Choose menu File → Import → Get Vector File….Open Scribus and create a new landscape-oriented page.You've now got the image that will go over your map to add an extra bit of "age" to the page. Accept the defaults of the next dialog and press Export again.Select a File Type (bottom of the dialog) as PNG, give the image a good name and press Export.
The grey checkerboard just shows where there's some transparency - all over the image in this case - and the brown that's there doesn't show up very well (at the moment). Your image should look like a grey checkerboard with a bit of hazy brown in places, see figure 7.
Select the "Greyscale copy of layer" radio button. Choose menu Layer → Mask → Add Layer Mask…. One last thing in GIMP and you can move to Scribus. 
You should now have an image full of dark brown blobs that looks like figure 6.
Use the various controls to select a mid-to-dark-brown. Press the colour panel to the right of "Custom Colour". Choose menu Colors → Colorify… ( not "Colorize" near the top of the menu but "Colorify" near the bottom). It's not vital but it does make the end result look better and it's not too difficult to do. 
You can skip this section if you're not comfortable with using GIMP.
Save the download to your normal local storage.īefore you get stuck in with Scribus you also need an overlay to put over the map that will make it look like it's a bit older. Depending on the map you've chosen this might take some time so just be patient. The OpenStreetMap servers will now be compiling an SVG version of the map for you. In the Image section choose " SVG" from the "Format" drop-down menu. Press the "Share" icon on the right (it looks like a square with an arrow coming out of it). Close the "Layers" options (press the cross at the top-right). Transport, MapQuest Open or Humanitarian might be good choices depending on the area you've selected. It's best, in this instance, to choose something that doesn't contain too much modern stuff such as road names, etc. The different layers show different types of information. Press the "Layers" icon on the right of the browser window (it looks like a stack of papers). Go to OpenStreetMap and find the map you want by scrolling around and zooming.
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