[Qgis-user] new user

[gill russell]

I  wonder if anyone out there can help me with a few tips ?
I am new to Qgis....and finding it very hard to get started !

I am an artist and need to get very high resolution map information 
for an installation I am doing
I am familiar with photoshop and ideally would like to transfer map 
info. to that
I have downloaded several formats from the Ordinance survey open date 
of the area I am interested in (NJ) in the UK
and am exploring vector files for the first time-dxf

Really all I want to do is overlay contour lines on top of district 
maps (NJ for the UK) and end up with a very high res version I can print large

Even if I could manage to convert the .dxf files to something 
photoshop can use,  it would be a start
Also, I have managed to import data in somehow (not sure what I did 
!)  and can see layers but they don't overlay like they do in 
photoshop and I can't get a high res Tiff exported as an image-only low res
I am quite good at learning new programs but this one is so difficult for me
Apologies for the low level query but I am really stuck

Many thanks in advance

Gill





Gill Russell
www.cosmicsky.co.uk

www.land-marks-art.co.uk


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