Hi everyone, hi Taron!
First of all, congrats to Taron for this awesome program. As a beginner wanting to learn to paint digitally, I was about to buy Corel-something when I saw on YouTube one of your demos on Verve. Wow. Incredible. Hold on, do not purchase Corel-something yet.
Then I tried Verve at home to see if it was for real.
Then I installed a graphic card and i tried Verve again.
I could not believe my eyes, I was excited just like when I had the opportunity to play a few notes on a brand new Yamaha VL1, some 20 years ago. Sound On Sound wrote then:
"The VL1 is not just another synthesizer. It represents a major change in the way that electronic musical instruments are made and perceived. It really is that different!"
We can say the same for Verve in the realm of digital painting programs. Except that it's for free (the VL1 was not, believe me). This is future happening now. My old graphic card is already becoming very (i mean very) hot for it, I hope it will cope, and I hope I will cope!
The second thing i would like to praise is the quality of the gallery of this forum: such a creativity and artistic ideas! kudos my friends!
Now for the suggestions. After several hours of search, I did not find the equivalent of a flat brush. Brush #7 is the closest thing to what I am looking for, but it is not really a brush (i.e. no bristles), and the angle of the brush barrel is always following the direction of the stroke, which is sometimes nice and sometimes not desirable.
Option 1 would be to be able to lock the angle of brush, after choosing the value of the angle. Like that:
First stroke is a stroke with a brush angle of 90°. The brush hair stays at 90° whatever the stroke direction.
Second stroke is a stroke with an angle of 0°. Well, you got the idea.
Option 2 would be to control this angle by the Wacom grip pen azimut, and follow it during the stroke.
I've noticed that brush #2 can already follow the azimut, so this is technically doable (alas even when twisting the bias, brush #2 does not become flat).
Option 3 would be to control this angle rather by the barrel rotation of the Wacom Art Pen. Much more convenient for the wrist than option 2! Just like in the real world so to speak, I this would be a great add-on.
Note that in case you would like to implement these features but don't own an Art Pen, i'm available to test unofficial releases featuring the Art Pen things Taron !
Thank you again for this wondeful tool and best regards from France.
GBoGBo