • @petergriffingaming12
    @petergriffingaming12 Жыл бұрын

    In your war videos, how do you know the exact positions and mapping of occupation/control of armies

  • @dantetre
    @dantetre Жыл бұрын

    7:10 still better than most of the Historical video animators on KZread. Extra Credit and Blue from OSP seems they don't have Historical atlases and maps...

  • @Adamm17004
    @Adamm170048 ай бұрын

    I would love to know how you get historical borders so perfect? Like a war or smthing. Thank you

  • @quintessence2183
    @quintessence2183 Жыл бұрын

    Let's goooo finally

  • @NoobHammer
    @NoobHammer Жыл бұрын

    SALAMAT PO

  • @Mr.GlitchInfinity
    @Mr.GlitchInfinity11 ай бұрын

    How would you research territorial changes

  • @swilson-738
    @swilson-738 Жыл бұрын

    wow!

  • @quakeknight9680
    @quakeknight9680 Жыл бұрын

    I have a problem with Google Maps. When i try to look into a region of a country i have to go the border of that region very close and it shows name like this [Region] ------------- [Region] Instead of just just displayed in the middle but zoomed out

  • @georgiaballanimationandmapping
    @georgiaballanimationandmapping Жыл бұрын

    Hello fellow map maker. I make my own maps for my own videos, mostly Europe. but I also make other maps for fun. my map making prosses is a bit different but the same non the less.

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois Жыл бұрын

    Ok, what I love best about Tigerstar is that he uses MS Paint. No fancy Photoshop for him. Hehehe...

  • @jamestownsend2999
    @jamestownsend2999 Жыл бұрын

    Is that music the windows 2000 startup sound?

  • @llawliet3639
    @llawliet3639 Жыл бұрын

    Is there going to be any update on the history of North America: Every year video?

  • @william3117
    @william3117 Жыл бұрын

    Emperor spilling the Krabby patty formula

  • @AnonimBall21
    @AnonimBall21 Жыл бұрын

    Спасибо

  • @raphaelhamilton3526
    @raphaelhamilton3526 Жыл бұрын

    @EmperorTigerstar One remaining question: what typeface do you use?

  • @EmperorTigerstar

    @EmperorTigerstar

    Жыл бұрын

    Times New Roman is my default font for like 99% of my videos.

  • @eliotanderson6554
    @eliotanderson6554 Жыл бұрын

    Wow 😮

  • @saddelta6785
    @saddelta6785 Жыл бұрын

    Well now I know what imma do today at least

  • @EdbertWeisly
    @EdbertWeisly Жыл бұрын

    How do you copy the maps that well

  • @RidgeWalletYT
    @RidgeWalletYT Жыл бұрын

    Forged Pacific ftw 🙌

  • @clipPRmusic
    @clipPRmusic Жыл бұрын

    Finally, someone else who doesn't like anti-aliasing and publicly shows it

  • @TheRootifiedOfficial
    @TheRootifiedOfficial Жыл бұрын

    Hey just wondering how could you make the date transition so smoothly, it's some kind of editing or what?, Ive been watching your videos for a long time ago, and am planning on doing somekind of these. Could you give me more details about it?

  • @EmperorTigerstar

    @EmperorTigerstar

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't do anything special. I just make one slide for every date.

  • @TheRootifiedOfficial

    @TheRootifiedOfficial

    Жыл бұрын

    Right... I did the same thing by erasing the date and replace it with the next date for the other slide, but turns out the proportions of the text seems to not match with its previous date. And yeah the date is uneditable, since paint doesn't allow people to fix or change the written texts.

  • @PortugueseBall1914
    @PortugueseBall19146 ай бұрын

    How did you add the labels on the side?

  • @shmoosmith
    @shmoosmith Жыл бұрын

    Is there a fast way to trace maps with aliased borders?

  • @shmoosmith
    @shmoosmith Жыл бұрын

    A LAPTOP TRACKPAD!?!?!?!?!? ARE YOU INSANE!?!?!??!?!

  • @1224chrisng
    @1224chrisng Жыл бұрын

    at least you didn't end up like Blue where he bought a whole program just to add hills

  • @LordShadrach
    @LordShadrach Жыл бұрын

    Tigerstar, we thank you for this video of Imperial Greatness.

  • @oliverrevis4190
    @oliverrevis4190 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone know how to use QGIS?

  • @angelzavala2254
    @angelzavala2254 Жыл бұрын

    New video!

  • @konkasd2539
    @konkasd2539 Жыл бұрын

    Are you going to cover the tigray war?

  • @marcello7781
    @marcello7781 Жыл бұрын

    Yours, the ones of Knights and Generals and the ones of Sam Aronow, are some of the best historical-political maps I've found on KZread so far. My most sincere compliments for your great work and effort.

  • @wordcell_.on-twitter
    @wordcell_.on-twitter Жыл бұрын

    Is the link for the video you said you would post missing? Or am I just not seeing it?

  • @EmperorTigerstar

    @EmperorTigerstar

    Жыл бұрын

    It's at the end of the video on the screen.

  • @aureliaqueen8753
    @aureliaqueen8753 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting.

  • @Bruh-cg2fk
    @Bruh-cg2fkАй бұрын

    I wanna learn to animate :3

  • @irontusk341
    @irontusk341 Жыл бұрын

    whoever made this song, had a love for windows 95 theme.

  • @afzaal-haider.
    @afzaal-haider.4 ай бұрын

    Can anyone help me that what site is he using

  • @unomeanstwo112
    @unomeanstwo11210 ай бұрын

    how do you do the dates?

  • @philguer4802
    @philguer4802Ай бұрын

    6:00 God tracing borders accurately with a graphic tablet seems hard enough, doing it with a track pad is just hellish punishment to me

  • @pbow
    @pbow Жыл бұрын

    finally

  • @PhantomZGames
    @PhantomZGames Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @AugustoLealAnims
    @AugustoLealAnims9 ай бұрын

    4:27 What Text Font Is That?

  • @EmperorTigerstar

    @EmperorTigerstar

    9 ай бұрын

    Times New Roman

  • @MilkJugA_
    @MilkJugA_ Жыл бұрын

    its beautifully inefficient, nice

  • @rachelbowen4082
    @rachelbowen40827 ай бұрын

    I wish I could learn all the stuff from you, but I don't how

  • @BESTAustrianPainter
    @BESTAustrianPainter10 ай бұрын

    How do you make the map transparent

  • @patjnic
    @patjnic Жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for PowerPoint to make an appearance

  • @CarolinaManRealBatman
    @CarolinaManRealBatman Жыл бұрын

    AWOOG

  • @yog-sothothery5720
    @yog-sothothery5720 Жыл бұрын

    6:28 I'm one of those people.

  • @AnnaColon3
    @AnnaColon3 Жыл бұрын

    we need to get EmperorTigerstar a lot more subscribers so they can make enough money to get a super cool computer

  • @ground4568
    @ground4568 Жыл бұрын

    Yay

  • @banano24
    @banano24 Жыл бұрын

    FIIIINAALLLYYYYY !!!!