Wonderdraft How to turn a radar map into a fantasy world?

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How to turn a weather map into a fantasy world?
Idea by PsychicToaster
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Getting the map
The first step is to go to weather.com and pick a cloud that you like. For this example, I picked a nice storm in Texas (USA).


Now we want to have this cloud, but without the background map. To do this we need to switch the background style. Changing this is a bit slow on the website, giving you time to make a quick screenshot of the clouds with a white background.

Now we have something like this:

Removing the background
All we now need to do is to change the background to alpha.

Photoshop
In Photoshop we do this by double-clicking the layer and going to the blending options.

Now we lower the right marker until the background disappears.

GIMP
In GIMP we can do this by going to layers --> transparency --> colour to alpha
Then select OK.

Finishing
The last thing we can do to get a better result is to make the image black and white or greyscale. Do this by either applying a colour filter or by desaturating the image. Now save the image and import it into your mapping software.

And your finished result should be something like this:

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