Canvas from texture

[Taron]

Some tricks for you:

• use the default brush (#9) and make it as large as the canvas (hold [space] and drag it out until it's big enough!)!
• hit [a] to lock the brush rotation
• zoom out so that you can start a straight stroke from outside the canvas across to the other side for straight lines over the whole thing!
• You can do the same vertically then, too, or how ever you want the paper weaving to look.
• hit [ctrl]+[p] to turn it into a canvas texture! (you knew that already, of course)
• make a new layer and hide your canvas texture layer, but leave it there to just store it!
• pick a color to fill your canvas with and then hit [ctrl]+[shift]+[f] or the new little button I added to the brush action panel!
• now you can experiment with fluidity and all its parameters to get the right feeling for your water colors...

Additional tip is that you can leave DRY on, but hit [ctrl]+[d] to temporarily wet the whole canvas. That's a great technique to maintain some control. The drying speed affects how long it stays wet, of course.

Also, [shift]+[t] inverts the canvas texture!

Also, you may vary the opacity of your color to get different kind of behaviors for your colors...sometimes that's a great way to help getting a watercolor like effect!

Also, there is a new paint mode (=) you can toggle to in the paint action panel. Hit [m] twice to toggle to it, if you had just started Verve. Or control the BUILD UP parameter in the brush panel, probably setting it to 0% or some low value to get a more watercolor like action.

Also, last but not least, [h] to toggle on HIGH QUALITY mode, which is off by default for those, who have less powerful graphics cards.

Sorry, I'm such a n00b when explaining sometimes. You got that right!
Thanks for guidelines. I can't wait to try them

[Taron]

OH, please, don't worry about that at all! Verve has so quickly grown to such depth that even I sometimes feel like a noob, hahaha! There's so much to discover, let alone develop your own techniques with it. Just take your time and make sure you enjoy!


And don't worry about sharing even early attempts! It's often most exciting to see someone's growth. It's encouraging to everyone!